Graig Nettles

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornAugust 20, 1944 · San Diego, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 6, 1967

Final gameOctober 1, 1988

Seasons22 (1967–1988)

Minnesota Twins 1967–1969; Cleveland Indians 1970–1972; New York Yankees 1973–1983; San Diego Padres 1984–1986; Atlanta Braves 1987; Montreal Expos 1988

Percentile snapshot

1985 season — qualified batters

137

14.7

515

7.4

440

2.2

31.6

115

8.8

28.7

8.1

48.5

RBI

37.5

80.9

72.1

93.4

.261

33.1

OBP

.363

77.9

SLG

.420

50.7

OPS

.784

62.5

wRC+

125.2

76.5

OPS+

121.0

72.1

wOBA

.362

72.1

sWAR

3.6

77.2

of 137 qualified 1985 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.3

62.3

OPS+

110.7

63.2

sWAR

51.9

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
1967	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	190.3	180.9	.443	0.0
1968	22	84	76	13	17	2	1	5	8	7	20	0	0	.224	.298	.474	.771	128.2	127.3	.348	0.5
1969	96	261	225	27	50	9	2	7	26	32	47	1	2	.222	.319	.373	.693	95.1	93.1	.325	0.5
1970	157	633	549	81	129	13	1	26	62	81	77	3	1	.235	.336	.404	.741	102.9	99.5	.343	2.6
1971	158	690	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	82	56	7	4	.261	.350	.435	.785	116.9	114.0	.361	4.1
1972	150	623	557	65	141	28	0	17	70	57	50	2	3	.253	.325	.395	.720	113.2	110.7	.337	3.4
1973	160	641	552	65	129	18	0	22	81	78	76	0	0	.234	.334	.386	.720	109.1	106.6	.336	3.2
1974	155	638	566	74	139	21	1	22	75	59	75	1	0	.246	.316	.403	.718	105.1	108.1	.327	2.9
1975	157	647	581	71	155	24	4	21	91	51	88	1	3	.267	.322	.430	.753	111.9	114.1	.342	3.5
1976	158	656	583	88	148	29	2	32	93	62	94	11	6	.254	.327	.475	.802	133.8	135.6	.366	5.2
1977	158	664	589	99	150	23	4	37	107	68	79	2	5	.255	.333	.496	.829	123.4	125.7	.362	4.4
1978	159	662	587	81	162	23	2	27	93	59	69	1	1	.276	.343	.460	.803	126.9	128.4	.360	4.8
1979	145	588	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	59	53	1	2	.253	.325	.401	.726	96.7	98.2	.325	2.0
1980	89	369	324	52	79	14	0	16	45	42	42	0	0	.244	.331	.435	.766	110.3	111.5	.343	1.9
1981	103	402	349	46	85	7	1	15	46	47	49	0	2	.244	.333	.398	.731	113.6	112.8	.337	2.2
1982	122	461	405	47	94	11	2	18	55	51	49	1	5	.232	.317	.402	.719	98.0	98.6	.322	1.6
1983	129	519	462	56	123	17	3	20	75	51	65	0	1	.266	.341	.446	.787	120.5	119.2	.353	3.3
1984	124	465	395	56	90	11	1	20	65	58	55	0	0	.228	.329	.413	.742	109.8	108.8	.341	2.4
1985	137	515	440	66	115	23	1	15	61	72	59	0	0	.261	.363	.420	.784	125.2	121.0	.362	3.6
1986	126	400	354	36	77	9	0	16	55	41	62	0	1	.218	.300	.379	.679	84.0	88.1	.306	0.8
1987	112	201	177	16	37	8	1	5	33	22	25	1	0	.209	.294	.350	.644	60.5	65.8	.287	-0.3
1988	80	104	93	5	16	4	0	1	14	9	19	0	0	.172	.240	.247	.488	28.7	38.6	.225	-0.6

Career totals

2,700

33rd-most career G

10,226

74th-most career PA

8,986

77th-most career AB

1,193

193rd-most career R

2,225

182nd-most career H

328

383rd-most career 2B

390

65th-most career HR

RBI

1,314

105th-most career RBI

1,088

89th-most career BB

1,209

230th-most career SO

.2476

OBP

.3293

SLG

.4205

OPS

.7498

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
1976-09-29	NYY @ BOS Gameday	5	4	4	2	2	6	12
1976-06-27	MIL @ NYY Gameday	4	3	4	0	2	5	10
1978-09-14	NYY @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	3	10
1976-08-23	MIN @ NYY Gameday	5	3	4	2	1	1	9
1970-06-02	CLE @ MIL Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	4	9

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

2× Gold Glove1× ALCS MVP6× 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.