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| Name | Team | Age |
| Jimmy Nelson | Retired (1969, Age 38) | Died (1999, Age 68) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 21 (1950) |
RF | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Branch Rickey League | 0 | 13 years (93 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 7/22/1931 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (CF) | Alt Pos (1B) |
| (57.1 %) | (34.7 %) | (7.9 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1950 | Minors | 68.00 | 5 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 6 / 8 | 9 / 14 | 4 / 10 | 11 / 13 | 7 / 9 | 48 / 68 | |||
| 1951 | Minors | 65.00 | 7 / 12 | 6 / 9 | 2 / 8 | 7 / 12 | 3 / 8 | 11 / 11 | 4 / 5 | 40 / 65 | |||
| 1952 | Minors | 64.00 | 9 / 11 | 8 / 10 | 4 / 10 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 5 | 10 / 15 | 6 / 6 | 42 / 64 | |||
| 1953 | Minors | 57.00 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 9 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 4 | 4 / 13 | 5 / 11 | 22 / 57 | |||
| 1954 | Minors | 27.00 | 1 / 2 | 4 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 5 | 9 / 27 | |||
| 1954 | Majors | 35.95 | 83 | 67 | 0 | 1 / 6 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 11 / 35 |
| 1955 | Minors | 27.00 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 6 | 6 / 27 | |||
| 1955 | Majors | 38.39 | 88 | 71 | 0 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 6 | 5 / 8 | 1 / 7 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 12 / 38 |
| 1956 | Minors | 54.00 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 1 / 9 | 2 / 10 | 2 / 8 | 0 / 7 | 3 / 4 | 14 / 54 | |||
| 1957 | Minors | 54.00 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 10 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 7 | 2 / 12 | 8 / 54 | |||
| 1958 | Majors | 74.07 | 162 | 130 | 0 | 0 / 13 | 3 / 12 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 8 | 2 / 12 | 1 / 10 | 1 / 14 | 10 / 74 |
| 1959 | Majors | 51.32 | 113 | 91 | 49 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 51 |
| 1960 | Majors | 64.79 | 151 | 122 | 11 | 0 / 11 | 1 / 15 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 64 |
| 1961 | Majors | 69.04 | 162 | 130 | 0 | 0 / 15 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 17 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 69 |
| 1962 | Majors | 69.04 | 162 | 130 | 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 69 |
| 1963 | Majors | 60.22 | 140 | 114 | 22 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 60 |
| 1964 | Majors | 68.94 | 162 | 130 | 0 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 9 | 2 / 68 |
| 1965 | Majors | 64.26 | 150 | 121 | 12 | -4 / 14 | -3 / 8 | -2 / 8 | -4 / 8 | -10 / 8 | -2 / 11 | -2 / 7 | -27 / 64 |
| 1966 | Majors | 69.04 | 162 | 130 | 0 | -3 / 13 | -1 / 12 | -4 / 10 | -5 / 13 | -7 / 7 | -3 / 6 | -3 / 8 | -26 / 69 |
| 1967 | Majors | 67.43 | 162 | 130 | 0 | -4 / 11 | -1 / 11 | -1 / 6 | -1 / 10 | -5 / 12 | -3 / 9 | -2 / 8 | -17 / 67 |
| 1968 | Majors | 47.53 | 162 | 63 | 0 | -3 / 4 | -4 / 6 | -3 / 6 | -6 / 7 | -6 / 7 | -3 / 10 | -2 / 7 | -27 / 47 |
| 1969 | Majors | 41.22 | 162 | 55 | 0 | -1 / 4 | -5 / 8 | -4 / 4 | -6 / 5 | -4 / 8 | -2 / 5 | 0 / 7 | -22 / 41 |
| Total | 2021 | 1484 | 94 | 18 / 187 | 24 / 173 | 6 / 157 | 19 / 193 | -13 / 174 | 30 / 178 | 23 / 170 | 107 / 1232 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1969-11-01 | Jimmy Nelson has retired from the Texas Rangers |
| 1965-07-26 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1963-08-13 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 6 days. |
| 1963-06-04 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. |
| 1960-06-16 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 12 days. |
| 1959-08-21 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 30 days. |
| 1959-07-25 | Jimmy Nelson of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days. |
| 1958-03-25 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have designated Donovan Turner for assignment. |
| 1956-10-25 | The Texas Rangers have sent Al Munoz to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Jimmy Nelson to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Eric Nabors to the minors. |
| 1956-10-13 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. |
| 1955-07-10 | The Texas Rangers have sent Jimmy Nelson down to the minors. |
| 1954-07-02 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Tommy Carroll to the minors. |
| 1952-04-01 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Phil Stone to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Jimmy Nelson to the minors. |
| 1951-10-13 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Tom Bowman to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Al Munoz to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Edgar Dumont to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Alfredo Pierce to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Phil Stone to the minors. |
| 1951-04-01 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Manuel Riske to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Danny Stratton to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Tommy Carroll to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Jimmy Nelson to the minors. |
| 1950-10-03 | The Texas Rangers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Tommy Carroll to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Lamar Yount to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Danny Stratton to the minors. |