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Nels Potter

Nelson Thomas Potter (Nellie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 23, 1911 in Mount Morris, IL
School: Manchester College (North Manchester, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1936
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/Braves/RedSox/Cardinals 1936-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: September 30, 1990 in Mount Morris, IL
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL
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Standard Pitching

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
1936 24 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 26 PHA AL 2 12 .143 6.47 35 9 20 4 0 5 111.1 139 95 80 15 49 43 2 0 0 517 74 1.689 11.2 1.2 4.0 3.5 0.88
1939 27 PHA AL 8 12 .400 6.60 41 25 12 9 0 2 196.1 258 163 144 26 88 60 5 2 12 922 71 1.762 11.8 1.2 4.0 2.8 0.68
1940 28 PHA AL 9 14 .391 4.44 31 25 5 13 0 0 200.2 213 115 99 18 71 73 1 2 10 876 100 1.415 9.6 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.03
1941 29 TOT AL 3 1 .750 7.06 20 3 9 1 0 2 43.1 56 36 34 3 32 13 0 1 4 213 60 2.031 11.6 0.6 6.6 2.7 0.41
1941 29 PHA AL 1 1 .500 9.26 10 3 3 1 0 2 23.1 35 26 24 3 16 7 0 0 3 121 46 2.186 13.5 1.2 6.2 2.7 0.44
1941 29 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 4.50 10 0 6 0 0 0 20.0 21 10 10 0 16 6 0 1 1 92 94 1.850 9.5 0.0 7.2 2.7 0.38
1943 31 SLB AL 10 5 .667 2.78 33 13 13 8 0 1 168.1 146 56 52 11 54 80 3 0 3 690 121 1.188 7.8 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.48
1944 32 SLB AL 19 7 .731 2.83 32 29 2 16 3 0 232.0 211 79 73 6 70 91 1 1 4 955 129 1.211 8.2 0.2 2.7 3.5 1.30 MVP-9
1945 33 SLB AL 15 11 .577 2.47 32 32 0 21 3 0 255.1 212 75 70 10 68 129 1 0 1 1028 145 1.097 7.5 0.4 2.4 4.5 1.90
1946 34 SLB AL 8 9 .471 3.72 23 19 2 10 0 0 145.0 152 72 60 9 59 72 3 0 4 641 101 1.455 9.4 0.6 3.7 4.5 1.22
1947 35 SLB AL 4 10 .286 4.04 32 10 19 3 0 2 122.2 130 61 55 13 44 65 2 0 1 529 97 1.418 9.5 1.0 3.2 4.8 1.48
1948 36 TOT MLB 8 5 .615 2.86 28 9 14 3 0 3 113.1 105 42 36 6 17 64 2 0 1 456 142 1.076 8.3 0.5 1.4 5.1 3.76
1948 36 TOT AL 3 3 .500 4.45 10 2 5 0 0 1 28.1 28 15 14 2 9 17 2 0 0 124 101 1.306 8.9 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.89
1948 36 SLB AL 1 1 .500 5.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 11 7 6 1 4 4 2 0 0 49 90 1.452 9.6 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
1948 36 PHA AL 2 2 .500 4.00 8 0 5 0 0 1 18.0 17 8 8 1 5 13 0 0 0 75 110 1.222 8.5 0.5 2.5 6.5 2.60
1948 36 BSN NL 5 2 .714 2.33 18 7 9 3 0 2 85.0 77 27 22 4 8 47 0 0 1 332 167 1.000 8.2 0.4 0.8 5.0 5.88
1949 37 BSN NL 6 11 .353 4.19 41 3 29 1 0 7 96.2 99 49 45 6 30 57 1 0 0 418 91 1.334 9.2 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.90
12 Yrs 92 97 .487 3.99 349 177 126 89 6 22 1686.0 1721 843 748 123 582 747 21 6 40 7248 100 1.366 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.28
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .487 3.99 45 23 16 12 1 3 218 222 109 97 16 75 97 3 1 5 937 100 1.366 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.28
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
SLB (6 yrs) 57 43 .570 3.05 154 105 36 58 6 3 933.2 862 350 316 50 299 441 12 1 13 3892 119 1.243 8.3 0.5 2.9 4.3 1.47
PHA (5 yrs) 22 41 .349 5.81 125 62 45 27 0 10 549.2 662 407 355 63 229 196 8 4 25 2511 79 1.621 10.8 1.0 3.7 3.2 0.86
