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	23-9 / in Starts: 23-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 92 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	27 (14-10-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 92 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (30-19-9)

Most Driven In
M Byrnes	1
F Mancuso	1
M Christman	0

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 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	165	4 (3)	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
2	166	8 (3)	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.41	0.014	1.67	0.03%	0.18	P
3	167	11 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9						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
4	168	15 (3)	May 4	SLB		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.98	-0.061	4.10	-0.15%	-0.78	P
5	169	19 (3)	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	.97	-0.046	4.32	-0.12%	-0.34	P
6	170	23 (3)	May 14 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	.77	-0.038	3.16	-0.09%	-0.30	P
7	171	29 (5)	May 19	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	1.38	-0.121	5.85	-0.31%	-1.24	P
8	172	35 (5)	May 26	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9						P
9	173	40 (4)	May 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0			0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9						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
10	174	45 (4)	Jun 3	SLB		PHA	W,18-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.21	-0.010	.96	-0.03%	-0.20	P
11	175	49 (3)	Jun 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.120	.185	.120	.305	9						P
12	176	53 (3)	Jun 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.103	.265	9	.63	-0.065	3.15	-0.19%	-1.43	P
13	177	57 (3)	Jun 18 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.097	.248	9	2.03	-0.099	11.67	-0.34%	-0.51	P
14	178	60 (2)	Jun 21	SLB		CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.088	.139	.088	.227	9						P
15	179	64 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.135	.179	.135	.315	9						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
16	180	69 (4)	Jul 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.122	.285	9	.30	-0.030	2.10	-0.13%	-1.28	P
17	181	74 (4)	Jul 5	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.174	.116	.290	9	.84	-0.019	4.92	-0.07%	-0.42	P
18	182	79 (4)	Jul 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.174	.116	.290	9						P
19	183	81 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.109	.163	.109	.272	9						P
20	184	88 (6)	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.160	.106	.266	9	.99	-0.025	8.76	-0.13%	-0.23	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	185	104 (15)	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-4	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.140	.189	.140	.329	9						P
22	186	110 (5)	Aug 13 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.135	.182	.135	.316	9	.44	-0.021	3.12	-0.09%	-0.62	P
23	187	114 (3)	Aug 17	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS-9	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.175	.375	9	.25	0.004	1.15	0.01%	0.66	P
24	188	120 (5)	Aug 22	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.206	.183	.390	9						P
25	189	124 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,17-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.221	.200	.421	9						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
26	190	128 (3)	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,3-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.221	.200	.421	9						P
27	191	132 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.191	.225	.206	.431	9						P
28	192	136 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.213	.194	.408	9	.56	-0.034	5.93	-0.22%	-0.43	P
29	193	140 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.218	.189	.407	9	.42	-0.014	5.43	-0.11%	-0.26	P
30	194	144 (3)	Sep 21	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.169	.220	.182	.401	9						P
31	195	148 (3)	Sep 25	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.165	.214	.177	.392	9	.65	-0.044	9.85	-0.39%	-0.66	P
32	196	152 (3)	Sep 29 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.207	.171	.378	9	.56	-0.042	12.43	-0.56%	-0.49	P
							23-9		92	82	4	13	1	0	0	5	4	0	4	1	5		1	2	0	0	.159	.207	.171	.378		.68	-0.651	4.88	-2.89%	-8.34

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