Jeff Nelson

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 225lb (203cm, 102kg)

Born: November 17, 1966 in Baltimore, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 22nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Catonsville HS (Catonsville, MD).

High School: Catonsville HS (Catonsville, MD)

School: Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus (Catonsville, MD)

Last Game: June 2, 2006 (Age 39-197d)
vs. TEX 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Jay Franklin

Full Name: Jeffrey Allan Nelson

Nicknames: Nellie

Twitter: @NYnellie43

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

ERA

3.41

798

784.2

829

WHIP

1.352

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1984	17		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	LAD	0	0		3.86	4.50	10	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	9	7	6	1	9	0	8	2	1	1		1.286	5.8	0.6	5.8	5.1	0.89
1984	17	-2.9	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	0	0		1.35	2.03	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	6	3	2	0	6	0	7	1	1	1		0.900	4.1	0.0	4.1	4.7	1.17
1984	17	-3.9	Great Falls	PION	Rk	LAD	0	0		54.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0		9.000	40.5	13.5	40.5	13.5	0.33
1985	18	-2.2	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	0	5	.000	5.51	9.51	14	7	3	0	0	0	47.1	72	50	29	1	32	0	31	0	1	8		2.197	13.7	0.2	6.1	5.9	0.97
1986	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	LAD	0	7	.000	6.87	10.55	27	11	8	0	0	0	73.1	84	86	56	9	87	3	38	4	0	12		2.332	10.3	1.1	10.7	4.7	0.44
1986	19	-3.7	Bakersfield	CALL	A	LAD	0	7	.000	6.69	10.47	24	11	6	0	0	0	71.1	79	83	53	9	84	1	37	4	0	10		2.285	10.0	1.1	10.6	4.7	0.44
1986	19	-1.7	Great Falls	PION	Rk	LAD	0	0		13.50	13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	2		4.000	22.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
1987	20	-3.1	Salinas	CALL	A	SEA	3	7	.300	5.74	6.86	17	16	0	1	0	0	80.0	80	61	51	2	71	0	43	4	0	17		1.888	9.0	0.2	8.0	4.8	0.61
1988	21	-1.8	San Bernardino	CALL	A	SEA	8	9	.471	5.54	6.93	27	27	0	1	1	0	149.1	163	115	92	9	91	2	94	8	0	20		1.701	9.8	0.5	5.5	5.7	1.03
1989	22	-1.4	Williamsport	EL	AA	SEA	7	5	.583	3.31	4.00	15	15	0	2	0	0	92.1	72	41	34	2	53	1	61	4	1	9		1.354	7.0	0.2	5.2	5.9	1.15
1990	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	SEA	3	6	.333	4.53	4.88	28	17	8	1	1	6	103.1	112	56	52	7	43	2	63	3	0	4		1.500	9.8	0.6	3.7	5.5	1.47
1990	23	-0.8	Williamsport	EL	AA	SEA	1	4	.200	6.44	7.27	10	10	0	0	0	0	43.1	65	35	31	2	18	1	14	2	0	2		1.915	13.5	0.4	3.7	2.9	0.78
1990	23	0.4	Peninsula	CARL	A+	SEA	2	2	.500	3.15	3.15	18	7	8	1	1	6	60.0	47	21	21	5	25	1	49	1	0	2		1.200	7.1	0.8	3.8	7.4	1.96
1991	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SEA	7	4	.636	2.67	3.56	49	0	41	0	0	19	60.2	62	24	18	1	24	3	60	0	1	4	259	1.418	9.2	0.1	3.6	8.9	2.50
1991	24	-1.8	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	3	4	.429	3.90	5.29	28	0	21	0	0	7	32.1	39	19	14	1	15	3	26	0	1	2	146	1.670	10.9	0.3	4.2	7.2	1.73
1991	24	0.3	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	SEA	4	0	1.000	1.27	1.59	21	0	20	0	0	12	28.1	23	5	4	0	9	0	34	0	0	2	113	1.129	7.3	0.0	2.9	10.8	3.78
1992	25	-1.1	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.273	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.00
1992	25	-3.9	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	7	.125	3.44	3.78	66	0	27	0	0	6	81.0	71	34	31	7	44	12	46	6	0	2	352	1.420	7.9	0.8	4.9	5.1	1.05
1993	26	0.0	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	1.17	1.17	5	0	4	0	0	1	7.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	6	1	0	2	31	1.043	7.0	0.0	2.3	7.0	3.00
1993	26	-2.7	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	5	3	.625	4.35	4.50	71	0	13	0	0	1	60.0	57	30	29	5	34	10	61	8	0	2	269	1.517	8.6	0.8	5.1	9.2	1.79
1994	27	1.2	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	4	.200	2.84	3.20	18	0	16	0	0	8	25.1	21	9	8	1	7	1	30	1	0	2	100	1.105	7.5	0.4	2.5	10.7	4.29
1994	27	-2.1	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	0		2.76	3.83	28	0	7	0	0	0	42.1	35	18	13	3	20	4	44	8	0	2	185	1.299	7.4	0.6	4.3	9.4	2.20
1995	28	-0.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	7	3	.700	2.17	2.40	62	0	24	0	0	2	78.2	58	21	19	4	27	5	96	6	0	1	318	1.081	6.6	0.5	3.1	11.0	3.56
1996	29	0.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	4	.500	4.36	4.60	73	0	27	0	0	2	74.1	75	38	36	6	36	1	91	2	0	4	328	1.493	9.1	0.7	4.4	11.0	2.53
