Player

Candy Nelson

Player Info
Full Name
John W.
Born
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
Career Batting
817
G
.253
AVG
833
H
3
HR
208
RBI
.625
OPS
103
OPS vs Lg
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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
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1890 AA 263 .031 — 13.3 — 97 0.0
1887 AA 315 .027 .255 15.2 3.8 86 0.0
1886 AA 479 .027 — 13.4 — 87 0.0 ✓
1885 AA 484 .055 — 12.6 — 117 1.5 ✓
1884 AA 515 .056 — 14.4 — 131 1.4 ✓
1883 AA 448 .074 — 6.9 — 141 0.0 ✓
1881 NL 108 .039 .292 4.6 5.6 103 2.0
1879 NL 114 .085 .275 7.0 3.5 123 0.0
1878 NL 89 .012 .151 5.6 12.4 9 0.0
1875 NA 285 .033 .199 3.2 0.0 61 0.0 ✓
1874 NA 306 .057 .250 2.9 1.6 86 0.0 ✓
1873 NA 169 .036 .331 0.6 1.2 111 0.0 ✓
1872 NA 98 .073 .286 2.0 5.1 95 0.0 ✓
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
SS 560 668 1,680 346 134 .872
2B 137 303 320 113 29 .846
OF 100 175 16 24 8 .888
3B 35 53 70 36 1 .774
1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
C 1 2 1 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1890 Brooklyn Gladiators OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000
1890 Brooklyn Gladiators SS 57 60 198 40 20 .866
1887 New York Metropolitans 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1887 New York Giants 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1887 New York Metropolitans OF 37 74 11 10 6 .895
1887 New York Metropolitans SS 32 46 100 17 12 .896
1886 New York Metropolitans OF 36 56 3 6 2 .908
1886 New York Metropolitans SS 73 103 216 54 17 .855
1885 New York Metropolitans 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1885 New York Metropolitans SS 107 153 370 63 33 .892
1884 New York Metropolitans 2B 1 7 0 0 0 1.000
1884 New York Metropolitans SS 110 113 292 56 16 .879
1883 New York Metropolitans SS 97 98 232 47 18 .875
1881 Worcester Ruby Legs SS 24 20 94 13 6 .898
1879 Troy Trojans OF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000
1879 Troy Trojans SS 24 37 89 25 8 .834
1878 Indianapolis Blues SS 19 19 50 13 1 .841
1875 New York Mutuals 2B 49 109 139 42 14 .855
1875 New York Mutuals 3B 23 41 50 22 1 .805
1875 New York Mutuals OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1875 New York Mutuals SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1874 New York Mutuals 2B 51 115 105 47 8 .824
1874 New York Mutuals OF 1 1 1 1 0 .667
1874 New York Mutuals SS 14 17 37 16 3 .771
1873 New York Mutuals 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1873 New York Mutuals 2B 27 58 53 17 4 .867
1873 New York Mutuals 3B 6 7 13 10 0 .667
1873 New York Mutuals C 1 2 1 0 0 1.000
1873 New York Mutuals OF 6 4 0 1 0 .800
1872 Brooklyn Eckfords 2B 8 13 23 7 3 .837
1872 Brooklyn Eckfords 3B 4 5 7 4 0 .750
1872 Brooklyn Eckfords OF 8 19 0 6 0 .760
1872 Troy Haymakers OF 3 7 0 0 0 1.000
1872 Troy Haymakers SS 1 1 2 2 0 .600
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 3 10 1 0 0 .100
1884 World Series New York Metropolitans 3 10 1 0 0 .100