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Gene Nelson
Wayland Eugene Nelson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 174 lb.

Debut May 4, 1981
  vs. CAL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game September 29, 1993
Born December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 20 NYY AL   3   1   8   7   0   0   0  0   39.3   40   24   21   5   23   16   1   2   179   1   0  4.81  3.55   74 1.602
 1982 21 SEA AL   6   9  22  19   2   1   2  0  122.7  133   70   63  16   60   71   2   4   545   1   2  4.62  4.29   93 1.573
 1983 22 SEA AL   0   3  10   5   1   0   2  0   32.0   38   29   28   6   21   11   1   1   153   2   0  7.88  4.28   54 1.844
 1984 23 CHW AL   3   5  20   9   2   0   4  1   74.7   72   38   37   9   17   36   1   4   304   0   1  4.46  4.16   93 1.192
 1985 24 CHW AL  10  10  46  18   1   0  11  2  145.7  144   74   69  23   67  101   7  11   643   4   1  4.26  4.32  101 1.449
 1986 25 CHW AL   6   6  54   1   0   0  26  6  114.7  118   52   49   7   41   70   3   3   488   5   0  3.85  4.35  113 1.387
 1987 26 OAK AL   6   5  54   6   0   0  15  3  123.7  120   58   54  12   35   94   5   7   530   0   0  3.93  4.16  106 1.253
 1988 27 OAK AL   9   6  54   1   0   0  20  3  111.7   93   42   38   9   38   67   3   4   456   4   6  3.06  3.82  125 1.173
 1989 28 OAK AL   3   5  50   0   0   0  15  3   80.0   60   33   29   5   30   70   2   5   335   3   0  3.26  3.70  113 1.125
 1990 29 OAK AL   3   3  51   0   0   0  17  5   74.7   55   14   13   5   17   38   3   1   291   1   0  1.57  3.72  237 0.964
 1991 30 OAK AL   1   5  44   0   0   0  11  0   48.7   60   38   37  12   23   23   3   0   229   1   0  6.84  3.81   56 1.705
 1992 31 OAK AL   3   1  28   2   0   0   8  0   51.7   68   37   37   5   22   23   0   2   234   5   0  6.45  3.75   58 1.742
 1993 32 TOT AL   0   5  52   0   0   0  22  5   60.7   60   28   21   3   24   35   2   2   265   5   0  3.12  4.46  143 1.385
         CAL AL   0   5  46   0   0   0  20  4   52.7   50   25   18   3   23   31   2   1   231   4   0  3.08  4.51  147 1.386
         TEX AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   2  1    8.0   10    3    3   0    1    4   0   1    34   1   0  3.38  4.16  123 1.375
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .453  53  64 493  68   6   1 153 28 1080.0 1061  537  496 117  418  655  33  46  4652  32  10  4.13  4.08   99 1.369
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   7  59   8   0   0  18  3  130.7  128   65   60  14   50   79   4   5   563   3   1  4.13  4.08   99 1.369
 Career High     10  10  54  19   2   1  26  6  145.7  144   74   69  23   67  101   7  11   643   5   6  1.57  4.46  237 0.964
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 24 CHW AL  47    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 27 OAK AL  57    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 28 OAK AL  51    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1992 31 OAK AL  29    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     500    1    3    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     57    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 24 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .266| .000  .332| .000  .413| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1988 27 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0 100%
 1989 28 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1992 31 OAK AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons        1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .266| .000  .332| .000  .413| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 20 NYY AL P 8 3 6 1 0 .900 .968 1.12 0.81 2.06 1.97 7 39.3 1982 21 SEA AL P 22 10 20 1 4 .968 .958 1.36 0.73 2.20 1.80 19 122.7 1983 22 SEA AL P 10 5 6 1 0 .917 .957 1.10 0.73 3.09 1.80 5 32.0 1984 23 CHW AL P 20 11 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.95 0.70 2.29 1.80 9 74.7 1985 24 CHW AL P 46 10 19 1 0 .967 .954 0.63 0.70 1.79 1.86 18 145.7 1986 25 CHW AL P 54 8 17 0 3 1.000 .958 0.46 0.68 1.96 1.83 1 114.7 1987 26 OAK AL P 54 8 13 2 0 .913 .955 0.39 0.67 1.53 1.84 6 123.7 DH 1 1988 27 OAK AL P 54 4 11 0 1 1.000 .962 0.28 0.67 1.21 1.78 1 111.7 DH 2 1989 28 OAK AL P 50 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.66 1.01 1.87 0 80.0 1990 29 OAK AL P 51 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 0.24 0.59 1.45 1.78 0 74.7 1991 30 OAK AL P 44 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.58 1.48 1.79 0 48.7 1992 31 