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Rocky Nelson

Born: November 18, 1924
First season: 1949
Last season: 1961
Debut: April,27, 1949
bbrefID: nelsoro01
MinorsID: nelson001gle
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Years with Cardinals (NL): 4 (1949-1951 and 1956)
Acquired: Signed in 1942 as an amateur free agent.
Departed: Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5/17/1951 with Erv Dusak for Stan Rojek
Acquired: Selected off waivers 7/30/1956 from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Departed: Traded to Toronto (International) March 21, 1957 as PTBN, completing trade of 10/1/1956 in which the Cardinals acquired Frank Barnes from Pit-N for Jim Pearce and cash and a PTBN
Departed: Traded to Toronto (International League) March 21, 1957 as PTBN, completing trade of 10/1/1956 in which the Cardinals acquired Frank Barnes from Pit-N for Jim Pearce and cash and a PTBN

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Major League record for Rocky Nelson

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1949   StL-N             1B              24   82  244   28   54    8    4    4   32   11   12    1        0.221  0.258  0.336
1950   StL-N             1B              25   76  235   27   58   10    4    1   20   26    9    4        0.247  0.324  0.336
1951   StL-N                             26    9   18    3    4    1    0    0    1    1    0    0    0   0.222  0.263  0.278
1951   Pit-N                             26   71  195   29   52    7    4    1   14   10    7    1    1   0.267  0.302  0.359
1951   Chi-A                             26    6    5    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    0   0.000  0.167  0.000
1952   Bro-N             1B              27   37   39    6   10    1    0    0    3    7    4    0    0   0.256  0.370  0.282
1954   Cle-A             1B              29    4    4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
1956   Bro-N                             31   31   96    7   20    2    0    4   15    4   10    0    0   0.208  0.235  0.354
1956   StL-N                             31   38   56    6   13    5    0    3    8    6    6    0    0   0.232  0.306  0.482
1959   Pit-N             1B-OF           34   98  175   31   51   11    0    6   32   23   19    0    0   0.291  0.379  0.457
1960   Pit-N             1B              35   93  200   34   60   11    1    7   35   24   15    1    2   0.300  0.382  0.470
1961   Pit-N             1B              36   75  127   15   25    5    1    5   13   17   11    0    0   0.197  0.301  0.370
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Totals (9 yrs)                               620 1394  186  347   61   14   31  173  130   94    7    3   0.249  0.316  0.379
StL-N (4 yrs)                                205  553   64  129   24    8    8   61   44   27    5    0   0.233  0.292  0.349



Minor league stats in Cardinals system
Played in Cardinals minor league system from 1942 to 1950

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1942 JOH 1B 17 53 186 47 10 3 0 0.253 0.339 1946 STJ 1B 21 135 518 92 165 31 23 5 93 35 35 26 0.319 0.367 0.496 1947 ROC 22 11 18 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.056 0.15 0.056 1947 LBG 1B 22 117 461 98 171 38 11 11 105 38 27 20 0.371 0.424 0.573 1948 ROC 1B 23 142 485 68 147 29 12 7 63 70 42 11 0.303 0.393 0.456 1950 CLB OF-1B 25 48 184 25 77 16 2 7 40 13 4 2 0.419 0.457 0.641 Pitching stats
Year Team Pos Age W L ERA G GS CG SH S IP R H HR BB K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1942 JOH P 17 1 0 3.86 1 7.0 4 8 2