MLB / Players

Candy Nelson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 6 in · 145 lb
BornMarch 14, 1849 · Portland, ME, USA
MLB debutJune 11, 1872
Final gameAugust 25, 1890
Seasons13 (1872–1890)

Brooklyn Eckfords 1872; Troy Haymakers 1872; New York Mutuals 1873–1875; Indianapolis Blues 1878; Troy Trojans 1879; Worcester Ruby Legs 1881; New York Metropolitans 1883–1886; New York Giants 1887; New York Metropolitans 1887; Brooklyn Gladiators 1890

Percentile snapshot

1886 season — qualified batters

G
109
14.1
PA
479
27.2
AB
413
5.4
R
89
64.1
H
93
8.7
2B
7
2.2
3B
2
2.2
HR
0
0
RBI
23
3.3
BB
64
89.1
SO
0
52.2
SB
14
26.1
BA
.225
15.2
OBP
.332
59.8
SLG
.252
5.4
OPS
.584
17.4
wRC+
95.1
33.7
OPS+
84.5
20.7
wOBA
.298
33.7
sWAR
1.6
37

of 93 qualified 1886 batters (min 424 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
102.8
47.2
OPS+
98.5
38.7
sWAR
16.3
91.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18722298961426510132510.271.286.344.62996.492.9.2900.3
1873361691682855410221220.327.331.363.694102.7105.2.3180.6
1874653062975573750319560.246.268.303.57190.682.2.2640.7
1875702852762855710239042.199.225.232.45676.458.0.2130.2
18781989841211100551100.131.180.143.32336.17.0.161-0.3
1879281141061728710108400.264.316.349.665115.4118.3.3040.7
1881241081031329101155600.282.315.320.63599.898.8.2950.5
188397448417751271960031000.305.353.379.732124.9134.7.3383.4
18841115154321141101531074000.255.375.310.685124.3125.6.3313.9
18851074844209810712413061000.255.353.310.663112.6110.7.3222.9
1886109479413899372023640140.225.332.252.58495.184.5.2981.6
1887693152596163510244812290.243.378.270.64895.381.4.3340.8
189060263223445632012350120.251.365.283.64898.890.5.3361.1

Career totals

G
817
PA
3,673
AB
3,294
R
648
H
833
2B
93
3B
27
HR
3
RBI
208
BB
352
SO
45
SB
68
BA
.2529
OBP
.3300
SLG
.3002
OPS
.6302

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.