David
Nilson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 9, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 SLC FL     0 4 2 2 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4
1976 21 SLC FL     1 6 4 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1977 22 SLC FL     5 8 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1978 23 SLC FL     5 8 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1979 24 SLC FL     6 9 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1980 25 SLC FL     6 9 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 4 2 2 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     6 9 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 SLC FL $ 300,000 68 17 15 15 11 8 8 20 16 17
1982 27 SLC FL $ 300,000 68 16 16 16 9 6 7 19 18 18
1983 28 SLC FL $ 300,000 74 14 14 14 9 6 6 20 19 20
1984 29 SLC FL   74 14 15 15 9 6 6 19 18 18
1985 30 LBC FL $ 300,000 74 13 14 14 8 5 6 19 17 17
1987 32 VAL JL $ 300,500 74 13 13 13 7 4 5 18 16 16
1988 33 VAL JL $ 350,000 74 13 13 13 7 4 4 17 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings   68 13 13 13 7 4 4 17 16 16
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 74 17 16 16 11 8 8 20 19 20
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
1975 20 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 21 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 22 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 23 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 24 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 25 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 27 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 28 SLC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 29 SLC FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 30 LBC FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1987 32 VAL JL $ 300,500   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1988 33 VAL JL $ 350,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1975 20 A   6 11 .353 25 25 1 0 0 168.3 158 68 14 59 126 3.64 .247 .311 .387 .697  
1976 21 AA   15 5 .750 22 22 1 0 0 156.7 102 40 9 64 144 2.30 .184 .269 .267 .536  
1977 22 AAA   2 4 .333 6 6 0 0 0 33.0 40 22 5 15 35 6.00 .286 .355 .507 .862  
    AA   5 4 .556 18 18 0 0 0 123.7 92 35 9 49 125 2.55 .204 .283 .327 .609  
1978 23 AA   14 5 .737 25 25 0 0 0 159.0 114 58 15 72 186 3.28 .196 .285 .332 .617  
1979 24 AAA   0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 17.3 21 17 1 5 15 8.83 .292 .338 .528 .865  
    AA   10 5 .667 20 20 4 2 0 140.0 90 48 10 41 138 3.09 .179 .241 .321 .562  
1980 25 AAA   4 2 .667 27 7 0 0 2 66.7 47 17 1 25 79 2.30 .195 .271 .274 .545  
1981 26 SLC FL 7 2 .778 85 0 0 0 0 116.7 127 54 15 48 69 4.17 .278 .347 .444 .791 6.7
1982 27 SLC FL 6 4 .600 75 0 0 0 1 68.0 68 36 4 39 31 4.76 .265 .370 .393 .763 3.7
1983 28 SLC FL 6 4 .600 38 13 0 0 1 94.7 101 44 3 53 51 4.18 .277 .369 .384 .752 4.2
    AAA   1 2 .333 9 4 0 0 0 27.3 27 16 3 12 29 5.27 .252 .328 .393 .720  
1984 29 AAA   9 9 .500 29 19 0 0 1 135.7 138 65 4 78 149 4.31 .257 .351 .336 .687  
1985 30 LBC FL 3 10 .231 17 17 0 0 0 80.7 99 53 7 53 49 5.91 .306 .402 .444 .847 0.0
    AAA   6 5 .545 17 17 2 0 0 105.7 110 46 7 47 111 3.92 .265 .340 .357 .696  
1986 31 AAA   6 5 .545 28 18 0 0 2 121.0 134 64 11 87 128 4.76 .279 .389 .416 .805  
1987 32 VAL JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 0 4 2 7.50 .333 .429 .417 .845 0.0
    AAA   9 4 .692 23 19 1 0 0 127.3 104 56 9 95 144 3.96 .223 .354 .332 .686  
1988 33 AAA   7 9 .438 24 24 0 0 0 143.3 176 104 13 83 133 6.53 .301 .388 .439 .827  
    AA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
    A   4 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 31.3 16 2 0 11 39 0.57 .150 .229 .187 .416  
5 Years Sim 22 20 .524 216 31 0 0 2 366.0 403 192 29 197 202 4.72 .282 .371 .419 .790 14.6
9 Years AAA 44 42 .512 166 117 3 0 5 777.3 797 407 54 447 823 4.71 .262 .356 .380 .736  
5 Years AA 44 19 .698 86 85 5 2 0 580.3 398 181 43 226 596 2.81 .190 .269 .311 .580  
