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| Name | Team | Age |
| Needles Nettles | Retired (2003, Age 34) | Died (2034, Age 65) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 15 (1988) |
LF | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Amos Otis League | 0 | 8 years (15 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 8/20/1969 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (CF) |
| (98.8 %) | (94.6 %) | (88.7 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Vs | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 1991 | AHP | 20 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 19 | .665 | .270 | .394 | .239 |
| 1991 | HHP | 16 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .798 | .327 | .471 | .275 |
| 1991 | LHP | 16 | 49 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .964 | .373 | .592 | .347 |
| 1991 | RHP | 28 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | .559 | .244 | .315 | .192 |
| 1992 | AHP | 39 | 101 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | .642 | .306 | .337 | .257 |
| 1992 | HHP | 43 | 117 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 29 | .585 | .260 | .325 | .222 |
| 1992 | LHP | 37 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | .560 | .291 | .269 | .218 |
| 1992 | RHP | 61 | 140 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 32 | .639 | .275 | .364 | .250 |
| 1995 | AHP | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .982 | .350 | .632 | .316 |
| 1995 | HHP | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .552 | .267 | .286 | .214 |
| 1995 | LHP | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .962 | .417 | .545 | .364 |
| 1995 | RHP | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .455 | .091 | .364 | .091 |
| 1996 | AHP | 22 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | .836 | .349 | .487 | .282 |
| 1996 | HHP | 15 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .952 | .371 | .581 | .323 |
| 1996 | LHP | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1.034 | .350 | .684 | .316 |
| 1996 | RHP | 23 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .833 | .362 | .471 | .294 |
| 1997 | AHP | 28 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | .804 | .375 | .429 | .286 |
| 1997 | HHP | 23 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .818 | .359 | .459 | .324 |
| 1997 | LHP | 10 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1.095 | .458 | .636 | .409 |
| 1997 | RHP | 47 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | .702 | .333 | .368 | .263 |
| 1998 | AHP | 31 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .439 | .235 | .204 | .204 |
| 1998 | HHP | 36 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .423 | .235 | .188 | .188 |
| 1998 | LHP | 10 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .638 | .346 | .292 | .292 |
| 1998 | RHP | 61 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .362 | .197 | .164 | .164 |
| 1999 | AHP | 37 | 92 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 23 | .746 | .300 | .446 | .250 |
| 1999 | HHP | 37 | 88 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 23 | .740 | .309 | .432 | .261 |
| 1999 | LHP | 19 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | .838 | .360 | .478 | .304 |
| 1999 | RHP | 67 | 134 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 33 | .710 | .285 | .425 | .239 |
| 2000 | AHP | 52 | 174 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 61 | .611 | .272 | .339 | .201 |
| 2000 | HHP | 51 | 179 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 40 | .657 | .299 | .358 | .246 |
| 2000 | LHP | 39 | 80 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 | .718 | .306 | .412 | .275 |
| 2000 | RHP | 91 | 273 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 78 | .610 | .280 | .330 | .209 |
| 2001 | AHP | 50 | 144 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 28 | .683 | .301 | .382 | .257 |
| 2001 | HHP | 48 | 135 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 35 | .673 | .259 | .415 | .200 |
| 2001 | LHP | 34 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | .537 | .266 | .271 | .188 |
| 2001 | RHP | 84 | 194 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 11 | 42 | .740 | .286 | .454 | .247 |
| 2002 | AHP | 31 | 93 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | .411 | .186 | .226 | .151 |
| 2002 | HHP | 31 | 72 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 23 | .524 | .260 | .264 | .222 |
