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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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1953 Away 48 206 0 52 10 1 4 25 20 28 0 0 0 .693 .325 .369 .117 .252
1953 Home 51 212 0 63 13 0 3 31 26 37 0 0 0 .776 .375 .401 .104 .297
1954 Away 59 244 0 52 9 4 5 33 23 47 0 0 0 .624 .280 .344 .131 .213
1954 Home 61 229 0 71 12 1 4 19 24 37 0 0 0 .795 .371 .424 .114 .310
1955 Away 66 259 0 62 14 0 14 49 27 48 0 0 0 .768 .312 .456 .216 .239
1955 Home 64 238 0 68 7 2 8 38 20 40 0 0 0 .779 .346 .433 .147 .286
1956 Away 66 259 0 60 9 1 7 29 22 43 0 0 0 .642 .287 .355 .124 .232
1956 Home 64 240 0 61 10 3 12 31 24 37 0 0 0 .797 .326 .471 .217 .254
1957 Away 64 253 0 73 18 1 14 60 33 25 0 0 0 .904 .370 .534 .245 .289
1957 Home 66 252 0 70 8 2 14 46 29 47 0 0 0 .847 .355 .492 .214 .278
1958 Away 19 271 0 71 13 3 11 37 30 42 0 0 0 .789 .336 .454 .192 .262
1958 Home 21 262 0 88 11 2 15 46 30 39 0 0 0 .975 .410 .565 .229 .336
1960 Away 55 270 0 93 15 3 9 33 28 38 0 0 0 .928 .406 .522 .178 .344
1960 Home 54 246 0 68 11 6 4 36 28 35 0 0 0 .765 .347 .419 .142 .276
1961 Away 56 213 0 71 10 3 6 35 23 39 0 0 0 .897 .404 .493 .160 .333
1961 Home 56 213 0 60 10 2 3 36 21 32 0 0 0 .743 .353 .390 .108 .282
1962 Away 65 255 1 77 8 1 11 42 28 36 0 0 0 .843 .372 .471 .169 .302
1962 Home 65 257 1 76 11 2 7 39 27 34 0 0 0 .798 .363 .436 .140 .296
1963 Away 57 240 35 63 11 2 8 31 22 37 3 0 1 .749 .324 .425 .162 .263
1963 Home 57 218 27 69 7 7 5 38 25 30 0 1 3 .865 .384 .482 .165 .317
1964 Away 51 211 35 58 8 1 5 24 27 31 0 0 5 .751 .357 .393 .118 .275
1964 Home 52 205 34 54 11 3 8 24 24 36 0 0 6 .807 .343 .463 .200 .263
1965 Away 52 211 34 57 9 0 8 41 19 29 1 0 8 .756 .329 .427 .156 .270
1965 Home 54 202 47 74 9 3 13 49 24 31 4 0 10 1.072 .439 .634 .267 .366
1966 Away 32 126 11 23 3 1 3 12 18 22 2 0 3 .576 .283 .294 .111 .183
1966 Home 42 162 27 47 5 2 4 24 14 29 4 0 3 .766 .346 .420 .130 .290
1967 Away 55 224 26 65 12 1 6 35 21 34 1 0 6 .785 .352 .433 .143 .290
1967 Home 49 198 42 71 9 2 11 42 16 37 3 0 4 1.000 .409 .591 .232 .359
1968 Away 64 215 26 51 7 1 1 20 24 38 2 2 2 .606 .312 .293 .056 .237
1968 Home 66 202 27 54 4 0 10 39 13 38 2 0 1 .744 .309 .436 .168 .267
1969 Away 49 128 14 34 6 2 5 18 14 28 1 0 2 .808 .347 .461 .195 .266
1969 Home 57 143 17 44 6 0 5 19 13 18 0 0 7 .820 .365 .455 .147 .308
1970 Away 26 51 6 15 2 0 2 11 2 6 0 0 0 .772 .321 .451 .157 .294
1970 Home 16 30 3 8 1 1 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 .757 .290 .467 .200 .267
Total Away 884 3636 188 977 164 25 119 535 381 571 10 2 27 .764 .339 .426 .157 .269
Total Home 895 3509 225 1046 145 38 127 565 359 559 13 1 34 .834 .365 .470 .172 .298
Total 2020 7700 1209 2215 336 68 269 1186 808 1209 163 76 156 .810 .356 .454 .166 .288
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.