2 Years A 10 11 .476 29 29 2 1 0 199.7 174 70 14 70 165 3.16 .233 .299 .358 .657  
16 Years Minors 98 72 .576 281 231 10 3 5 1557.3 1369 658 111 743 1584 3.80 .233 .319 .353 .671  
Season Average 4 4 .500 43 6 0 0 0 73.2 80 38 5 39 40 4.72 .282 .371 .419 .790  
Career Highs 7 10 .778 85 17 0 0 1 116.7 127 54 15 53 69 7.50 .333 .429 .444 .847  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   280 131 22 156 143   .289 .387 .428 .815
vs LH   123 61 7 41 59   .269 .329 .400 .730
Home 11 9 .550 109 12 0 0 0 168.3 170 87 8 93 91 4.65 .262 .354 .383 .737
Away 11 11 .500 107 19 0 0 2 197.7 233 105 21 104 111 4.78 .300 .383 .449 .832
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 0 28.7 35 13 7 13 15 4.08 .313 .384 .518 .902
May 3 0 1.000 32 0 0 0 0 38.3 31 12 2 21 16 2.82 .228 .331 .353 .684
June 4 2 .667 42 5 0 0 1 64.7 80 38 8 37 32 5.29 .315 .402 .500 .902
July 4 4 .500 38 13 0 0 1 95.0 101 56 5 47 57 5.31 .272 .353 .390 .743
August 5 7 .417 38 9 0 0 0 80.0 88 42 5 46 47 4.73 .280 .372 .404 .777
Sep/Oct 4 5 .444 39 4 0 0 0 59.3 68 31 2 33 35 4.70 .285 .371 .389 .760
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
1981 26 SLC FL 85 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.6 0.0
1982 27 SLC FL 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1983 28 SLC FL 38 19 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1985 30 LBC FL 17 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .036 .000 .036 -2.1 0.0
1987 32 VAL JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 216 61 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .016 .031 .033 .064 -3.9 0.0
162 Game Average 45 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .016 .031 .033 .064 -2.9  
Career Highs 85 27 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.1  
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   49 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .020 .038 .041 .079 -3.5
vs LH   12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Home 109 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .045 .045 .091 .136 -1.3
Away 70 39 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .000 .023 .000 .023 -3.4
RISP   14 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3
Close/Late   6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 32 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3
June 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
July 13 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .040 .000 .040 -2.0
August 26 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3
Sep/Oct 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
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    
1981 26 SLC FL P 85 0 116.7 8 27 0 2 1.000 2.70    
1982 27 SLC FL P 75 0 68.0 3 11 2 2 .875 1.85    
1983 28 SLC FL P 38 13 94.7 6 22 2 1 .933 2.66    
1985 30 LBC FL P 17 17 80.7 3 13 1 1 .941 1.79    
1987 32 VAL JL P 1 1 6.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   216 31 366.0 22 75 5 6 .951 2.39    
Career Highs   85 17 116.7 8 27 2 2 1.000 6.00    
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History
Released by Seattle on 10/1/1974
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1975
Injured on 7/29/1979 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1980 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/13/1980 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/16/1981
Had first career hit (double) on 5/31/1981, off Kurt Stallwith (MON)
Injured on 9/26/1985 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
1/31/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1986 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Long Beach on 9/21/1986
Signed as a free agent by Valencia on 2/18/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $300,500 per year
Injured on 8/8/1987 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
1/31/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/30/1988 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week