OAK AL P 28 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.25 0.56 1.22 1.72 2 51.7 1993 32 TOT AL P 52 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.23 0.56 1.78 1.79 0 60.7 CAL AL P 46 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.24 0.56 1.88 1.79 0 52.7 TEX AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.57 1.12 1.80 0 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 26 OAK AL DH 1 1988 27 OAK AL DH 2 1981 20 NYY AL P 8 3 6 1 0 .900 .968 1.12 0.81 2.06 1.97 7 39.3 1982 21 SEA AL P 22 10 20 1 4 .968 .958 1.36 0.73 2.20 1.80 19 122.7 1983 22 SEA AL P 10 5 6 1 0 .917 .957 1.10 0.73 3.09 1.80 5 32.0 1984 23 CHW AL P 20 11 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.95 0.70 2.29 1.80 9 74.7 1985 24 CHW AL P 46 10 19 1 0 .967 .954 0.63 0.70 1.79 1.86 18 145.7 1986 25 CHW AL P 54 8 17 0 3 1.000 .958 0.46 0.68 1.96 1.83 1 114.7 1987 26 OAK AL P 54 8 13 2 0 .913 .955 0.39 0.67 1.53 1.84 6 123.7 1988 27 OAK AL P 54 4 11 0 1 1.000 .962 0.28 0.67 1.21 1.78 1 111.7 1989 28 OAK AL P 50 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.66 1.01 1.87 0 80.0 1990 29 OAK AL P 51 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 0.24 0.59 1.45 1.78 0 74.7 1991 30 OAK AL P 44 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.58 1.48 1.79 0 48.7 1992 31 OAK AL P 28 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.25 0.56 1.22 1.72 2 51.7 1993 32 TOT AL P 52 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.23 0.56 1.78 1.79 0 60.7 CAL AL P 46 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.24 0.56 1.88 1.79 0 52.7 TEX AL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 0.57 1.12 1.80 0 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 493 80 127 7 10 .967 .957 0.42 0.65 1.73 1.82 68 1080.0 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 493 80 127 7 10 .967 .957 0.42 0.65 1.73 1.82 68 1080
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   2   0   0.00  2  0  0  0   4.2   5   0   1   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   3   0   1.42  0  0  0  0   6.1   4   1   3   3 
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   2 
        WS    OAK SFG     W   2   0  54.00  0  0  0  0   1     4   6   2   1 
 1990   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   3   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK CIN     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   5     3   0   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   4   0   0.00  2  0  0  0   7.2   9   0   1   2 
  3 World Series        1-2   7   0   5.11  0  0  0  0  12.1  11   7   7   4 
  6 Postseason Ser      4-2  11   0   3.15  2  0  0  0  20    20   7   8   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK SFG     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK CIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 World Series        1-2   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  11   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1985 AL-11-4

Hit Batsmen
1985 AL-7-9

Youngest Player
1981 AL-20-2
1982 AL-21-6

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (783) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

October 8, 1979: Sent by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1979. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later, Oscar Gamble, and Amos Lewis (minors) to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979), and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Bill Caudill to the Seattle Mariners for Shane Rawley. The New York Yankees sent Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

June 27, 1984: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jerry Don Gleaton to the Chicago White Sox for Salome Barojas.

December 11, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for Donnie Hill. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

August 11, 1992: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

February 17, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 3, 1993: Released by the California Angels.

September 11, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago White Sox$110,000
1986Chicago White Sox$240,000
1987Oakland Athletics$365,000
1988Oakland Athletics$450,000
1989Oakland Athletics$615,000
1990Oakland Athletics$650,000
1991Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
1992Oakland Athletics$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,780,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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