MLB / Players

Dave Nilsson

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 185 lb

BornDecember 14, 1969 · Brisbane, QLD, Australia

MLB debutMay 18, 1992

Final gameOctober 3, 1999

Seasons8 (1992–1999)

Milwaukee Brewers 1992–1999

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

156

81.1

629

51.7

554

56.6

25.2

154

49.7

69.9

51.7

RBI

50.3

60.1

57.3

13.3

68.5

.278

46.9

OBP

.352

46.9

SLG

.446

46.2

OPS

.798

wRC+

105.2

41.3

OPS+

106.6

45.5

wOBA

.350

44.1

sWAR

1.1

19.6

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

108.9

59.4

OPS+

110.0

61.8

sWAR

12.3

89.1

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1992	51	183	164	15	38	8	0	4	25	17	18	2	2	.232	.304	.354	.658	86.5	86.3	.306	0.7
1993	100	340	296	35	76	10	2	7	40	37	36	3	6	.257	.336	.375	.711	93.1	93.8	.323	1.5
1994	109	440	397	51	109	28	3	12	69	34	61	1	0	.275	.326	.451	.777	88.7	95.1	.332	0.8
1995	81	294	263	41	73	12	1	12	53	24	41	2	0	.278	.337	.468	.804	98.7	103.2	.349	0.5
1996	123	516	453	81	150	33	2	17	84	57	68	2	3	.331	.407	.525	.932	132.0	131.2	.406	2.9
1997	156	629	554	71	154	33	0	20	81	65	88	2	3	.278	.352	.446	.798	105.2	106.6	.350	1.1
1998	102	347	309	39	83	14	1	12	56	33	48	2	2	.269	.339	.437	.776	103.3	102.3	.345	0.7
1999	115	404	343	56	106	19	1	21	62	53	64	1	2	.309	.400	.554	.954	139.0	140.2	.411	4.1

Career totals

837

3,153

2,779

389

789

157

105

RBI

470

320

424

.2839

OBP

.3563

SLG

.4610

381st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8173

370th-highest career OPS

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1999-06-03	HOU @ MIL Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	2	10
1996-05-17	MIL @ MIN Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	4	9
1996-07-23	MIL @ SEA Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	3	9
1999-05-12	MIL @ CIN Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	3	9
1997-07-27	MIL @ DET Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	4	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.