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Nelson Figueroa | Major Leaguer 2000-2004

Full Name: Nelson Walter Figueroa Jr.
Born: May 18,1974 in Brooklyn, New York
Height: 6-1 Weight: 155 Bats: Both Throws: Right
High School: Lincoln (Brooklyn,NY)
College: Brandeis University

Debut: June 3,2000

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Drafted: Selected by New York Mets in 30th Round (833rd overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 31,1998] - Traded by Mets with Bernard Gilkey and Cash to Diamondbacks for Jorge Fabregas, Willie Blair and Cash. [Jul 26,2000] - Traded by Diamondbacks with Vicente Padilla, Travis Lee and Omar Daal to Phillies for Curt Schilling. [Apr 3,2002] - Claimed on waivers by Brewers from Phillies. [Oct 11,2002] - Released by Brewers. [Jan 6,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Oct 14,2004] - Released by Pirates.

Disabled List: [May 8,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (sprained ankle) [May 21,2002] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1995	Kingsport	App	21	Nym	Rk	7	1	3.07	12	12	2	2	0	0	76.1	57	31	26	3	22	79	5	0	6.72	0.35	2.59	9.31	1.03	--
1996	Columbia	SAL	22	Nym	A	14	7	2.04	26	25	8	4	1	0	185.1	119	55	42	10	58	200	9	2	5.78	0.49	2.82	9.71	0.96	--
1997	Binghamton	East	23	Nym	AA	5	11	4.34	33	22	0	0	3	0	143.0	137	76	69	14	68	116	7	0	8.62	0.88	4.28	7.30	1.43	--
1998	Binghamton	East	24	Nym	AA	12	3	4.66	21	21	3	2	0	0	123.2	133	73	64	19	44	116	1	1	9.68	1.38	3.20	8.44	1.43	--
	Tucson	PCL	24	Ari	AAA	2	2	3.70	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.1	46	22	17	8	16	29	1	0	10.02	1.74	3.48	6.32	1.50	--
1999	Az Dbacks	Ariz	25	Ari	Rk	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	1.00	--
	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	11	6	3.94	24	21	1	1	0	0	128.0	128	59	56	16	41	106	6	0	9.00	1.13	2.88	7.45	1.32	--
2000	Tucson	PCL	26	Ari	AAA	9	4	2.81	17	16	1	0	0	0	112.0	101	41	35	9	28	78	8	0	8.12	0.72	2.25	6.27	1.15	--
	Scr/wb	IL	26	Phi	AAA	4	3	3.78	8	8	1	0	0	0	50.0	50	28	21	9	11	35	2	0	9.00	1.62	1.98	6.30	1.22	--
	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	0	1	7.47	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	17	13	13	4	5	7	2	0	9.77	2.30	2.87	4.02	1.40	43%
2001	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	4	2	2.47	13	12	3	0	0	0	87.1	74	33	24	6	18	74	3	0	7.63	0.62	1.86	7.63	1.05	--
	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	4	5	3.94	19	13	0	0	1	0	89.0	95	40	39	8	37	61	2	0	9.61	0.81	3.74	6.17	1.48	57%
2002	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	5	0	3.63	6	6	0	0	0	0	39.2	39	18	16	2	13	25	1	0	8.85	0.45	2.95	5.67	1.31	--
	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	1	7	5.03	30	11	0	0	4	0	93.0	96	59	52	18	37	51	5	0	9.29	1.74	3.58	4.94	1.43	56%
2003	Nashville	PCL	29	Pit	AAA	12	5	2.97	23	23	3	1	0	0	151.1	144	54	50	11	37	121	5		8.56	0.65	2.20	7.20	1.20	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	2	1	3.31	12	3	0	0	1	0	35.1	28	13	13	8	13	23	2	0	7.13	2.04	3.31	5.86	1.16	49%
2004	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	12	8	4.19	25	23	3	1	1	0	152.1	168	79	71	20	36	129	2		9.93	1.18	2.13	7.62	1.34	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	0	3	5.72	10	3	0	0	0	0	28.1	32	18	18	4	11	10	3	0	10.17	1.27	3.49	3.18	1.52	52%
2006	Long Islnd	Atl	32		Ind	0	1	2.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	6	3	0	3	9	1	0	8.39	0.00	2.80	8.39	1.24	--
	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Wan	AAA	3	5	4.38	16	11	0	0	1	0	76.0	76	41	37	12	21	44	9	0	9.00	1.42	2.49	5.21	1.28	--
2008	NewOrleans	PCL	34	Nym	AAA	3	4	3.94	15	11	0	0	0	0	82.1	80	42	36	11	24	72	0	0	8.74	1.20	2.62	7.87	1.26	--
	NY Mets	MLB	34	Nym	MLB	2	3	5.12	9	6	0	0		0	38.2	39	24	22	2	24	29	0	0	9.08	0.47	5.59	6.75	1.63	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						9	20	4.71	83	39	0	0		0	300.0	307	167	157	44	127	181	14	0	9.21	1.32	3.81	5.43	1.45	--
Minor League Totals - 12 Season(s)						103	63	3.49	249	221	25	11	6	0	1,461.1	1364	659	567	150	440	1235	60		8.40	0.92	2.71	7.61	1.23	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Binghamton	East	23	Nym	AA	p		34	22	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.227	.227	.227	454	--
1998	Binghamton	East	24	Nym	AA	p		21	17	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	0	0	.176	.222	.176	398	--
1999	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	p		24	28	6	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	4	0	0	.286	.355	.321	676	--
2000	Tucson	PCL	26	Ari	AAA	p		17	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347	--
	Scr/wb	IL	26	Phi	AAA	p		8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	--
	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	p	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	100%
2001	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	p		13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	p	9	18	24	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.280	.292	572	67%
2002	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	p		6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	--
	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	p	9	29	15	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	0	0	.133	.188	.133	321	70%
2003	Nashville	PCL	29	Pit	AAA	p		23	33	5	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	9	0	0	.182	.250	.242	492	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	75%
2004	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	p		25	37	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	5	0	0	.189	.211	.243	454	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	60%
2006	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Wan	AAA	p		18	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.200	.214	414	--
2008	NewOrleans	PCL	34	Nym	AAA			15	15	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	0	0	.133	.188	.133	321	--
	NY Mets	MLB	34	Nym	MLB			9	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.214	.083	297	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)								80	68	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	30	0	0	7	0	0	.162	.208	.176	384	70%
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)								204	197	24	37	7	0	0	13	0	0	12	36	0	0	38	0	0	.188	.234	.223	457	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1995	Kingsport	App	21	Nym	Rk	P	12			3	13	2	18	2	-	-	-	.889	--