| 2002 | LHP | 25 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | .339 | .167 | .172 | .141 |
| 2002 | RHP | 48 | 101 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 27 | .537 | .250 | .287 | .208 |
| Total | AHP | 318 | 824 | 191 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 88 | 56 | 208 | .644 | .284 | .360 | .232 |
| Total | HHP | 304 | 772 | 184 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 103 | 52 | 185 | .658 | .287 | .372 | .238 |
| Total | LHP | 211 | 489 | 125 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 32 | 123 | .684 | .306 | .378 | .256 |
| Total | RHP | 516 | 1107 | 250 | 33 | 16 | 28 | 137 | 76 | 270 | .636 | .276 | .360 | .226 |
| Total | 622 | 1596 | 375 | 47 | 18 | 42 | 191 | 108 | 393 | .651 | .285 | .366 | .235 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2003-11-01 | Needles Nettles has retired from the Washington Wombats |
| 2003-10-12 | The Washington Wombats have designated Needles Nettles for assignment. The Washington Wombats have designated Glenn Bourgeois for assignment. |
| 2003-10-03 | The Washington Wombats have promoted Timothy Triester to the major league team. The Washington Wombats have promoted Needles Nettles to the major league team. The Washington Wombats have promoted Glenn Bourgeois to the major league team. |
| 2002-08-28 | The Washington Wombats have designated Needles Nettles for assignment. |
| 2002-08-19 | The Washington Wombats have acquired Needles Nettles from the waiver wire. |
| 2002-08-15 | The Pittsburgh Bucs have designated Needles Nettles for assignment. |
| 2001-05-20 | Needles Nettles of the Pittsburgh Bucs is injured and is expected to be out 28 days. |
| 1995-08-29 | The Pittsburgh Bucs have promoted Needles Nettles to the major league team. |
| 1995-08-07 | A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Bucs and the Detroit Garage Rockers. The Detroit Garage Rockers receive Jim Sweeney from the Pittsburgh Bucs in exchange for Needles Nettles. Protest This Trade. |
| 1993-03-01 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have promoted Ed Castino to the major league team. The Detroit Garage Rockers have sent Needles Nettles to the minors. |
| 1992-05-06 | Needles Nettles of the Detroit Garage Rockers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days. |
| 1992-04-12 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have renamed Sam "Needles" Nettles to Needles Nettles. |
| 1992-04-05 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have renamed Sam Nettles to Sam "Needles" Nettles. |
| 1992-04-05 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have promoted Sam Nettles to the major league team. The Detroit Garage Rockers have designated Dick Baird for assignment. |
| 1992-04-05 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have demoted Sam Nettles to the minor leagues. |
| 1991-07-27 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have promoted Sam Nettles to the major league team. |
| 1991-04-13 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have placed Sam Nettles on the trade block. |
| 1990-03-01 | The Detroit Garage Rockers have renamed Sam Nettles (Det) to Sam Nettles. |
| 1989-10-23 | A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Brew Crew and the Detroit Garage Rockers. The Detroit Garage Rockers receive Sam Nettles (Det), Gene Taylor (Det) from the Milwaukee Brew Crew in exchange for . |
| 1989-04-01 | The Milwaukee Brew Crew have renamed Sam Nettles to Sam Nettles (Det). |
| 1989-04-01 | A trade has been completed between the Detroit Garage Rockers and the Milwaukee Brew Crew. The Milwaukee Brew Crew receive Gene Taylor, Sam Nettles from the Detroit Garage Rockers in exchange for Jimmy Jenkins (Det) . |
| 1988-10-03 | A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Bam Thwok and the Detroit Garage Rockers. The Detroit Garage Rockers receive Gene Taylor, Sam Nettles from the Brooklyn Bam Thwok in exchange for . |
| 1988-04-01 | A trade has been completed between the Detroit Garage Rockers and the Brooklyn Bam Thwok. The Brooklyn Bam Thwok receive Gene Taylor, Sam Nettles from the Detroit Garage Rockers in exchange for . |
| 1987-07-16 | A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Bam Thwok and the Detroit Garage Rockers. The Detroit Garage Rockers receive Emil McGinnity, Kye Dread, Draft Pick 1988 Round 1 BRO (Sam Nettles) from the Brooklyn Bam Thwok in exchange for Chick Crawford, Joe Ransom, Jimmy Gleason. |