Jimmy Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 250lb (198cm, 113kg)

Born: June 5, 1989 in Klamath Falls, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Niceville HS (Niceville, FL) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Niceville HS (Niceville, FL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 6, 2013 (Age 24-093d, 20,535th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 30, 2021 (Age 32-055d)
vs. ARI 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: James Jacob Nelson

Nicknames: Big Sweat

Twitter: @Jimmy_J_Nelson

Instagram: @jimmy_j_nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.12

147

108

662.1

622

WHIP

1.353

Summary of 69 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

5 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 24 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	69

Platoon
vs LHB	38
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Home	39
Away	30

Outs
0	28
1	21
2	20

19 Opps
CHC	13
CIN	12
ARI	5
STL	5
SFG	4
PIT	4
PHI	4
WSN	4
NYM	3
MIN	2
SDP	2
ATL	2
HOU	2
CHW	2
TEX	1
LAA	1
NYY	1
MIA	1
TOR	1

57 Batters
Jay Bruce	3
Brandon Phillips	3
Jorge Soler	3
Brandon Crawford	2
Yasmany Tomás	2
Joey Votto	2
Dexter Fowler	2
Matt Carpenter	2
Curtis Granderson	2
Kyle Schwarber	1
Cameron Rupp	1
Jake Lamb	1
Lucas Duda	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Brian Anderson	1
Daniel Murphy	1
Adam Duvall	1
Chris Coghlan	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Oswaldo Arcia	1
Ender Inciarte	1
Andrés Blanco	1
Ben Zobrist	1
David Peralta	1
Sean Rodríguez	1
Eddie Rosario	1
Matt Kemp	1
Jose Iglesias	1
Odúbel Herrera	1
Bryce Harper	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Jason Heyward	1
Avisaíl García	1
Wil Myers	1
David Ross	1
Kolten Wong	1
Miguel Montero	1
Wilson Ramos	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Welington Castillo	1
Jose Altuve	1
Preston Tucker	1
Kendrys Morales	1
Buster Posey	1
Andrew McCutchen	1
Marlon Byrd	1
Zack Cozart	1
Iván De Jesús	1
Matt Joyce	1
Carlos Gómez	1
Abraham Almonte	1
Mike Trout	1
Gregory Polanco	1
Clint Frazier	1
Pablo Sandoval	1
Chase Utley	1

13 Parks
Am Fam Field (MIL)	39
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1

Where Hit
9	26
89	12
78	12
8	10
7	9

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	17
1	16
4	13
3	10
5	10
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	18
-2-	4
12-	3
-23	3
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1

112 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	36
1 on	24
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	33

Inning
1	13
2	6
3	16
4	10
5	10
6	8
7	5
9	1

1-3	35
4-6	28
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	20
-1	8
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	9

