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Cool Papa Bell League
5-3-2061
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 Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1981 LHP 10 30 7 0 0 1 3 2 7 .606 .273 .333 .100 .233
1981 RHP 8 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .282 .182 .100 .000 .100
1983 LHP 68 125 39 1 1 1 16 12 20 .730 .370 .360 .048 .312
1983 RHP 129 319 76 7 5 3 31 28 59 .618 .298 .320 .082 .238
1984 LHP 71 134 29 6 3 1 13 14 25 .622 .293 .328 .112 .216
1984 RHP 126 309 72 7 3 0 29 43 50 .602 .327 .275 .042 .233
1985 LHP 43 90 24 5 1 2 7 13 19 .776 .365 .411 .144 .267
1985 RHP 106 289 77 12 8 1 23 30 62 .709 .335 .374 .107 .266
1986 LHP 48 114 33 6 2 1 13 9 20 .748 .344 .404 .114 .289
1986 RHP 115 311 81 10 4 1 27 40 52 .672 .344 .328 .068 .260
1987 LHP 58 97 30 4 2 1 14 14 11 .817 .395 .423 .113 .309
1987 RHP 124 368 84 12 3 1 26 49 58 .605 .320 .285 .057 .228
1988 LHP 35 73 14 4 0 2 9 8 12 .606 .277 .329 .137 .192
1988 RHP 67 187 41 3 3 2 31 21 29 .598 .298 .299 .080 .219
1989 LHP 37 66 22 3 2 0 7 11 9 .868 .429 .439 .106 .333
1989 RHP 65 186 52 7 4 2 20 16 32 .737 .345 .392 .113 .280
1990 LHP 27 54 12 2 0 1 7 5 7 .615 .300 .315 .093 .222
1990 RHP 51 142 41 6 1 1 14 15 14 .731 .365 .366 .077 .289
1991 LHP 30 63 19 5 0 0 7 7 8 .752 .371 .381 .079 .302
1991 RHP 47 120 43 9 1 3 23 18 14 .964 .439 .525 .167 .358
1992 LHP 30 50 16 3 0 0 4 8 5 .794 .414 .380 .060 .320
1992 RHP 58 165 44 6 1 1 16 18 23 .672 .339 .333 .067 .267
1993 LHP 30 60 12 3 0 1 9 7 10 .584 .284 .300 .100 .200
1993 RHP 50 132 28 5 1 2 10 13 23 .591 .281 .311 .098 .212
1994 LHP 22 45 11 2 0 0 3 4 9 .595 .306 .289 .044 .244
1994 RHP 43 123 40 7 2 3 17 20 20 .907 .420 .488 .163 .325
1995 LHP 23 37 9 1 0 0 5 4 8 .596 .326 .270 .027 .243
1995 RHP 21 53 18 3 2 0 6 4 9 .858 .386 .472 .132 .340
1996 LHP 11 17 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 .403 .286 .118 .000 .118
1996 RHP 4 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 .250 .250 .000 .250
Total LHP 543 1055 279 45 11 11 118 120 173 .702 .342 .359 .095 .264
Total RHP 1014 2722 700 94 38 20 275 316 449 .677 .335 .342 .084 .257
Total 1216 3777 979 139 49 31 393 436 622 .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.