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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Candy NelsonWWikipedia↗

Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1849-03-14 · Played 1872–1890 · Career WAR 15.9 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1872	TRO	NA	4		20	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.350	.350	.350	.700	0.3
1872	BR1	NA	18		76	12	19	5	1	0	9	1	0	2	3	.250	.269	.342	.611
1873	NY2	NA	36		168	28	55	4	1	0	22	2	0	1	2	.327	.331	.363	.694	0.7
1874	NY2	NA	65		297	55	73	7	5	0	31	6	0	9	5	.246	.268	.303	.571	0.5
1875	NY2	NA	70		276	28	55	7	1	0	23	4	2	9	0	.199	.225	.232	.457	0.5
1878	IN1	NL	19		84	12	11	1	0	0	5			5	11	.131	.180	.143	.323	-0.6
1879	TRN	NL	28		106	17	28	7	1	0	10			8	4	.264	.316	.349	.665	0.6
1881	WOR	NL	24		103	13	29	1	0	1	15			5	6	.282	.315	.320	.635	0.6
1883	NY4	AA	97		417	75	127	19	6	0				31		.305	.353	.379	.732	3.0
1884	NY4	AA	111		432	114	110	15	3	1				74		.255	.375	.310	.685	3.6
1885	NY4	AA	107		420	98	107	12	4	1	30			61		.255	.353	.310	.663	3.9
1886	NY4	AA	109		413	89	93	7	2	0	23	14		64		.225	.332	.252	.584	1.0
1887	NY4	AA	68		257	61	63	5	1	0	24	29		48	11	.245	.380	.272	.652	0.9
1887	NY1	NL	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1890	BR4	AA	60		223	44	56	3	2	0	12	12		35		.251	.365	.283	.648	0.9
Total			817		3294	648	833	93	27	3	208	68	2	352	45	.253	.325	.300	.625	15.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1872	TRO	NA	OF	3	3	30.0	7	0	0	0
1872	TRO	NA	SS	1	1	8.0	1	2	2	0
1872	BR1	NA	2B	8	7	62.0	13	23	7	3
1872	BR1	NA	3B	4	3	25.0	5	7	4	0
1872	BR1	NA	OF	8	6	70.0	19	0	6	0
1873	NY2	NA	1B	1		2.0	2	0	0	0
1873	NY2	NA	2B	27		226.0	58	53	17	4
1873	NY2	NA	3B	6		44.0	7	13	10	0
1873	NY2	NA	C	1		4.0	2	1	0	0
1873	NY2	NA	OF	6		44.0	4	0	1	0
1874	NY2	NA	2B	51	51	442.0	115	105	47	8
1874	NY2	NA	OF	1	0	11.0	1	1	1	0
1874	NY2	NA	SS	14	14	141.0	17	37	16	3
1875	NY2	NA	2B	49		422.0	109	139	42	14
1875	NY2	NA	3B	23		185.0	41	50	22	1
1875	NY2	NA	OF	1		5.0	2	0	0	0
1875	NY2	NA	SS	2		10.0	1	0	0	0
1878	IN1	NL	SS	19		173.0	19	50	13	1
1879	TRN	NL	OF	4		25.0	5	1	0	0
1879	TRN	NL	SS	24		231.0	37	89	25	8
1881	WOR	NL	SS	24		219.0	20	94	13	6
1883	NY4	AA	SS	97		872.0	98	232	47	18
1884	NY4	AA	2B	1		12.0	7	0	0	0
1884	NY4	AA	SS	110		970.0	113	292	56	16
1885	NY4	AA	3B	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1885	NY4	AA	SS	107		923.0	153	370	63	33
1886	NY4	AA	OF	36		294.0	56	3	6	2
1886	NY4	AA	SS	73		618.0	103	216	54	17
1887	NY4	AA	2B	1		2.0	1	0	0	0
1887	NY4	AA	OF	37		350.0	74	11	10	6
1887	NY4	AA	SS	32		261.0	46	100	17	12
1887	NY1	NL	3B	1		1.0	0	0	0	0
1890	BR4	AA	OF	4		35.0	7	0	0	0
1890	BR4	AA	SS	57		469.0	60	198	40	20
Total				834	85	7188.0	1203	2087	519	172