Mel Nelson
Melvin Frederick Nelson
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 30, 1936 in San Diego, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1960
Final Game: June 2, 1969
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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
1960 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 33 122 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50
1963 27 LAA AL 2 3 .400 5.30 36 3 7 0 0 1 52.2 55 34 31 7 32 5 41 2 0 4 250 64 1.652 9.4 1.2 5.5 7.0 1.28
1965 29 MIN AL 0 4 .000 4.12 28 3 13 0 0 3 54.2 57 29 25 7 23 3 31 2 0 4 247 87 1.463 9.4 1.2 3.8 5.1 1.35
1967 31 MIN AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1968 32 STL NL 2 1 .667 2.91 18 4 8 1 0 1 52.2 49 20 17 3 9 3 16 0 0 0 212 100 1.101 8.4 0.5 1.5 2.7 1.78
1969 33 STL NL 0 1 .000 11.81 8 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 13 7 7 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 30 30 3.000 21.9 0.0 5.1 5.1 1.00
6 Seasons 4 10 .286 4.40 93 11 31 1 0 5 173.2 184 95 85 19 69 12 98 4 0 8 776 76 1.457 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.1 1.42
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .286 4.40 61 7 20 1 0 3 114 120 62 56 12 45 8 64 3 0 5 507 76 1.457 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.1 1.42
STL (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.68 28 5 11 1 0 1 66.0 69 30 27 4 14 4 26 0 0 0 275 84 1.258 9.4 0.5 1.9 3.5 1.86
MIN (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 4.42 29 3 13 0 0 3 55.0 60 31 27 8 23 3 31 2 0 4 251 81 1.509 9.8 1.3 3.8 5.1 1.35
LAA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.30 36 3 7 0 0 1 52.2 55 34 31 7 32 5 41 2 0 4 250 64 1.652 9.4 1.2 5.5 7.0 1.28
AL (3 yrs) 2 7 .222 4.85 65 6 20 0 0 4 107.2 115 65 58 15 55 8 72 4 0 8 501 72 1.579 9.6 1.3 4.6 6.0 1.31
NL (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.68 28 5 11 1 0 1 66.0 69 30 27 4 14 4 26 0 0 0 275 84 1.258 9.4 0.5 1.9 3.5 1.86

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
1968 32 STL NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1960 24 STL NL 2 33 31 3 7 0 1 1 3 0 2 7 .226 .273 .387 .660 .261 12 0 0 0 0 1
1963 27 LAA AL 36 247 206 34 55 10 1 7 2 0 32 41 .267 .369 .427 .796 .302 88 2 2 6 1 5
1965 29 MIN AL 28 247 218 29 57 8 2 7 2 1 23 31 .261 .337 .413 .750 .278 90 6 2 4 0 3
1967 31 MIN AL 1 4 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250 .667 6 0 0 0 0 0
1968 32 STL NL 18 212 193 20 49 7 0 3 0 1 9 16 .254 .284 .337 .621 .261 65 5 0 8 2 3
1969 33 STL NL 8 30 25 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .520 .533 .520 1.053 .542 13 2 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 93 773 677 95 184 25 4 19 7 2 69 98 .272 .340 .405 .745 .292 274 15 4 18 5 12
162 Game Avg. 61 505 443 62 120 16 3 12 5 1 45 64 .272 .340 .405 .745 .292 179 10 3 12 3 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1960 24 STL NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 2.0 2.6 7.0
1963 27 LAA AL 36 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 56 22 25 6 1 1 1.7 1.4 4.8
1965 29 MIN AL 28 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 46 66 26 4 1 1 2 3.8 3.8 4.1
1968 32 STL NL 18 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 3 75% 55 72 36 8 5 0 4 4.8 5.4 6.6
4 Seasons 84 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 6 .455 0 1 1 0 5 45% 49 72 22 37 12 2 7 3.4 3.8 5.5
MLB Averages

