Ricky Nelson (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ricky Nelson
position=Outfielder


bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1959|5|8
city-state|Eloy|Arizona
debutdate=May 17
debutyear=by|1983
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
finaldate=August 2
finalyear=by|1986
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.247
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=6
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=39
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (1983-86)

Ricky Lee Nelson is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and left-handed batter who played for the Seattle Mariners (1983-86).

Nelson was born on May 8, 1959 in Eloy, Arizona. He was selected by Seattle in the 1981 amateur draft and made his major league debut on May 17, by|1983.

In his 123-game career, Nelson batted for .247, with six home runs, 39 runs batted in, 38 runs scored, 79 hits, 13 doubles, 3 triples and 8 stolen bases.

In by|2001, Nelson managed the Oakland Athletics' entry in the Arizona Fall League to the league championship.

Facts

* June 28, 2002: Tampa Bay whips their cross state rival Marlins 4–0 behind Wilson Alvarez and two relievers. Jared Sandberg homers for TB. In the 7th, Kevin Millar of the Marlins hits a towering fly that lands on one of the catwalks that hang from the stadium's dome. It never comes down and it is ruled a double. It's the second time a ball has gotten stuck in a catwalk at Tropicana Field. In 1999, José Canseco hit a home run drive that lodged there. Millar joins Ruppert Jones, "Ricky Nelson", Dave Kingman, Álvaro Espinoza and Canseco as the only players to hit a fair ball that got stuck in a stadium obstruction. Jones and Nelson both had hits get caught in the overhead speakers at the old Kingdome. The balls hit by Kingman and Espinoza were at the Minneapolis Metrodome with Kingman's getting stuck in a drainage valve and Espinoza's lodging in an overhead speaker. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Millar_Kevin.stm From the Baseball Chronology - "Baseball Library"] .

ources

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsori01.shtml Career statistics at "Baseball Reference"]