John Nelson (baseball)

For other people of the same name, see John Nelson (disambiguation).
John Nelson
Infielder
Born: (1979-03-03) March 3, 1979
Denton, Texas
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 7, 2006, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 2006, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average .000
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 0
Teams

John Clark Nelson (born March 3, 1979 in Denton, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop with the St. Louis Cardinals. Drafted out of the University of Kansas, Nelson was originally an outfielder, but the St. Louis Cardinals converted him to a shortstop.

Nelson was promoted to the Cardinals on September 5, 2006, wearing the number 62, and made his major league debut on September 7, striking out against the Arizona Diamondbacks' Greg Aquino. In his first big-league action he went 0-5 with 4 strikeouts. He also pinch-ran 3 times and scored 2 runs, playing one game at shortstop and one game at first base.

In 2008, he signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

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