Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1987
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1987
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 823
- AB
- 2,216
- R
- 296
- H
- 576
- HR
- 25
- RBI
- 240
- SB
- 59
- AVG
- .260
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | TOR | 37 | 158 | 29 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 13 | .241 |
| 1988 | TOR | 99 | 276 | 36 | 73 | 3 | 23 | 12 | .264 |
| 1989 | TOR | 132 | 418 | 51 | 110 | 5 | 53 | 16 | .263 |
| 1990 |  TOR/MIN | 103 | 355 | 46 | 83 | 1 | 28 | 8 | .234 |
| 1991 | KC | 10 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .409 |
| 1993 | COL | 48 | 151 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 15 | 6 | .305 |
| 1994 | COL | 87 | 255 | 39 | 65 | 3 | 31 | 0 | .255 |
| 1995 | PIT | 107 | 259 | 29 | 74 | 5 | 38 | 2 | .286 |
| 1996 | PIT | 112 | 217 | 23 | 58 | 3 | 30 | 2 | .267 |
| 1997 | LAD | 76 | 88 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .227 |
| 1998 | COL | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 7
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .429
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,487
- TB
- 810
- XBH
- 157
- HBP
- 7
- IBB
- 15
- GIDP
- 40
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | TOR | 176 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | 295 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | 478 | 157 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR/MIN | 400 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | COL | 175 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | COL | 303 | 101 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | PIT | 289 | 103 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | PIT | 234 | 85 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAD | 97 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | COL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.1
- RC
- 269.1
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .106
- SECA
- .214
- BB/K
- 0.71
- AB/HR
- 88.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | TOR | 0.5 | 18.6 | 4 | .101 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 79 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | -0.6 | 27.2 | 3.4 | .069 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 92 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | 2.5 | 53.6 | 4.3 | .112 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 83.6 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR/MIN | 0.2 | 35.1 | 3.2 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 355 | 0 |
| 1991 | KC | 0.3 | 3.3 | 5.9 | .000 | -0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | COL | 0.6 | 23.1 | 5.2 | .119 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 75.5 | 0 |
| 1994 | COL | 0.5 | 37.9 | 5.1 | .141 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 85 | 0 |
| 1995 | PIT | -0.1 | 37.1 | 5.2 | .112 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 51.8 | 0 |
| 1996 | PIT | -1.0 | 27.6 | 4.6 | .124 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 72.3 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAD | -0.2 | 8 | 3 | .102 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 88 | 0 |
| 1998 | COL | -0.6 | -2.1 | -3.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Nelson Liriano's career stats?
Nelson Liriano played 11 seasons for the Blue Jays, the Royals, the Rockies, the Pirates and the Dodgers. He was a career .260 hitter with 576 hits, 25 home runs and 240 RBI. His best season was 1991: a .409 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
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