BSN (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.32 59 10 38 4 0 9 181.2 176 76 67 10 38 104 1 0 1 750 116 1.178 8.7 0.5 1.9 5.2 2.74
STL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BOS (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 4.50 10 0 6 0 0 0 20.0 21 10 10 0 16 6 0 1 1 92 94 1.850 9.5 0.0 7.2 2.7 0.38
AL (10 yrs) 81 84 .491 4.08 289 167 87 85 6 13 1503.1 1545 767 681 113 544 643 20 6 39 6495 98 1.390 9.2 0.7 3.3 3.8 1.18
NL (3 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.30 60 10 39 4 0 9 182.2 176 76 67 10 38 104 1 0 1 753 117 1.172 8.7 0.5 1.9 5.1 2.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1936 24 STL NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.11 -0.15 0.00 96.0 5.06 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .558 .500 $
1938 26 PHA AL 111.1 35 9 95 7.68 5.60 -0.39 0.00 100.3 6.01 -22 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -6 .446 .488 $
1939 27 PHA AL 196.1 41 25 163 7.47 5.31 -0.47 0.00 101.2 5.85 -36 -3.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -11 .423 .481 $
1940 28 PHA AL 200.2 31 25 115 5.16 5.06 -0.31 0.00 103.8 5.57 8 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 28 .524 .505 $
1941 29 PHA AL 23.1 10 3 26 10.03 5.06 -0.06 0.00 98.5 5.04 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -11 .383 .493 $
1941 29 BOS AL 20.0 10 0 10 4.50 4.94 -0.12 0.00 99.7 5.05 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .511 .501 $
1943 31 SLB AL 168.1 33 13 56 2.99 3.88 -0.22 0.00 103.3 4.24 23 2.8 1.0 -0.1 3.7 33 .585 .517 $
1944 32 SLB AL 232.0 32 29 79 3.06 4.05 -0.03 0.00 106.0 4.33 32 3.9 1.0 -0.1 5.1 47 .623 .524 $ MVP-9
1945 33 SLB AL 255.1 32 32 75 2.64 3.91 0.07 0.00 105.6 4.05 41 5.2 -0.2 6.5 56 .663 .532 $
1946 34 SLB AL 145.0 23 19 72 4.47 4.13 -0.18 0.00 107.0 4.61 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .510 .501 $
1947 35 SLB AL 122.2 32 10 61 4.48 4.37 -0.19 0.00 103.8 4.73 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.3 13 .514 .503 $
1948 36 SLB AL 10.1 2 2 7 6.10 4.76 -0.34 0.00 101.2 5.16 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0 .448 .499 $
1948 36 PHA AL 18.0 8 0 8 4.00 5.16 0.01 0.00 100.4 5.17 2 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.4 4 .529 .501 $
1948 36 BSN NL 85.0 18 7 27 2.86 4.53 0.13 0.00 98.6 4.34 14 1.5 1.4 0.1 2.4 24 .584 .509 $
1949 37 BSN NL 96.2 41 3 49 4.56 4.63 -0.14 0.00 94.3 4.50 -1 -0.1 2.2 -0.1 0.7 11 .498 .499 $
12 Seasons 1686.0 349 177 843 4.50 4.51 -0.17 0.00 103.1 4.81 54 8.9 1.3 -1.0 20.1 205 .525 .504 $
SLB (6 yrs) 933.2 154 105 350 3.37 4.04 -0.09 0.00 105.2 4.34 101 12.5 1.0 -0.6 17.7 163 .581 .513 $
PHA (5 yrs) 549.2 125 62 407 6.66 5.26 -0.36 0.00 101.8 5.72 -61 -5.2 1.0 -0.3 -1.0 4 .458 .494 $
BSN (2 yrs) 181.2 59 10 76 3.77 4.58 -0.02 0.00 96.3 4.42 13 1.4 2.0 -0.1 3.1 34 .524 .504 $
STL (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.11 -0.15 0.00 96.0 5.06 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .558 .500 $
BOS (1 yr) 20.0 10 0 10 4.50 4.94 -0.12 0.00 99.7 5.05 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .511 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1944 32 SLB AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 0.93 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 10 5 1 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 44 1.345 9.3 0.0 2.8 5.6 2.00
