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Graig Nettles

Graig Nettles

1967–1988  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 180 lb  ·  b. 1944 San Diego, CA

Career 2,700 G · 2,225 H · 390 HR · 1,314 RBI · .248 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
9 best in baseball 5 league only
64 Top-5 finishes
7 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1971 Best season

Spanning 1970–1978, peaking at 4 titles in 1971.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 293rd League titles 14
  • 210th Best in baseball 9
  • 203rd Top-5 finishes 64

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Assists 4 1st 2 yrs (1975–1976) 1971 412 1973 410 1976 383 1975 AL 379 1970 #2 1972 #2 1974 #3 1977 #3 1978 #3 1979 #3 1981 #3
Third Base Range Factor 3 1st — 1971 3.61 1973 3.36 1976 3.29 1970 #3 1974 #2 1975 #3 1979 #3 1984 #3
Third Base Double Plays 3 1st — 1971 54 1976 AL 30 1978 AL 30 1970 #2 1973 #2 1977 #3 1979 #2
Third Base Putouts 2 1st — 1971 159 1974 AL 147 1975 #3 1976 #2 1977 #2 1984 #3 1985 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1970 .967 1971 #2 1976 #2 1977 #2 1978 #2 1979 #3 1981 #2
Home Runs 1 1st — 1976 AL 32 1977 #2
Slugging Percentage — #3 — 1976 #3

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1978 1 3B DP 30
1976 4 HR 32 3B A 383 3B DP 30 3B RF 3.29
1975 1 3B A 379
1974 1 3B PO 147
1973 2 3B A 410 3B RF 3.36
1971 4 3B A 412 3B PO 159 3B DP 54 3B RF 3.61
1970 1 3B FPCT .967

Batting

  led the league   22 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 MIN AL 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1968 MIN AL 22 76 13 17 2 1 5 8 7 20 0 .224 .298 .474 .771
1969 MIN AL 96 225 27 50 9 2 7 26 32 47 1 .222 .319 .373 .693
1970 CLE AL 157 549 81 129 13 1 26 62 81 77 3 .235 .336 .404 .741
1971 CLE AL 158 598 78 156 18 1 28 86 82 56 7 .261 .350 .435 .785
1972 CLE AL 150 557 65 141 28 0 17 70 57 50 2 .253 .325 .395 .720
1973 NYA AL 160 552 65 129 18 0 22 81 78 76 0 .234 .334 .386 .720
1974 NYA AL 155 566 74 139 21 1 22 75 59 75 1 .246 .316 .403 .718
1975 NYA AL 157 581 71 155 24 4 21 91 51 88 1 .267 .322 .430 .753
1976 NYA AL 158 583 88 148 29 2 32 93 62 94 11 .254 .327 .475 .802
1977 NYA AL 158 589 99 150 23 4 37 107 68 79 2 .255 .333 .496 .829
1978 NYA AL 159 587 81 162 23 2 27 93 59 69 1 .276 .343 .460 .803
1979 NYA AL 145 521 71 132 15 1 20 73 59 53 1 .253 .325 .401 .726
1980 NYA AL 89 324 52 79 14 0 16 45 42 42 0 .244 .331 .435 .766
1981 NYA AL 103 349 46 85 7 1 15 46 47 49 0 .244 .333 .398 .731
1982 NYA AL 122 405 47 94 11 2 18 55 51 49 1 .232 .317 .402 .719
1983 NYA AL 129 462 56 123 17 3 20 75 51 65 0 .266 .341 .446 .787
1984 SDN NL 124 395 56 90 11 1 20 65 58 55 0 .228 .329 .413 .742
1985 SDN NL 137 440 66 115 23 1 15 61 72 59 0 .261 .363 .420 .784
1986 SDN NL 126 354 36 77 9 0 16 55 41 62 0 .218 .300 .379 .679
1987 ATL NL 112 177 16 37 8 1 5 33 22 25 1 .209 .294 .350 .644
1988 MON NL 80 93 5 16 4 0 1 14 9 19 0 .172 .240 .247 .488
Career — — 2,700 8,986 1,193 2,225 328 28 390 1,314 1,088 1,209 32 .248 .329 .421 .750

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1968 MIN AL OF 16 15 127.0 28 2 1 0 31 .968 1.88
3B 5 4 37.0 5 7 1 1 13 .923 2.40
1B 3 3 16.0 17 0 0 1 17 1.000 5.67
1969 MIN AL OF 54 44 339.1 76 2 1 0 79 .987 1.44
3B 21 16 140.2 12 42 1 3 55 .982 2.57
1970 CLE AL 3B 154 146 1313.0 134 358 17 40 509 .967 3.19
OF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.33
1971 CLE AL 3B 158 158 1403.0 159 412 16 54 587 .973 3.61
1972 CLE AL 3B 150 150 1351.0 114 338 21 27 473 .956 3.01
1973 NYA AL 3B 157 157 1369.2 117 410 26 39 553 .953 3.36
1974 NYA AL 3B 154 154 1368.1 147 377 21 29 545 .961 3.40
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1975 NYA AL 3B 157 157 1389.0 135 379 19 31 533 .964 3.27
1976 NYA AL 3B 158 156 1432.0 137 383 19 30 539 .965 3.29
SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1977 NYA AL 3B 156 155 1379.1 132 321 12 31 465 .974 2.90
1978 NYA AL 3B 159 159 1412.2 109 326 11 30 446 .975 2.74
SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
1979 NYA AL 3B 144 142 1243.1 110 339 16 30 465 .966 3.12
1980 NYA AL 3B 88 85 768.2 58 182 10 18 250 .960 2.73
SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1981 NYA AL 3B 97 96 839.2 63 214 8 14 285 .972 2.86
1982 NYA AL 3B 113 109 961.1 73 255 23 23 351 .934 2.90
1983 NYA AL 3B 126 120 1060.0 78 273 16 18 367 .956 2.79
1984 SDN NL 3B 119 109 945.2 93 201 20 14 314 .936 2.47
1985 SDN NL 3B 130 123 1078.1 122 229 15 16 366 .959 2.70
1986 SDN NL 3B 114 99 847.1 83 174 16 14 273 .941 2.25
1987 ATL NL 3B 40 20 220.2 12 46 3 6 61 .951 1.45
1B 6 5 43.1 49 10 0 7 59 1.000 9.83
1988 MON NL 3B 12 9 63.2 5 13 4 2 22 .818 1.50
1B 5 3 24.0 27 1 1 2 29 .966 5.60
Career — — 3B 2,412 2,324 20624.1 1,898 5,279 295 470 7,472 .961 2.98
— — OF 73 59 470.1 105 4 2 0 111 .982 1.49
— — 1B 14 11 83.1 93 11 1 10 105 .990 7.43
— — SS 5 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 0.60