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Name Team Age
Wes Nelson Retired (1982, Age 39) Died (2021, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 13
(1963)		 RF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Lyman Bostock Jr League 0 17 years (24 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+ C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 5/1/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 3
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (97.3 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 CHN 148 563 62 134 15 4 20 67 40 118 11 7 11 .675 .290 .385 .238
1967 CHN 148 616 88 149 29 3 26 82 45 149 6 3 17 .720 .295 .425 .242
1968 CHN 148 613 93 154 17 3 28 68 51 147 20 7 8 .733 .308 .426 .251
1969 CHN 148 607 107 179 37 9 34 113 44 111 14 3 9 .895 .342 .554 .295
1970 CHN 148 594 98 161 25 5 38 97 47 111 39 16 5 .844 .323 .522 .271
1971 CHN 148 597 96 173 30 3 31 113 56 105 31 20 2 .853 .347 .506 .290
1972 CHN 148 590 97 173 32 7 23 100 55 116 39 11 4 .843 .355 .488 .293
1973 CHN-PHI 148 606 94 182 38 8 32 113 45 119 10 0 6 .896 .349 .548 .300
1974 PHI 148 562 103 165 27 9 38 129 53 90 11 1 2 .931 .355 .577 .294
1975 PHI 148 584 84 156 33 3 24 86 48 105 13 1 3 .781 .324 .457 .267
1976 PHI 148 567 107 171 36 9 36 112 53 91 8 1 2 .948 .360 .587 .302
1977 PHI 148 591 106 170 29 7 37 125 52 113 15 6 3 .896 .348 .548 .288
1978 PHI 147 554 88 158 26 7 28 114 55 108 12 7 3 .859 .350 .509 .285
1979 PHI-CLE 131 478 64 128 16 5 25 80 40 86 5 5 7 .805 .326 .479 .268
1980 CLE 143 528 82 148 28 1 25 93 39 114 31 17 4 .811 .332 .479 .280
1981 CLE 114 390 46 97 11 2 16 54 34 81 16 18 6 .719 .309 .410 .249
1982 CLE 46 70 9 16 1 0 2 13 6 10 3 0 0 .614 .286 .329 .229
Total 2357 9110 1424 2514 430 85 463 1559 763 1774 284 123 92 .826 .332 .494 .276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Wes Nelson has retired from the Cleveland Indians
1979-08-30A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Mint and the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians receive Heinie Upton, Wes Nelson, VJ Carrero, Len Adams, Draft Pick - 1981 Round 1 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1980 Round 2 (WAS) from the Philadelphia Mint in exchange for Ravelo Meador, Will Chapman, Draft Pick - 1982 Round 1 (CLE).
1973-04-08A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Mint and the Chicago Mongoose. The Chicago Mongoose receive Jay Riedl, Frank Falco, Steve Orlufsky, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Mint in exchange for Wes Nelson, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 3 (CHN).
1966-03-26The Chicago Mongoose have promoted Wes Nelson to the major league team. The Chicago Mongoose have promoted Charley Gullic to the major league team.