Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 76
- AB
- 152
- R
- 12
- H
- 27
- HR
- 4
- RBI
- 11
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .178
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ATH | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1987 |  ATH/SD | 17 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| 1988 | SD | 7 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .190 |
| 1989 | SD | 42 | 82 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .195 |
| 1990 | SD | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 177
- TB
- 43
- XBH
- 7
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ATH | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATH/SD | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SD | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SD | 102 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.8
- RC
- 12.7
- RC/27
- 2.70
- ISOP
- .105
- SECA
- .250
- BB/K
- 0.36
- AB/HR
- 38.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ATH | -0.1 | 0.9 | 3.6 | .111 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATH/SD | -0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .029 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SD | -0.1 | 1.8 | 2.9 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | SD | 0.0 | 10.5 | 4.1 | .134 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 1990 | SD | -0.1 | -0.5 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rob Nelson's career stats?
Rob Nelson played 5 seasons for the Athletics and the Padres. He was a career .178 hitter with 27 hits, 4 home runs and 11 RBI. His best season was 1986: a .222 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.
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