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
1960 24 STL NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.757 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1963 27 LAA AL 36 33 7 2 0 4 1 3 25% 7 1 38 9 24% 7 1.133 12 7 14 9 4 20 19 14 13 14 17 5 3.5
1965 29 MIN AL 28 25 13 0 3 4 3 1 75% 4 0 25 6 24% 8 1.094 10 4 11 4 5 16 12 13 15 6 16 4 5.1
1967 31 MIN AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.035 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1968 32 STL NL 18 14 8 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 8 5 63% 8 0.760 4 0 10 3 1 10 4 10 9 2 9 1 5.6
1969 33 STL NL 8 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 7 1.174 2 2 4 0 1 7 4 4 1 6 1 0 2.0
6 Seasons 93 82 31 2 5 9 5 4 56% 14 2 81 23 28% 0.997 28 13 41 16 11 55 39 43 38 29 43 10 4.2

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%
1960 24 STL NL 33 76% 3.0% 21.2% 6.1% 6.1% 29% 0.42 70% 1 0 0%
1963 27 LAA AL 247 61% 2.8% 16.6% 13.0% 7.3% 33% 1.05 64% 55 2 4%
1965 29 MIN AL 247 70% 2.8% 12.6% 9.3% 6.9% 30% 1.00 73% 55 6 11%
1967 31 MIN AL 4 100% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 33% 0.00 75% 1 0 0%
1968 32 STL NL 212 79% 1.4% 7.6% 4.3% 4.7% 20% 1.15 83% 39 5 13%
1969 33 STL NL 30 77% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.25 80% 8 2 25%
6 Seasons 773 70% 2.5% 12.7% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.05 73% 159 15 9%
MLB Averages

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
1960 24 STL NL 33 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0% 1 0 0 8 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 LAA AL 243 55 7 0 13 4 3 3 4 24 10 4 42% 2 4 2 100 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
1965 29 MIN AL 247 57 7 1 6 5 2 2 5 14 7 0 50% 7 4 0 108 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 31 MIN AL 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 32 STL NL 212 49 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 12 6 0 50% 1 0 0 73 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1969 33 STL NL 30 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 769 184 19 1 30 14 5 7 12 56 26 5 46% 11 8 2 302 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 4
MLB Averages

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+
1960 24 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 33 122 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 122
1961 25 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 33 122 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 122
1962 26 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 33 122 1.125 7.9 1.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 122
1963 27 2 4 .333 5.04 38 4 8 0 0 1 60.2 62 37 34 8 34 6 48 2 0 4 283 69 1.582 9.2 1.2 5.0 7.1 1.41 69
1964 28 2 4 .333 5.04 38 4 8 0 0 1 60.2 62 37 34 8 34 6 48 2 0 4 283 69 1.582 9.2 1.2 5.0 7.1 1.41 69
1965 29 2 8 .200 4.60 66 7 21 0 0 4 115.1 119 66 59 15 57 9 79 4 0 8 530 77 1.526 9.3 1.2 4.4 6.2 1.39 77
1966 30 2 8 .200 4.60 66 7 21 0 0 4 115.1 119 66 59 15 57 9 79 4 0 8 530 77 1.526 9.3 1.2 4.4 6.2 1.39 77
1967 31 2 8 .200 4.75 67 7 21 0 0 4 115.2 122 68 61 16 57 9 79 4 0 8 534 74 1.548 9.5 1.2 4.4 6.1 1.39 74
1968 32 4 9 .308 4.17 85 11 29 1 0 5 168.1 171 88 78 19 66 12 95 4 0 8 746 80 1.408 9.1 1.0 3.5 5.1 1.44 80
1969 33 4 10 .286 4.40 93 11 31 1 0 5 173.2 184 95 85 19 69 12 98 4 0 8 776 76 1.457 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.1 1.42 76

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
1960 24 0 0 3.38 8.0 8 3 3 1 2 7 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 7.9 3.50 1.1 2
1963 27 1 4 .200 6.35 51.0 61 40 36 8 35 40 2 1.882 10.8 6.2 7.1 1.14 1.4 36
1965 29 2 3 .400 4.50 54.0 60 30 27 7 24 31 2 1.556 10.0 4.0 5.2 1.29 1.2 28
1967 31 0 0 18.00 1.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1968 32 2 3 .400 4.31 48.0 57 26 23 3 10 15 0 1.396 10.7 1.9 2.8 1.50 0.6 18
1969 33 0 0 14.40 5.0 13 9 8 0 3 3 0 3.200 23.4 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.0 8
6 Seasons 5 10 .333 5.34 167.0 199 110 99 19 74 96 4 1.635 10.7 5.2 1.30 1.0 93

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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