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Name	Team	Age
Jimmy Nelson	Retired (1983, Age 35)	Died (2024, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 41 (1969)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mel Ott League	0	6 years (89 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	B-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	8/7/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.8 %)	B  (67.3 %)	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

18.00

3 / 4

2 / 2

3 / 5

3 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

12 / 18

1970

Minors

48.00

6 / 8

6 / 7

4 / 6

5 / 7

3 / 10

2 / 3

5 / 7

31 / 48

1971

Minors

17.00

1 / 1

1 / 3

2 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 4

1 / 1

10 / 17

1972

Minors

31.00

3 / 5

1 / 1

2 / 5

2 / 4

1 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 6

12 / 31

1973

Minors

19.00

2 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 4

2 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 2

8 / 19

1973

Majors

7.29

65

0

0

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

5 / 7

1974

Majors

62.59

162

114

0

5 / 8

5 / 14

2 / 8

4 / 9

4 / 10

3 / 5

1 / 8

24 / 62

1975

Majors

60.26

162

135

0

4 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 7

1 / 10

4 / 8

1 / 8

3 / 9

14 / 60

1976

Majors

41.26

118

79

20

3 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 4

2 / 5

0 / 3

2 / 8

0 / 4

7 / 41

1977

Minors

20.00

0 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 9

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 3

4 / 20

1977

Majors

18.16

44

31

0

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 18

1978

Minors

22.00

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 2

2 / 9

0 / 1

3 / 22

1979

Minors

26.00

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 3

2 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 4

3 / 26

1980

Majors

40.85

156

68

0

1 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 4

1 / 7

0 / 3

3 / 40

1981

Majors

37.01

162

54

0

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 37

1982

Majors

41.39

162

62

0

0 / 1

-3 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 5

-3 / 7

-4 / 6

-2 / 7

-12 / 41

1983

Minors

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 6

1983

Majors

7.11

30

10

0

-6 / 0

-2 / 1

-5 / 1

-5 / 1

-6 / 4

-1 / 0

-3 / 0

-28 / 7

Total

1061

553

20

24 / 71

12 / 85

13 / 74

16 / 78

8 / 81

12 / 65

13 / 66

98 / 520

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Jimmy Nelson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-06-27	The New York Bombers have waived Jimmy Nelson.
1983-05-05	The New York Bombers have promoted Joe Belitz to the major league team. The New York Bombers have designated Jimmy Nelson for assignment.
1981-10-01	Jimmy Nelson of the New York Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1980-04-08	The New York Bombers have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The New York Bombers have sent Charlie Thon to the minors.
1980-04-05	The New York Bombers have acquired Jimmy Nelson from the waiver wire.
1980-04-01	The Boston Tridentines have waived Jimmy Nelson.
1977-05-21	The Boston Tridentines have promoted John Ratzer to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have designated Jimmy Nelson for assignment.
1976-07-31	Jimmy Nelson of the Boston Tridentines is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1973-07-21	The Boston Tridentines have promoted Andy Doheny to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have promoted Jimmy Nelson to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have promoted John Davis to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have designated Bruce Sarmiento for assignment. The Boston Tridentines have designated Larry Aldrete for assignment. The Boston Tridentines have designated Win Montemayor for assignment.
1969-10-09	The Boston Tridentines have acquired Jimmy Nelson from the waiver wire.
1969-09-08	The Detroit Lions have waived Jimmy Nelson.