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Dave
Nilsson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 245
 
Born: December 14, 1969 in Australia, , BRISBANE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1998   
Gold Glove Award 1996    1997    2003   
All-Star Selections 2000    2001    2002   
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
1993 23 OAK AL 10 40 3 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 7 .300 .333 .450 .783 5.7 1.3
1994 24 OAK AL 125 443 56 132 33 2 8 62 0 0 35 52 .298 .347 .436 .783 61.4 11.5
1995 25 OAK AL 135 446 56 126 34 2 16 65 0 0 46 75 .283 .349 .475 .824 68.7 13.6
1996 26 OAK AL 158 584 88 166 43 2 27 112 1 0 73 89 .284 .360 .503 .864 102.4 16.7
1997 27 OAK AL 158 600 78 162 47 3 21 125 0 0 63 119 .270 .338 .463 .801 87.7 14.1
1998 28 OAK AL 146 551 74 132 40 2 16 67 1 0 60 100 .240 .314 .407 .720 68.7 6.4
1999 29 OAK AL 103 392 56 95 23 3 12 48 0 0 62 89 .242 .351 .408 .759 57.5 6.0
2000 30 OAK AL 152 519 90 148 34 4 25 87 0 0 91 105 .285 .387 .511 .897 102.9 16.8
2001 31 OAK AL 148 496 92 157 33 4 36 104 0 0 66 81 .317 .396 .617 1.013 110.8 19.6
2002 32 OAK AL 153 520 94 150 39 3 27 82 0 0 93 113 .288 .395 .531 .926 102.8 17.0
2003 33 OAK AL 162 590 95 134 35 4 25 70 1 0 92 140 .227 .329 .427 .757 87.0 9.3
2004 34 OAK AL 137 480 53 97 22 1 17 64 1 0 56 146 .202 .292 .358 .650 52.2 2.7
2005 35 OAK AL 99 265 26 36 12 1 2 20 0 0 39 97 .136 .246 .211 .457 11.4 0.0
13 Years Sim 1686 5926 861 1547 398 31 233 914 4 0 778 1213 .261 .346 .457 .803 919.4 134.9
162 Game Average 569 82 148 38 2 22 87 0 0 74 116 .261 .346 .457 .803 88.3  
Career Highs 162 600 95 166 47 4 36 125 1 0 93 146 .317 .396 .617 1.013 110.8  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1993 23 OAK AL C 10 10 90.0 74 3 1 0 .987 7.70 5 1 .200 0 0.6
1994 24 OAK AL C 120 114 1031.0 771 39 9 1 .989 7.07 107 28 .262 8 4.4
    1B 1 1 6.0 8 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 25 OAK AL C 123 108 1000.7 808 41 5 1 .994 7.64 63 22 .349 3 7.3
    1B 4 3 26.0 27 4 0 5 1.000 10.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1996 26 OAK AL 1B 156 154 1330.3 1546 113 8 136 .995 11.22 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    C 2 2 18.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 8.50 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1997 27 OAK AL 1B 158 158 1353.0 1602 121 11 155 .994 11.46 0 0 .000 0 3.0
1998 28 OAK AL C 142 140 1236.0 968 29 5 4 .995 7.26 50 11 .220 7 4.8
    1B 3 2 20.0 23 0 0 2 1.000 10.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 29 OAK AL C 102 99 886.7 758 29 4 1 .995 7.99 39 10 .256 2 3.2
2000 30 OAK AL C 149 148 1317.0 1226 41 4 1 .997 8.66 62 21 .339 7 9.0
2001 31 OAK AL C 134 128 1151.0 976 28 5 1 .995 7.85 58 12 .207 8 3.8
    1B 8 0 20.0 17 0 0 2 1.000 7.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 32 OAK AL C 138 133 1199.3 1103 28 4 1 .996 8.49 64 11 .172 6 3.4
    1B 11 0 23.0 20 0 0 3 1.000 7.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2003 33 OAK AL 1B 154 154 1369.7 1533 119 9 131 .995 10.86 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    C 4 2 22.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 8.18 3 1 .333 0 0.2
2004 34 OAK AL 1B 129 129 1119.3 1211 100 12 109 .991 10.54 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 5 3 30.0 30 2 0 0 1.000 9.60 2 2 1.000 0 0.3
2005 35 OAK AL C 64 63 530.0 474 16 1 0 .998 8.32 15 3 .200 5 2.6
    1B 10 0 17.7 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 993 950 8511.7 7224 257 38 10 .995 7.91 470 122 .260 46 39.6
  1B 634 601 5285.0 6005 457 40 548 .994 11.00 0 0 .000 0 14.1
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1629 1551 13799.6 13229 714 78 558 .994 9.09 470 122 .260 46 53.7
Career Highs   158 158 1391.7 1602 121 12 155 .998 11.46 107 28 1.000 8  
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
1993 23 OAK AL 4 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .235 .412
1998 28 OAK AL 13 51 9 19 8 1 0 8 0 0 6 15 .373 .448 .569 1.017
Career Post-Season Batting 17 68 9 22 9 1 0 8 0 0 6 21 .324 .387 .485 .872
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
2001-5-.617
 OPS
2001-6-1.013
 Games
2003-2-162
 RBIs
1997-9-125
 Walks
2003-8-92
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Johnny Bench (918)
  2. Greg Myers (909)
  3. Darren Daulton (900)
  4. Benito Santiago (894)
  5. Ozzie Virgil (893)
  6. Darrin Fletcher (877)
  7. Mike Piazza (870)
  8. Steve Decker (866)
  9. Gary Carter (860)
  10. Mike Sweeney (848)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Oakland in 1992
Had first career hit (double) on 10/1/1993, off Randy Bockus (TEX)
Hit first career homerun on 10/9/1993, off Andy Ashby (NYY)
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 5/17/1996
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1996
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Texas on 5/24/1997
Injured on 7/4/1997 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/21/1997
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1997
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/6/1998 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
10/25/1998: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1998
Injured on 4/9/1999 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/2000, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Toronto on 6/14/2000
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against New York (A) on 4/12/2001
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/2001, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 8/11/2002
6/1/2003: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit for the cycle against Chicago (A) on 6/14/2003
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2003
 
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