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Brad
Nelson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 23, 1982 in Houston Tx
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2009    2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 24 MIL NL $ 300,000   43 43 40 52 54 53 91 100 98 36 42 40 34 42 40
2008 25 MIL NL $ 350,000   62 62 58 61 63 62 76 86 83 41 48 46 48 56 54
2009 26 MIL NL $ 928,571   64 64 60 63 64 64 55 65 62 46 52 50 50 58 56
2010 27 MIL NL $ 2,535,714   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
2011 28 MIL NL $ 2,535,714   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 3 4 4
2012 29 MIL NL $ 2,535,714   7 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 5
2013 30 CHN NL $ 5,250,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2014 31 CHN NL $ 5,250,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2015 32 CHN NL $ 5,250,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
2016 33 TEX AL $ 4,950,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5
2017 34 TEX AL $ 4,950,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4
2018 35 TEX AL $ 4,950,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 4
2019 36 TEX AL $ 560,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000   64 64 60 63 64 64 91 100 98 46 52 50 50 58 56
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 23 MIL   141 494 52 122 37 6 19 84 7 10 28 138 .247 .287 .462 .749 62.1  
2007 24 MIL NL 117 231 34 61 19 2 9 44 2 4 17 52 .264 .311 .481 .791 31.1 4.3
2008 25 MIL NL 135 461 62 118 36 1 17 77 10 13 51 97 .256 .333 .449 .782 65.5 10.4
2009 26 MIL NL 152 518 82 160 35 10 22 91 16 15 54 88 .309 .377 .542 .920 94.4 16.1
2010 27 MIL NL 150 505 66 138 30 1 20 83 11 16 48 102 .273 .338 .455 .793 72.8 11.4
2011 28 MIL NL 45 165 19 47 8 1 4 24 6 1 15 36 .285 .344 .418 .762 23.4 3.9
2012 29 MIL NL 97 175 23 42 8 0 6 27 2 1 22 39 .240 .330 .389 .719 23.2 3.2
2013 30 CHN NL 147 507 76 136 24 2 22 76 10 9 47 113 .268 .334 .454 .788 73.8 14.1
2014 31 CHN NL 153 525 81 164 15 4 30 95 16 11 67 119 .312 .391 .528 .919 101.5 22.0
2015 32 CHN NL 153 524 79 135 19 2 28 90 13 9 62 146 .258 .337 .462 .799 83.2 15.9
2016 33 TEX AL 146 445 60 111 30 1 16 70 6 5 37 116 .249 .311 .429 .740 58.1 9.9
2017 34 TEX AL 156 518 70 119 21 0 14 51 3 8 48 135 .230 .304 .351 .655 55.1 6.8
2018 35 TEX AL 151 527 46 112 18 1 13 56 1 2 36 143 .213 .263 .324 .588 41.1 1.9
2019 36 TEX AL 128 431 44 91 18 4 7 36 0 0 32 128 .211 .277 .320 .597 40.5 3.8
13 Years Sim 1730 5532 742 1434 281 29 208 820 96 94 536 1314 .259 .328 .433 .761 763.8 123.7
14 Years Pro 1871 6026 794 1556 318 35 227 904 103 104 564 1452 .258 .322 .436 .757 825.9  
162 Game Average 518 69 134 26 2 19 76 8 8 50 123 .259 .328 .433 .761 71.5  
Career Highs 156 527 82 164 36 10 30 95 16 16 67 146 .312 .391 .542 .920 101.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4054 578 1083 221 20 157 617 74 67 434 928 .267 .341 .448 .789 602.7
vs LH   1478 164 351 60 9 51 203 22 27 102 386 .237 .289 .394 .683 163.3
Home 878 2756 365 709 136 14 105 410 47 41 279 662 .257 .330 .431 .761 384.4
Away 852 2776 377 725 145 15 103 410 49 53 257 652 .261 .326 .436 .761 381.7
RISP   1353 0 381 67 9 52 571 0 0 181 313 .282 .363 .460 .822 227.2
Pinch Hitting   271 42 65 15 1 10 48 2 1 26 70 .240 .310 .413 .723 34.8
Close/Late   723 91 187 38 3 27 112 0 0 69 169 .259 .324 .432 .756 100.9
Mar/Apr 258 855 117 227 41 5 34 128 20 17 81 214 .265 .331 .444 .776 122.6
May 304 1028 137 284 46 6 42 145 24 18 102 231 .276 .343 .455 .798 156.7
June 275 835 116 207 45 2 30 119 12 7 81 221 .248 .316 .414 .730 109.9
July 273 852 102 214 38 3 35 125 9 17 83 211 .251 .324 .426 .750 113.0
August 301 954 115 228 46 4 29 138 14 21 98 213 .239 .315 .387 .702 113.0
Sep/Oct 319 1008 155 274 65 9 38 165 17 14 91 224 .272 .335 .467 .802 150.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 24 MIL NL C 52 30 302.3 241 16 1 0 .996 7.65 36 6 .167 1 0.0
