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Jeff Nelson
Jeffrey Allan Nelson (Nellie)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: November 17, 1966 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Catonsville (Catonsville, MD)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 22nd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1992
Final Game: June 2, 2006
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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
1992 25 SEA AL 1 7 .125 3.44 66 0 27 0 0 6 81.0 71 34 31 7 44 12 46 6 0 2 352 115 1.420 7.9 0.8 4.9 5.1 1.05
1993 26 SEA AL 5 3 .625 4.35 71 0 13 0 0 1 60.0 57 30 29 5 34 10 61 8 0 2 269 102 1.517 8.6 0.8 5.1 9.2 1.79
1994 27 SEA AL 0 0 2.76 28 0 7 0 0 0 42.1 35 18 13 3 20 4 44 8 0 2 185 177 1.299 7.4 0.6 4.3 9.4 2.20
1995 28 SEA AL 7 3 .700 2.17 62 0 24 0 0 2 78.2 58 21 19 4 27 5 96 6 0 1 318 219 1.081 6.6 0.5 3.1 11.0 3.56
1996 29 NYY AL 4 4 .500 4.36 73 0 27 0 0 2 74.1 75 38 36 6 36 1 91 2 0 4 328 115 1.493 9.1 0.7 4.4 11.0 2.53
1997 30 NYY AL 3 7 .300 2.86 77 0 22 0 0 2 78.2 53 32 25 7 37 12 81 4 0 4 327 157 1.144 6.1 0.8 4.2 9.3 2.19
1998 31 NYY AL 5 3 .625 3.79 45 0 13 0 0 3 40.1 44 18 17 1 22 4 35 8 0 2 192 117 1.636 9.8 0.2 4.9 7.8 1.59
1999 32 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.15 39 0 8 0 0 1 30.1 27 14 14 2 22 2 35 3 1 2 139 114 1.615 8.0 0.6 6.5 10.4 1.59
2000 33 NYY AL 8 4 .667 2.45 73 0 13 0 0 0 69.2 44 24 19 2 45 1 71 2 0 4 296 196 1.278 5.7 0.3 5.8 9.2 1.58
2001 34 SEA AL 4 3 .571 2.76 69 0 16 0 0 4 65.1 30 21 20 3 44 1 88 6 0 2 273 151 1.133 4.1 0.4 6.1 12.1 2.00 AS
2002 35 SEA AL 3 2 .600 3.94 41 0 12 0 0 2 45.2 36 20 20 4 27 3 55 3 0 5 199 108 1.380 7.1 0.8 5.3 10.8 2.04
2003 36 TOT AL 4 2 .667 3.74 70 0 28 0 0 8 55.1 51 25 23 4 24 3 68 4 1 3 240 116 1.355 8.3 0.7 3.9 11.1 2.83
2003 36 SEA AL 3 2 .600 3.35 46 0 25 0 0 7 37.2 34 16 14 3 14 1 47 2 1 2 159 129 1.274 8.1 0.7 3.3 11.2 3.36
2003 36 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.58 24 0 3 0 0 1 17.2 17 9 9 1 10 2 21 2 0 1 81 96 1.528 8.7 0.5 5.1 10.7 2.10
2004 37 TEX AL 1 2 .333 5.32 29 0 9 0 0 1 23.2 17 16 14 3 19 0 22 0 0 2 103 95 1.521 6.5 1.1 7.2 8.4 1.16
2005 38 SEA AL 1 3 .250 3.93 49 0 15 0 0 1 36.2 32 17 16 3 22 0 34 4 1 1 166 107 1.473 7.9 0.7 5.4 8.3 1.55
2006 39 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3.38 6 0 3 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 15 141 3.000 10.1 3.4 16.9 6.8 0.40
15 Seasons 48 45 .516 3.41 798 0 237 0 0 33 784.2 633 329 297 55 428 59 829 64 3 36 3402 132 1.352 7.3 0.6 4.9 9.5 1.94
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .516 3.41 68 0 20 0 0 3 67 54 28 25 5 36 5 71 5 0 3 290 132 1.352 7.3 0.6 4.9 9.5 1.94
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
SEA (8 yrs) 24 23 .511 3.26 432 0 139 0 0 23 447.1 353 177 162 32 232 36 471 43 2 17 1921 134 1.308 7.1 0.6 4.7 9.5 2.03
NYY (6 yrs) 23 19 .548 3.47 331 0 86 0 0 9 311.0 260 135 120 19 172 22 334 21 1 17 1363 135 1.389 7.5 0.5 5.0 9.7 1.94
TEX (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.32 29 0 9 0 0 1 23.2 17 16 14 3 19 0 22 0 0 2 103 95 1.521 6.5 1.1 7.2 8.4 1.16
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.38 6 0 3 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 15 141 3.000 10.1 3.4 16.9 6.8 0.40