Ahead	22
Tied	20
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	16
0-1	9
1-0	8
1-2	7
3-1	7
2-1	5
1-1	5
2-2	5
0-2	3
2-0	3
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	14
LF	11
1B	9
2B	8
CF	8
C	6
SS	6
3B	5
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
4th	13
1st	12
3rd	11
5th	10
6th	9
7th	5
2nd	5
8th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2014-07-12	Kolten Wong	STL	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) 1C11X	2	2	4	11%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Carpenter Scores
2	2	2	1	2014-07-27	Lucas Duda	NYM	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 6	1	-2-	4,(0-2) FCFX	2	4	3	25%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Murphy Scores
3	3	3	1	2014-08-05	Pablo Sandoval	SFG	@	MIL	behind 0-3	t 6	0	-23	3,(0-2) FFX	3	4	5	22%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Panik Scores; B. Belt Scores
4	4	4	1	2014-08-26	Abraham Almonte	SDP		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	8	12%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5	5	5	1	2014-09-01	Welington Castillo	CHC		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	--3	4,(1-2) BCSX	2	6	2	17%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Castro Scores
6	6	6	1	2014-09-26	Chris Coghlan	CHC	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2015-04-27	Jay Bruce	CIN		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	4,(1-2) F1CBX	2	5	9	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Frazier Scores
8	8	2	1	2015-05-08	Dexter Fowler	CHC	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	3	2	2015-05-08	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	13%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	4	3	2015-05-08	Jorge Soler	CHC	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	-2-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	5	9	13%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Montero Scores
11	11	5	1	2015-05-13	Avisaíl García	CHW	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	10%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	6	2	2015-05-13	Adam LaRoche	CHW	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	3	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	7	1	2015-05-29	Ender Inciarte	ARI	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
14	14	8	2	2015-05-29	David Peralta	ARI	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	11%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	9	1	2015-06-13	Yunel Escobar	WSN	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 3	1	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	3	5	22%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Rendon Scores
16	16	10	2	2015-06-13	Wilson Ramos	WSN	@	MIL	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) 1B1X	2	5	2	21%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Harper Scores
17	17	11	1	2015-06-24	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	1	9	11%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
18	18	12	1	2015-07-04	Marlon Byrd	CIN		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	12%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	13	2	2015-07-04	Iván De Jesús	CIN		MIL	behind 1-7	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	8	6	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	14	1	2015-08-09	Matt Carpenter	STL	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 7	2	-23	3,(1-1) *BCX	3	1	5	47%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Moss Scores; S. Piscotty Scores
21	21	15	1	2015-08-15	Chase Utley	PHI	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	11%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
22	22	16	1	2015-08-21	Bryce Harper	WSN		MIL	behind 1-5	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	5%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	17	1	2015-09-06	Brandon Phillips	CIN		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	4	4	18%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Votto Scores
24	24	18	2	2015-09-06	Jay Bruce	CIN		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	1--	4,(1-2) BF1FX	2	5	9	7%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Phillips Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2016-04-05	Brandon Crawford	SFG	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
26	26	2	1	2016-04-10	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	3	2	2016-04-10	Preston Tucker	HOU	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	4	1	2016-04-15	Matt Joyce	PIT		MIL	behind 0-5	b 7	0	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	9	PH	10%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Harrison Scores; J. Mercer Scores/unER
29	29	5	1	2016-04-20	Oswaldo Arcia	MIN	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	7	16%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Sanó Scores
30	30	6	2	2016-04-20	Eddie Rosario	MIN	@	MIL	behind 3-4	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	8	17%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	7	1	2016-05-02	Mike Trout	LAA	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	9,(3-2) BCBSFBFFX	1	3	8	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
32	32	8	1	2016-05-07	Brandon Phillips	CIN		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	4	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	9	1	2016-05-29	Jay Bruce	CIN	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	9	10%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
34	34	10	1	2016-06-03	Cameron Rupp	PHI		MIL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	11	2	2016-06-03	Andrés Blanco	PHI		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	1-3	4,(1-2) B1S>FX	3	2	6	10%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); C. Rupp Scores; O. Herrera Scores
36	36	12	1	2016-06-09	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	13	1	2016-07-22	Dexter Fowler	CHC	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
38	38	14	1	2016-07-27	Yasmany Tomás	ARI	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	12-	6,(2-2) CBFBFX	3	6	9	16%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Goldschmidt Scores/unER; W. Castillo Scores/unER; Y. Tomás Scores/unER
39	39	15	2	2016-07-27	Yasmany Tomás	ARI	@	MIL	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	1--	3,(0-2) FFX	2	6	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Castillo Scores
40	40	16	1	2016-08-07	Jake Lamb	ARI		MIL	tied 3-3	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	20%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); P. Goldschmidt Scores
41	41	17	1	2016-08-12	Adam Duvall	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	7	11%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	18	1	2016-08-17	Jorge Soler	CHC		MIL	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BSBSX	3	6	7	12%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Zobrist Scores; A. Russell Scores
43	43	19	2	2016-08-17	David Ross	CHC		MIL	ahead 5-0	b 3	2	---	4,(1-2) STBX	1	8	2	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
44	44	20	1	2016-09-09	Matt Carpenter	STL		MIL	behind 0-3	b 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) *BBBCX	2	1	3	18%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Martínez Scores
45	45	21	2	2016-09-09	Stephen Piscotty	STL		MIL	behind 2-3	b 3	2	-2-	2,(0-1) S.X	2	3	9	23%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Wong Scores
46	46	22	1	2016-09-15	Jorge Soler	CHC		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	7	16%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Russell Scores
47	47	23	1	2016-09-21	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) SBCBX	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
48	48	24	2	2016-09-21	Sean Rodríguez	PIT	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	7	4	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	25	1	2016-09-27	Carlos Gómez	TEX		MIL	behind 0-3	b 3	0	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	1	7	21%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Profar Scores; E. Andrus Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2017-04-07	Ben Zobrist	CHC	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	2	1	2017-04-18	Kyle Schwarber	CHC		MIL	behind 0-5	b 3	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	7	10%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Jay Scores
52	52	3	2	2017-04-18	Miguel Montero	CHC		MIL	behind 2-6	b 4	0	1--	6,(2-2) 1C1FBB1FX	2	6	2	13%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Heyward Scores
53	53	4	1	2017-04-29	Matt Kemp	ATL	@	MIL	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	15%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Freeman Scores
54	54	5	1	2017-05-16	Wil Myers	SDP		MIL	behind 0-6	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	3	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	6	1	2017-05-23	Kendrys Morales	TOR	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBSX	2	4	3	15%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Bautista Scores
56	56	7	1	2017-06-07	Buster Posey	SFG	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 3	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	2	17%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Belt Scores
57	57	8	1	2017-06-23	Brandon Phillips	ATL		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
58	58	9	1	2017-06-29	Joey Votto	CIN		MIL	behind 0-10	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
59	59	10	2	2017-06-29	Joey Votto	CIN		MIL	behind 1-10	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
60	60	11	1	2017-07-09	Clint Frazier	NYY		MIL	behind 1-4	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	19%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Headley Scores
61	61	12	1	2017-07-15	Odúbel Herrera	PHI	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	5	8	20%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
62	62	13	1	2017-07-20	Gregory Polanco	PIT		MIL	behind 1-2	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) TBBX	1	5	9	14%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
63	63	14	1	2017-07-26	Daniel Murphy	WSN		MIL	behind 0-2	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	5	4	14%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	15	1	2017-08-11	Zack Cozart	CIN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	2	6	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	16	1	2017-08-22	Brandon Crawford	SFG		MIL	behind 1-2	b 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	6	30%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Posey Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	2019-06-05	Brian Anderson	MIA	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 3	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	5	18%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Alcántara Scores; C. Granderson Scores; G. Cooper Scores
67	67	2	1	2019-06-20	Jose Iglesias	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	--3	2,(1-0) *BX	2	7	6	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Puig Scores
68	68	3	1	2019-09-08	Jason Heyward	CHC	@	MIL	behind 3-8	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Contreras Scores
69	69	4	1	2019-09-13	Paul Goldschmidt	STL		MIL	ahead 7-0	b 6	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Fowler Scores; K. Wong Scores