1948 36 BSN NL WS L CLE 0 0 8.44 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 6 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 25 1.500 10.1 3.4 3.4 1.7 0.50
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.60 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 16 11 6 2 5 1 7 0 0 0 69 1.400 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.40
2 WS 0 1 .000 3.60 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 16 11 6 2 5 1 7 0 0 0 69 1.400 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1948 36 TOT MLB 28 354 425 42 105 10 2 6 2 2 17 64 .247 .279 .322 .602 .279 137 6 2 13 0 5
1948 36 BSN NL 18 276 315 27 77 9 2 4 2 2 8 47 .244 .263 .324 .587 .277 102 6 0 10 0 5
1948 36 PHA AL 8 29 68 8 17 1 0 1 0 0 5 13 .250 .301 .309 .610 .296 21 0 0 2 0 0
1948 36 TOT AL 10 78 110 15 28 1 0 2 0 0 9 17 .255 .322 .318 .640 .286 35 0 2 3 0 0
1949 37 BSN NL 41 312 372 49 99 13 5 6 5 3 30 57 .266 .323 .376 .699 .301 140 3 1 13 0 2
2 Yrs 67 617 755 84 193 23 7 11 7 5 43 117 .256 .297 .348 .645 .290 263 9 1 25 0 7
162 Game Avg. 59 545 667 74 170 20 6 10 6 4 38 103 .256 .297 .348 .645 .290 232 8 1 22 0 6
MLB Averages .265 .335 .336 .671 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 36 TOT MLB 14.7 1.5 320 1.9 7.0 -5.1 1.24 1.4 0.2 13.8 1.5 1.23 14.1 6 2 5
1948 36 TOT AL 0.5 0.1 29 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 .98 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.98 1.6 2 0 2
1948 36 PHA AL 1.2 0.1 29 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 .98 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.98 1.6 2 0 2
1948 36 BSN NL 14.2 1.5 291 2.3 6.7 -4.4 1.27 1.2 0.5 13.4 1.4 1.26 12.5 4 2 3
1949 37 BSN NL -3.4 -0.3 335 0.4 10.7 -10.4 1.93 0.8 -0.6 8.4 0.9 1.93 8.0 20 3 9
12 Yrs 4.0 2.2 655 2.3 17.7 -15.4 1.60 2.1 -0.7 22.2 2.3 1.59 22.2 26 5 14

Starting Pitching*

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
1938 26 PHA AL 35 9 1 7 1 1 1 1 8 .111 0 0 4 0 1 11% 33.2 51 4 7 1 4.2 7.0
1939 27 PHA AL 41 25 8 10 7 5 0 11 14 .440 0 0 9 0 3 12% 37.6 79 14 14 6 5.7 6.3
1940 28 PHA AL 31 25 8 13 4 2 1 9 16 .360 0 0 13 0 9 36% 48.1 73 18 8 12 4.1 7.7
1941 29 TOT AL 20 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 0 0% 39 24 0 3 7.6 5.3
1941 29 PHA AL 10 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 0 0% 30.7 39 24 0 3 7.6 5.3
1943 31 SLB AL 33 13 8 5 0 0 1 8 5 .615 0 0 8 0 9 69% 59.8 75 30 6 5 3.5 8.2
1944 32 SLB AL 32 29 19 5 5 4 1 23 6 .793 0 0 16 3 18 62% 57.0 90 21 13 11 6.2 7.7
1945 33 SLB AL 32 32 15 11 6 1 8 18 13 .581 0 0 21 3 25 78% 61.7 94 31 9 13 3.7 8.0
1946 34 SLB AL 23 19 8 9 2 0 2 8 11 .421 0 0 10 0 11 58% 50.4 76 15 1 10 3.5 7.2
1947 35 SLB AL 32 10 2 8 0 0 4 2 8 .200 0 0 3 0 6 60% 51.1 61 14 0 10 3.3 7.5
1948 36 TOT MLB 28 9 5 3 1 2 1 6 3 .667 0 1 3 0 4 44% 74 35 4 2 4 3 5.6 3.6 6.2
1948 36 TOT AL 10 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 35 3 1 0 2 4.2 5.2
1948 36 SLB AL 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.5 52 35 0 2 4.2 5.2
1948 36 BSN NL 18 7 4 2 1 1 1 5 2 .714 0 1 3 0 4 57% 55.9 74 40 1 1 4 1 5.9 3.6 6.5
1949 37 BSN NL 41 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 2 67% 52.7 65 35 6 3 0 1 3.5 3.0 7.8
11 Yrs 330 177 76 72 29 16 19 89 87 .506 0 2 89 6 88 50% 51 94 4 7 4 62 75 4.6 3.4 7.4
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 116 -35 4.5 4.8 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

