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Barry Zito League
8-29-2098
John Nelson Catcher
Retired (1987, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .213 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .574 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 19 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 07-04-1953
HR 2 Drafted Undrafted
(1975)		 Majors Svc Time 1 years
(27 games)
RBI 6
SB 0 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1987
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity B    Mentor vR C 
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1980 OAK
3
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
 4 0 0
0
 0 0
.393
.250
.143
.000
.143
1983 PHI
23
82
9
18
0
0
2
6
9
 17 0 0
0
 0 0
.589
.297
.293
.073
.220
Total
26
89
9
19
0
0
2
6
10
 21 0 0
0
 0 0
.574
.293
.281
.067
.213
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01John Nelson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-01The Philadelphia Benjamins have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Benjamins have promoted Jewel Ignasiak to the major league team. The Philadelphia Benjamins have promoted Sammy Deutsch to the major league team.
1983-04-01The Philadelphia Benjamins have acquired John Nelson from the waiver wire.
1980-05-22The Oakland Athletics have sent John Nelson to the minors.
1980-04-21The Oakland Athletics have promoted John Nelson to the major league team.
1980-04-01The Oakland Athletics have acquired John Nelson from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01The San Diego Perfect Tens have waived John Nelson.
1977-03-31The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Carl Householder to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have sent John Nelson to the minors.
1977-03-28The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Mark Gilbert to the major league team.
1976-03-31The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Amos Navarro to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have sent John Nelson to the minors.
1976-03-29The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Mark Gilbert to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Tom Jones to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Danny Bane to the major league team. The San Diego Perfect Tens have promoted Alex Costello to the major league team.
1975-04-01The San Diego Perfect Tens have acquired John Nelson from the waiver wire.