You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > N Listing > Gene Nelson Statistics and History

Gene Nelson
Wayland Eugene Nelson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1981
Final Game: September 29, 1993
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1981 20 NYY AL 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 74 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70
1982 21 SEA AL 6 9 .400 4.62 22 19 2 2 1 0 122.2 133 70 63 16 60 1 71 2 2 4 545 93 1.573 9.8 1.2 4.4 5.2 1.18
1983 22 SEA AL 0 3 .000 7.88 10 5 2 1 0 0 32.0 38 29 28 6 21 2 11 1 0 1 153 54 1.844 10.7 1.7 5.9 3.1 0.52
1984 23 CHW AL 3 5 .375 4.46 20 9 4 2 0 1 74.2 72 38 37 9 17 0 36 1 1 4 304 93 1.192 8.7 1.1 2.0 4.3 2.12
1985 24 CHW AL 10 10 .500 4.26 46 18 11 1 0 2 145.2 144 74 69 23 67 4 101 7 1 11 643 101 1.449 8.9 1.4 4.1 6.2 1.51
1986 25 CHW AL 6 6 .500 3.85 54 1 26 0 0 6 114.2 118 52 49 7 41 5 70 3 0 3 488 113 1.387 9.3 0.5 3.2 5.5 1.71
1987 26 OAK AL 6 5 .545 3.93 54 6 15 0 0 3 123.2 120 58 54 12 35 0 94 5 0 7 530 106 1.253 8.7 0.9 2.5 6.8 2.69
1988 27 OAK AL 9 6 .600 3.06 54 1 20 0 0 3 111.2 93 42 38 9 38 4 67 3 6 4 456 125 1.173 7.5 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.76
1989 28 OAK AL 3 5 .375 3.26 50 0 15 0 0 3 80.0 60 33 29 5 30 3 70 2 0 5 335 113 1.125 6.8 0.6 3.4 7.9 2.33
1990 29 OAK AL 3 3 .500 1.57 51 0 17 0 0 5 74.2 55 14 13 5 17 1 38 3 0 1 291 237 0.964 6.6 0.6 2.0 4.6 2.24
1991 30 OAK AL 1 5 .167 6.84 44 0 11 0 0 0 48.2 60 38 37 12 23 1 23 3 0 0 229 56 1.705 11.1 2.2 4.3 4.3 1.00
1992 31 OAK AL 3 1 .750 6.45 28 2 8 0 0 0 51.2 68 37 37 5 22 5 23 0 0 2 234 58 1.742 11.8 0.9 3.8 4.0 1.05
1993 32 TOT AL 0 5 .000 3.12 52 0 22 0 0 5 60.2 60 28 21 3 24 5 35 2 0 2 265 143 1.385 8.9 0.4 3.6 5.2 1.46
1993 32 CAL AL 0 5 .000 3.08 46 0 20 0 0 4 52.2 50 25 18 3 23 4 31 2 0 1 231 147 1.386 8.5 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35
1993 32 TEX AL 0 0 3.38 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 34 123 1.375 11.3 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
13 Seasons 53 64 .453 4.13 493 68 153 6 1 28 1080.0 1061 537 496 117 418 32 655 33 10 46 4652 99 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .453 4.13 60 8 19 1 0 3 131 129 65 60 14 51 4 79 4 1 6 564 99 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57
OAK (6 yrs) 25 25 .500 3.82 281 9 86 0 0 14 490.1 456 222 208 48 165 14 315 16 6 19 2075 101 1.266 8.4 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.91
CHW (3 yrs) 19 21 .475 4.16 120 28 41 3 0 9 335.0 334 164 155 39 125 9 207 11 2 18 1435 103 1.370 9.0 1.0 3.4 5.6 1.66
SEA (2 yrs) 6 12 .333 5.30 32 24 4 3 1 0 154.2 171 99 91 22 81 3 82 3 2 5 698 81 1.629 10.0 1.3 4.7 4.8 1.01
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 3.38 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 34 123 1.375 11.3 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
CAL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 3.08 46 0 20 0 0 4 52.2 50 25 18 3 23 4 31 2 0 1 231 147 1.386 8.5 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35
NYY (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 74 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1988 27 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.286 9.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
1988 27 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 0 1.42 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 26 1.105 5.7 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
1989 28 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1989 28 OAK AL WS W SFG 0 0 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 6.000 36.0 18.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1990 29 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 29 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 3.15 11 0 0 0 0 0 20.0 20 7 7 2 8 0 6 0 0 0 83 1.400 9.0 0.9 3.6 2.7 0.75
3 ALCS 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 1.304 10.6 0.0 1.2 2.3 2.00
3 WS 0 0 5.11 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 7 7 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 53 1.459 8.0 1.5 5.1 2.9 0.57

