Player
Candy Nelson
Player Info
- Full Name
- John W.
- Born
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March 14, 1849
Portland, ME, USA - Died
- September 4, 1910
- Size
- 5'6" / 145 lbs
- B/T
- L / R
- Debut
- June 11, 1872
- Final Game
- August 25, 1890
- Career
- 19 years
Teams
- Brooklyn Eckfords 1872-1872
- Troy Haymakers 1872-1872
- New York Mutuals 1873-1875
- Indianapolis Blues 1878-1878
- Troy Trojans 1879-1879
- Worcester Ruby Legs 1881-1881
- New York Metropolitans 1883-1887
- New York Giants 1887-1887
- Brooklyn Gladiators 1890-1890
Career Batting
817
G
.253
AVG
833
H
3
HR
208
RBI
.625
OPS
Batting Season by Season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | Brooklyn Gladiators | 60 | 223 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | .251 |
| 1887 | New York Metropolitans | 68 | 257 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | .245 |
| 1887 | New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1886 | New York Metropolitans | 109 | 413 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 89 | .225 |
| 1885 | New York Metropolitans | 107 | 420 | 107 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 98 | .255 |
| 1884 | New York Metropolitans | 111 | 432 | 110 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 114 | .255 |
| 1883 | New York Metropolitans | 97 | 417 | 127 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 75 | .305 |
| 1881 | Worcester Ruby Legs | 24 | 103 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .282 |
| 1879 | Troy Trojans | 28 | 106 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .264 |
| 1878 | Indianapolis Blues | 19 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .131 |
| 1875 | New York Mutuals | 70 | 276 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .199 |
| 1874 | New York Mutuals | 65 | 297 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 55 | .246 |
| 1873 | New York Mutuals | 36 | 168 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .327 |
| 1872 | Troy Haymakers | 4 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .350 |
| 1872 | Brooklyn Eckfords | 18 | 76 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .250 |