Nelson
Becker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 16, 1943 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 29 BUF FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 30 LV FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 31 DM FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 32 DM FL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 33 WAS JL $ 2,823,421 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 34 MAN FL $ 648,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 648,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,823,421 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 29 BUF FL 147 547 81 134 30 5 18 51 33 8 33 107 .245 .298 .417 .715 71.0 9.6
1974 30 BUF FL 78 210 18 37 8 2 3 13 18 4 12 56 .176 .225 .276 .501 14.4 0.0
  LV FL 54 192 38 53 11 5 5 21 17 4 15 43 .276 .332 .464 .795 30.3 5.7
  TOT   132 402 56 90 19 7 8 34 35 8 27 99 .224 .276 .366 .642 44.7 5.7
1975 31 DM FL 67 198 25 51 10 0 5 17 19 4 12 40 .258 .308 .384 .692 25.7 3.3
  LV FL 48 81 9 13 4 1 0 5 8 1 7 22 .160 .236 .235 .471 5.1 0.0
  TOT   115 279 34 64 14 1 5 22 27 5 19 62 .229 .287 .341 .628 30.8 3.3
1976 32 DM FL 140 423 56 103 28 7 6 38 52 12 30 91 .243 .302 .385 .688 54.2 8.0
1977 33 WAS JL 66 84 15 13 3 2 0 0 16 2 4 15 .155 .193 .238 .431 5.3 0.0
1978 34 MAN FL 128 488 47 114 24 8 12 59 24 2 27 159 .234 .277 .389 .666 57.2 9.9
    AAA   27 106 16 36 7 1 5 13 11 0 8 20 .340 .386 .566 .952 22.8  
6 Years Sim 728 2223 289 518 118 30 49 204 187 37 140 533 .233 .285 .379 .664 263.2 36.7
1 Years AAA 27 106 16 36 7 1 5 13 11 0 8 20 .340 .391 .566 .957 22.8  
162 Game Average 494 64 115 26 6 10 45 41 8 31 118 .233 .285 .379 .664 58.6  
Career Highs 147 547 81 134 30 8 18 59 52 12 33 159 .245 .302 .417 .715 71.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1434 179 314 73 21 26 121 114 22 82 358 .219 .270 .354 .623 142.7
vs LH   789 110 204 45 9 23 83 73 15 58 175 .259 .313 .426 .739 110.3
Home 367 1079 150 240 53 11 25 93 89 17 68 253 .222 .276 .361 .637 114.3
Away 361 1144 139 278 65 19 24 111 98 20 72 280 .243 .294 .396 .690 138.7
RISP   461 0 104 22 6 19 153 0 0 39 123 .226 .285 .423 .708 56.9
Pinch Hitting   101 13 19 5 2 0 8 8 1 8 26 .188 .255 .277 .532 7.6
Close/Late   300 46 61 12 3 3 19 0 0 21 85 .203 .265 .293 .559 21.8
Mar/Apr 101 323 35 69 19 3 5 22 29 3 29 65 .214 .287 .337 .624 34.7
May 133 374 41 70 20 4 5 28 24 7 22 100 .187 .239 .302 .541 26.6
June 97 271 38 69 15 6 4 23 18 3 12 70 .255 .287 .399 .685 31.8
July 121 365 48 87 11 5 12 36 32 13 22 87 .238 .285 .395 .680 42.3
August 143 471 64 119 30 7 9 34 50 6 32 112 .253 .308 .403 .711 62.5
Sep/Oct 133 419 63 104 23 5 14 61 34 5 23 99 .248 .298 .427 .725 55.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 29 BUF FL CF 134 131 1108.3 350 5 9 4 .975 2.88 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    RF 5 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 30 BUF FL CF 66 63 486.3 153 3 4 0 .975 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  LV FL CF 46 44 452.0 143 3 4 0 .973 2.91 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  BUF FL RF 1 0 1.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL RF 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 112 107 938.3 296 6 8 0 .974 2.90   3.9
      RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1975 31 DM FL CF 38 27 299.0 85 2 1 1 .989 2.62 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LV FL CF 28 19 124.3 36 1 1 0 .974 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  DM FL RF 13 10 119.8 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL RF 9 8 49.8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DM FL 3B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL 3B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 66 46 423.3 121 3 2 1 .984 2.64   1.8
      RF 22 18 169.6 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.0
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1976 32 DM FL RF 78 72 645.0 149 4 4 1 .975 2.13 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 35 33 294.7 92 3 1 1 .990 2.90 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 33 WAS JL CF 14 13 107.7 28 0 1 0 .966 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 34 MAN FL RF 109 103 946.0 191 5 9 1 .956 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 16 15 132.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 377 345 3004.3 917 17 21 6 .978 2.80 0 0 .000 0 8.8
  RF 220 194 1784.6 381 10 13 2 .968 1.97 0 0 .000 0 4.2
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   602 539 4798.9 1304 29 34 9 .975 2.50 0 0 .000 0 13.0
Career Highs   140 132 1126.3 352 9 9 4 .988 2.91 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 30 LV FL 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 33 WAS JL 2 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .375 .444 .500 .944
Career Post-Season Batting 2 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .400 .444 .844
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1973-5-33
1974-9-35
1976-3-52
Strikeouts
1978-2-159
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 187th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1973, off Steve Iavre (MAN)
Injured on 6/1/1973 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Buffalo to Las Vegas on 7/21/1974 (Going to BUF: CF W. Consolo, P M. Milholm. Going to LV: CF N. Becker, C R. Johnson)
Injured on 7/24/1974 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Las Vegas to Des Moines on 7/1/1975 (Going to DM: C E. Berman, CF N. Becker, P J. Ortiz. Going to LV: 1B D. Walters, C N. Newton)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/11/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $2,823,421 per year
Signed as a free agent by Manhattan on 3/2/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $648,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/18/1978, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI