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Lynn Nelson
Lynn Bernard Nelson (Line Drive)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 18, 1930
Final Game July 3, 1940
Born February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND
Died February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1930 25 CHC NL   3   2  37   3   0   0  16  0   81.3   97   52   46  10   28   29   6   2   365       0  5.09  4.87   96 1.537
 1933 28 CHC NL   5   5  24   3   3   0  15  1   75.7   65   34   27   2   30   20   0   4   323       0  3.21  3.27  102 1.256
 1934 29 CHC NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    1.0    4    4    4   1    1    0   0   0     7       0 36.00  3.90   11 5.000
 1937 32 PHA AL   4   9  30   4   1   0  21  2  116.0  140   78   76  12   51   49   2   1   531       0  5.90  4.72   80 1.647
 1938 33 PHA AL  10  11  32  23  13   0   8  2  191.0  215  142  120  29   79   75   5   5   870       0  5.65  4.84   86 1.539
 1939 34 PHA AL  10  13  35  24  12   2  11  1  197.7  233  117  105  27   64   75   3   0   877       0  4.78  4.71   99 1.503
 1940 35 DET AL   1   1   6   2   0   0   4  0   14.0   23   19   17   5    9    7   0   0    73       0 10.93  4.73   43 2.286
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .440  33  42 166  60  29   2  76  6  676.7  777  446  395  86  262  255  16  12  3046       0  5.25  4.61   88 1.535
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  49  18   8   0  22  1  203.3  233  134  118  25   78   76   4   3   916   0   0  5.25  4.61   88 1.535
 Career High     10  13  37  24  13   2  21  2  197.7  233  142  120  29   79   75   6   5   877   0   0  3.21  4.87  102 1.256

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 25 CHC NL  37   18    0    4   1  1   0    2   0      0   1  .222  .222  .389   43    7   0           0    
 1933 28 CHC NL  29   21    5    5   1  1   0    1   0      1   3  .238  .273  .381   85    8   2           0   0
 1937 32 PHA AL  74  113   18   40   6  2   4   29   1  0   6  13  .354  .387  .549  135   62   1           0    
 1938 33 PHA AL  67  112   12   31   0  0   0   15   0  0   7  12  .277  .319  .277   52   31   0           0    
 1939 34 PHA AL  40   80    3   15   2  0   0    5   0  1   2  13  .188  .217  .213   11   17   0           1   1
 1940 35 DET AL  19   23    4    8   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   6  .348  .348  .478  104   11   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      268  367   42  103  10  4   5   55   1  1  16  48  .281  .313  .371   74  136   3   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        222   25   62   6  2   3   33   1  1  10  29  .281  .313  .371   74   82   2   0   0   1   1
 Career High     74  113   18   40   6  2   4   29   1  1   7  13                          62   2   0   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 25 CHC NL   18   14    2   3.8   127| .222  .313| .222  .372| .389  .466| .611  .837|  43  .311  -1.8  -0.2     
 1933 28 CHC NL   24   18    2   3.0    91| .238  .274| .273  .327| .381  .375| .654  .702|  85  .361  -0.6  -0.1     
 1937 32 PHA AL  120   74   24   8.6   115| .354  .287| .387  .362| .549  .428| .936  .790| 135  .710   5.4   0.5 100%
 1938 33 PHA AL  119   81   10   3.2   116| .277  .286| .319  .365| .277  .427| .596  .791|  52  .292  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1939 34 PHA AL   83   67    3   1.2   112| .188  .284| .217  .359| .213  .420| .430  .778|  11  .066 -10.9  -1.0   0%
 1940 35 DET AL   23   15    4   7.1   119| .348  .290| .348  .364| .478  .439| .826  .804| 104  .657  -0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       387  269   45   4.4   114| .281  .287| .313  .361| .371  .425| .684  .786|  74  .430 -16.2  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 25 CHC NL P 37 6 22 1 1 .966 .966 0.76 1.10 3.10 2.21 3 81.3 1933 28 CHC NL P 24 1 20 0 1 1.000 .963 0.88 1.28 2.50 2.37 3 75.7 1934 29 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.70 1 1.0 1937 32 PHA AL P 30 3 14 0 0 1.000 .955 0.57 1.09 1.32 2.05 4 116.0 OF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .971 2.83 2.28 6 0 0 1938 33 PHA AL P 32 4 36 2 0 .952 .952 1.25 1.12 1.88 2.11 23 191.0 1939 34 PHA AL P 35 11 27 2 6 .950 .950 1.09 0.98 1.73 1.92 24 197.7 1940 35 DET AL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.05 1.93 2.06 2 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 32 PHA AL OF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .971 2.83 2.28 6 0 0 1930 25 CHC NL P 37 6 22 1 1 .966 .966 0.76 1.10 3.10 2.21 3 81.3 1933 28 CHC NL P 24 1 20 0 1 1.000 .963 0.88 1.28 2.50 2.37 3 75.7 1934 29 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.70 1 1.0 1937 32 PHA AL P 30 3 14 0 0 1.000 .955 0.57 1.09 1.32 2.05 4 116.0 1938 33 PHA AL P 32 4 36 2 0 .952 .952 1.25 1.12 1.88 2.11 23 191.0 1939 34 PHA AL P 35 11 27 2 6 .950 .950 1.09 0.98 1.73 1.92 24 197.7 1940 35 DET AL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.05 1.93 2.06 2 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 166 25 122 5 8 .967 .956 0.89 1.10 60 676.7 OF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .971 2.83 2.28 6 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 172 41 123 5 8 .970 .958 0.95 1.14
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1939 AL-2.91-10

Shutouts
1939 AL-2-4

Home Runs Allow.
1938 AL-29-2
1939 AL-27-1

Hits Allowed
1939 AL-233-7

Losses
1939 AL-13-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1938 AL-120-6
1939 AL-105-9

Wild Pitches
1938 AL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1930 NL-6-6
1938 AL-5-7
1939 AL-3-10

Games Finished
1937 AL-21-4

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 27, 1932: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Seattle (PCL) in the 1932 rule 5 draft.

May 14, 1934: Purchased by the Atlanta (Southern Association) from the Chicago Cubs.

April 9, 1937: Traded by the Memphis (Southern Association) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Carl Doyle, Al Benton, Jack Peerson, and Oliver Blakeney (minors).

February 23, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 3, 1940: Purchased by the Buffalo (International) from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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