Chris Nelson
3B · Last on a Brewers farm club: Colorado Springs Sky Sox, 2015
- B/T
- R/R
- Size
- 5' 11", 205 lb
- Born
- 1985-09-03 · Washington, DC, USA
- Acquired
- Drafted 2004, round 1, pick 9, by Colorado Rockies
- MLB debut
- 2010-06-19
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- ROK2004Casper Rockies
- A2005Asheville Tourists
- A2006Asheville Tourists
- A+2007Modesto Nuts
- A+2008Modesto Nuts
- AA2008Tulsa Drillers
- AA2009Tulsa Drillers
- AAA2010Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- AAA2011Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- AAA2012Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- AAA2013Salt Lake Bees
- AAA2014Louisville Bats
- AAA2014El Paso Chihuahuas
- AAA2014
- AAA2015Lehigh Valley IronPigs
- AAA2015Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- AAA2015Syracuse Chiefs
- AAA2015
- AAA2016Albuquerque Isotopes
Hitting
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | ROK | Casper Rockies | 18 | 38 | 169 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 6 | .347 | .432 | .510 | .942 | .163 | 24.9% | 11.8% | .465 |
| 2005 | A | Asheville Tourists | 19 | 79 | 349 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 38 | 25 | 88 | 7 | .241 | .304 | .330 | .634 | .089 | 25.2% | 7.2% | .320 |
| 2006 | A | Asheville Tourists | 20 | 118 | 517 | 121 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 76 | 32 | 101 | 14 | .260 | .313 | .416 | .729 | .156 | 19.5% | 6.2% | .305 |
| 2007 | A+ | Modesto Nuts | 21 | 133 | 600 | 153 | 42 | 7 | 19 | 97 | 99 | 55 | 92 | 27 | .289 | .358 | .503 | .861 | .214 | 15.3% | 9.2% | .314 |
| 2008 | A+ | Modesto Nuts | 22 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .167 | .219 | .300 | .519 | .133 | 25.0% | 6.3% | .190 |
| 2008 | AA | Tulsa Drillers | 22 | 73 | 330 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 69 | 6 | .237 | .324 | .346 | .670 | .109 | 20.9% | 10.6% | .296 |
| 2009 | AA | Tulsa Drillers | 23 | 29 | 123 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 5 | .280 | .355 | .477 | .832 | .197 | 17.1% | 9.8% | .313 |
| 2010 | AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | 24 | 85 | 356 | 100 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 55 | 29 | 53 | 7 | .313 | .376 | .492 | .868 | .179 | 14.9% | 8.1% | .344 |
| 2011 | AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | 25 | 73 | 315 | 95 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 65 | 17 | 48 | 3 | .329 | .366 | .547 | .913 | .218 | 15.2% | 5.4% | .357 |
| 2012 | AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | 26 | 13 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .294 | .333 | .412 | .745 | .118 | 22.2% | 3.7% | .385 |
| 2013 | AAA | Salt Lake Bees | 27 | 34 | 144 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 4 | .328 | .361 | .545 | .906 | .217 | 16.0% | 5.6% | .355 |
| 2014 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 28 | 63 | 261 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 38 | 18 | 52 | 0 | .274 | .330 | .363 | .693 | .089 | 19.9% | 6.9% | .332 |
| 2014 | AAA | El Paso Chihuahuas | 28 | 24 | 102 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 0 | .293 | .422 | .463 | .885 | .170 | 15.7% | 17.6% | .338 |
| 2014 | AAA | — | 28 | 87 | 363 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 59 | 36 | 68 | 0 | .279 | .355 | .389 | .744 | .110 | 18.7% | 9.9% | .333 |
| 2015 | AAA | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 29 | 16 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .278 | .328 | .352 | .680 | .074 | 13.8% | 6.9% | .326 |
| 2015 | AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | 29 | 29 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .143 | .200 | .243 | .443 | .100 | 22.7% | 6.7% | .173 |
| 2015 | AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | 29 | 28 | 104 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .277 | .337 | .479 | .816 | .202 | 13.5% | 8.7% | .295 |
| 2015 | AAA | — | 29 | 73 | 237 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 39 | 3 | .234 | .291 | .372 | .663 | .138 | 16.5% | 7.6% | .267 |
| 2016 | AAA | Albuquerque Isotopes | 30 | 69 | 218 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 32 | 0 | .232 | .273 | .310 | .583 | .078 | 14.7% | 3.7% | .260 |
OPS by game
No 2026 game log on record, so there is no chart.
Major leagues
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colorado Rockies | 24 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .280 | .308 | .320 | .628 | .040 | 14.8% | 3.7% | .333 |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies | 25 | 63 | 189 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 3 | .250 | .280 | .383 | .663 | .133 | 18.5% | 3.7% | .289 |
| 2012 | Colorado Rockies | 26 | 111 | 377 | 104 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 53 | 27 | 84 | 2 | .301 | .352 | .458 | .810 | .157 | 22.3% | 7.2% | .374 |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies | 27 | 21 | 71 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .242 | .282 | .318 | .600 | .076 | 26.8% | 5.6% | .333 |
| 2013 | New York Yankees | 27 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .222 | .243 | .278 | .521 | .056 | 29.7% | 2.7% | .320 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels | 27 | 33 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 36 | 2 | .220 | .277 | .349 | .626 | .129 | 30.3% | 6.7% | .296 |
| 2013 | 3 teams | 27 | 64 | 227 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 66 | 2 | .227 | .273 | .327 | .600 | .100 | 29.1% | 5.7% | .313 |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres | 28 | 27 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .233 | .296 | .274 | .570 | .041 | 17.3% | 8.6% | .283 |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.