Roger Nelson

Full Name: Roger Eugene Nelson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: September 9, 1967
Birthdate: June 7, 1944	Final Game: September 23, 1976
Birthplace: Altadena, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 7, 1944 in Altadena, California, Roger Nelson (Roger Eugene Nelson) played for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career. Nelson broke into the bigs on September 9, 1967 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.41 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Roger Nelson's best season was 1972, when he posted a 2.08 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 120 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	CHI	A	5	0	0	1	1.29	4	1	1	0	0	0	7	4	1	0	0	0	2
1968	BAL	A	19	6	4	3	2.41	70	21	19	0	0	1	71	49	3	26	3	6	1
1969	KC	A	29	29	7	13	3.31	82	78	71	8	1	0	193.1	170	12	65	4	8	6
1970	KC	A	4	2	0	2	1.00	3	10	10	0	0	0	9	18	3	0	0	2	1
1971	KC	A	13	1	0	1	5.29	29	20	20	0	0	0	34	35	1	5	0	0	0
1972	KC	A	34	19	11	6	2.08	120	41	40	10	6	3	173.1	120	13	31	1	4	1
1973	CIN	N	14	8	3	2	3.46	17	25	21	1	0	0	54.2	49	4	24	1	1	3
1974	CIN	N	14	12	4	4	3.38	42	36	32	1	0	1	85.1	67	7	35	1	3	1
1976	KC	A	3	0	0	0	2.08	4	2	2	0	0	0	8.2	4	0	4	1	1	2
Total	NL		28	20	7	6	3.41	59	61	53	2	0	1	140	116	11	59	2	4	4
Total	AL		107	57	22	26	2.96	312	173	163	18	7	4	496.1	400	33	131	9	21	13
Total			135	77	29	32	3.06	371	234	216	20	7	5	636.1	516	44	190	11	25	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	CHI	A	P	5	0	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
1968	BAL	A	P	19	6	71	3	8	0	0	2	4	4	1	1.000
1969	KC	A	P	29	29	193.1	19	25	5	3	2	11	10	4	.898
1970	KC	A	P	4	2	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	KC	A	P	13	1	34	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1972	KC	A	P	34	19	173.1	8	33	1	1	0	14	5	3	.976
1973	CIN	N	P	14	8	54.2	3	12	0	2	0	1	1	1	1.000
1974	CIN	N	P	14	12	85.1	6	10	2	1	1	6	2	1	.889
1976	KC	A	P	3	0	8.2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	135	77	636.1	43	103	8	8	5	41	23	10	.948

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1967	CHI	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1968	BAL	A	19	16	0	1	0	.063	.167	.063	0	2	10	4	1
1969	KC	A	29	58	4	8	3	.138	.164	.172	1	2	16	5	0
1970	KC	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
1971	KC	A	13	6	2	2	0	.333	.429	.333	0	1	2	0	0
1972	KC	A	34	54	2	5	0	.093	.140	.093	0	3	19	4	0
1973	CIN	N	14	18	1	2	1	.111	.111	.111	0	0	4	1	0
1974	CIN	N	14	28	3	5	4	.179	.233	.179	0	2	7	2	0
1976	KC	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		28	46	4	7	5	.152	.188	.152	0	2	11	3	0
Total	AL		107	134	8	16	3	.119	.174	.134	1	9	47	13	1
Total			135	180	12	23	8	.128	.177	.139	1	11	58	16	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1963).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Bruce Howard to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias (November 29, 1967).
Selected by Kansas City Royals from Baltimore Orioles (1st pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Richie Scheinblum to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Wayne Simpson and Hal McRae (November 30, 1972).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox (October 25, 1974).
Released by Chicago White Sox (March 25, 1975).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 5, 1975).
Released by Oakland Athletics (August 5, 1975).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (March 3, 1976).