1997	30	1.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	7	.300	2.86	3.66	77	0	22	0	0	2	78.2	53	32	25	7	37	12	81	4	0	4	327	1.144	6.1	0.8	4.2	9.3	2.19
1998	31	8.6	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		0.00	4.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	9	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
1998	31	1.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	3	.625	3.79	4.02	45	0	13	0	0	3	40.1	44	18	17	1	22	4	35	8	0	2	192	1.636	9.8	0.2	4.9	7.8	1.59
1999	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	20	1.000	3.6	0.0	5.4	14.4	2.67
1999	32	9.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	12	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
1999	32	12.3	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
1999	32	2.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	4.15	4.15	39	0	8	0	0	1	30.1	27	14	14	2	22	2	35	3	1	2	139	1.615	8.0	0.6	6.5	10.4	1.59
2000	33	4.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	4	.667	2.45	3.10	73	0	13	0	0	0	69.2	44	24	19	2	45	1	71	2	0	4	296	1.278	5.7	0.3	5.8	9.2	1.58
2001	34	5.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	3	.571	2.76	2.89	69	0	16	0	0	4	65.1	30	21	20	3	44	1	88	6	0	2	273	1.133	4.1	0.4	6.1	12.1	2.00
2002	35	13.9	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	0	1	.000	0.00	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	27.0
2002	35	6.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	2	.600	3.94	3.94	41	0	12	0	0	2	45.2	36	20	20	4	27	3	55	3	0	5	199	1.380	7.1	0.8	5.3	10.8	2.04
2003	36		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-SEA	4	2	.667	3.74	4.07	70	0	28	0	0	8	55.1	51	25	23	4	24	3	68	4	1	3	240	1.355	8.3	0.7	3.9	11.1	2.83
2003	36	7.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	2	.600	3.35	3.82	46	0	25	0	0	7	37.2	34	16	14	3	14	1	47	2	1	2	159	1.274	8.1	0.7	3.3	11.2	3.36
2003	36	7.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	4.58	4.58	24	0	3	0	0	1	17.2	17	9	9	1	10	2	21	2	0	1	81	1.528	8.7	0.5	5.1	10.7	2.10
2004	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	5	5	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	4	4	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	23	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	10.1	6.00
2004	37	9.8	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	16.20	16.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.800	16.2	0.0	0.0	16.2
2004	37	12.4	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	0		2.45	2.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	15	0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
2004	37	8.0	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	2	.333	5.32	6.08	29	0	9	0	0	1	23.2	17	16	14	3	19	0	22	0	0	2	103	1.521	6.5	1.1	7.2	8.4	1.16
2005	38	8.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	3	.250	3.93	4.17	49	0	15	0	0	1	36.2	32	17	16	3	22	0	34	4	1	1	166	1.473	7.9	0.7	5.4	8.3	1.55
2006	39	11.9	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.69	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	0	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	23	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	11.8	1.75
2006	39	10.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	15	3.000	10.1	3.4	16.9	6.8	0.40
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		48	45	.516	3.41	3.77	798	0	237	0	0	33	784.2	633	329	297	55	428	59	829	64	3	36	3402	1.352	7.3	0.6	4.9	9.5	1.94
Minors (16 seasons)					Minors		32	49	.395	4.67	6.08	229	105	85	5	2	34	676.0	694	457	351	33	429	12	463	30	4	79	480	1.661	9.2	0.4	5.7	6.2	1.08
All Levels (23 Seasons)							80	94	.460	3.99	4.84	1027	105	322	5	2	67	1460.2	1327	786	648	88	857	71	1292	94	7	115	3882	1.495	8.2	0.5	5.3	8.0	1.51

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		7	9	.438	3.08	3.91	59	2	43	0	0	16	76.0	73	33	26	2	29	4	72	3	1	6	318	1.342	8.6	0.2	3.4	8.5	2.48
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		12	9	.571	3.76	4.40	49	28	20	2	0	12	167.2	162	82	70	4	81	2	112	7	1	13	128	1.449	8.7	0.2	4.3	6.0	1.38
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	2.91	3.05	23	11	8	1	1	6	65.0	49	22	21	5	28	1	58	2	0	2	21	1.185	6.8	0.7	3.9	8.0	2.07
A (3 seasons)					Minors		11	23	.324	5.87	7.75	68	54	6	2	1	0	300.2	322	259	196	20	246	3	174	16	0	47		1.889	9.6	0.6	7.4	5.2	0.71
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	0.00	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	27.0
Rk (4 seasons)					Minors		0	5	.000	5.23	8.27	29	9	8	0	0	0	65.1	87	60	38	2	45	2	43	2	2	11	8	2.020	12.0	0.3	6.2	5.9	0.96