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Name	Team	Age
Erwin Nelson	Retired (1968, Age 37)	Died (2007, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1954)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Frank Thomas League	0	13 years (22 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
61	76	62
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
65	47	65
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
61	60	38
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	5	2
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
90	100	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
35	0	8/7/1931
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
5	5	7
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (LF)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1955	NYA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1956	NYA	0	81	0	0	0	0	4	0	10
1957	NYA	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
1958	NYA	0	101	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1959	NYA	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
1960	NYA-DET	1	136	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
1961	DET	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	DET	0	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	DET	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	DET	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	DET	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	DET	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	95
1967	DET	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	90
1968	DET	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	104

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1968-11-01	Erwin Nelson has retired from the Detroit River Rats
1965-09-30	Erwin Nelson of the Detroit River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1965-08-02	Erwin Nelson of the Detroit River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1962-05-02	Erwin Nelson of the Detroit River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1961-04-05	Erwin Nelson of the Detroit River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1960-06-04	A trade has been completed between the Detroit River Rats and the New York Mingles. The New York Mingles receive Sugar Tillman, Dick McConnell, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 1 (DET) from the Detroit River Rats in exchange for Erwin Nelson.
1959-08-17	Erwin Nelson of the New York Mingles is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1959-07-30	Erwin Nelson of the New York Mingles is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1958-09-13	Erwin Nelson of the New York Mingles is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1958-08-17	Erwin Nelson of the New York Mingles is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1956-05-27	The New York Mingles have promoted Erwin Nelson to the major league team. The New York Mingles have sent David Cooper to the minors.
1956-04-01	The New York Mingles have promoted Tommy Stone to the major league team. The New York Mingles have sent Erwin Nelson to the minors.
1955-09-27	The New York Mingles have promoted Erwin Nelson to the major league team.