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Ricky Nelson (baseball)
{{Infobox MLB retired
|name=Ricky Nelson
|position=[[Outfielder]]
|image=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birthdate={{birth date and age|1959|5|8}}<br>{{city-state|Eloy|Arizona}}
|debutdate=[[May 17]]
|debutyear={{by|1983}}
|debutteam=[[Seattle Mariners]]
|finaldate=[[August 2]]
|finalyear={{by|1986}}
|finalteam=[[Seattle Mariners]]
|stat1label=[[Batting average]]
|stat1value=.247
|stat2label=[[Home runs]]
|stat2value=6
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=39
|teams=<nowiki></nowiki>
*[[Seattle Mariners]] (1983-86)
}}
'''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 Major League Baseball Draft|1981 amateur draft]] and made his major league debut on May 17, {{by|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]].

In {{by|2001}}, Nelson managed the [[Oakland Athletics]]' entry in the [[Arizona Fall League]] to the league championship.

==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]], ''Ricky 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'']

{{Lifetime|1959||Nelson, Ricky}}
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