Donald Van Nest

Donald James Van Nest
Born: October 2, 1927
Deceased: December 24, 2015
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: OF
Bats: Left
Throws:
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
Career: 1945-1953

Donald Van Nest compiled a career record of 42 wins and 46 losses and a 4.35 ERA in his 146-game pitching career with the Wilmington Blue Rocks, Appleton Papermakers, Bradford Blue Wings, Burlington Indians, Zanesville Indians, Spartanburg Peaches, Wichita Indians, Lakeland Pilots and Brownsville Charros. He began playing during the 1945 season and last took the field during the 1953 campaign.

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1945	B	INSL6	Wilmington Blue Rocks	2	1	.667	4.42	20			2			59.0	55	31	29		46		51	5	0	5
1947	D	WISL	Appleton Papermakers	3	10	.231	5.88	14			6			85.7	109	70	56		65		54	3		5
1950	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	15	8	.652	2.92	34						194.0	177	82	63	5	82
1951	A	WL3	Wichita Indians					10						0.0
1951	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	12	7	.632	4.01	20						157.0	179	83	70	4	72
1952	B	FLIN	Lakeland Pilots	1	10	.091	6.14	16	13					88.0	103	68	60		50
1953	B	GULF3	Brownsville Charros	9	10	.474	4.58	32	13					165.0	187	116	84		82
Totals				42	46	.477	4.35	146	26	0	8	0	0	748.7	810	450	362	9	397	0	105	8	0	10	0

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	B	INSL6	Wilmington Blue Rocks	24	33	31	2	8	1	1	0	3	0		2	3	.258	.303	.355	.658	11		0	0
1947	D	WISL	Appleton Papermakers	52	164	151	22	51	7	0	3	24	3		11	22	.338	.390	.444	.834	67		2	0
1948	D	NYPL	Bradford Blue Wings	89	330	330		93	12	11	9						.282	.282	.467	.748	154
1949	D	OHSL4	Zanesville Indians	62	248	209	28	51	8	0	1	40	2		29	24	.244	.350	.297	.646	62		5	5
1949	C	CENA2	Burlington Indians	10	40	34	7	6	0	1	2	3	0		6	6	.176	.300	.412	.712	14		0	0
1950	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	65	126	126		31	6	1	5						.246	.246	.429	.675	54
1951	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	37	81	81		18	2	0	2						.222	.222	.321	.543	26
1951	A	WL3	Wichita Indians	22	21	21		7	2	0	0						.333	.333	.429	.762	9
1952	B	FLIN	Lakeland Pilots	20	52	52		13	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	13
1953	B	GULF3	Brownsville Charros	59	129	129		26	2	0	1						.202	.202	.240	.442	31
Totals				440	1224	1164	59	304	40	14	23	70	5	0	48	55	.261	.295	.379	.673	441	0	7	5	0	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1945	B	INSL6	Wilmington Blue Rocks	P	20	0	9	1	0	.900	.450
1947	D	WISL	Appleton Papermakers	OF	29	28	1	4	0	.879	1.000
1947	D	WISL	Appleton Papermakers	P	14						.000
1949	D	OHSL4	Zanesville Indians	OF	53	54	7	4	2	.938	1.151
1950	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	P	34						.000
1951	B	TRIS5	Spartanburg Peaches	P	20						.000
1952	B	FLIN	Lakeland Pilots	P	16						.000
1953	B	GULF3	Brownsville Charros	P	32						.000
Totals					218	82	17	9	2	.917	.454

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1945	B	Inter-State League	Wilmington Blue Rocks	PHI
1947	D	Wisconsin State League	Appleton Papermakers	PHI
1948	D	PONY League	Bradford Blue Wings	PHI
1949	C	Central Association	Burlington Indians	CLE
1949	D	Ohio-Indiana League	Zanesville Indians	CLE
1950	B	Tri-State League	Spartanburg Peaches	CLE
1951	B	Tri-State League	Spartanburg Peaches	CLE
1951	A	Western League	Wichita Indians	CLE
1952	B	Florida International League	Lakeland Pilots
1952	A	Western League	Wichita Indians	CLE
1953	B	Gulf Coast League	Brownsville Charros

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