Rocky Nelson
1949–1961 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
620G
.249AVG
.317OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
347H
31HR
173RBI
7SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 6 |
| Batting · Hits | 347 | 348 |
| Batting · Runs | 186 | 187 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 | 1,555 | 1,394 | 186 | 347 | 61 | 14 | 31 | 173 | 130 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 529 | .249 | .317 | .379 | .696 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1950-08-23 to 1950-08-30
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1951-06-04 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1959-08-06 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1959-08-24 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 307 | 813 | 207 | 18 | 104 | 73 | 40 | .287 | .344 | .426 |
| Away | 313 | 742 | 141 | 13 | 69 | 57 | 54 | .210 | .267 | .331 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .163 | .236 | .347 |
| May | 88 | 212 | 42 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | .225 | .269 | .369 |
| June | 110 | 269 | 65 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 13 | .280 | .364 | .457 |
| July | 132 | 389 | 98 | 8 | 47 | 26 | 21 | .273 | .319 | .396 |
| August | 157 | 452 | 103 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 28 | .254 | .308 | .387 |
| September | 92 | 174 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 19 | .185 | .253 | .229 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 99 | 243 | 50 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 18 | .226 | .272 | .294 |
| cincinnati-reds | 88 | 225 | 47 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | .233 | .284 | .356 |
| chicago-cubs | 85 | 190 | 40 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4 | .241 | .316 | .392 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 54 | 138 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 16 | .202 | .283 | .311 |
| milwaukee-braves | 48 | 117 | 36 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 8 | .333 | .385 | .537 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 45 | 136 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .291 | .324 | .441 |
| boston-braves | 41 | 128 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | .304 | .352 | .409 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 40 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .268 | .333 | .537 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 244 | 55 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 235 | 58 | 1 | 20 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 218 | 56 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 37 | 39 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .256 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 152 | 33 | 7 | 23 | – | .217 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 175 | 51 | 6 | 32 | – | .291 | – | – |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 200 | 60 | 7 | 35 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 127 | 25 | 5 | 13 | – | .197 | – | – |