Joe Nelson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1974 in Alameda, CA
High School: St. Joseph's Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)
School: University of San Francisco
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 2001
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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
2001 26 ATL NL 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 4.500 31.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
2004 29 BOS AL 0 0 16.88 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 5 5 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 17 29 2.625 13.5 0.0 10.1 16.9 1.67
2006 31 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4.43 43 0 20 0 0 9 44.2 37 22 22 5 24 4 44 1 0 1 193 106 1.366 7.5 1.0 4.8 8.9 1.83
2008 33 FLA NL 3 1 .750 2.00 59 0 20 0 0 1 54.0 42 16 12 5 22 4 60 2 0 3 230 217 1.185 7.0 0.8 3.7 10.0 2.73
2009 34 TBR AL 3 0 1.000 4.02 42 0 13 0 0 3 40.1 32 22 18 7 27 1 36 1 1 3 182 112 1.463 7.1 1.6 6.0 8.0 1.33
5 Seasons 7 2 .778 4.07 149 0 54 0 0 13 143.2 122 74 65 18 78 9 145 7 1 7 638 111 1.392 7.6 1.1 4.9 9.1 1.86
162 Game Avg. 3 1 .778 4.07 68 0 25 0 0 6 66 56 34 30 8 36 4 66 3 0 3 291 111 1.392 7.6 1.1 4.9 9.1 1.86
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.43 43 0 20 0 0 9 44.2 37 22 22 5 24 4 44 1 0 1 193 106 1.366 7.5 1.0 4.8 8.9 1.83
TBR (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 4.02 42 0 13 0 0 3 40.1 32 22 18 7 27 1 36 1 1 3 182 112 1.463 7.1 1.6 6.0 8.0 1.33
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 4.500 31.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 16.88 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 5 5 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 17 29 2.625 13.5 0.0 10.1 16.9 1.67
FLA (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.00 59 0 20 0 0 1 54.0 42 16 12 5 22 4 60 2 0 3 230 217 1.185 7.0 0.8 3.7 10.0 2.73
AL (3 yrs) 4 1 .800 4.62 88 0 34 0 0 12 87.2 73 49 45 12 54 5 85 4 1 4 392 100 1.449 7.5 1.2 5.5 8.7 1.57
NL (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 3.21 61 0 20 0 0 1 56.0 49 25 20 6 24 4 60 3 0 3 246 135 1.304 7.9 1.0 3.9 9.6 2.50

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
2001 26 ATL NL 2 16 12 9 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .583 .625 .917 1.542 .500 11 1 1 0 1 0
2004 29 BOS AL 3 17 11 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 .364 .563 .455 1.017 .667 5 0 2 1 0 0
2006 31 KCR AL 43 193 164 22 37 14 1 5 2 1 24 44 .226 .326 .415 .741 .276 68 3 1 3 1 4
2008 33 FLA NL 59 229 203 16 42 7 1 5 4 0 22 60 .207 .291 .325 .616 .268 66 4 2 2 0 4
2009 34 TBR AL 42 182 150 22 32 10 0 7 6 0 27 36 .213 .333 .420 .753 .229 63 2 1 2 2 1
5 Seasons 149 637 540 74 122 33 2 18 12 1 78 145 .226 .329 .394 .724 .273 213 10 7 8 4 9
162 Game Avg. 68 291 246 34 56 15 1 8 5 0 36 66 .226 .329 .394 .724 .273 97 5 3 4 2 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2001 26 ATL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.146 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 32
2004 29 BOS AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.544 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2.7 26
2006 31 KCR AL 43 43 20 1 1 10 9 1 90% 15 5 15 4 27% 9 1.278 16 8 17 21 3 19 11 32 8 9 8 12 3.1 18
2008 33 FLA NL 59 59 20 3 1 5 1 4 20% 17 11 39 16 41% 8 1.194 23 13 21 28 7 24 19 40 8 22 8 18 2.7 16
2009 34 TBR AL 42 42 13 3 0 4 3 1 75% 11 7 24 8 33% 7 1.003 12 9 20 19 6 17 15 27 13 17 16 9 2.9 18
5 Seasons 149 149 54 7 2 19 13 6 68% 43 23 78 28 36% 1.121 51 30 63 70 16 63 45 104 30 49 33 39 2.9 18

