Candy Nelson
Appearance
Candy Nelson | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Portland, Maine, U.S. | March 14, 1849|
Died: September 4, 1910 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | (aged 61)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 11, 1872, for the Troy Haymakers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 25, 1890, for the Brooklyn Gladiators | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .253 |
Home runs | 3 |
Runs batted in | 208 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
John W. "Candy" Nelson (March 14, 1849 – September 4, 1910) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played 13 seasons between 1872 and 1890 for nine teams in three leagues.
Biography
[edit]A native of Maine, Nelson entered professional baseball in Brooklyn in 1867. He made his major league debut in the National Association with the Troy Haymakers in 1872.
In 1890, he was the oldest player in the American Association at age 41. A couple of years later, major publications described him as owning a milk route in Brooklyn. On the 1900 U.S. Census, Nelson listed "ball player" for his occupation. He died of heart problems at home in Brooklyn in 1910.
Sources
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Brooklyn Eckfords (NABBP) players
- New York Mutuals (NABBP) players
- Troy Haymakers players
- Brooklyn Eckfords players
- New York Mutuals players
- Indianapolis Blues players
- Worcester Worcesters players
- New York Metropolitans players
- New York Giants (baseball) players
- Brooklyn Gladiators players
- Troy Trojans (NL) players
- Baseball players from Brooklyn
- Baseball players from Portland, Maine
- 19th-century baseball players
- 1849 births
- 1910 deaths
- Pittsburgh Allegheny players
- Rochester (minor league baseball) players
- Washington Nationals (minor league) players
- Albany (minor league baseball) players
- Brooklyn Atlantics (minor league) players
- New York Metropolitans (minor league) players
- Albany Governors players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Wilmington Blue Hens players
- Burials at Cypress Hills Cemetery
- American baseball shortstop stubs