Candy Nelson

John W. Nelson
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Born: March 14, 1849 in Portland, ME
Died: September 4, 1910 in Brooklyn, NY

Like so many of the original Mets, he was born in New York and died in New York. In between, he played some pretty good shortstop for them, being named their Hitter of the Year for the inaugural season of 1883. In the seven seasons before joining the Mets, Candy played a total of only 71 games in the big leagues, but then he played in virtually every one of the Mets games for the next three years! He went on to become one of only a handful to participate in every season of the Mets' existence. The card pictured is from the Old Judge set; it is most definitely not in my collection.

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BATTING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1872 2teams  22   96  14  26  2  0  0  12  28  1  0  4   2   -   -  - .286 .292 .271
1873 N Y NA  36  168  28  55  4  1  0  22  61  2  0  2   1   -   -  - .331 .363 .327
1874 N Y NA  65  297  55  73  7  5  0  32  90  6  0  5   9   -   -  - .268 .303 .246
1875 N Y NA  70  276  28  55  7  1  0  23  64  4  2  0   9   -   -  - .225 .232 .199
1878 Ind NL  19   84  12  11  1  0  0   5  12  -  - 11   5   -   -  - .180 .143 .131
1879 Tro NL  28  106  17  28  7  1  0  10  37  -  -  4   8   -   -  - .316 .349 .264
1881 Wor NL  24  103  13  29  1  0  1  15  33  -  -  6   5   -   -  - .315 .320 .282
1883 *METS*  97  417  75 127 19  6  0   - 158  -  -  -  31   -   -  - .353 .379 .305
1884 *METS* 111  432 114 110 15  3  1   - 134  -  -  -  74   9   -  - .375 .310 .255
1885 *METS* 107  420  98 107 12  4  1  30 130  -  -  -  61   3   -  - .353 .310 .255
1886 *METS* 109  413  89  93  7  2  0  23 104 14  -  -  64   2   -  - .332 .252 .225
1887 2teams  69  259  61  63  5  1  0  24  70 29  -  1  48   8   -  - .378 .270 .243
1890 Bro AA  60  223  44  56  3  2  0  12  63 12  -  -  35   5   -  - .365 .283 .251
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METS TOTALS 492 1939 437 500 58 16  2  77 596 43  -  - 278 22   -  - .357 .307 .258
OTHER CLUBS 325 1355 211 333 32 10  1 131 388 25 2 34  74   5   -  - .287 .286 .246
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CAREER TOTS 817 3294 648 833 90 26  3 208 984 68 2 33 352  27   -  - .330 .299 .253

season highlighted in blue denotes he was selected Rounding Third's Mets Hitter of the Year

SPLIT SEASONS (team-leading totals in red)

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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1873 Tro NA   4   20   2   7  0  0  0   4   7  0  0  3   0   -   -  - .350 .350 .350
1873 Bro NA  18   76  12  19  2  0  0   8  21  1  0  2   2   -   -  - .269 .276 .250
1887 *METS*  68  257  61  63  5  1  0  24  70 29  -  -  48   8   -  - .380 .272 .245
1887 N Y NL   1    2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0  -  1   0   0   -  - .000 .000 .000

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I own no Candy Nelson memorabilia of any kind. If you have anything, and are willing to trade or donate it, contact me at Rounding Third.

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