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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Joe Nelson Shortstop
Retired (1970, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .288 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .810 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 2215 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 03-29-1931
HR 269 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(65 games)
RBI 1186
SB 163
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed C+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B D- (7.5%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B A+ (99.0%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B A+ (98.4%) RF (0.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1953 SS TEX 96 96 856.0 525 198 315 12 75 -2 5.39 .977
2B TEX 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
RF TEX 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1954 SS TEX 105 99 897.1 453 160 283 10 53 0 4.44 .978
2B TEX 8 8 69.0 29 10 18 1 5 -1 3.65 .966
3B TEX 1 1 14.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1955 SS TEX 40 40 352.0 203 84 118 1 35 -3 5.16 .995
3B TEX 35 35 307.0 77 19 56 2 0 +2 2.20 .974
1B TEX 28 28 243.1 267 253 14 0 19 -4 9.88 1.000
CF TEX 27 27 241.1 75 72 0 3 0 -5 2.69 .960
1956 1B TEX 54 54 484.0 515 490 23 2 40 +3 9.54 .996
3B TEX 55 55 483.2 144 33 104 7 6 +4 2.55 .951
SS TEX 21 21 184.0 115 44 68 3 16 +3 5.48 .974
1957 3B TEX 78 78 696.0 234 51 174 9 12 +19 2.91 .962
2B TEX 52 52 454.2 269 97 167 5 29 -19 5.23 .981
1958 SS TEX 100 100 895.0 461 169 285 7 55 +15 4.57 .985
2B TEX 30 30 265.1 168 59 107 2 18 0 5.63 .988
1959 2B TEX 90 90 809.0 442 184 249 9 51 +6 4.82 .980
SS TEX 40 40 360.1 220 88 130 2 26 -4 5.45 .991
1960 2B TEX 130 130 1146.1 731 314 409 8 101 +11 5.68 .989
1961 2B TEX 112 112 1002.2 612 228 376 8 66 +20 5.42 .987
1962 3B TEX 82 82 723.1 248 53 192 3 8 +1 3.05 .988
2B TEX 48 48 434.1 271 125 145 1 38 +4 5.59 .996
1963 3B TEX 83 83 740.2 232 58 172 2 9 +6 2.79 .991
2B TEX 31 31 273.0 141 58 81 2 11 +4 4.58 .986
1964 2B TEX 69 69 623.2 357 146 203 8 48 +5 5.04 .978
SS TEX 18 18 160.2 101 37 61 3 10 +7 5.49 .970
1B TEX 16 16 139.1 149 146 3 0 9 -2 9.62 1.000
1965 SS TEX 53 53 473.2 275 105 163 7 38 +4 5.09 .975
3B TEX 46 46 409.0 123 22 91 10 6 +5 2.49 .919
1B TEX 7 7 67.0 66 65 0 1 7 +2 8.73 .985
1966 3B TEX 49 49 436.1 125 23 96 6 10 +4 2.45 .952
SS TEX 25 25 221.0 133 50 83 0 26 +5 5.42 1.000
1967 SS TEX 74 74 667.0 337 117 213 7 47 +5 4.45 .979
3B TEX 27 27 247.1 68 15 50 3 4 +1 2.37 .956
1968 SS TEX 114 101 935.0 481 162 316 3 57 -1 4.60 .994
2B TEX 8 0 13.1 10 4 6 0 3 -1 6.75 1.000
3B TEX 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1969 SS TEX 39 33 303.0 171 56 108 7 19 +1 4.87 .959
2B TEX 23 23 215.0 121 45 75 1 14 +3 5.02 .992
3B TEX 4 4 35.0 7 1 5 1 0 +1 1.54 .857
CF TEX 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1970 SS TEX 11 8 74.1 46 11 35 0 9 0 5.57 1.000
2B TEX 3 3 20.0 9 5 4 0 2 0 4.05 1.000
3B TEX 1 1 10.0 3 0 3 0 1 -1 2.70 1.000
RF TEX 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
CF TEX 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 5.62 1.000
Pos Total SS 736 708 6379.1 3521 1281 2178 62 466 +30 4.88 .982
2B 605 597 5335.1 3165 1277 1843 45 387 +32 5.26 .986
3B 462 462 4110.1 1268 277 948 43 56 +42 2.68 .966
1B 105 105 933.2 997 954 40 3 75 -1 9.58 .997
CF 29 29 258.1 84 81 0 3 0 -6 2.82 .964
RF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
Total 1939 1903 17035.0 9038 3873 5009 156 984 +97 4.69 .983
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Joe Nelson has retired from the Texas Titans
1967-08-03Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1966-08-04Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1966-06-30Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1966-05-05Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1965-04-30Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1964-07-06Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1963-09-02Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1961-04-08Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1953-05-07A trade has been completed between the Texas Titans and the Minnesota Twins. The Minnesota Twins receive Jack Cole, Jimmy Rowe, Hal Allen from the Texas Titans in exchange for Joe Nelson, Augie Mattern.
1950-04-01The Minnesota Twins have promoted John McDougal to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Lafayette Perranoski to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Effie Lovelace to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Paul Schrenk to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have sent Chick Alexander to the minors. The Minnesota Twins have sent Ray Ward to the minors. The Minnesota Twins have sent Joe Nelson to the minors.