Nelson Dean

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1899)}}

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| name = Nelson Dean

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| position = Pitcher / Right fielder

| birth_date = 1899

| birth_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = October 1939

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1925

| debutteam = Kansas City Monarchs

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| finalyear = 1932

| finalteam = Kansas City Monarchs

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• Kansas City Monarchs ({{baseball year|1925}}–{{baseball year|1926}})
• Cleveland Hornets ({{baseball year|1927}})
• Birmingham Black Barons (1927–{{baseball year|1928}})
• Cleveland Tigers (1928)
• Memphis Red Sox ({{baseball year|1929}})
• Detroit Stars ({{baseball year|1930}}–{{baseball year|1931}})
• Cleveland Stars ({{baseball year|1932}})
• Kansas City Monarchs (1932)

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Nelson Dean (1899 – October 1939) was an American professional baseball pitcher and right fielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1932 with several teams.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}