Graig
Nettles
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 186
 
Born: August 20, 1944 in San Diego, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977    1978   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 32 NYY AL 161 619 93 150 31 3 38 126 2 1 72 52 .242 .322 .486 .808 96.9 16.5
1978 33 KCR AL 162 594 102 161 32 2 33 114 5 4 85 48 .271 .366 .498 .864 104.7 23.9
1979 34 KCR AL 162 627 116 169 26 3 37 119 7 5 64 51 .270 .339 .498 .837 101.5 19.5
1980 35 KCR AL 152 551 76 125 16 5 19 90 2 1 52 47 .227 .300 .377 .678 61.6 9.3
4 Years Sim 637 2391 387 605 105 13 127 449 16 11 273 198 .253 .333 .467 .800 364.7 69.3
162 Game Average 608 98 153 26 3 32 114 4 2 69 50 .253 .333 .467 .800 92.8  
Career Highs 162 627 116 169 32 5 38 126 7 5 85 52 .271 .366 .498 .864 104.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 32 NYY AL 3B 161 161 1429.3 93 376 19 33 .961 2.95   6.2
1978 33 KCR AL 3B 162 162 1396.7 109 347 21 38 .956 2.94   2.6
1979 34 KCR AL 3B 162 162 1432.3 110 368 25 41 .950 3.00   2.5
1980 35 KCR AL 3B 152 152 1295.3 114 321 19 32 .958 3.02   3.5
Career Totals   637 637 5553.7 426 1412 84 144 .956 2.98   14.8
Career Highs   162 162 1432.3 114 376 25 41 .961 3.02    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 32 NYY AL 11 44 3 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 5 .227 .277 .364 .640
Career Post-Season Batting 11 44 3 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 5 .227 .277 .364 .640
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1978-8-.498
XR
1978-8-104.7
Games
1978-1-162
1979-1-162
Runs
1978-7-102
1979-4-116
Total Bases
1978-7-296
1979-9-312
Homeruns
1977-3-38
1978-2-33
1979-1-37
RBIs
1977-1-126
1978-5-114
1979-4-119
Walks
1978-9-85
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Adrian Beltre (948)
  2. Mike Lowell (941)
  3. Butch Huskey (928)
  4. Bobby Smith (917)
  5. Eric Hinske (915)
  6. Mark Bellhorn (913)
  7. Fernando Tatis (905)
  8. Ben Grieve (903)
  9. Larry Walker (894)
  10. Shea Hillenbrand (892)
History
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 100 on 8/24/1977
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 111 on 9/15/1977
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 122 on 10/4/1977
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 126 on 10/6/1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1979, hitting .359 with 11 HR, 25 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Oakland on 7/4/1980
Injured on 9/25/1980 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks