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Name	Team	Age
Nelson Markle	Retired (1981, Age 34)	Died (2021, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 24 (1969)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors)	0	10 years (25 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	A
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	5/3/1947
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	2
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D- (5.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1969

Minors

0.00

2 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 5

3 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 2

5 / 5

14 / 0

1970

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

5 / 0

1971

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 0

1971

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

3 / 3

4 / 0

1972

Minors

0.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 0

1972

Majors

0.00

2 / 2

4 / 4

3 / 3

1 / 1

4 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 2

17 / 0

1973

Majors

26.00

2 / 6

3 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 3

6 / 9

1 / 1

2 / 3

14 / 26

1974

Majors

64.33

1 / 6

2 / 10

2 / 7

0 / 10

5 / 15

4 / 9

2 / 7

16 / 64

1975

Majors

58.73

1 / 7

1 / 5

2 / 11

1 / 10

0 / 4

2 / 11

2 / 10

9 / 58

1976

Majors

56.39

0 / 8

1 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 13

0 / 3

2 / 7

2 / 10

7 / 56

1977

Majors

61.19

0 / 8

0 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 7

3 / 11

5 / 61

1978

Majors

51.69

1 / 10

1 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 3

3 / 51

1979

Majors

63.99

1 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 63

1980

Majors

66.29

0 / 6

0 / 15

1 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 11

1 / 10

2 / 10

4 / 66

1981

Majors

36.70

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 36

Total

0

0

0

12 / 73

16 / 78

13 / 82

6 / 83

17 / 78

18 / 70

23 / 79

105 / 543

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1981-11-01	Nelson Markle has retired from the Chicago Jokers
1972-06-03	The Chicago Jokers have promoted Nelson Markle to the major league team. The Chicago Jokers have sent Dad Campanis to the minors.
1972-05-29	A trade has been completed between the Chicago Jokers and the New York Sounders. The New York Sounders receive Ed Carter from the Chicago Jokers in exchange for Nelson Markle.
1971-10-03	The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Stan Pilney to the minors. The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Nelson Markle to the minors. The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Bob Johnson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Mark Petkovsek to the minors. The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Bob Trachsel to the minors.
1971-07-03	The Pittsburgh Sounders have promoted Nelson Markle to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Sounders have designated Glenn Center for assignment.
1971-05-18	The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Nelson Markle to the minors.
1971-05-17	The Pittsburgh Sounders have promoted Jon Wesker to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Sounders have promoted Javier Taranoff to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Sounders have promoted Nelson Markle to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Sounders have sent Stan Pilney to the minors. The Pittsburgh Sounders have designated Ron Phillips for assignment. The Pittsburgh Sounders have designated Glenn Center for assignment.