1996	Columbia	SAL	22	Nym	A	P	26			16	27	3	46	1	-	-	-	.935	--

1997	Binghamton	East	23	Nym	AA	P	33			12	22	3	37	1	-	-	-	.919	--

1998	Binghamton	East	24	Nym	AA	P	21			9	19	1	29	1	-	-	-	.966	--
1998	Tucson	PCL	24	Ari	AAA	P	7			4	10	0	14	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

1999	Az Dbacks	Ariz	25	Ari	Rk	P	1			0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	--
1999	Tucson	PCL	25	Ari	AAA	P	24			6	23	0	29	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Scr/wb	IL	26	Phi	AAA	P	8			3	3	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	--
2000	Tucson	PCL	26	Ari	AAA	P	17			13	19	2	34	0	-	-	-	.941	--
2000	Arizona	NL	26	Ari	MLB	P	3		15.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.72

2001	Scr/wb	IL	27	Phi	AAA	P	13			8	8	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Philadelph	NL	27	Phi	MLB	P	19		89	2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	.81

2002	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	P	6			5	5	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	P	30		93	4	12	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	1.55

2003	Nashville	PCL	29	Pit	AAA	P	23			8	26	0	34	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	12	3	35.1	1	6	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.78

2004	Nashville	PCL	30	Pit	AAA	P	25			11	20	3	34	3	-	-	-	.912	--
2004	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	10	3	28.1	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.27

2006	NewOrleans	PCL	32	Wan	AAA	P	16								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

[1996] - South Atlantic League Most Outstanding Pitcher, South Atlantic League All-Star RHP [2003] - Triple-A All-Star SP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80

Career:	$1,175,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Missed all of 2005 with a rotator cuff injury.

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