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
1936 24 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1938 26 PHA AL 35 26 20 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 16 5 9 5.6
1939 27 PHA AL 41 16 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 5 7.1
1940 28 PHA AL 31 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4.3
1941 29 TOT AL 20 17 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 3 2 4.8
1941 29 PHA AL 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.1
1941 29 BOS AL 10 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 6.0
1943 31 SLB AL 33 20 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 2 9.2
1944 32 SLB AL 32 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8.0
1946 34 SLB AL 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.8
1947 35 SLB AL 32 22 19 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 1 4 6.5
1948 36 TOT MLB 28 19 14 3 2 1 3 1 300% 1 0 12 4 33% 1.243 6 2 5 1 4 8 7 6 15 1 10 1 9.1
1948 36 TOT AL 10 8 5 2 2 1 1 1 100% 1 0 5 3 60% .980 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 6 1 2 0 6.8
1948 36 PHA AL 8 8 5 2 2 1 1 1 100% 1 0 5 3 60% .980 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 6 1 2 0 6.8
1948 36 BSN NL 18 11 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1.271 4 2 3 0 3 6 5 4 9 0 8 1 10.8
1949 37 BSN NL 41 38 29 5 11 16 7 9 44% 16 0 36 10 28% 8 1.933 20 3 9 16 5 11 21 11 24 6 23 6 5.8
11 Yrs 315 172 126 16 25 17 22 10 129% 17 0 48 14 29% 1.592 26 5 14 17 9 19 28 17 115 19 33 29 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1936 24 STL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1938 26 PHA AL 517 2.9% 8.3% 9.5% 4.3% 16% 77%
1939 27 PHA AL 922 2.8% 6.5% 9.5% 5.1% 18% 78%
1940 28 PHA AL 876 2.1% 8.3% 8.1% 4.9% 20% 80%
1941 29 TOT AL 213 1.4% 6.1% 15.0% 3.3% 13% 76%
1941 29 PHA AL 121 2.5% 5.8% 13.2% 5.8% 20% 78%
1941 29 BOS AL 92 0.0% 6.5% 17.4% 74%
1943 31 SLB AL 690 1.6% 11.6% 7.8% 2.5% 12% 77%
1944 32 SLB AL 955 0.6% 9.5% 7.3% 2.3% 10% 81%
1945 33 SLB AL 1028 1.0% 12.6% 6.6% 3.1% 15% 78%
1946 34 SLB AL 641 1.4% 11.2% 9.2% 3.7% 16% 76%
1947 35 SLB AL 529 2.5% 12.3% 8.3% 3.6% 15% 74%
1948 36 TOT MLB 460 61% 1.7% 18.1% 4.8% 5.1% 17% 1.57 100% 58 6 10%
1948 36 TOT AL 124 55% 2.6% 21.8% 11.5% 3.9% 11% 0.88 117% 6 0 0%
1948 36 SLB AL 49 2.0% 8.2% 8.2% 76%
1948 36 PHA AL 75 55% 3.5% 44.8% 17.2% 6.9% 12% 0.88 186% 6 0 0%
1948 36 BSN NL 336 61% 1.5% 17.0% 2.9% 5.4% 20% 1.67 96% 52 6 12%
1949 37 BSN NL 420 59% 1.9% 18.3% 9.6% 7.7% 24% 1.36 99% 57 3 5%
12 Yrs 7254 60% 1.8% 10.6% 8.3% 3.9% 16% 1.46 80% 115 9 8%
MLB Averages 48% 1.5% 9.6% 9.6% 3.4% 14% 0.95 83% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1936 24 STL NL 0 0 0
1938 26 PHA AL 139 15 0
1939 27 PHA AL 258 26 12
1940 28 PHA AL 213 18 10
1941 29 TOT AL 56 3 4
1941 29 PHA AL 35 3 3
1941 29 BOS AL 21 0 1
1943 31 SLB AL 146 11 3
1944 32 SLB AL 211 6 4
1945 33 SLB AL 212 10 1
1946 34 SLB AL 152 9 4
1947 35 SLB AL 130 13 1
1948 36 TOT MLB 305 105 6 0 9 2 1 2 1 21 7 5 33% 5 1 0 116 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 155
1948 36 TOT AL 29 28 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
1948 36 SLB AL 11 1 0
1948 36 PHA AL 29 17 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
1948 36 BSN NL 276 77 4 0 6 2 1 2 1 18 5 4 28% 5 1 0 107 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 60
