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Candy Nelson

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Full Name: John W. Nelson Primary Position: SS,2B,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/145 First Game: June 11, 1872
Birthdate: March 14, 1849 Final Game: August 25, 1890
Birthplace: Portland, Maine MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: September 4, 1910
Deathplace: Brooklyn, New York
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Candy Nelson (John W. Nelson) was born on March 14, 1849 in Portland, Maine. He made his Major League debut on June 11, 1872 for the Troy Haymakers. In 1873, his rookie year, he hit .327 with 0 home runs and 22 RBI. Nelson played for the Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, New York Mutuals, Indianapolis Blues, Troy Trojans, Worcester Ruby Legs, New York Metropolitans, New York Gothams and Brooklyn Gladiators over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Candy Nelson's best season was 1887, when he stole 29 bases.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1872 TRO n 4 20 2 7 0 4 .350 .350 .350 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1872 ECK n 18 76 12 19 0 9 .250 .269 .276 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
1872 TOT n 22 96 14 26 0 13 .271 .286 .292 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0
1873 MUT n 36 168 28 55 0 22 .327 .331 .363 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1874 MUT n 65 297 55 73 0 31 .246 .268 .303 7 5 9 5 0 0 6 0 0
1875 MUT n 70 276 28 55 0 23 .199 .225 .232 7 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1878 IND N 19 84 12 11 0 5 .131 .180 .143 1 0 5 11 0 0 0 0 0
1879 TRO N 28 106 17 28 0 10 .264 .316 .349 7 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 0
1881 WOR N 24 103 13 29 1 15 .282 .315 .320 1 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
1883 NY a 97 417 75 127 0 0 .305 .353 .379 19 6 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
1884 NY a 111 432 114 110 1 0 .255 .375 .310 15 3 74 0 9 0 0 0 0
1885 NY a 107 420 98 107 1 30 .255 .353 .310 12 4 61 0 3 0 0 0 0
1886 NY a 109 413 89 93 0 23 .225 .332 .252 7 2 64 0 2 0 14 0 0
1887 NY N 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1887 NY a 68 257 61 63 0 24 .245 .380 .272 5 1 48 0 8 0 29 0 0
1887 Total 69 259 61 63 0 24 .243 .378 .270 5 1 48 1 8 0 29 0 0
1890 BRO a 60 223 44 56 0 12 .251 .365 .283 3 2 35 0 5 0 12 0 0
Total NL 72 295 42 68 1 30 .231 .275 .278 9 1 18 22 0 0 0 0 0
Total NA 193 837 125 209 0 89 .250 .268 .290 20 7 21 11 0 0 7 0 0
Total AA 552 2162 481 556 2 89 .257 .358 .305 61 18 313 0 27 0 55 0 0
Total 817 3294 648 833 3 208 .253 .330 .299 90 26 352 33 27 0 62 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1872 TRO n CF 3 3 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1872 TRO n SS 1 1 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600
1872 TRO n OF 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1872 ECK n CF 8 6 55 19 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .760
1872 ECK n 2B 7 7 52 17 28 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .818
1872 ECK n OF 8 0 0 19 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .760
1872 ECK n 3B 3 3 18 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1872 TOT n CF 11 9 82 26 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .813
1872 TOT n OF 11 0 0 26 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .813
1873 MUT n 2B 27 0 0 59 54 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 .869
1873 MUT n 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1873 MUT n OF 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1873 MUT n C 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1873 MUT n 3B 5 0 0 6 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .708
1874 MUT n 2B 51 51 460 115 105 47 8 0 0 0 0 0 .824
1874 MUT n CF 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1874 MUT n SS 14 14 117 17 37 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 .771
1874 MUT n OF 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1875 MUT n SS 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1875 MUT n 2B 49 0 0 109 139 42 14 0 0 0 0 0 .855
1875 MUT n OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1875 MUT n 3B 23 0 0 41 50 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 .805
1878 IND N SS 19 0 0 19 50 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 .841
1879 TRO N SS 24 0 0 37 89 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 .834
1879 TRO N OF 4 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1881 WOR N SS 24 0 0 20 94 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 .898
1883 NY a SS 97 0 0 98 232 47 18 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1884 NY a SS 110 0 0 113 292 56 16 0 0 0 0 0 .879
1884 NY a 2B 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1885 NY a SS 107 0 0 153 370 63 33 0 0 0 0 0 .892
1885 NY a 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1886 NY a OF 36 0 0 56 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .908
1886 NY a SS 73 0 0 103 216 54 17 0 0 0 0 0 .855
1887 NY N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1887 NY a 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1887 NY a OF 37 0 0 74 11 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1887 NY a SS 32 0 0 46 100 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 .896
1890 BRO a OF 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1890 BRO a SS 57 0 0 60 198 40 20 0 0 0 0 0 .866
Total 3B 33 3 18 51 66 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 .796
Total OF 100 0 0 175 16 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 .888
Total 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 560 15 126 668 1680 346 134 0 0 0 0 0 .872
Total 2B 136 58 512 308 326 116 26 0 0 0 0 0 .845
Total CF 12 9 82 27 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800

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