SS Billy Nielsen #37
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
09/04/1972
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SS BILLY NIELSEN #37 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
91 216 46 7 1 2 22 9 33 .213 .245 .282 0 -1.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 50 45 45
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 40 40 35 40
Eye 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 60 40
Errors: - 80 60
Arm: 20 50 40
Turn DP: - 55 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 55
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 65 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 55
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/23/1972 PIT Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/22/1972 PIT Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/21/1972 @ CIN Win, 2-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/20/1972 @ CIN Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/19/1972 @ CIN Win, 14-7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
07/17/1972 @ WAS Win, 7-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/16/1972 @ WAS Win, 11-10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/16/1972 @ WAS Win, 8-2 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
07/15/1972 KCB Win, 3-1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
07/14/1972 KCB Win, 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
He works hard at his craft.
High: Loyalty, Work Ethic
Birthday:01/19/1941
Born in:Sweeny, TX
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 7 Days
Service This Yr:111 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1963, 15th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 91 216 46 7 1 2 22 20 9 33 .213 .245 .282 .527 .244 .069 55
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 46 229 1 0 0 7 3 3 61 10 0 3 0.0 13.2 1.92 -1.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   112 25 4 1 2 12 10 6 18 1 3 0 .223 .261 .330 .591
Versus Right   104 21 3 0 0 10 9 3 15 2 0 1 .202 .227 .231 .458
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   47 12 4 0 2 6 7 1 9 0 2 0 .255 .271 .468 .739
May   59 9 1 0 0 5 4 3 9 1 1 0 .153 .190 .169 .360
June   58 18 0 1 0 5 7 5 7 0 0 0 .310 .365 .345 .710
July   52 7 2 0 0 6 2 0 8 2 0 1 .135 .145 .173 .319
Spring Training   57 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 0 1 0 .193 .207 .193 .400
Last Year   41 8 2 0 1 1 6 1 13 0 0 0 .195 .214 .317 .531
2 Years Ago   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career   1849 434 59 9 23 175 165 112 315 13 33 18 .235 .283 .314 .597
Home   102 19 3 1 1 8 11 3 16 2 0 1 .186 .213 .265 .478
Road   114 27 4 0 1 14 9 6 17 1 3 0 .237 .273 .298 .571
Grass   216 46 7 1 2 22 20 9 33 3 3 1 .213 .245 .282 .527
Day   136 29 4 0 2 15 10 6 21 2 3 1 .213 .248 .287 .535
Night   80 17 3 1 0 7 10 3 12 1 0 0 .212 .238 .275 .513
As Starter   175 38 5 1 2 14 15 8 25 2 3 1 .217 .253 .291 .544
As Reliever / Substitution   41 8 2 0 0 8 5 1 8 1 0 0 .195 .209 .244 .453
Pinch Hitting   27 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 7 0 0 0 .148 .179 .148 .327
Close/Late   58 12 2 0 1 8 3 1 6 2 0 0 .207 .213 .293 .506
Inning 1-3   72 16 2 1 1 4 6 2 14 0 3 0 .222 .243 .319 .563
Inning 4-6   59 11 2 0 0 5 7 5 11 1 0 1 .186 .258 .220 .478
Inning 7-9   78 17 3 0 1 13 6 1 8 2 0 0 .218 .222 .295 .517
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
0 Outs   81 14 2 1 1 5 8 3 14 3 0 1 .173 .205 .259 .464
1 Outs   62 11 1 0 1 6 5 3 12 0 3 0 .177 .215 .242 .457
2 Outs   73 21 4 0 0 11 6 3 7 0 0 0 .288 .316 .342 .658
Scoring Position   53 13 3 0 0 20 4 3 7 3 3 0 .245 .271 .302 .573
Bases Empty   127 23 3 1 2 2 10 5 22 0 0 0 .181 .212 .268 .480
Runner on 1st   36 10 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 .278 .316 .306 .621
Runner on 2nd   19 4 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 0 .211 .286 .263 .549
Runner on 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833
Runner on 1st & 2nd   14 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 3 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 .429 .444 .571 1.016
Bases Loaded   10 2 1 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Two Strikes   81 13 2 1 1 5 11 4 33 2 0 0 .160 .195 .247 .442
First Pitch   44 6 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 .136 .156 .205 .360
Count 0-1   25 7 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .280 .320 .600
Count 0-2   17 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 .235 .235 .294 .529
Count 1-0   25 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .360 .360 .400 .760
Count 1-1   17 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .235 .222 .235 .458
Count 1-2   29 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 .103 .103 .276 .379
Count 2-0   7 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Count 2-1   11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .455 .727
Count 2-2   18 4 1 0 0 4 2 0 7 2 0 0 .222 .200 .278 .478
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Full Count   17 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 .118 .286 .118 .403
Behind in Count   71 14 2 1 1 6 8 0 20 0 0 0 .197 .197 .296 .493
Ahead in Count   49 16 4 0 0 8 4 5 0 0 1 0 .327 .389 .408 .797
Batting Leadoff   110 24 5 1 2 12 10 5 17 1 3 0 .218 .250 .336 .586
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   59 15 0 0 0 3 6 3 7 1 0 1 .254 .297 .254 .551
