Nellie King
Nelson Joseph King
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 15, 1928 in Shenandoah, PA
High School: Milton Hershey HS for Orphans (Hershey, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1954
Final Game: September 15, 1957
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 26 PIT NL 0 0 5.14 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 31 81 1.571 12.9 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00
1955 27 PIT NL 1 3 .250 2.98 17 4 7 0 0 0 54.1 60 24 18 2 14 3 21 2 0 0 232 137 1.362 9.9 0.3 2.3 3.5 1.50
1956 28 PIT NL 4 1 .800 3.15 38 0 21 0 0 5 60.0 54 24 21 8 19 5 25 1 1 2 246 120 1.217 8.1 1.2 2.9 3.8 1.32
1957 29 PIT NL 2 1 .667 4.50 36 0 19 0 0 1 52.0 69 27 26 7 16 6 23 2 0 1 229 84 1.635 11.9 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.44
4 Seasons 7 5 .583 3.58 95 4 50 0 0 6 173.1 193 80 69 17 50 14 72 5 1 3 738 109 1.402 10.0 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.44
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .583 3.58 65 3 34 0 0 4 119 133 55 47 12 34 49 3 1 2 507 109 1.402 10.0 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.44

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 PIT NL 4 31 25 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .400 .367 .400 .767 .385 10 0 0 1 4
1955 27 PIT NL 17 232 210 24 60 9 4 2 3 3 14 21 .286 .332 .395 .727 .305 83 4 2 3 3 3
1956 28 PIT NL 38 246 224 24 54 5 3 8 2 2 19 25 .241 .302 .397 .699 .240 89 2 1 1 1 5
1957 29 PIT NL 36 230 206 27 69 15 1 7 7 1 16 23 .335 .385 .519 .904 .348 107 4 2 4 2 6
4 Seasons 95 739 665 80 193 29 8 17 12 6 50 72 .290 .340 .435 .774 .300 289 10 5 9 10 14
162 Game Avg. 65 508 457 55 133 20 5 12 8 4 34 49 .290 .340 .435 .774 .300 199 7 3 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 27 PIT NL 17 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 47 61 39 3 0 1 2 3.7 7.2 5.7
1 Season 17 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 47 61 39 3 0 1 2 3.7 7.2 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 PIT NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.389 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 5.3
1955 27 PIT NL 17 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 0.744 1 4 4 0 0 9 4 5 7 2 7 0 7.3
1956 28 PIT NL 38 38 21 4 1 5 5 2 100% 5 0 21 4 19% 0.859 7 4 17 6 1 21 11 17 19 11 14 9 4.7
1957 29 PIT NL 36 36 19 2 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 24 15 63% 3 0.834 9 6 18 3 8 22 13 20 19 6 19 8 4.3
4 Seasons 95 91 50 6 3 6 6 3 100% 6 0 53 24 45% 0.805 17 14 41 9 9 54 28 44 47 19 40 17 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 26 PIT NL 31 50% 0.0% 9.7% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 0.67 84% 4 0 0%
1955 27 PIT NL 232 41% 0.9% 9.1% 6.0% 6.5% 25% 0.90 82% 34 4 12%
1956 28 PIT NL 246 36% 3.3% 10.2% 7.7% 6.5% 30% 0.86 78% 33 2 6%
1957 29 PIT NL 230 32% 3.0% 10.0% 7.0% 10.0% 33% 1.17 77% 35 4 11%
4 Seasons 739 36% 2.3% 9.7% 6.8% 7.3% 28% 0.96 79% 106 10 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 26 PIT NL 12 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19
1955 27 PIT NL 184 60 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 10 8 0 80% 1 0 1 72 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 48
1956 28 PIT NL 183 54 8 0 8 4 3 4 3 13 2 0 15% 6 2 0 63 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 63
1957 29 PIT NL 213 69 7 0 4 3 3 0 6 19 11 3 58% 2 1 1 92 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 17
4 Seasons 592 193 17 0 16 7 7 5 9 44 23 3 52% 9 3 2 234 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 16 147
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 26 0 0 5.14 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 31 81 1.571 12.9 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00 81
1955 27 1 3 .250 3.23 21 4 10 0 0 0 61.1 70 29 22 2 15 3 24 2 0 0 263 127 1.386 10.3 0.3 2.2 3.5 1.60 127
1956 28 5 4 .556 3.19 59 4 31 0 0 5 121.1 124 53 43 10 34 8 49 3 1 2 509 123 1.302 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.6 1.44 123
1957 29 7 5 .583 3.58 95 4 50 0 0 6 173.1 193 80 69 17 50 14 72 5 1 3 738 109 1.402 10.0 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.44 109

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 26 0 0 5.14 7.0 11 4 4 0 1 3 0 1.714 14.1 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.0 4
1955 27 4 2 .667 2.89 56.0 61 20 18 2 14 22 2 1.339 9.8 2.3 3.5 1.57 0.3 17
1956 28 3 3 .500 3.51 59.0 58 26 23 9 20 25 1 1.322 8.8 3.1 3.8 1.25 1.4 38
1957 29 2 3 .400 5.14 49.0 72 31 28 7 17 22 2 1.816 13.2 3.1 4.0 1.29 1.3 36
4 Seasons 9 8 .529 3.84 171.0 202 81 73 18 52 72 5 1.485 10.6 3.8 1.38 0.9 95

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Finished s c a p y
1956 NL--21--8th
1957 NL--19--9th

                                         

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