Nelson Briles

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 195 lb

BornAugust 5, 1943 · Dorris, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 19, 1965

Final gameSeptember 13, 1978

Seasons14 (1965–1978)

St. Louis Cardinals 1965–1970; Pittsburgh Pirates 1971–1973; Kansas City Royals 1974–1975; Texas Rangers 1976; Baltimore Orioles 1977; Texas Rangers 1977; Baltimore Orioles 1978

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified pitchers

19.5

37.9

25.3

78.2

75.9

24.1

SHO

11.5

224

33.3

58.6

34.5

25.3

210.0

41.4

ERA

3.26

50.6

WHIP

1.290

34.5

K/9

4.20

36.8

FIP

3.44

41.4

FIP-

96.1

49.4

ERA+

109.8

sWAR

2.9

52.9

of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

102.8

49.2

sWAR

24.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1965	37	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	8	.133	.188	.133	.321	-17.7	-9.7	.161	1.0
1966	49	41	38	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	.079	.125	.079	.204	-54.1	-41.9	.105	2.1
1967	49	48	40	5	6	0	0	0	0	3	20	.150	.209	.150	.359	4.0	6.2	.182	3.3
1968	33	95	80	5	11	2	0	0	5	4	21	.138	.186	.163	.349	-2.1	7.0	.174	2.8
1969	36	85	76	1	8	0	0	1	5	4	26	.105	.150	.145	.295	-26.9	-16.7	.146	2.3
1970	30	43	39	4	7	1	2	0	3	1	14	.179	.200	.308	.508	25.7	33.2	.229	-1.4
1971	37	44	39	3	10	3	0	1	4	2	13	.256	.293	.410	.703	99.2	99.4	.322	2.4
1972	28	78	70	6	11	1	0	0	4	2	32	.157	.178	.171	.350	-10.9	1.5	.167	2.6
1973	33	82	72	3	14	2	0	1	6	2	21	.194	.224	.264	.488	31.8	37.2	.227	4.3
1974	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1975	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1976	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1977	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
1978	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1965	37	2	3	3	4	0	0	79	32	26	52	4	82.3	3.50	1.275	5.68	3.17	85.4	106.1	1.0
1966	49	17	4	15	6	0	0	162	55	54	100	14	154.0	3.21	1.403	5.84	3.74	102.4	113.7	2.1
1967	49	14	14	5	6	4	2	139	42	40	94	8	155.3	2.43	1.152	5.45	2.99	90.7	135.4	3.3
1968	33	33	19	11	0	13	4	251	76	55	141	18	243.7	2.81	1.256	5.21	3.11	106.8	103.8	2.8
1969	36	33	15	13	0	10	3	218	89	63	126	17	227.7	3.52	1.234	4.98	3.38	94.2	101.9	2.3
1970	30	19	6	7	0	1	1	129	74	36	59	14	106.7	6.24	1.547	4.98	4.52	109.6	66.0	-1.4
1971	37	14	8	4	1	4	2	131	46	35	76	12	136.0	3.04	1.221	5.03	3.41	100.0	112.0	2.4
1972	28	27	14	11	0	9	2	185	67	43	120	14	195.7	3.08	1.165	5.52	2.91	86.4	109.1	2.6
1973	33	33	14	13	0	7	1	201	69	51	94	19	218.7	2.84	1.152	3.87	3.53	99.3	125.4	4.3
1974	18	17	5	7	0	3	0	118	46	21	41	9	103.0	4.02	1.350	3.58	3.58	94.5	94.3	0.7
1975	24	16	6	6	2	3	0	127	53	25	73	19	112.0	4.26	1.357	5.87	4.26	110.7	90.4	0.6
1976	32	31	11	9	1	7	1	224	76	47	98	17	210.0	3.26	1.290	4.20	3.44	96.1	109.8	2.9
1977	30	15	6	4	2	2	1	119	54	30	59	15	112.3	4.33	1.326	4.73	4.39	108.1	94.1	0.8
1978	16	8	4	4	0	1	0	58	28	21	30	6	54.3	4.64	1.454	4.97	4.15	117.2	76.4	-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

452

532

469

RBI

171

.1535

OBP

.1919

SLG

.2004

OPS

.3923

Pitching

G (P)

452

279

419th-most career GS

129

383rd-most career W

112

424th-most career L

SHO

317th-most career SHO

2,112

392nd-most career IP

SO (P)

1,163

420th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

547

ERA

3.439

397th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2729

439th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.96

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	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1973-05-26	HOU @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	6
1969-06-21	STL @ NYM Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	5
1970-08-21	STL @ SD Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	4
1970-07-17	ATL @ STL Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	4
1971-04-13	PIT @ PHI Gameday	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1968-06-03	STL @ HOU Gameday	9.0	12	2	2	1	10
1975-05-14	KC @ DET Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	10
1966-07-17	CHC @ STL Gameday	9.0	4	2	2	4	9
1968-09-14	STL @ HOU Gameday	9.0	8	0	0	1	9
1970-08-06	NYM @ STL Gameday	9.0	7	0	0	0	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.