Postseason Pitching

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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
1995 28 SEA AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 3.18 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 2 2 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 27 1.765 11.1 0.0 4.8 11.1 2.33
1995 28 SEA AL ALCS L CLE 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 15 2.667 9.0 0.0 15.0 9.0 0.60
1996 29 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 15 1.091 4.9 0.0 4.9 12.3 2.50
1996 29 NYY AL ALCS W BAL 0 1 .000 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 2.143 19.3 3.9 0.0 7.7
1996 29 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 0.462 2.1 0.0 2.1 10.4 5.00
1997 30 NYY AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1998 31 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1998 31 NYY AL ALCS W CLE 0 1 .000 20.25 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 10 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 20.3 3.00
1998 31 NYY AL WS W SDP 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 15.4 4.00
1999 32 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1999 32 NYY AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 32 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 10.1 3.00
2000 33 NYY AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2000 33 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 6.0 0.0 18.0
2000 33 NYY AL WS W NYM 1 0 1.000 10.12 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.250 16.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
2001 34 SEA AL ALDS W CLE 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
2001 34 SEA AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
2003 36 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2003 36 NYY AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 12 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2003 36 NYY AL WS L FLA 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 11.3 2.50
8 Seasons (20 Series) 2 3 .400 2.65 55 0 9 0 0 0 54.1 52 17 16 4 24 2 62 5 0 0 235 1.399 8.6 0.7 4.0 10.3 2.58
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
8 ALDS 1 1 .500 0.79 20 0 3 0 0 0 22.2 17 2 2 0 11 1 24 1 0 0 94 1.235 6.8 0.0 4.4 9.5 2.18
7 ALCS 0 2 .000 6.32 19 0 3 0 0 0 15.2 21 11 11 3 7 1 20 4 0 0 75 1.787 12.1 1.7 4.0 11.5 2.86
5 WS 1 0 1.000 1.69 16 0 3 0 0 0 16.0 14 4 3 1 6 0 18 0 0 0 66 1.250 7.9 0.6 3.4 10.1 3.00

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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
1992 25 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 26 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7
1997 30 NYY AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 31 NYY AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2000 33 NYY AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 34 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2003 36 TOT AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 36 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 38 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 6 0 0
SEA (8 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (6 yrs) 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1996 29 NYY AL WS ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 NYY AL WS SDP W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 32 NYY AL WS ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 33 NYY AL WS NYM W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 36 NYY AL WS FLA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 SEA AL 25 P 66 0 81.0 17 3 12 2 2 .882 1.67 0.23 .959 1.72 0.56
1993 SEA AL 26 P 71 0 60.0 15 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.25 0.21 .953 1.78 0.56
1993 SEA AL 26 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1993 SEA AL 26 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
1994 SEA AL 27 P 28 0 42.1 8 1 5 2 1 .750 1.28 0.21 .962 1.72 0.52
1995 SEA AL 28 P 62 0 78.2 12 1 10 1 1 .917 1.26 0.18 .958 1.80 0.53
1996 NYY AL 29 P 73 0 74.1 20 4 15 1 1 .950 2.30 0.26 .960 1.77 0.52
1997 NYY AL 30 P 77 0 78.2 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.40 0.27 .952 1.72 0.49
1998 NYY AL 31 P 45 0 40.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.68 0.27 .958 1.79 0.50
1999 NYY AL 32 P 39 0 30.1 9 3 5 1 2 .889 2.37 0.21 .956 1.69 0.47
2000 NYY AL 33 P 73 0 69.2 11 0 10 1 1 .909 1.29 0.14 .955 1.61 0.46
2001 SEA AL 34 P 69 0 65.1 10 2 6 2 1 .800 1.10 0.12 .960 1.75 0.49 AS
2002 SEA AL 35 P 41 0 45.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.18 0.15 .950 1.69 0.48
2003 TOT AL 36 P 70 0 55.4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.65 0.06 .975 1.72 0.49
2003 SEA AL 36 P 46 0 37.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.07 .967 1.72 0.49
2003 NYY AL 36 P 24 0 17.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.51 0.04 1.000 1.73 0.49
2004 TEX AL 37 P 29 0 23.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.07 .950 1.67 0.45
2005 SEA AL 38 P 49 0 36.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.16 .950 1.69 0.46
2006 CHW AL 39 P 6 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 0.42
15 Seasons P 798 0 784.2 155 27 118 10 11 .935 1.66 0.18 .957 1.73 0.50
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
15 Seasons TOT 799 0 785.0 155 27 118 10 11 .935 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.18 .892 1.73 0.50
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *

Games Played s c a p y
1992 AL--66--9th
1993 AL--71--3rd
1995 AL--62--6th
1996 AL--73--5th
1997 AL--77--3rd
2000 AL--73--6th
Career--798--42nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 AL--8--9th
1994 AL--8--4th
Career--64--206th

Games Finished s c a p y
Career--237--169th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 36 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 22nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1984.

December 9, 1986: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1986 minor league draft.

December 7, 1995: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Tino Martinez and Jim Mecir to the New York Yankees for Russ Davis and Sterling Hitchcock.

October 31, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

August 6, 2003: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees for Armando Benitez.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

March 26, 2006: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 2, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Seattle Mariners$195,000
1994Seattle Mariners$250,000
1995Seattle Mariners$275,000
1996New York Yankees$860,000
1997New York Yankees$1,090,000
1998New York Yankees$1,766,667
1999New York Yankees$1,816,666
2000New York Yankees$1,916,667
2001Seattle Mariners$3,333,333
2002Seattle Mariners$3,333,333
2003Seattle Mariners$3,983,333
2004Texas Rangers$1,800,000
2005Seattle Mariners$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,019,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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