Nelson Liriano
[edit] Biography
Nelson Liriano (Nelson Arturo (Bonilla) Liriano) was born on June 3, 1964 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on August 25, 1987 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1987, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI. Liriano played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Nelson Liriano's best season was 1989, when he knocked in 53 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1987
| TOR
| A
| 37
| 158
| 29
| 38
| 2
| 10
| .241
| .310
| .342
| 6
| 2
| 16
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 2
| 3
|
| 1988
| TOR
| A
| 99
| 276
| 36
| 73
| 3
| 23
| .264
| .297
| .333
| 6
| 2
| 11
| 40
| 2
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 4
|
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| 132
| 418
| 51
| 110
| 5
| 53
| .263
| .331
| .376
| 26
| 3
| 43
| 51
| 2
| 10
| 16
| 0
| 10
|
| 1990
| TOR
| A
| 50
| 170
| 16
| 36
| 1
| 15
| .212
| .282
| .294
| 7
| 2
| 16
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 5
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 53
| 185
| 30
| 47
| 0
| 13
| .254
| .332
| .357
| 5
| 7
| 22
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1990
| TOT
| A
| 103
| 355
| 46
| 83
| 1
| 28
| .234
| .308
| .327
| 12
| 9
| 38
| 44
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 8
|
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 10
| 22
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .409
| .409
| .409
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| 48
| 151
| 28
| 46
| 2
| 15
| .305
| .376
| .424
| 6
| 3
| 18
| 22
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 6
|
| 1994
| COL
| N
| 87
| 255
| 39
| 65
| 3
| 31
| .255
| .357
| .396
| 17
| 5
| 42
| 44
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1995
| PIT
| N
| 107
| 259
| 29
| 74
| 5
| 38
| .286
| .347
| .398
| 12
| 1
| 24
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| 112
| 217
| 23
| 58
| 3
| 30
| .267
| .308
| .392
| 14
| 2
| 14
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 76
| 88
| 10
| 20
| 1
| 11
| .227
| .274
| .330
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1998
| COL
| N
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 442
| 987
| 129
| 263
| 14
| 125
| .266
| .334
| .387
| 55
| 11
| 104
| 141
| 2
| 11
| 10
| 13
| 15
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 381
| 1229
| 167
| 313
| 11
| 115
| .255
| .316
| .348
| 50
| 16
| 108
| 159
| 5
| 22
| 49
| 2
| 25
|
| Total
|
|
| 823
| 2216
| 296
| 576
| 25
| 240
| .260
| .324
| .366
| 105
| 27
| 212
| 300
| 7
| 33
| 59
| 15
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1987
| TOR
| A
| 2B
| 37
| 36
| 335
| 83
| 107
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1988
| TOR
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| TOR
| A
| 2B
| 80
| 65
| 609.2
| 121
| 177
| 12
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1988
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| 2B
| 122
| 117
| 1068
| 267
| 330
| 12
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| DH
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| TOR
| A
| 2B
| 49
| 45
| 422.1
| 93
| 132
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 2B
| 50
| 47
| 407.1
| 83
| 128
| 7
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 99
| 92
| 829.2
| 176
| 260
| 11
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1991
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 10
| 6
| 55
| 11
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| 2B
| 16
| 11
| 104
| 19
| 32
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| SS
| 35
| 26
| 240.1
| 45
| 71
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1994
| COL
| N
| 2B
| 79
| 72
| 648.2
| 143
| 222
| 10
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1994
| COL
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| COL
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 1
| 10.2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 67
| 51
| 463.1
| 130
| 132
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1995
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 5
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 36
| 24
| 223
| 50
| 73
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 7
| 59
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 5
| 3
| 30.1
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 2B
| 17
| 7
| 88.2
| 14
| 23
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1998
| COL
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| COL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 566
| 482
| 4439
| 1018
| 1381
| 58
| 310
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 47
| 31
| 292.1
| 49
| 83
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 19
| 11
| 105
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto Blue Jays (November 1, 1982).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Pedro Munoz to Minnesota Twins in exchange for John Candelaria (July 27, 1990).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (April 2, 1991).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (May 1, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1991).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 31, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1992).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (October 26, 1992).
- Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from Colorado Rockies (October 14, 1994).
- Claimed on waivers by Los Angeles Dodgers from Pittsburgh Pirates (November 20, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 3, 1997).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 19, 1997).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1998).
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