Nels Potter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 23, 1911 in Mount Morris, IL us

Died: September 30, 1990 in Mount Morris, IL

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL

High School: Mount Morris HS (Mount Morris, IL)

Schools: Mount Morris College (Mount Morris, IL), Manchester University (North Manchester, IN)

Debut: April 25, 1936 (Age 24-246d, 8,003rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1949 (Age 38-026d)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Nelson Thomas Potter

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-21 / in Starts: 9-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	47 (27-13-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
A Rubeling	1
S Chapman	1
F Hayes	1
A Brancato	0

Most Driven In By
S Chapman	3
B McCoy	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	81	2 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.35	-0.069	3.27	-0.10%	-0.57	P
2	82	8 (5)	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.03	-0.027	2.07	-0.03%	-0.25	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	83	13 (4)	May 1	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.08	0.095	1.64	0.09%	0.97	P
4	84	16 (2)	May 6	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.98	-0.007	1.42	-0.01%	-0.13	P
5	85	21 (4)	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.48	-0.013	.65	-0.01%	-0.25	P
6	86	32 (10)	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,3-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	9	.71	0.039	.59	0.02%	0.35	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	87	36 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.35	-0.107	.88	-0.04%	-0.83	P
8	88	42 (5)	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	9	1.75	-0.205	.81	-0.06%	-1.31	P
9	89	45 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	9						P
10	90	47 (1)	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	9	.61	-0.063	.12	-0.01%	-0.99	P
11	91	52 (4)	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.190	.451	9	2.09	-0.106	.28	-0.01%	-0.62	P
12	92	57 (4)	Jun 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,10-12	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
13	93	60 (2)	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.296	.240	.536	9	1.60	-0.041	.12	0.00%	-0.17	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	94	63 (2)	Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.233	.515	9	.67	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-2.10	P
15	95	66 (2)	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.281	.233	.515	9						P
16	96	72 (5)	Jul 7 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.242	.528	9	.32	0.005	.01	0.00%	-1.09	P
17	97	77 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.308	.297	.605	9	1.28	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
18	98	84 (6)	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.289	.589	9	1.05	-0.026	.01	0.00%	-0.32	P
19	99	89 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-15	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.275	.561	9	1.05	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
20	100	92 (2)	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	0-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.295	.310	.605	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	101	95 (2)	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.239	.271	.283	.553	9	1.16	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-1.51	P
22	102	98 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.271	.283	.553	9						P
23	103	103 (4)	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-13	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.271	.283	.553	9						P
24	104	106 (2)	Aug 14	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.288	.300	.588	9						P
25	105	112 (5)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.291	.302	.593	9	.78	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
26	106	116 (3)	Aug 24	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	GS-10	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.305	.316	.621	9	1.42	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.06	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	107	123 (6)	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-11	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.297	.306	.603	9	1.76	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
28	108	128 (4)	Sep 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.294	.292	.586	9						P
29	109	134 (5)	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.290	.582	9	1.20	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
30	110	143 (8)	Sep 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.284	.282	.565	9						P
31	111	149 (5)	Sep 26 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.284	.282	.565	9						P
							10-21		80	71	4	18	2	0	0	4	3	0	7	0	6		0	2	0	0	.254	.284	.282	.565		1.16	-0.867	.41	-0.16%	-9.81

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