How Dave Nelson's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Dave Nelson posted a career Total Average of .591, below the league average of .678 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Total Average season came in 1973, posting .674, near the league average of .649 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .290, well below the league average of .651 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .591 in 1975 to .618 in 1976 and .512 in 1977. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 10 seasons.
Dave Nelson Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Dave Nelson
| Dave Nelson
Total Average |
|---|
| Career | 0.591 |
| Season Avg. | 0.591 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.591 |
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Dave Nelson Total Average Per Season
Dave Nelson's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Nelson Total Average by Team
Dave Nelson's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Nelson Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Nelson's career Total Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dave Nelson Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Nelson's seasonal Total Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dave Nelson Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Nelson's MLB career with Total Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
