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Nellie King

Nelson Joseph King

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Pirates 1954-1957

Final Game: September 15, 1957
Died: August 11, 2010 in Mount Lebanon, PA
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Standard Pitching

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 85 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 0 232 138 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 2 246 119 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 85 1.635 11.9 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.44
4 Yrs 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 26 PIT NL 7.0 4 0 5 6.43 4.63 -0.26 0.00 97.5 4.77 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -1 .468 .499 $
1955 27 PIT NL 54.1 17 4 24 3.98 4.66 -0.27 0.00 101.4 5.00 7 0.8 .9 -0.1 1.2 12 .545 .505 $
1956 28 PIT NL 60.0 38 0 24 3.60 4.46 -0.02 0.00 99.3 4.45 7 0.8 1.2 -0.0 1.3 12 .520 .505 $
1957 29 PIT NL 52.0 36 0 27 4.67 4.33 0.35 0.00 99.8 3.96 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.0 1 .489 .498 $
4 Seasons 173.1 95 4 80 4.15 4.49 0.00 0.00 100.1 4.49 9 1.0 1.1 -0.2 2.5 25 .511 .502 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1954 26 PIT NL 4 18 25 5 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .400 .367 .400 .767 .385 10 1 0 1 4 1
1955 27 PIT NL 17 220 210 24 60 11 5 2 4 3 14 21 .286 .332 .414 .746 .305 87 4 2 3 3 3 3
1956 28 PIT NL 38 208 224 24 54 6 3 8 4 3 19 25 .241 .302 .402 .704 .240 90 3 1 1 1 5 7
1957 29 PIT NL 36 214 206 27 69 15 1 7 7 1 16 23 .335 .385 .519 .904 .348 107 4 2 4 2 6 2
4 Yrs 95 660 665 80 193 32 9 17 16 7 50 72 .290 .340 .442 .782 .300 294 12 5 9 10 14 13
162 Game Avg. 65 453 457 55 133 22 6 12 11 5 34 49 .290 .340 .442 .782 .300 202 8 3 6 7 9
MLB Averages .259 .330 .391 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 26 PIT NL -0.8 -0.1 23 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .28 -0.3 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 0.28 -2.9 0 0 3
1955 27 PIT NL 5.1 0.5 231 -0.4 3.3 -3.6 .86 0.1 -0.5 1.7 0.2 0.86 2.3 2 3 6
1956 28 PIT NL 4.3 0.4 220 0.2 3.1 -2.9 .77 0.1 0.2 5.9 0.6 0.77 1.8 7 5 20
1957 29 PIT NL -3.0 -0.3 227 -1.2 2.7 -3.9 .80 -1.2 -0.4 -10.2 -1.0 0.80 -11.6 10 5 18
4 Yrs 5.6 0.6 701 -1.6 9.1 -10.6 .79 -1.3 -0.6 -5.5 -0.5 0.79 -10.4 19 13 47

Starting Pitching*

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% 46.8 61 39 5 1 1 2 3.7 4.7 5.7
1 Yr 17 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 47 61 39 5 1 1 2 3.7 4.7 5.7
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 8 .283 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 5.3
1955 27 PIT NL 17 13 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 7 70% 4 .855 2 3 6 1 0 10 5 6 7 2 7 0 7.3
1956 28 PIT NL 38 38 21 4 1 6 5 2 83% 6 0 23 4 17% 9 .768 7 5 20 7 1 24 12 20 19 11 17 9 4.7
1957 29 PIT NL 36 36 19 2 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 24 15 63% 3 .803 10 5 18 3 8 22 13 20 19 6 19 8 4.3
4 Yrs 95 91 50 6 3 8 6 4 75% 8 0 57 26 46% .795 19 13 47 11 9 59 30 49 47 19 44 17 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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% 16.7% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 1.33 144% 6 1 17%
1955 27 PIT NL 232 60% 0.9% 9.6% 6.4% 8.2% 30% 0.87 86% 45 4 9%
1956 28 PIT NL 246 63% 3.9% 12.0% 9.1% 8.2% 32% 0.85 92% 37 3 8%
1957 29 PIT NL 230 68% 3.3% 10.8% 7.5% 10.8% 33% 1.15 83% 35 4 11%
4 Yrs 739 63% 2.6% 10.9% 7.6% 8.8% 30% 0.95 89% 123 12 10%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.3% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.96 79% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 18 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 11 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 13
1955 27 PIT NL 220 60 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 12 8 1 67% 3 0 1 87 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 12
1956 28 PIT NL 208 54 8 0 9 4 4 4 4 14 2 1 14% 7 2 0 70 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 38
1957 29 PIT NL 214 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 16
4 Yrs 660 193 17 0 19 7 8 5 10 47 23 5 49% 13 3 2 260 16 7 70% 13 7 3 0 0 0 6 0 16 79
MLB Averages 51% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

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 85 1.571 12.9 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00 85
1955 27 1 3 .250 3.23 21 4 10 0 0 0 61.1 70 29 22 2 15 3 24 2 0 0 263 128 1.386 10.3 0.3 2.2 3.5 1.60 128
1956 28 5 4 .556 3.19 59 4 31 0 0 5 121.1 124 53 43 10 34 8 49 3 1 2 509 124 1.302 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.6 1.44 124
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 10 4 4 0 1 3 0 1.571 12.9 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.0 4
1955 27 4 2 .667 3.11 55.0 63 21 19 2 15 21 2 1.418 10.3 2.5 3.4 1.40 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 73 31 28 7 17 22 2 1.837 13.4 3.1 4.0 1.29 1.3 36
4 Yrs 9 8 .529 3.92 170.0 204 82 74 18 53 71 5 1.512 10.8 3.8 1.34 1.0 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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