Mel Nelson

Melvin Frederick Nelson
Born: May 30, 1936
San Diego, CA US
Deceased: November 26, 2021
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
Career: 1954-1970
Major League Statistics

Mel Nelson compiled a career record of 85 wins and 78 losses and a 4.10 ERA in his 389-game pitching career with the Fresno Cardinals, Rochester Red Wings, Billings Mustangs, Columbus Foxes, York White Roses, Houston Buffalos, Tulsa Oilers, Omaha Cardinals, Spokane Indians, Portland Beavers, Atlanta Crackers, Hawaii Islanders, Denver Bears, Jacksonville Suns and Richmond Braves. He began playing during the 1954 season and last took the field during the 1970 campaign.

Rochester Red Wings	Columbus Foxes	Billings Mustangs	Houston Buffalos	York White Roses	Tulsa Oilers
Spokane Indians	Spokane Indians	Portland Beavers	Hawaii Islanders	Denver Bears	Tulsa Oilers
Jacksonville Suns	Tulsa Oilers	Denver Bears	Richmond Braves

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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
1956	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	0	0			7						0.0									0
1957	C	PION	Billings Mustangs	4	3	.571	4.33	11	7		3	1		52.0	51	35	25	3	33		52	1	0	4
1958	AA	TL	Houston Buffalos	4	1	.800	1.29	8	6		3	2		49.0	35	8	7	0	24	1	47	1	0	1
1958	A	EL	York White Roses	8	5	.615	4.08	30	18		6	3		128.0	125	77	58	9	85	5	103	4	0	6
1959	AA	TL	Tulsa Oilers	9	9	.500	3.02	23	19		10	3		140.0	138	60	47	3	44	1	92	3	2	6
1959	AAA	AA2	Omaha Cardinals	2	0	1.000	4.43	25	4		1	0		61.0	48	30	30	3	44	0	36	0	0	2
1960	AAA	PCL	Spokane Indians	13	7	.650	3.69	33	22		6	3		161.0	138	73	66	6	87		95	7	0	3
1961	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	9	12	.429	4.65	38	18		4	0		176.0	174	105	91	21	107	9	104	6	0	8
1962	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	1	0	1.000	7.88	8	0		0	0		8.0	7	7	7	2	2	0	8	1	0	2
1963	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	4	4	.500	6.19	12	11		1	0		64.0	80	51	44	8	35	5	44	4	0	3
1964	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	9	12	.429	2.96	24	23		7	2		158.0	131	63	52	10	50	2	77	2	0	3
1964	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	0	0		16.00	9	0		0	0		9.0	18	16	16	4	7	0	12	1	0	0
1966	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	5	11	.312	6.21	32	18		5	1		116.0	169	89	80	13	43	1	73	1	0	5
1967	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	10	3	.769	2.67	54	1		0	0		81.0	73	28	24	7	28	2	55	1	1	4
1968	AAA	PCL	Tulsa Oilers	1	2	.333	2.52	13	1		0	0		25.0	25	12	7	2	11	2	17	1	0	1
1968	AAA	IL	Jacksonville Suns	0	1	.000	4.50	3	0		0	0		8.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	6	0	0	0
1969	AAA	AA2	Denver Bears					11						0.0
1969	AAA	AA2	Tulsa Oilers					11						0.0
1970	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	6	8	.429	4.55	37	3		1	0	5	93.0	100	53	47	7	30	1	59	0	0	1
Totals				85	78	.521	4.10	389	151	0	47	15	5	1329.0	1320	711	605	98	634	29	880	33	3	49	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
1954	C	CALL	Fresno Cardinals	39	165	149	15	34	3	1	0	10	2		10	49	.228	.286	.262	.547	39		2	4	0
1955	C	CALL	Fresno Cardinals	147	625	625		185	29	8	27						.296	.296	.498	.794	311
1956	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	131	463	427	49	104	16	6	4	35	2		29	100	.244	.295	.337	.632	144		3	2	2
1957	A	SALL2	Columbus Foxes	24	82	77	7	12	1	2	2	5	1		4	23	.156	.207	.299	.506	23		1	0	0	0
1957	C	PION	Billings Mustangs	68	282	239	48	67	13	7	11	45	4		38	61	.280	.379	.531	.910	127		1	2	2
1957	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	17	18	15	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	3	.133	.278	.267	.544	4		0	0	0
1958	A	EL	York White Roses	54	101	92	12	22	4	3	4	18	0		5	23	.239	.273	.478	.751	44		0	2	2	1
1958	AA	TL	Houston Buffalos	12	23	23	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.087	.087	.087	.174	2		0	0	0
1959	AAA	AA2	Omaha Cardinals	44	56	51	11	18	3	3	2	7	1		3	14	.353	.411	.647	1.058	33		2	0	0	0
1959	AA	TL	Tulsa Oilers	24	57	50	6	16	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	12	.320	.375	.380	.755	19		1	1	1
1960	AAA	PCL	Spokane Indians	46	72	65	15	15	3	2	2	7	0	0	5	21	.231	.286	.431	.716	28		0	2	0
1961	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	49	80	73	10	21	3	0	3	12	0	0	7	26	.288	.350	.452	.802	33		0	0	0
1962	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	16	13	12	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.250	.404	3		0	0	0
1963	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	18	33	28	6	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	7	.179	.303	.357	.660	10		0	0	0
1964	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	32	56	53	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	.132	.164	.151	.315	8		1	1	0
1964	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0	0
1966	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	37	42	40	8	9	2	0	2	7	0	0	1	15	.225	.244	.425	.669	17		0	1	0
1967	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	56	19	19	2	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	8	.211	.211	.579	.789	11		0	0	0
1968	AAA	IL	Jacksonville Suns	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
1968	AAA	PCL	Tulsa Oilers	15	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
1970	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	39	30	26	7	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	9	.231	.333	.385	.718	10		0	0	0
Totals				880	2232	2077	209	532	83	35	61	169	10	0	121	414	.256	.300	.418	.718	868	0	11	16	7	1

