Scott Nielsen
Jeffrey Scott Nielsen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 18, 1958 in Salt Lake City, UT
School: Brigham Young University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1986
Final Game: June 14, 1989
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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
1986 27 NYY AL 4 4 .500 4.02 10 9 1 2 2 0 56.0 66 29 25 12 12 0 20 2 0 0 235 102 1.393 10.6 1.9 1.9 3.2 1.67
1987 28 CHW AL 3 5 .375 6.24 19 7 7 1 1 2 66.1 83 48 46 9 25 1 23 1 0 2 299 74 1.628 11.3 1.2 3.4 3.1 0.92
1988 29 NYY AL 1 2 .333 6.86 7 2 1 0 0 0 19.2 27 16 15 5 13 2 4 0 0 1 94 58 2.034 12.4 2.3 5.9 1.8 0.31
1989 30 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 28 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 9 11 .450 5.49 38 18 9 3 3 2 142.2 178 94 87 26 51 3 47 3 0 3 634 79 1.605 11.2 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.92
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .450 5.49 46 22 11 4 4 2 173 216 114 106 32 62 4 57 4 0 4 770 79 1.605 11.2 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.92
NYY (3 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.83 19 11 2 2 2 0 76.1 95 46 41 17 26 2 24 2 0 1 335 84 1.585 11.2 2.0 3.1 2.8 0.92
CHW (1 yr) 3 5 .375 6.24 19 7 7 1 1 2 66.1 83 48 46 9 25 1 23 1 0 2 299 74 1.628 11.3 1.2 3.4 3.1 0.92

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
1986 27 NYY AL 10 235 221 29 66 10 0 12 3 1 12 20 .299 .340 .507 .847 .286 112 9 2 0 0 0
1987 28 CHW AL 19 299 270 48 83 9 2 9 11 2 25 23 .307 .366 .456 .821 .308 123 9 1 1 2 1
1988 29 NYY AL 7 94 81 16 27 4 0 5 0 0 13 4 .333 .426 .568 .993 .306 46 5 0 0 0 2
1989 30 NYY AL 2 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 .500 3 0 0 1 0 0
4 Seasons 38 634 576 94 178 24 2 26 14 3 51 47 .309 .367 .493 .860 .301 284 23 3 2 2 3
162 Game Avg. 46 770 699 114 216 29 2 32 17 4 62 57 .309 .367 .493 .860 .301 345 28 4 2 2 4
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
1986 27 NYY AL 10 9 4 4 1 0 1 5 4 .556 0 0 2 2 6 67% 48 78 13 3 1 1 5 5.9 6.6 6.0
1987 28 CHW AL 19 7 2 5 0 0 1 2 5 .286 0 0 1 1 3 43% 41 77 12 14 6 0 4 6.5 7.8 5.5
1988 29 NYY AL 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 32 25 11 2 1 0 5.5 3.9 3.3 63 2 0 0 0 68
3 Seasons 36 18 6 11 1 0 2 7 11 .389 0 0 3 3 9 50% 43 78 12 28 9 2 9 6.1 6.8 5.5 63 2 0 0 0 68
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
1986 27 NYY AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.721 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1987 28 CHW AL 19 12 7 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 17 14 82% 8 0.732 3 4 5 3 2 7 10 2 9 1 9 0 7.0
1988 29 NYY AL 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 0.737 1 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 3 0 7.8 38
1989 30 NYY AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 2.147 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.0 9
4 Seasons 38 20 9 3 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 25 16 64% 0.742 5 6 9 4 5 11 15 5 13 5 13 0 6.6 29

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%
1986 27 NYY AL 235 51% 5.1% 8.5% 5.1% 9.4% 33% 1.42 80% 33 9 27%
1987 28 CHW AL 299 43% 3.0% 7.7% 8.4% 6.7% 24% 1.54 80% 55 9 16%
1988 29 NYY AL 94 35% 5.3% 4.3% 13.8% 9.6% 33% 1.43 2.24 77% 21% 27.8% 40% 22 5 23%
1989 30 NYY AL 6 17% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 50% 3.00 67% 20% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
4 Seasons 634 45% 4.1% 7.4% 8.0% 8.2% 29% 1.48 1.58 80% 21% 26.3% 39% 112 23 21%
MLB Averages

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
1988 29 NYY AL 94 314 3.34 180 57% 24% 9% 24% 43% 76% 3% 44% 88% 56% 9% 8 3 13% 12 6 2 25% 2 3 0 0 0
1989 30 NYY AL 6 18 3.00 7 39% 14% 0% 14% 71% 86% 0% 33% 100% 33% 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 100 332 3.32 187 56% 24% 9% 24% 44% 76% 3% 43% 89% 55% 9% 9 3 12% 12 6 2 25% 2 4 0 0 0
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
1986 27 NYY AL 235 66 12 0 2 6 6 8 4 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 80 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1987 28 CHW AL 299 83 9 1 3 7 2 6 3 19 14 1 74% 3 2 0 117 11 2 85% 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
1988 29 NYY AL 94 27 4 1 5 0 1 4 1 1 4 3 2 0 67% 0 1 1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 30 NYY AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 634 178 4 1 26 1 6 17 9 15 11 29 20 1 69% 5 3 1 240 14 3 82% 12 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 0
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+
1986 27 4 4 .500 4.02 10 9 1 2 2 0 56.0 66 29 25 12 12 0 20 2 0 0 235 102 1.393 10.6 1.9 1.9 3.2 1.67 102
1987 28 7 9 .438 5.22 29 16 8 3 3 2 122.1 149 77 71 21 37 1 43 3 0 2 534 84 1.520 11.0 1.5 2.7 3.2 1.16 84
1988 29 8 11 .421 5.45 36 18 9 3 3 2 142.0 176 93 86 26 50 3 47 3 0 3 628 79 1.592 11.2 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.94 79
1989 30 9 11 .450 5.49 38 18 9 3 3 2 142.2 178 94 87 26 51 3 47 3 0 3 634 79 1.605 11.2 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.92 79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986 27 2 3 .400 4.59 51.0 67 29 26 12 12 18 2 1.549 11.8 2.1 3.2 1.50 2.1 10
1987 28 2 5 .286 5.95 65.0 80 48 43 9 24 23 1 1.600 11.1 3.3 3.2 0.96 1.2 19
1988 29 0 1 .000 8.00 18.0 28 18 16 5 13 4 0 2.278 14.0 6.5 2.0 0.31 2.5 7
1989 30 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
4 Seasons 4 9 .308 5.73 135.0 177 96 86 26 50 45 3 1.681 11.8 3.0 0.90 1.7 38

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL--2--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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