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Ricky Lee Nelson
'''Ricky Lee Nelson''' is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[outfielder]] and left-handed batter who played for the [[Seattle Mariners]] (1983-86).  

Nelson was born on [[May 8]], [[1959]] in [[Pinal County|Eloy]], [[Arizona]]. He was selected by Seattle in the [[1981 in sports|1981]] amateur draft and made his debut on [[May 17]], [[1983 in sports|1983]].

In his 123-game career, Nelson [[batting average|batted]] for .247, with six [[home run]]s, 39 [[runs batted in]], 38 [[Run (baseball statistics)|runs scored]], 79 [[Hit (baseball statistics)|hits]], 13 [[Double (baseball)|doubles]], 3 [[Triple (baseball)|triples]] and 8 [[stolen bases]].

==Name and misspellings==
 ''Ricky ricardo rickey rickie Nelson nellie''.⏎
  
==Facts==
* [[June 28]], [[2002 in sports|2002]]: [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays|Tampa Bay]] whips their cross state rival [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] 4–0 behind [[Wilson Alvarez]] and two relievers. [[Jared Sandberg]] homers for TB. In the 7th, [[Kevin Millar]] of the Marlins hits a towering fly that lands on one of the catwalks that hang from the stadium's dome. It never comes down and it is ruled a double. It's the second time a ball has gotten stuck in a catwalk at [[Tropicana Field]]. In [[1999 in sports|1999]], [[José Canseco]] hit a home run drive that lodged there. Millar joins [[Ruppert Jones]], ''Rickey Nelson'', [[Dave Kingman]], [[Álvaro Espinoza]] and Canseco as the only players to hit a fair ball that got stuck in a stadium obstruction. Jones and Nelson both had hits get caught in the overhead speakers at the old [[Seattle Kingdome|Kingdome]]. The balls hit by Kingman and Espinoza were at the Minneapolis [[Metrodome]] with Kingman's getting stuck in a drainage valve and Espinoza's lodging in an overhead speaker. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Millar_Kevin.stm From the Baseball Chronology - ''Baseball Library''].

==Sources==
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsori01.shtml Career statistics at ''Baseball Reference'']

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