1949 37 BSN NL 312 99 6 0 11 3 1 2 2 23 9 3 39% 2 0 0 119 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 108
12 Yrs 617 1721 123 0 20 5 2 4 3 44 16 8 36% 7 40 0 235 7 5 58% 7 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 214
MLB Averages 53% 56%
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

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1936 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 26 2 12 .143 6.41 36 9 21 4 0 5 112.1 139 95 80 15 49 43 2 0 0 520 75 1.674 11.1 1.2 3.9 3.4 0.88 75
1939 27 10 24 .294 6.53 77 34 33 13 0 7 308.2 397 258 224 41 137 103 7 2 12 1442 72 1.730 11.6 1.2 4.0 3.0 0.75 72
1940 28 19 38 .333 5.71 108 59 38 26 0 7 509.1 610 373 323 59 208 176 8 4 22 2318 81 1.606 10.8 1.0 3.7 3.1 0.85 81
1941 29 22 39 .361 5.81 128 62 47 27 0 9 552.2 666 409 357 62 240 189 8 5 26 2531 79 1.639 10.8 1.0 3.9 3.1 0.79 79
1942 30 22 39 .361 5.81 128 62 47 27 0 9 552.2 666 409 357 62 240 189 8 5 26 2531 79 1.639 10.8 1.0 3.9 3.1 0.79 79
1943 31 32 44 .421 5.11 161 75 60 35 0 10 721.0 812 465 409 73 294 269 11 5 29 3221 84 1.534 10.1 0.9 3.7 3.4 0.92 84
1944 32 51 51 .500 4.55 193 104 62 51 3 10 953.0 1023 544 482 79 364 360 12 6 33 4176 91 1.455 9.7 0.7 3.4 3.4 0.99 91
1945 33 66 62 .516 4.11 225 136 62 72 6 10 1208.1 1235 619 552 89 432 489 13 6 34 5204 98 1.380 9.2 0.7 3.2 3.6 1.13 98
1946 34 74 71 .510 4.07 248 155 64 82 6 10 1353.1 1387 691 612 98 491 561 16 6 38 5845 98 1.388 9.2 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.14 98
1947 35 78 81 .491 4.07 280 165 83 85 6 12 1476.0 1517 752 667 111 535 626 18 6 39 6374 98 1.390 9.3 0.7 3.3 3.8 1.17 98
1948 36 86 86 .500 3.98 308 174 97 88 6 15 1589.1 1622 794 703 117 552 690 20 6 40 6830 100 1.368 9.2 0.7 3.1 3.9 1.25 100
1949 37 92 97 .487 3.99 349 177 126 89 6 22 1686.0 1721 843 748 123 582 747 21 6 40 7248 100 1.366 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.28 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1936 24 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1938 26 5 8 .385 5.16 122.0 133 78 70 14 47 47 2 1.475 9.8 3.5 3.5 1.00 1.0 35
1939 27 8 15 .348 5.44 210.0 249 141 127 25 85 64 5 1.590 10.7 3.6 2.7 0.75 1.1 41
1940 28 12 11 .522 3.91 212.0 209 102 92 18 70 77 1 1.316 8.9 3.0 3.3 1.10 0.8 31
1941 29 1 3 .250 6.75 44.0 56 37 33 3 32 13 0 2.000 11.5 6.5 2.7 0.41 0.6 20
1943 31 11 7 .611 3.29 167.0 162 68 61 12 60 79 3 1.329 8.7 3.2 4.3 1.32 0.6 33
1944 32 16 9 .640 3.01 233.0 223 87 78 6 74 92 1 1.275 8.6 2.9 3.6 1.24 0.2 32
1945 33 19 9 .679 2.77 260.0 233 89 80 11 75 131 1 1.185 8.1 2.6 4.5 1.75 0.4 32
1946 34 8 8 .500 3.89 148.0 160 71 64 9 62 74 3 1.500 9.7 3.8 4.5 1.19 0.5 23
1947 35 6 7 .462 4.28 122.0 136 64 58 14 46 64 2 1.492 10.0 3.4 4.7 1.39 1.0 32
1948 36 8 4 .667 2.87 116.0 109 41 37 6 18 66 2 1.095 8.5 1.4 5.1 3.67 0.5 28
1949 37 5 6 .455 4.36 99.0 104 53 48 6 32 58 1 1.374 9.5 2.9 5.3 1.81 0.5 41
12 Yrs 99 87 .532 3.88 1734.0 1774 831 748 124 601 765 21 1.370 9.2 4.0 1.27 0.6 349

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (9, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  4.9 (10th)
1945 AL  7.3 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1943 AL  3.7 (9th)
1944 AL  5.1 (4th)
1945 AL  6.5 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 AL  2.83 (10th)
1945 AL  2.47 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  19 (3rd)
1945 AL  15 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 AL  .731 (3rd)
