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Name	Team	Age
Bill Nelson	Retired (1980, Age 34)	Died (2019, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 13 (1968)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League	0	8 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/28/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	2	5
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
B- (53.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

1968

Minors

33.00

0 / 5

3 / 4

2 / 2

2 / 4

5 / 7

6 / 6

5 / 5

23 / 33

1969

Minors

60.00

6 / 8

4 / 6

2 / 9

3 / 8

1 / 11

8 / 11

7 / 7

31 / 60

1970

Minors

58.00

7 / 10

4 / 8

3 / 4

2 / 11

2 / 8

7 / 10

6 / 7

31 / 58

1971

Minors

54.00

4 / 8

6 / 13

2 / 7

0 / 8

3 / 6

2 / 4

3 / 8

20 / 54

1972

Minors

47.00

2 / 8

2 / 5

0 / 3

4 / 9

2 / 8

1 / 4

5 / 10

16 / 47

1973

Majors

38.05

162

25

0

2 / 8

4 / 6

1 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 7

4 / 4

0 / 4

13 / 38

1974

Majors

42.76

162

26

0

1 / 7

1 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 8

1 / 7

3 / 9

0 / 3

9 / 42

1975

Majors

39.13

162

34

0

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 39

1976

Majors

38.22

162

24

0

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 4

3 / 38

1977

Majors

36.37

162

32

0

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 36

1978

Majors

40.15

162

33

0

1 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 2

2 / 7

0 / 6

3 / 40

1979

Majors

30.63

162

19

0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 5

2 / 30

1980

Majors

38.00

162

49

0

-4 / 6

-4 / 7

-6 / 7

-3 / 7

-8 / 2

-4 / 5

-1 / 4

-30 / 38

Total

1296

242

0

20 / 80

20 / 78

6 / 65

12 / 88

9 / 81

30 / 84

26 / 77

123 / 553

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Bill Nelson has retired from the Milwaukee Crullers
1980-04-02	Trade #1111498 has been completed between the Milwaukee Crullers and the Cleveland Corsairs. The Cleveland Corsairs receive Pid Miller from the Milwaukee Crullers in exchange for Bill Nelson. Protest This Trade.
1980-04-01	The Cleveland Corsairs have removed Bill Nelson from the trade block.
1979-04-01	The Cleveland Corsairs have placed Bill Nelson on the trade block.
1973-04-01	The Cleveland Corsairs have promoted Bill Nelson to the major league team. The Cleveland Corsairs have designated Ben Clement for assignment.