    1B 27 15 153.3 150 9 0 13 1.000 9.33 0 0 .000 0 0.3
2008 25 MIL NL C 129 119 1076.3 738 54 12 0 .985 6.62 178 33 .185 0 1.4
2009 26 MIL NL C 130 119 1061.7 734 82 9 2 .989 6.92 211 46 .218 0 3.5
    1B 18 8 92.7 101 4 0 9 1.000 10.20 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2010 27 MIL NL C 116 115 1018.0 722 42 8 4 .990 6.75 147 24 .163 0 3.3
    3B 10 10 85.7 8 14 2 2 .917 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 19 0 41.7 47 5 0 1 1.000 11.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2011 28 MIL NL C 44 39 342.7 240 27 2 1 .993 7.01 65 19 .292 0 1.8
2012 29 MIL NL C 28 26 235.7 171 5 2 0 .989 6.72 25 3 .120 0 1.1
    1B 45 3 104.7 120 4 0 16 1.000 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2013 30 CHN NL C 129 126 1122.7 785 62 9 0 .989 6.79 161 34 .211 1 3.3
    1B 11 0 24.0 29 1 1 3 .968 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 31 CHN NL C 136 133 1191.7 929 51 6 0 .994 7.40 126 31 .246 1 7.1
    1B 14 0 32.0 36 5 0 5 1.000 11.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 32 CHN NL C 131 129 1155.0 899 57 9 0 .991 7.45 148 37 .250 1 3.8
    1B 10 0 24.7 22 0 0 4 1.000 8.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 33 TEX AL 1B 75 41 436.3 423 28 6 36 .987 9.30 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 21 21 174.0 170 9 1 0 .994 9.26 20 5 .250 0 0.9
2017 34 TEX AL C 12 12 100.0 89 1 1 0 .989 8.10 8 1 .125 1 0.5
    1B 13 7 73.0 68 5 0 6 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2018 35 TEX AL C 137 137 1192.7 959 50 13 2 .987 7.61 158 35 .222 0 5.2
    2B 3 3 27.0 7 4 0 2 1.000 3.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 2 17.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 7 0 15.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 36 TEX AL C 107 106 921.3 620 28 8 3 .988 6.33 113 21 .186 1 2.7
    1B 15 11 105.0 111 8 1 16 .992 10.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 1 10.0 4 5 0 2 1.000 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1172 1112 9894.0 7297 484 81 12 .990 7.08 1396 295 .211 6 34.5
  1B 254 85 1102.3 1126 70 8 109 .993 9.77 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  3B 10 10 85.7 8 14 2 2 .917 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 4 4 36.0 11 8 0 4 1.000 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 5 3 28.7 5 6 1 2 .917 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 3 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1449 1215 11158.6 8449 582 92 129 .990 7.28 1396 295 .211 6 36.7
Career Highs   150 143 1260.7 987 86 14 36 .998 9.29 211 46 .292 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 31 CHN NL 3 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .182 .273 .455
Career Post-Season Batting 3 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .182 .273 .455
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2014-7-.391
 Slugging Pct
2014-7-.528
 OPS
2014-6-.919
 Games
2017-8-156
CAR-30-1730
 Doubles
CAR-43-281
 Triples
2009-2-10
Homeruns
2014-10-30
 Strikeouts
2015-3-146
2017-8-135
2018-5-143
CAR-19-1314
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Justin Brashear (899)
  2. Michael Clark (892)
  3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (882)
  4. Samuel Gladstone (870)
  5. Angel Molina (863)
  6. C.J. Bressoud (856)
  7. Jeremy Brown (855)
  8. Jose Montero (844)
  9. Adam Donachie (841)
  10. Joel Echague (838)
History
Drove in 7 runs against Philadelphia on 8/28/2008
Injured on 9/22/2008 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/1/2009 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Injured on 5/29/2011 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,535,714 through salary arbitration
 
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