Rocky Nelson stats
Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 620
- AB
- 1,394
- R
- 186
- H
- 347
- HR
- 31
- RBI
- 173
- SB
- 7
- AVG
- .249
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | 82 | 244 | 28 | 54 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .221 |
| 1950 | STL | 76 | 235 | 27 | 58 | 1 | 20 | 4 | .247 |
| 1951 |  STL/CHW/PIT | 86 | 218 | 32 | 56 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .257 |
| 1952 | LAD | 37 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .256 |
| 1954 | CLE | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1956 |  LAD/STL | 69 | 152 | 13 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .217 |
| 1959 | PIT | 98 | 175 | 31 | 51 | 6 | 32 | 0 | .291 |
| 1960 | PIT | 93 | 200 | 34 | 60 | 7 | 35 | 1 | .300 |
| 1961 | PIT | 75 | 127 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .197 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- AB
- 12
- R
- 2
- H
- 3
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .250
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,555
- TB
- 529
- XBH
- 106
- HBP
- 12
- IBB
- 13
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | 260 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | 265 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/CHW/PIT | 232 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | LAD | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD/STL | 164 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 204 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 234 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 146 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.8
- RC
- 180.6
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .131
- SECA
- .227
- BB/K
- 1.38
- AB/HR
- 45.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | STL | -1.1 | 21.8 | 3 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 61 | 0 |
| 1950 | STL | -0.2 | 29 | 4.4 | .089 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 235 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL/CHW/PIT | -0.4 | 22.9 | 3.8 | .087 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 218 | 0 |
| 1952 | LAD | 0.1 | 5 | 4.6 | .026 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CLE | -0.2 | -0.4 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD/STL | 0.0 | 16.9 | 3.8 | .184 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 1.0 | 32.4 | 6.9 | .166 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 1.8 | 37.7 | 6.9 | .170 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | -0.2 | 15.6 | 4.1 | .173 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 25.4 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rocky Nelson's career stats?
Rocky Nelson played 9 seasons for the Cardinals, the Dodgers, the Guardians and the Pirates. He was a career .249 hitter with 347 hits, 31 home runs and 173 RBI. His best season was 1960: a .300 batting average, 7 home runs and 35 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1949 to 1961
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates