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Kyle Nelson

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: July 8, 1996 in San Francisco, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA).

High School: Galileo HS (San Francisco, CA)

School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Last Game: August 5, 2025 (Age 29-028d)
vs. SDP 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

Agents: MVP Sports Group

Full Name: Kyle Bartlett Nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

ERA

4.34

136

116.0

115

WHIP

1.310

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2014	17	-3.0	Anchorage Glacier Pilots	ALAS	Smr		3	1	.750	4.15	5.54	10	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	15	8	6	1	12	0	15	0	1	3	65	2.077	10.4	0.7	8.3	10.4	1.25
2015	18	-2.7	UC Santa Barbara	BigW	NCAA		3	1	.750	0.75	2.00	25	0			0	2	36.0	25	8	3	1	10	1	32	4	0	5	149	0.972	6.3	0.3	2.5	8.0	3.20
2015	18	-2.3	La Crosse	NWDS	Smr		2	0	1.000	1.90	1.90	5	3	1	0	0	0	23.2	23	5	5	2	6	1	16	1	0	0	99	1.225	8.7	0.8	2.3	6.1	2.67
2016	19	-1.5	UC Santa Barbara	BigW	NCAA		7	2	.778	2.18	2.91	33	1		0	0	10	74.1	56	24	18	3	18	2	87	8	0	4	306	0.996	6.8	0.4	2.2	10.5	4.83
2017	20	-0.6	UC Santa Barbara	BigW	NCAA		6	4	.600	4.53	5.26	15	15		1	0	0	87.1	77	51	44	13	30	0	69	9	1	4	381	1.225	7.9	1.3	3.1	7.1	2.30
2017	20	-1.3	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	3	2	.600	2.48	3.72	19	0	8	0	0	4	29.0	21	12	8	3	8	0	40	2	0	3	120	1.000	6.5	0.9	2.5	12.4	5.00
2018	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	CLE	6	1	.857	1.58	2.36	35	0	20	0	0	6	45.2	37	12	8	0	9	3	67	0	1	3	184	1.007	7.3	0.0	1.8	13.2	7.44
2018	21	-2.1	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	CLE	3	0	1.000	4.35	5.23	10	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	5	0	7	2	16	0	0	0	46	1.548	7.8	0.0	6.1	13.9	2.29
2018	21	-0.9	Lake County	MIDW	A	CLE	3	1	.750	0.76	1.53	25	0	18	0	0	6	35.1	28	6	3	0	2	1	51	0	1	3	138	0.849	7.1	0.0	0.5	13.0	25.50
2019	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-A+	CLE	4	4	.500	2.28	2.85	42	1	15	0	0	7	47.1	28	15	12	5	14	1	69	5	1	4	185	0.887	5.3	1.0	2.7	13.1	4.93
2019	22	-4.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	11	1	2	0	0	1	12.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	16	1	1	1	48	1.083	6.0	1.5	3.8	12.0	3.20
2019	22	-2.3	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	4	.200	3.12	4.15	23	0	7	0	0	3	26.0	17	12	9	3	9	1	36	3	0	3	105	1.000	5.9	1.0	3.1	12.5	4.00
2019	22	-1.2	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	CLE	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	8	0	6	0	0	3	9.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	32	0.321	2.9	0.0	0.0	16.4
2020	23	-5.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		54.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.000	40.5	13.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
2021	24	-3.0	Columbus	AAAE	AAA	CLE	0	1	.000	6.66	7.71	25	0	2	0	0	1	25.2	23	22	19	1	20	0	30	0	0	1	119	1.675	8.1	0.4	7.0	10.5	1.50
2021	24	-4.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		9.31	9.31	10	0	4	0	0	0	9.2	10	10	10	0	8	0	8	2	0	0	49	1.862	9.3	0.0	7.4	7.4	1.00
2022	25	-2.2	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	14	2.250	6.8	0.0	13.5	16.9	1.25
2022	25	-4.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	2	1	.667	2.19	2.43	43	1	4	0	0	0	37.0	26	10	9	1	14	0	30	3	0	1	151	1.081	6.3	0.2	3.4	7.3	2.14
2023	26	-3.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	7	4	.636	4.18	4.82	68	2	8	0	0	0	56.0	59	30	26	12	14	1	67	1	0	1	239	1.304	9.5	1.9	2.3	10.8	4.79
2024	27	-2.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	0		4.22	4.22	11	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	8	0	0	0	42	1.125	6.8	1.7	3.4	6.8	2.00
2025	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	ARI	0	4	.000	8.83	9.09	43	0	5	0	0	0	34.2	39	35	34	13	17	0	33	1	0	1	162	1.615	10.1	3.4	4.4	8.6	1.94
2025	28	0.9	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	4	.000	9.09	9.36	42	0	5	0	0	0	33.2	39	35	34	13	17	0	31	1	0	1	159	1.663	10.4	3.5	4.5	8.3	1.82
2025	28	6.9	Diamondbacks	ACL	Rk	ARI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2025	28	-1.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	0		9.00	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	2	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	11	2.500	4.5	4.5	18.0	9.0	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		9	5	.643	4.34	4.73	136	3	21	0	0	1	116.0	107	61	56	17	45	2	115	6	0	3	498	1.310	8.3	1.3	3.5	8.9	2.56
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		13	12	.520	3.94	4.67	167	1	51	0	0	18	185.0	150	96	81	22	72	4	244	8	2	12	784	1.200	7.3	1.1	3.5	11.9	3.39
College (3 seasons)					College		16	7	.696	2.96	3.78	73	16		1	0	12	197.2	158	83	65	17	58	3	188	21	1	13	836	1.093	7.2	0.8	2.6	8.6	3.24
Other (2 seasons)					Other		5	1	.833	2.70	3.19	15	3	3	0	0	0	36.2	38	13	11	3	18	1	31	1	1	3	164	1.527	9.3	0.7	4.4	7.6	1.72
All Levels (12 Seasons)							43	25	.632	3.58	4.25	391	23	75	1	0	31	535.1	453	253	213	59	193	10	578	36	4	31	2282	1.207	7.6	1.0	3.2	9.7	2.99

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	6.81	7.30	81	1	10	0	0	2	74.0	72	60	56	16	46	0	82	2	1	3	340	1.595	8.8	1.9	5.6	10.0	1.78
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	4	.200	3.12	4.15	23	0	7	0	0	3	26.0	17	12	9	3	9	1	36	3	0	3	105	1.000	5.9	1.0	3.1	12.5	4.00
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		4	0	1.000	2.29	2.75	18	0	8	0	0	3	19.2	12	6	5	0	7	2	33	1	0	0	78	0.966	5.5	0.0	3.2	15.1	4.71
A (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	0.76	1.53	25	0	18	0	0	6	35.1	28	6	3	0	2	1	51	0	1	3	138	0.849	7.1	0.0	0.5	13.0	25.50
A- (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.48	3.72	19	0	8	0	0	4	29.0	21	12	8	3	8	0	40	2	0	3	120	1.000	6.5	0.9	2.5	12.4	5.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0