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Cool Papa Bell League
8-10-2059
John Nelson Shortstop
Retired (1996, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .684 Status Deceased (2046) Option Years 0  
H 979 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 08-07-1961
HR 31 Drafted Round 3, Pick 44
(1979)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(12 games)
RBI 393
SB 179
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B 
Speed A  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 10
3B A+ (97.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% 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
1981 PHI
15
40
2
8
0
0
1
4
3
 9 0 1
0
 1 2
.525
.250
.275
.075
.200
1983 PHI
156
444
41
115
8
6
4
47
40
 79 0 3
16
 7 10
.649
.318
.331
.072
.259
1984 COL
158
443
38
101
13
6
1
42
57
 75 2 3
18
 5 22
.608
.317
.291
.063
.228
1985 COL
119
379
50
101
17
9
3
30
43
 81 1 0
13
 4 15
.725
.343
.383
.116
.266
1986 COL
138
425
52
114
16
6
2
40
49
 72 1 2
21
 12 12
.692
.344
.348
.080
.268
1987 COL
132
465
66
114
16
5
2
40
63
 69 2 3
28
 2 6
.650
.336
.314
.069
.245
1988 COL
78
260
26
55
7
3
4
40
29
 41 1 1
6
 5 10
.600
.292
.308
.096
.212
1989 COL
75
252
27
74
10
6
2
27
27
 41 3 1
19
 3 11
.772
.367
.405
.111
.294
1990 COL
61
196
33
53
8
1
2
21
20
 21 3 0
11
 2 4
.699
.347
.352
.082
.270
1991 COL
55
183
37
62
14
1
3
30
25
 22 0 1
10
 2 6
.892
.416
.475
.137
.339
1992 COL
67
215
24
60
9
1
1
20
26
 28 0 0
15
 2 8
.701
.357
.344
.065
.279
1993 COL
64
192
25
40
8
1
3
19
20
 33 0 1
6
 4 5
.589
.282
.307
.099
.208
1994 COL
50
168
28
51
9
2
3
20
24
 29 0 0
12
 2 2
.825
.391
.435
.131
.304
1995 COL
35
90
11
27
4
2
0
11
8
 17 1 1
3
 0 3
.749
.360
.389
.089
.300
1996 COL
13
25
1
4
0
0
0
2
2
 5 2 0
1
 0 0
.436
.276
.160
.000
.160
Total
1216
3777
461
979
139
49
31
393
436
 622 16 17
179
 51 116
.684
.337
.347
.087
.259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01John Nelson has retired from the Colorado Highlanders
1985-08-13John Nelson of the Colorado Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1985-07-21John Nelson of the Colorado Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1985-03-01The Colorado Highlanders have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Cotton Speier to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Tex McFarlane to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Lyn Thomas to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Lanny Adair to the minors. The Colorado Highlanders have waived Chris Alvarez. The Colorado Highlanders have waived Gene Scheinblum.
1984-10-03The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Slick Stanford to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Lanny Adair to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent John Nelson to the minors. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Cotton Speier to the minors.
1984-03-01The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Les Lyons to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted Charlie Kelleher to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The Colorado Highlanders have sent Bobby Antonello to the minors.
1983-10-03The Philadelphia Stars have sent Tom Mulroney to the minors. The Philadelphia Stars have sent Les Lyons to the minors. The Philadelphia Stars have sent John Nelson to the minors.
1983-03-07The Philadelphia Stars have promoted Bevo Rowland to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have promoted John Nelson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Stars have waived Vic Walker. The Philadelphia Stars have waived Art Finley.
1981-06-12The Philadelphia Wannabes have sent John Nelson to the minors.
1981-04-29The Philadelphia Wannabes have promoted John Nelson to the major league team.
1979-04-01A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Criminals and the Philadelphia Wannabes. The Philadelphia Wannabes receive Greg Klugmann, John Nelson, Bobby Antonello from the San Francisco Criminals in exchange for Craig Hanley. Protest This Trade.
1978-07-25A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Criminals and the Los Angeles Fence Jumpers. The Los Angeles Fence Jumpers receive Gerald Quarles from the San Francisco Criminals in exchange for Draft Pick 1979 Round 3 LAA (John Nelson). Protest This Trade.