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Roger Nelson
Roger Eugene Nelson (Spider)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 9, 1967
  vs. DET 0.3 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 23, 1976
Born June 7, 1944 in Altadena, CA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1967 23 CHW AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   3  0    7.0    4    1    1   1    0    4   2   0    24   0   0  1.29  3.00  234 0.571
 1968 24 BAL AL   4   3  19   6   0   0   5  1   71.0   49   21   19   3   26   70   1   6   283   3   0  2.41  2.95  122 1.056
 1969 25 KCR AL   7  13  29  29   8   1   0  0  193.3  170   78   71  12   65   82   6   8   790   4   1  3.31  3.66  111 1.216
 1970 26 KCR AL   0   2   4   2   0   0   0  0    9.0   18   10   10   3    0    3   1   2    45   0   0 10.00  3.72   37 2.000
 1971 27 KCR AL   0   1  13   1   0   0   4  0   34.0   35   20   20   1    5   29   0   0   139   0   0  5.29  3.43   65 1.176
 1972 28 KCR AL  11   6  34  19  10   6   9  3  173.3  120   41   40  13   31  120   1   4   652   1   0  2.08  3.01  145 0.871
 1973 29 CIN NL   3   2  14   8   1   0   0  0   54.7   49   25   21   4   24   17   3   1   234   1   0  3.46  3.41   99 1.335
 1974 30 CIN NL   4   4  14  12   1   0   1  1   85.3   67   36   32   7   35   42   1   3   353   1   1  3.38  3.52  104 1.195
 1976 32 KCR AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    8.7    4    2    2   0    4    4   2   1    36   1   0  2.08  3.52  170 0.923
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .475  29  32 135  77  20   7  22  5  636.3  516  234  216  44  190  371  17  25  2556  11   2  3.06  3.34  109 1.109
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  43  24   6   2   7  1  204.0  165   75   69  14   60  119   5   8   819   3   0  3.06  3.34  109 1.109
 Career High     11  13  34  29  10   6   9  3  193.3  170   78   71  13   65  120   6   8   790   4   1  2.08  3.66  145 0.871

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 24 BAL AL  19   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  10  .063  .167  .063  -28    1   4   0   0   0   1
 1969 25 KCR AL  29   58    4    8   0  1   0    3   0  0   2  16  .138  .164  .172   -6   10   5   1   0   0   0
 1970 26 KCR AL   4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 27 KCR AL  13    6    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .333  .429  .333  120    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 KCR AL  34   54    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  19  .093  .140  .093  -29    5   4   0   0   0   0
 1973 29 CIN NL  14   18    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .111  .111  .111  -37    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1974 30 CIN NL  14   28    3    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   2   7  .179  .233  .179   17    5   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      135  180   12   23   0  1   0    8   0  0  11  58  .128  .177  .139   -8   25  16   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        216   14   28   0  1   0   10   0  0  13  70  .128  .177  .139   -8   30  19   1   0   0   1
 Career High     34   58    4    8   0  1   0    4   0  0   3  19                          10   5   1   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 24 BAL AL   22   20    0   0.0    81| .063  .239| .167  .308| .063  .354| .230  .662| -28  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1969 25 KCR AL   66   56    2   1.0    95| .138  .254| .164  .331| .172  .384| .336  .715|  -6  .062  -8.5  -0.9   0%
 1970 26 KCR AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .331|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
 1971 27 KCR AL    7    4    1   6.7    91| .333  .254| .429  .326| .333  .377| .762  .703| 120  .719   0.2   0.0   0%
 1972 28 KCR AL   61   53    1   0.5    82| .093  .245| .140  .314| .093  .354| .233  .668| -29  .027  -8.7  -1.0   0%
 1973 29 CIN NL   19   17    0   0.0    92| .111  .257| .111  .325| .111  .382| .222  .706| -37  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1974 30 CIN NL   32   25    1   1.1    94| .179  .261| .233  .333| .179  .378| .412  .710|  17  .075  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       208  175    5   0.8    89| .128  .252| .177  .323| .139  .371| .316  .694|  -8  .047 -25.6  -2.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1967 23 CHW AL P 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.74 3.86 1.93 0 7.0 1968 24 BAL AL P 19 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.58 0.73 1.39 1.89 6 71.0 1969 25 KCR AL P 29 19 25 5 3 .898 .950 1.52 0.69 2.05 1.88 29 193.3 1970 26 KCR AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.68 3.00 1.90 2 9.0 1971 27 KCR AL P 13 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.85 0.77 2.91 1.99 1 34.0 1972 28 KCR AL P 34 8 33 1 1 .976 .949 1.21 0.75 2.13 1.86 19 173.3 1973 29 CIN NL P 14 3 12 0 2 1.000 .949 1.07 0.73 2.47 1.88 8 54.7 1974 30 CIN NL P 14 6 10 2 1 .889 .947 1.14 0.71 1.69 1.88 12 85.3 1976 32 KCR AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 2.07 1.86 0 8.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 23 CHW AL P 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.74 3.86 1.93 0 7.0 1968 24 BAL AL P 19 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.58 0.73 1.39 1.89 6 71.0 1969 25 KCR AL P 29 19 25 5 3 .898 .950 1.52 0.69 2.05 1.88 29 193.3 1970 26 KCR AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.68 3.00 1.90 2 9.0 1971 27 KCR AL P 13 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.85 0.77 2.91 1.99 1 34.0 1972 28 KCR AL P 34 8 33 1 1 .976 .949 1.21 0.75 2.13 1.86 19 173.3 1973 29 CIN NL P 14 3 12 0 2 1.000 .949 1.07 0.73 2.47 1.88 8 54.7 1974 30 CIN NL P 14 6 10 2 1 .889 .947 1.14 0.71 1.69 1.88 12 85.3 1976 32 KCR AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 2.07 1.86 0 8.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 135 43 103 8 8 .948 .951 1.08 0.73 2.07 1.88 77 636.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 135 43 103 8 8 .948 .951 1.08 0.73 2.07 1.88 77 636
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  CIN NYM     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.1   0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  CIN NYM     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   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.

ERA
1972 AL-2.08-5

Won-Loss %
1972 AL-.647-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1972 AL-.871-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
1972 AL-6.23-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1972 AL-1.61-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1972 AL-6.23-9

Shutouts
1972 AL-6-4

SO to Walk
1972 AL-3.87-1

Adjusted ERA+
1972 AL-145-4

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (381) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1823) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1967: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Bruce Howard to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder, and John Matias.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Baltimore Orioles as the 1st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Richie Scheinblum to the Cincinnati Reds for Wayne Simpson and Hal McRae.

October 25, 1974: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.

March 25, 1975: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April 5, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

August 5, 1975: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

March 3, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.


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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