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Mel Nelson

Born: May 30, 1936
First season: 1960
Last season: 1969
Debut: September,27, 1960
bbrefID: nelsome01
MinorsID: nelson002mel
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Years with Cardinals (NL): 3 (1960 and 1968-1969)
Acquired: Signed in 1956 as an amateur free agent.
Departed: Sold 10/15/1962 to the Los Angeles Angels.
Acquired: Purchased 11/29/1967 from the Minnesota Twins.
Departed: Traded to the Minnesota Twins 7/14/1969 with Bill Davis for Bill Whitby

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Major League record for Mel Nelson

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1960   StL-N             P               24    2    2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1    0    0   0.500  0.500  0.500
1963   LA-A              P               27   39   11    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3    0    0   0.091  0.091  0.091
1965   Min-A             P               29   28    9    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    5    0    0   0.111  0.111  0.111
1967   Min-A             P               31    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
1968   StL-N             P               32   18   12    2    2    0    0    0    2    1    4    0    0   0.167  0.231  0.167
1969   StL-N             P               33    8    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
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Totals (6 yrs)                                96   34    2    5    0    0    0    3    1   13    0    0   0.147  0.172  0.147
StL-N (3 yrs)                                 28   14    2    3    0    0    0    3    1    5    0    0   0.214  0.267  0.214


Pitching stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    W    L     ERA    G   GS   CG   SH    S      IP     R   ER    H   HR   BB    K
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1960   StL-N             P               24    0    1    3.38    2    1    0    0    0     8.0     3    3    7    1    2    7
1963   LA-A              P               27    2    3    5.30   36    3    0    0    1    52.2    34   31   55    7   32   41
1965   Min-A             P               29    0    4    4.12   28    3    0    0    3    54.2    29   25   57    7   23   31
1967   Min-A             P               31    0    0   54.00    1    0    0    0    0     0.1     2    2    3    1    0    0
1968   StL-N             P               32    2    1    2.91   18    4    1    0    1    52.2    20   17   49    3    9   16
1969   StL-N             P               33    0    1   11.81    8    0    0    0    0     5.1     7    7   13    0    3    3
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Totals (6 yrs)                                 4   10    4.33   93   11    1    0    5   171.8    95   85  184   19   69   98
StL-N (3 yrs)                                  2    3    3.66   28    5    1    0    1    65.3    30   27   69    4   14   26



Minor league stats in Cardinals system
Played in Cardinals minor league system from 1954 to 1969

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 FRE OF 18 39 149 15 34 3 1 0 10 10 49 2 0.228 0.286 0.262 1955 FRE OF 19 147 625 151 185 29 8 27 112 65 152 29 0.296 0.366 0.498 1956 ROC OF-P 20 131 427 49 104 16 6 4 35 29 100 2 0.244 0.295 0.337 1957 ROC OF 21 17 15 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0.133 0.278 0.267 1957 CBS OF 21 24 77 7 12 1 2 2 5 4 23 1 0.156 0.207 0.299 1957 BIL OF-P 21 68 239 48 67 13 7 11 45 38 61 4 0.28 0.379 0.531 1958 HSN P 22 12 23 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0.087 0.087 0.087 1958 YOR P-OF 22 54 92 12 22 4 3 4 18 5 23 0 0.239 0.273 0.478 1959 OMA P 23 44 51 11 18 3 3 2 7 3 14 1 0.353 0.411 0.647 1959 TUL P 23 24 50 6 16 1 1 0 6 4 12 0 0 0.32 0.375 0.38 1961 POR P 25 49 73 10 21 3 0 3 12 7 26 0 0 0.288 0.35 0.452 1962 ATA P 26 16 12 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.083 0.154 0.25 1968 TUL P 32 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.125 0 Pitching stats
Year Team Pos Age W L ERA G GS CG SH S IP R H HR BB K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1956 ROC P 20 0 0 0.00 7 0.0 1957 BIL P 21 4 3 4.33 11 7 3 1 52.0 35 51 3 33 52 1958 HSN P 22 4 1 1.29 8 6 3 2 49.0 8 35 0 24 47 1958 YOR P 22 8 5 4.08 30 18 6 3 128.0 77 125 9 85 103 1959 OMA P 23 2 0 4.43 25 4 1 0 61.0 30 48 3 44 36 1959 TUL P 23 9 9 3.02 23 19 10 3 140.0 60 138 3 44 92 1961 POR P 25 9 12 4.65 38 18 4 0 176.0 105 174 21 107 104 1962 ATA P 26 1 0 7.88 8 0 0 0 8.0 7 7 2 2 8 1968 TUL P 32 1 2 2.52 13 1 0 0 25.0 12 25 2 11 17 1969 TUL P 33 0.00 11 0.0