Batting 7th   19 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   20 4 2 0 0 4 3 1 5 1 0 0 .200 .227 .300 .527
Low Leverage   73 20 4 0 1 9 8 3 11 1 0 0 .274 .299 .370 .669
Medium Leverage   100 17 1 1 1 6 9 5 19 1 3 1 .170 .215 .230 .445
High Leverage   40 9 2 0 0 7 2 1 3 1 0 0 .225 .238 .275 .513
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 64 155 41 8 0 2 12 10 13 0 1 31 0 1 .265 .320 .355 .674 103 99 1.1
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 132 436 115 20 6 7 43 52 25 3 2 67 1 0 .264 .307 .385 .692 103 103 3.7
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 26 156 513 122 10 2 8 59 37 29 5 3 93 2 2 .238 .284 .312 .596 81 78 0.9
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 27 100 310 65 9 0 2 21 20 22 9 1 47 0 2 .210 .281 .258 .539 70 63 0.1
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 28 61 177 37 3 0 1 17 20 13 0 3 31 0 2 .209 .259 .243 .502 47 45 -0.7
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.0
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 30 15 41 8 2 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 13 0 0 .195 .214 .317 .531 52 50 -0.2
1972 Cleveland - MLB 31 91 216 46 7 1 2 22 20 9 1 3 33 0 3 .213 .245 .282 .527 53 55 -1.1
Total MLB 621 1849 434 59 9 23 175 165 112 18 13 315 3 10 .235 .283 .314 .597 79 77 3.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1963 Total - 22 63 286 83 10 1 3 51 69 24 4 0 30 26 6 .290 .354 .364 .717 100 100 0.9
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 26 12 41 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 .146 .163 .171 .334 2 -14 0.1
Total MLB 12 41 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 .146 .163 .171 .334 2 -14
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 31 28 55 94 22 149 0 1.000 257.2 5.20 +3.8 1.094
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 +0.0 1.049
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 16 12 15 37 9 53 1 .981 103.1 4.53 -0.7 .977
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 113 108 191 367 82 563 5 .991 927.2 5.41 +15.6 1.077
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.2 1.93 +0.2 1.050
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 16 13 15 34 7 52 3 .942 116.0 3.80 -1.5 .898
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 2 1 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.4 1.046
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 +0.1 1.053
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 151 149 181 441 85 635 13 .980 1275.0 4.39 -2.5 1.004
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 17 14 28 38 11 66 0 1.000 120.1 4.94 +1.5 1.107
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 8 7 4 14 0 18 0 1.000 62.0 2.61 +0.6 1.054
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 75 71 101 204 50 315 10 .968 629.2 4.36 -6.5 .943
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.015
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 59 55 93 164 36 261 4 .985 468.0 4.94 -3.5 .949
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 0.0 .000
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 14 14 17 50 7 70 3 .957 111.0 5.43 -1.0 .949
1972 Cleveland - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cleveland - MLB 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cleveland - MLB 3B 25 22 9 41 6 54 4 .926 188.1 2.39 -3.6 .899
1972 Cleveland - MLB SS 45 24 59 99 22 161 3 .981 256.1 5.55 -4.1 .918
1972 Cleveland - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 167 151 275 507 117 787 5 .994 1320.2 5.33 +21.4 1.082
TOTAL 3B 38 31 14 59 6 77 4 .948 276.0 2.38 -2.8 .941
TOTAL SS 377 338 481 1029 216 1547 37 .976 2960.1 4.59 -19.8 .967
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1963 Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 15, 63rd overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Industrials, out of college Oklahoma State
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 35 (45).
07/09/1964 Named the #65 prospect in the MLB
10/26/1964 Named the #47 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 35 (45).
04/13/1965 Named the #76 prospect in the MLB
06/22/1965 Injured (shoulder inflammation),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
11/07/1965 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,000.
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 35 (45).
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,000.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 35 (45).
11/06/1967 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $59,950.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 40 (45).
11/17/1968 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $75,000.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (45).
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $85,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (50).
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $102,600.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (50).
09/27/1971 Released by the Pittsburgh Industrials.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
03/02/1972 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $65,600 with the Cleveland Bobcats organization.
07/24/1972 Released by the Cleveland Bobcats.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1967 150 8
Year IBB Rank
1967 5 7
1968 6 8
Year HP Rank
1968 9 2
Year SH Rank
1966 13 10
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