James William Nettles (born March 2, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1970 and 1981, for the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics.

[6] He spent much of 1969 in the military, hitting .262 in 21 games for the Charlotte Hornets of the Class AA Southern League.

In 1970, he played for the Evansville Triplets of the Class AAA American Association and batted .318, leading the team.

[8] Nettles began the 1971 season with the Portland Beavers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL), and was promoted to the Twins to serve as a reserve outfielder and pinch hitter.

[12] He opened the 1974 season with Evansville, and was promoted to the major leagues in July 1974, due to an injury to Willie Horton.

[14] In 1975, Nettles played for the Nankai Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

[17] After the 1977 season, the Pirates traded Nettles and Paul Djakonow to the Kansas City Royals for Roger Nelson and Gary Martz.

[23] For his major league career, Nettles batted .220 with 16 home runs in 240 games played.

[28] He managed in Madison through the 1989 season, when he sought to move back closer to his home in Tacoma, Washington.

[9] Graig played college baseball for San Diego State and began his MLB career with the Twins before Jim.