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Name	Team	Age
Joe Nelson	Retired (1970, Age 39)	Died (2008, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 24 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Whitey Ford League	0	17 years (65 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	C+	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	3/29/1931
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	3	6
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (98.4 %)	D- (7.5 %)

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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

1950

Minors

65.00

6 / 9

10 / 12

4 / 6

6 / 12

7 / 12

3 / 7

4 / 7

40 / 65

1951

Minors

67.00

14 / 18

7 / 9

3 / 8

3 / 9

4 / 7

5 / 8

6 / 8

42 / 67

1952

Minors

74.00

4 / 8

9 / 12

2 / 10

6 / 7

6 / 13

5 / 10

6 / 14

38 / 74

1953

Minors

13.00

1 / 2

2 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 1

7 / 13

1953

Majors

52.75

131

98

0

3 / 11

1 / 6

6 / 12

2 / 4

1 / 7

1 / 6

3 / 6

17 / 52

1953

Pos (3B)

28.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

10 / 28

1954

Majors

62.28

162

108

0

5 / 13

5 / 11

4 / 11

3 / 11

0 / 3

3 / 6

4 / 7

24 / 62

1955

Majors

67.07

162

130

0

1 / 5

3 / 8

3 / 8

0 / 12

3 / 9

3 / 11

2 / 14

15 / 67

1956

Majors

69.33

162

130

0

3 / 7

3 / 13

2 / 13

2 / 13

2 / 9

4 / 11

0 / 3

16 / 69

1957

Majors

66.58

162

130

0

2 / 10

2 / 7

3 / 7

2 / 11

2 / 8

2 / 12

0 / 11

13 / 66

1958

Majors

68.36

162

130

0

0 / 5

0 / 7

2 / 15

1 / 13

2 / 7

2 / 11

0 / 10

7 / 68

1959

Majors

68.99

162

130

0

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 6

1 / 13

0 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 10

2 / 68

1960

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

2 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 11

0 / 9

3 / 69

1961

Majors

59.48

139

112

18

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 12

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 12

1 / 59

1962

Majors

67.82

162

130

0

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 17

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 67

1963

Majors

60.55

142

114

20

1 / 10

0 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 6

3 / 60

1964

Majors

52.80

128

103

32

1 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 52

1965

Majors

55.39

132

106

29

-3 / 7

-3 / 4

-4 / 12

-4 / 9

-9 / 8

-1 / 5

-3 / 10

-27 / 55

1966

Majors

39.30

90

74

72

-2 / 5

-1 / 5

-1 / 5

-6 / 5

-9 / 8

-3 / 4

-1 / 7

-23 / 39

1967

Majors

54.57

132

101

30

-2 / 7

-1 / 7

-3 / 7

-5 / 7

-4 / 6

-1 / 11

0 / 9

-16 / 54

1968

Majors

62.54

162

102

0

-4 / 11

-2 / 10

-1 / 9

-7 / 7

-3 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 7

-17 / 62

1969

Majors

47.00

162

61

0

-3 / 3

-3 / 3

-2 / 11

-7 / 8

-5 / 8

-2 / 5

-1 / 9

-23 / 47

1970

Majors

24.27

162

14

0

-4 / 3

-7 / 3

-6 / 5

-6 / 4

-6 / 4

0 / 3

-3 / 2

-32 / 24

Total

2676

1903

201

25 / 174

25 / 173

14 / 191

-8 / 187

-7 / 187

25 / 170

17 / 177

101 / 1287

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1970-11-01	Joe Nelson has retired from the Texas Titans
1967-08-03	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1966-08-04	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1966-06-30	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1966-05-05	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1965-04-30	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1964-07-06	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1963-09-02	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1961-04-08	Joe Nelson of the Texas Titans is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1953-05-07	A trade has been completed between the Texas Titans and the Minnesota Twins. The Minnesota Twins receive Jack Cole, Jimmy Rowe, Hal Allen from the Texas Titans in exchange for Joe Nelson, Augie Mattern.
1950-04-01	The Minnesota Twins have promoted John McDougal to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Lafayette Perranoski to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Effie Lovelace to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Paul Schrenk to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have sent Chick Alexander to the minors. The Minnesota Twins have sent Ray Ward to the minors. The Minnesota Twins have sent Joe Nelson to the minors.