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1954	C	CALL	Fresno Cardinals	OF	38	66	4	6	0	.921	1.842
1956	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	P	7						.000
1956	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	OF	130	320	15	16	3	.954	2.577
1957	C	PION	Billings Mustangs	OF	57	95	6	3	1	.971	1.772
1957	A	SALL2	Columbus Foxes	OF	22	59	3	3	0	.954	2.818
1957	AAA	IL	Rochester Red Wings	OF	15	13	1	0	0	1.000	.933
1957	C	PION	Billings Mustangs	P	11	3	8	2	0	.846	1.000
1958	AA	TL	Houston Buffalos	P	8						.000
1958	A	EL	York White Roses	P	30	7	17	0	0	1.000	.800
1958	A	EL	York White Roses	OF	11	12	0	1	0	.923	1.091
1959	AAA	AA2	Omaha Cardinals	P	25	5	8	0	0	1.000	.520
1959	AA	TL	Tulsa Oilers	P	23	5	17	0	1	1.000	.957
1960	AAA	PCL	Spokane Indians	P	33	5	25	1	3	.968	.909
1961	AAA	PCL	Portland Beavers	P	38	11	29	3	0	.930	1.053
1962	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	P	8						.000
1963	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	P	12	3	13	2	1	.889	1.333
1964	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	P	9						.000
1964	AAA	IL	Atlanta Crackers	P	24	8	31	0	4	1.000	1.625
1966	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	P	32	2	21	0	0	1.000	.719
1967	AAA	PCL	Denver Bears	P	54	8	11	0	0	1.000	.352
1968	AAA	IL	Jacksonville Suns	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
1968	AAA	PCL	Tulsa Oilers	P	13	1	3	0	1	1.000	.308
1969	AAA	AA2	Tulsa Oilers	P	11						.000
1969	AAA	AA2	Denver Bears	P	11						.000
1970	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	P	37	2	11	2	2	.867	.351
1970	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
Totals					663	627	224	39	17	.956	1.284

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1954	C	California League	Fresno Cardinals	SLN
1955	C	California League	Fresno Cardinals	SLN
1956	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	SLN
1957	AAA	International League	Rochester Red Wings	SLN
1957	C	Pioneer League	Billings Mustangs	SLN
1957	A	South Atlantic League	Columbus Foxes	SLN
1958	A	Eastern League	York White Roses	SLN
1958	AA	Texas League	Houston Buffalos	SLN
1959	AA	Texas League	Tulsa Oilers	SLN
1959	AAA	American Association 2	Omaha Cardinals	SLN
1960	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Spokane Indians	LAN
1961	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Portland Beavers	SLN
1962	AAA	International League	Atlanta Crackers	SLN
1963	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Hawaii Islanders	LAA
1964	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Hawaii Islanders	LAA
1964	AAA	International League	Atlanta Crackers	MIN
1966	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Denver Bears	MIN
1967	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Denver Bears	MIN
1968	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Tulsa Oilers	SLN
1968	AAA	International League	Jacksonville Suns	NYN
1969	AAA	American Association 2	Tulsa Oilers	SLN
1969	AAA	American Association 2	Denver Bears	MIN
1970	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL

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