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Historical player · 1965–1978

Nelson Briles

B/T R/R · HT 71 · WT 195 · Born 8/5/1943 · From Dorris, CA USA · Debut 1965-04-19 · Final 1978-09-13

Career · batting

452

469

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.154 · 0.392

Career · pitching

452

279

2,111.7

W-L

129-112

1,163

ERA

3.44

WHIP

1.27

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1971–1973

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#492 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 E. Yde

Hits

#690 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Harmon

↓ 1 B. Werle

RBI

#682 on the Pirates

↑ 1 A. Alford

↓ 1 N. Yorke

Runs

#768 on the Pirates

↑ 1 M. Andujar

↓ 1 S. Adams

#850 on the Pirates

↑ 1 T. Alvarez

↓ 1 H. Arundel

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1965–1970

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#584 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Andujar

Hits

#666 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Anderson

↓ 1 R. Winn

RBI

#655 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 A. Burch

↓ 1 S. Yvars

Runs

#649 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Barnett

↓ 1 V. Benson

#593 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Andujar

↓ 1 P. Alexander

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1977–1978

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Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1974–1975

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Career with the Texas Rangers · 1976–1977

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,114 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 P. Zuvella

Hits

#7,007 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Baxes

↓ 1 H. Wyse

RBI

#6,989 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Allie

↓ 1 E. Yde

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	Cardinals	NL	37	15	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	8	0.133	0.188	0.133
1966	Cardinals	NL	49	38	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	0.079	0.125	0.079
1967	Cardinals	NL	49	40	5	6	0	0	0	0	3	20	0.150	0.209	0.150
1968	Cardinals	NL	33	80	5	11	2	0	0	5	4	21	0.138	0.186	0.163
1969	Cardinals	NL	36	76	1	8	0	0	1	5	4	26	0.105	0.150	0.145
1970	Cardinals	NL	30	39	4	7	1	2	0	3	1	14	0.179	0.200	0.308
1971	Pirates	NL	37	39	3	10	3	0	1	4	2	13	0.256	0.293	0.410
1972	Pirates	NL	28	70	6	11	1	0	0	4	2	32	0.157	0.178	0.171
1973	Pirates	NL	33	72	3	14	2	0	1	6	2	21	0.194	0.224	0.264
1974	Royals	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Royals	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Rangers	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Rangers	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Orioles	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Orioles	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			452	469	29	72	9	2	3	29	21	171	0.154	0.192	0.200

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1965	Cardinals	NL	3	3	37	2	4	82.3	79	32	26	52	3.50	1.28
1966	Cardinals	NL	4	15	49	17	6	154.0	162	55	54	100	3.21	1.40
1967	Cardinals	NL	14	5	49	14	6	155.3	139	42	40	94	2.43	1.15
1968	Cardinals	NL	19	11	33	33	0	243.7	251	76	55	141	2.81	1.26
1969	Cardinals	NL	15	13	36	33	0	227.7	218	89	63	126	3.52	1.23
1970	Cardinals	NL	6	7	30	19	0	106.7	129	74	36	59	6.24	1.55
1971	Pirates	NL	8	4	37	14	1	136.0	131	46	35	76	3.04	1.22
1972	Pirates	NL	14	11	28	27	0	195.7	185	67	43	120	3.08	1.17
1973	Pirates	NL	14	13	33	33	0	218.7	201	69	51	94	2.84	1.15
1974	Royals	AL	5	7	18	17	0	103.0	118	46	21	41	4.02	1.35
1975	Royals	AL	6	6	24	16	2	112.0	127	53	25	73	4.26	1.36
1976	Rangers	AL	11	9	32	31	1	210.0	224	76	47	98	3.26	1.29
1977	Rangers	AL	6	4	28	15	1	108.3	114	51	30	57	4.24	1.33
1977	Orioles	AL	0	0	2	0	1	4.0	5	3	0	2	6.75	1.25
1978	Orioles	AL	4	4	16	8	0	54.3	58	28	21	30	4.64	1.45
Career			129	112	452	279	22	2,111.7	2,141	807	547	1,163	3.44	1.27

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	452	279	2,112.3	131	263	14	17

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1984	BBWAA	1	303	Ballot