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1985 24 CHW AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1988 27 OAK AL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1989 28 OAK AL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 29 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 31 OAK AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 11 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 15 44 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (6 yrs) 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 27 OAK AL WS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 OAK AL WS SFG W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 OAK AL WS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 NYY AL 20 P 8 7 39.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 2.06 1.13 .970 1.97 0.81
1982 SEA AL 21 P 22 19 122.2 31 10 20 1 4 .968 2.20 1.36 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 SEA AL 22 P 10 5 32.0 12 5 6 1 0 .917 3.09 1.10 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CHW AL 23 P 20 9 74.2 19 11 8 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.95 .958 1.80 0.70
1985 CHW AL 24 P 46 18 145.2 30 10 19 1 0 .967 1.79 0.63 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 CHW AL 25 P 54 1 114.2 25 8 17 0 3 1.000 1.96 0.46 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 OAK AL 26 P 54 6 123.2 23 8 13 2 0 .913 1.53 0.39 .957 1.84 0.67
1987 OAK AL 26 DH 1
1988 OAK AL 27 P 54 1 111.2 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.21 0.28 .960 1.78 0.67
1988 OAK AL 27 DH 2
1989 OAK AL 28 P 50 0 80.0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.01 0.18 .956 1.87 0.66
1990 OAK AL 29 P 51 0 74.2 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.45 0.24 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 OAK AL 30 P 44 0 48.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.18 .950 1.79 0.58
1992 OAK AL 31 P 28 2 51.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.25 .957 1.72 0.56
1993 TOT AL 32 P 52 0 60.2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.78 0.23 .958 1.80 0.56
1993 CAL AL 32 P 46 0 52.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.24 .955 1.79 0.56
1993 TEX AL 32 P 6 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.17 1.000 1.80 0.57
13 Seasons P 493 68 1080.0 214 80 127 7 10 .967 1.72 0.42 .957 1.82 0.65
2 Seasons DH 3
13 Seasons TOT 493 68 1080.0 214 80 127 7 10 .967 1.72 0.42 .924 1.82 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 AL--11--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL--7--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL--born 1960-12-03--2nd
1982 AL--born 1960-12-03--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (796), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Terry Adams (967)
  2. Ryan Franklin (960)
  3. Turk Lown (953)
  4. Neil Allen (951)
  5. Mike Fornieles (950)
  6. Art Fowler (949)
  7. Jeff Robinson (947)
  8. Pete Appleton (947)
  9. Sarge Connally (947)
  10. Salomon Torres (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Boots Poffenberger (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brian Meadows (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Sellers (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Scudder (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chad Gaudin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Anderson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Anderson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommie Sisk (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cal Koonce (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cal Koonce (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Terry Adams (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Terry Adams (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

October 8, 1979: Sent by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1979. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later, Amos Lewis (minors) and Oscar Gamble to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979) and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Bill Caudill to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shane Rawley. The New York Yankees sent Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

June 27, 1984: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jerry Don Gleaton to the Chicago White Sox for Salome Barojas.

December 11, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and Donnie Hill. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

August 11, 1992: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

February 17, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 3, 1993: Released by the California Angels.

September 11, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago White Sox$110,000
1986Chicago White Sox$240,000
1987Oakland Athletics$365,000
1988Oakland Athletics$450,000
1989Oakland Athletics$615,000
1990Oakland Athletics$650,000
1991Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
1992Oakland Athletics$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,780,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Gene Nelson    

Viewed 29,034 times through November 8, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Wayland Eugene Gene nellie Nelson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.