NelsonVelazquez

St. Louis Cardinals
#38
Left Fielder

HT/WT
5' 11", 190 lbs
Birthdate
12/26/1998 (27)
BAT/THR
Right/Right
Birthplace
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Status
Active

Career Batting

season	Team
2022	CHC
2023	CHC
2023	KC
2023	Total
2024	KC
2026	STL
Career
Season Averages

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
77	185	20	38	7	3	6	26	19	2	65	5	2	.205	.286	.373	.659	-0.6
13	29	8	7	2	0	3	6	3	0	8	0	0	.241	.313	.621	.933	0.1
40	133	27	31	4	0	14	28	11	2	43	0	0	.233	.299	.579	.878	1.2
53	162	35	38	6	0	17	34	14	2	51	0	0	.235	.302	.586	.888	0.1
64	205	31	41	8	1	8	27	19	3	61	2	0	.200	.274	.366	.640	-0.5
1	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	0.2
195	555	88	119	21	4	32	90	52	8	177	7	2	.214	.289	.440	.729	--
49	139	22	30	5	1	8	22	13	2	44	2	0	.214	.289	.440	.729	-

Expanded Batting

season	Team
2022	CHC
2023	CHC
2023	KC
2023	Total
2024	KC
2026	STL
Career

PA	P	P/PA	XBH	TB	HBP	GIDP	SF	SB	CS	SB%
206	810	3.93	16	69	2	5	0	5	2	0.71
32	130	4.06	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
147	574	3.90	18	77	2	2	1	0	0	0.00
179	704	3.93	23	95	2	3	1	0	0	0.00
230	903	3.93	17	75	3	6	3	2	0	1.00
4	11	2.75	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
619	2428	3.92	57	244	8	14	4	7	2	0.78

Advanced Batting

season	Team
2022	CHC
2023	CHC
2023	KC
2023	Total
2024	KC
2026	STL
Career

WAR	OWAR	RC	RC/27	ISOP	SECA	AB/HR	BB/PA	BB/K	GO	FO	GO/FO
-0.6	0.3	19.0	3.3	.168	.286	30.8	.092	0.29	52	68	0.8
0.1	0.2	5.3	6.2	.379	.483	9.7	.094	0.38	10	11	0.9
1.2	1.1	23.1	5.9	.346	.429	9.5	.075	0.26	33	58	0.6
0.1	0.2	28.4	6.0	.352	.438	9.5	.078	0.27	43	69	0.6
-0.5	-0.4	20.1	3.1	.166	.268	25.6	.083	0.31	57	90	0.6
0.2	0.2	2.4	65.9	1.000	1.000	3.0	.000	0.00	2	1	2.0
--	--	69.6	4.1	.225	.328	17.3	.084	0.29	154	228	0.7

WAR data provided by Baseball-Reference

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Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	34	21	.618	-	L1
St. Louis	30	25	.545	4	W1
Chicago Cubs	31	27	.534	4.5	L1
Cincinnati	29	27	.518	5.5	L2
Pittsburgh	30	28	.517	5.5	W1

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