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%
2001 26 ATL NL 16 31% 6.3% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 29% 0.71 1.00 75% 31% 14.3% 0% 7 1 14%
2004 29 BOS AL 17 35% 0.0% 29.4% 17.7% 5.9% 25% 1.00 0.50 35% 14% 0.0% 33% 6 0 0%
2006 31 KCR AL 193 38% 2.6% 22.8% 12.4% 10.4% 54% 0.54 0.82 60% 24% 6.9% 8% 36 3 8%
2008 33 FLA NL 230 46% 2.2% 26.2% 9.6% 5.7% 31% 0.68 1.00 60% 23% 7.4% 19% 42 4 10%
2009 34 TBR AL 182 63% 3.9% 19.8% 14.8% 9.3% 53% 0.49 0.56 60% 16% 10.9% 17% 33 2 6%
5 Seasons 638 48% 2.8% 22.8% 12.2% 8.3% 43% 0.58 0.79 60% 21% 8.5% 14% 124 10 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 26 ATL NL 16 64 4.00 36 56% 33% 22% 8% 36% 67% 0% 38% 67% 56% 0% 0 0 31% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 29 BOS AL 17 79 4.65 45 57% 16% 27% 42% 16% 84% 0% 48% 68% 41% 0% 0 0 35% 6 2 0 20% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 KCR AL 193 793 4.11 486 61% 28% 18% 29% 26% 72% 4% 44% 75% 58% 8% 15 8 28% 54 29 3 16% 8 3 0 0 0
2008 33 FLA NL 230 930 4.04 573 62% 28% 21% 26% 25% 72% 2% 45% 71% 56% 5% 11 5 22% 50 21 1 13% 6 3 0 0 0
2009 34 TBR AL 182 747 4.10 457 61% 28% 15% 31% 26% 72% 0% 44% 79% 56% 8% 14 6 29% 52 33 1 19% 2 7 0 0 0
5 Seasons 638 2613 4.10 1597 61% 27% 19% 28% 26% 73% 2% 44% 74% 56% 6% 40 19 26% 167 85 5 16% 16 13 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2001 26 ATL NL 16 7 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 29 BOS AL 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 KCR AL 193 37 2 1 5 0 5 4 1 2 3 11 4 2 36% 3 1 0 79 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 33 FLA NL 230 42 2 0 5 0 18 4 1 3 2 13 5 4 38% 4 3 0 81 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 34 TBR AL 182 32 6 1 7 0 9 2 5 3 4 11 6 3 55% 3 3 0 63 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 638 122 11 2 18 1 37 10 8 9 9 42 19 10 45% 11 7 0 238 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2001 26 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 4.500 31.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 12
2002 27 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 4.500 31.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 12
2003 28 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 12 4.500 31.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 12
2004 29 0 0 25.07 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 11 14 13 1 5 0 5 3 0 0 33 19 3.429 21.2 1.9 9.6 9.6 1.00 19
2005 30 0 0 25.07 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 11 14 13 1 5 0 5 3 0 0 33 19 3.429 21.2 1.9 9.6 9.6 1.00 19
2006 31 1 1 .500 6.39 48 0 21 0 0 9 49.1 48 36 35 6 29 4 49 4 0 1 226 74 1.561 8.8 1.1 5.3 8.9 1.69 74
2007 32 1 1 .500 6.39 48 0 21 0 0 9 49.1 48 36 35 6 29 4 49 4 0 1 226 74 1.561 8.8 1.1 5.3 8.9 1.69 74
2008 33 4 2 .667 4.09 107 0 41 0 0 10 103.1 90 52 47 11 51 8 109 6 0 4 456 110 1.365 7.8 1.0 4.4 9.5 2.14 110
2009 34 7 2 .778 4.07 149 0 54 0 0 13 143.2 122 74 65 18 78 9 145 7 1 7 638 111 1.392 7.6 1.1 4.9 9.1 1.86 111

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 26 0 0 31.50 2.0 7 8 7 1 2 0 1 4.500 31.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 4.5 2
2004 29 0 0 12.00 3.0 4 4 4 0 3 6 2 2.333 12.0 9.0 18.0 2.00 0.0 3
2006 31 2 2 .500 4.09 44.0 36 22 20 5 23 43 1 1.341 7.4 4.7 8.8 1.87 1.0 43
2008 33 5 1 .833 1.80 55.0 42 12 11 5 22 61 2 1.164 6.9 3.6 10.0 2.77 0.8 59
2009 34 2 2 .500 3.82 40.0 33 19 17 7 28 36 1 1.525 7.4 6.3 8.1 1.29 1.6 42
5 Seasons 9 5 .643 3.69 144.0 122 65 59 18 78 146 7 1.389 7.6 9.1 1.87 1.1 149

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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