Graig Nettles

Graig Nettles (born August 20, 1944), nicknamed "Puff", is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 22-year baseball career, he played for the Minnesota Twins (1967–1969), Cleveland Indians (1970–1972), New York Yankees (1973–1983), San Diego Padres (1984–1986), Atlanta Braves (1987) and Montreal Expos (1988).

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Acting Credits

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

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1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

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1999

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV Show)

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1985

1985 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Third Baseman

1984

1984 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - San Diego Padres Third Baseman

1984

1984 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - San Diego Padres Third Baseman

1981

1981 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1981

1981 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1980

1980 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Third Baseman

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Third Baseman

1978

1978 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1977

1977 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Third Baseman

1977

1977 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1976

1976 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1976

1976 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Yankees Third Baseman

1975

1975 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Third Baseman

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Graig Nettles.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1967	MIN	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667
1968	MIN	22	76	13	17	2	1	5	8	0	7	20	0.224	0.298	0.474
1969	MIN	96	225	27	50	9	2	7	26	1	32	47	0.222	0.319	0.373
1970	CLE	157	549	81	129	13	1	26	62	3	81	77	0.235	0.336	0.404
1971	CLE	158	598	78	156	18	1	28	86	7	82	56	0.261	0.350	0.435
1972	CLE	150	557	65	141	28	0	17	70	2	57	50	0.253	0.325	0.395
1973	NYY	160	552	65	129	18	0	22	81	0	78	76	0.234	0.334	0.386
1974	NYY	155	566	74	139	21	1	22	75	1	59	75	0.246	0.316	0.403
1975	NYY	157	581	71	155	24	4	21	91	1	51	88	0.267	0.322	0.430
1976	NYY	158	583	88	148	29	2	32	93	11	62	94	0.254	0.327	0.475
1977	NYY	158	589	99	150	23	4	37	107	2	68	79	0.255	0.333	0.496
1978	NYY	159	587	81	162	23	2	27	93	1	59	69	0.276	0.343	0.460
1979	NYY	145	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	1	59	53	0.253	0.325	0.401
1980	NYY	89	324	52	79	14	0	16	45	0	42	42	0.244	0.331	0.435
1981	NYY	103	349	46	85	7	1	15	46	0	47	49	0.244	0.333	0.398
1982	NYY	122	405	47	94	11	2	18	55	1	51	49	0.232	0.317	0.402
1983	NYY	129	462	56	123	17	3	20	75	0	51	65	0.266	0.341	0.446
1984	SDP	124	395	56	90	11	1	20	65	0	58	55	0.228	0.329	0.413
1985	SDP	137	440	66	115	23	1	15	61	0	72	59	0.261	0.363	0.420
1986	SDP	126	354	36	77	9	0	16	55	0	41	62	0.218	0.300	0.379
1987	ATL	112	177	16	37	8	1	5	33	1	22	25	0.209	0.294	0.350
1988	MON	80	93	5	16	4	0	1	14	0	9	19	0.172	0.240	0.247
Career		2700	8986	1193	2225	328	28	390	1314	32	1088	1209	-	-	-

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Major League fielding statistics for Graig Nettles.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1968	MIN	22	22	180	49	9	2	2	0.967
1969	MIN	96	60	480	90	44	2	3	0.985
1970	CLE	157	146	1,317	135	358	17	40	0.967
1971	CLE	158	158	1,403	159	412	16	54	0.973
1972	CLE	150	150	1,351	114	338	21	27	0.956
1973	NYY	160	157	1,369	117	410	26	39	0.953
1974	NYY	154	154	1,369	147	377	21	29	0.961
1975	NYY	157	157	1,389	135	379	19	31	0.964
1976	NYY	158	156	1,433	137	384	19	30	0.965
1977	NYY	156	155	1,379	132	321	12	31	0.974
1978	NYY	159	159	1,415	110	326	11	30	0.975
1979	NYY	144	142	1,243	110	339	16	30	0.966
1980	NYY	88	85	769	59	182	10	18	0.960
1981	NYY	97	96	839	63	214	8	14	0.972
1982	NYY	113	109	961	73	255	23	23	0.934
1983	NYY	126	120	1,060	78	273	16	18	0.956
1984	SDP	119	109	945	93	201	20	14	0.936
1985	SDP	131	123	1,078	122	229	15	16	0.959
1986	SDP	114	99	847	83	174	16	14	0.941
1987	ATL	44	25	264	61	56	3	13	0.975
1988	MON	17	12	87	32	14	5	4	0.902
Career		2520	2394	-	2099	5295	298	480	-

First Name	Graig
Last Name	Nettles
Full Name at Birth	Graig Nettles
Age	68
Date of Birth	August 20, 1944
Birthplace	San Diego, CA
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Leo
Nationality	American
High School	San Diego (San Diego, CA)
University	San Diego State University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Third Baseman
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	6 September 1967
Last MLB Game	1 October 1988
Draft	Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft.