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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
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:31AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 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 2 246 121 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 Seasons 7 5 .583 3.58 95 4 50 0 0 6 173.1 193 80 69 17 50 14 72 5 1 3 738 110 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 2 507 110 1.402 10.0 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1954 26 PIT NL 7.0 0 5 5 0 .4 0 0.0 $
1955 27 PIT NL 54.1 4 24 36 -2 .7 12 0.9 $
1956 28 PIT NL 60.0 0 24 37 0 .8 13 0.8 $
1957 29 PIT NL 52.0 0 27 28 2 .8 1 -0.2 $
4 Seasons 173.1 4 80 106 0 .8 26 1.5 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 26 PIT NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 27 PIT NL 17 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 28 PIT NL 38 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1957 29 PIT NL 36 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
4 Seasons 95 28 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 48 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 9 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 27 PIT NL 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1956 28 PIT NL 9 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1957 29 PIT NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
3 Seasons 29 -6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1954 PIT NL 26 P 4 0 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.75 .960 2.06 2.05 1 0 0% 0
1955 PIT NL 27 P 17 4 0 54.1 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 2.15 0.76 .950 2.04 2.02 4 3 43% 1
1956 PIT NL 28 P 38 0 0 60.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.29 .966 2.05 2.03 4 3 43% 2
1957 PIT NL 29 P 36 0 0 52.0 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.33 .962 2.06 2.08 7 1 13% 1
4 Seasons P 95 4 0 173.1 39 19 20 0 2 1.000 2.02 0.41 .959 2.05 2.05 16 7 30% 4
4 Seasons TOT 95 4 0 173.1 39 19 20 0 2 1.000 2.02 0.41 .959 2.05 2.05 16 7 30% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1956 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

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