Dick Nen
| Dick Nen | |
|---|---|
 Nen with the Washington Senators | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: September 24, 1939 South Gate, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 18, 1963, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 28, 1970, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .224 |
| Home runs | 21 |
| Runs batted in | 107 |
| Teams | |
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Richard Leroy Nen (born September 24, 1939) is an American former
Washington Senators (1965–1967, 1970) and Chicago Cubs (1968). He threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). He is the father of former major league relief pitcher Robb Nen
.
Career
Nen was born in
runs batted in, along with a .351 batting average. After two years with Triple-A Spokane, the first-place Dodgers recalled him in September 1963 during the height of the National League pennant
race.
In his major league debut September 18, 1963, he was inserted into the lineup as a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh
Hall of Famer. Remaining in the game as the first baseman, Nen batted again in the ninth with the Dodgers trailing 5–4. Facing right-handed relief pitcher Ron Taylor, Nen hit a game-tying home run "over the roof" in right field[1] to send the game into extra innings.[2] The Dodgers won in the 13th frame to sweep the Cardinals in the three-game series, increasing their league lead to four games. They won the 1963 pennant by six lengths and swept the New York Yankees in the 1963 World Series
.
The home run against the Cardinals was Nen's only hit as a Dodger; he batted .125 for them in 1963 and returned to Spokane for all of 1964. Traded to Washington that December in a blockbuster deal headlined by
minor league
season.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)