1945 AL  .577 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1943 AL  1.188 (9th)
1944 AL  1.211 (8th)
1945 AL  1.097 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  8.185 (9th)
1945 AL  7.473 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL  2.397 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL  4.277 (10th)
1945 AL  4.547 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL  41 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1938 AL  5 (4th)
1949 NL  7 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL  232.0 (8th)
1945 AL  255.3 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 AL  91 (10th)
1945 AL  129 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL  29 (10th)
1945 AL  32 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 AL  21 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 AL  3 (4th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  26 (2nd)
1940 AL  18 (10th)
1943 AL  11 (8th)
1945 AL  10 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  258 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1943 AL  1.482 (10th)
1945 AL  1.897 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 AL  12 (7th)
1939 AL  12 (10th)
1940 AL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  144 (1st)
1940 AL  99 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1939 AL  12 (2nd)
1940 AL  10 (3rd)
1946 AL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 AL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL  955 (10th)
1945 AL  1,028 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1938 AL  20 (6th)
1947 AL  19 (10th)
1949 NL  29 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 AL  130 (8th)
1945 AL  145 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  23 (5th)
1945 AL  32 (2nd)
1948 NL  14 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  2.6 (5th)
1945 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1948 NL  1.5 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  13.40 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  2.3 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.4 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 NL  born 1911-08-23 (7th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 55 (464), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Cal McLish (978)
  2. Art Houtteman (964)
  3. Lynn McGlothen (959)
  4. Jim Bagby (957)
  5. Gene Conley (957)
  6. Mike LaCoss (954)
  7. Frank Sullivan (953)
  8. Jim Wilson (953)
  9. Chris Bosio (953)
  10. Bob Porterfield (951)
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  1. Mike Lincoln (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tom Colcolough (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vic Frazier (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vic Frazier (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Banks (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Whitehead (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Kaufmann (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Scarborough (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Wilson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Wilson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cal McLish (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Nelson Nellie Nels Thomas Potter

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