Nelson King

Name Note: Name presented as Nellie King in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 185lb (198cm, 83kg)

Born: March 15, 1928 in Shenandoah, PA us

Died: August 11, 2010 in Mount Lebanon, PA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Milton Hershey HS for Orphans (Hershey, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 26-031d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1957 (Age 29-184d)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Nelson Joseph King

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

3.58

173.1

WHIP

1.402

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 12

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	22	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.37	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
2	23	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	4-GF(6)		1	3.0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.12	14	7	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	.45	-0.004	1.01	-0.01%	0.39	4t --- 0 out d3	6t end d 4
3	24	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.37	9	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.429	4.05	0.54%	1.40	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
4	25	11	Apr 29(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	4-GF	W(1-0)	3	5.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.58	20	8	8	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.140	1.00	0.19%	3.30	4b -2- 1 out a4	9b end a 8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	26	13	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10	10-10	BS(1)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.58	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.13	-0.495	19.22	-0.80%	-1.28	10b 12- 1 out a1	10b 1-3 1 out tie
6	27	16	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-10	BL(1-1)	2	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.29	2.80	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.371	6.43	-0.57%	-0.91	9b --- 0 out a1	10b 12- 1 out tie
7	28	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	7-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	2.64	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.46	0.02%	0.46	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
8	29	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	2.63	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5.20	0.156	10.91	0.20%	-0.13	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
9	30	22	May 13(1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	4-5		0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.04	3.33	8	2	3	1	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.153	1.35	-0.21%	-1.08	4t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d3
10	31	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	6-6		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.28	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.034	1.13	0.05%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
11	32	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4		W(2-1)	0	4.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.99	2.94	19												19			0		0
12	33	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	8-9		2	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.22	2.90	7	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.38	-0.012	1.13	-0.02%	-0.38	8t --- 0 out d2	9t -2- 2 out d3
13	34	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	4-8	W(3-1)	2	4.2	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.48	2.96	20	6	8	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.223	2.26	0.33%	1.59	4b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 2 out a4
14	35	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	4-5		3	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.64	2.92	5	1	3	1	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	0.021	1.15	0.05%	0.82	4t -23 1 out d4	5t 3 out d5
15	36	37	May 30(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	3-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.92	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.053	6.57	0.10%	0.74	3t 123 2 out d2	3t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	37	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.98	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.079	4.27	0.17%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
17	38	41	Jun 3(1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1		S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.41	2.90	2												2			0		0
18	39	42	Jun 3(2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4			-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	2.82	6												6			0		0
19	40	45	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.17	2.77	7	1	2	0	0	1		2	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.29	0.024	1.01	0.05%	1.35	7b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
20	41	49	Jun 10(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.06	2.80	10	0	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.99	0.05%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
21	42	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.03	2.75	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.19	0.335	32.60	0.91%	0.91	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
22	43	53	Jun 17(1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	9-GF		4	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	2.81	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.47	0.015	2.40	0.05%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
23	44	54	Jun 17(2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	7-8		-1	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.51	3.14	10	1	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.022	.27	-0.06%	-2.08	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
24	45	57	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7			2	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.80	3.13	9												8			0		0
25	46	60	Jun 24(1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5			3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	3.11	1												1			0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	47	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	6-6		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.68	3.16	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.021	.45	0.01%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
27	48	88	Jul 22(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	6-6		18	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.19	3.37	6	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.201	.35	-0.05%	-2.50	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d4
28	49	91	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8		W(4-1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.17	3.32	1												1			0		0
29	50	94	Jul 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.31	2	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 5
30	51	95	Jul 29(1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	3.30	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.003	.01	0.00%	1.53	9t 123 1 out d5	9t end d 5
31	52	96	Jul 29(2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	9-GF		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.29	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.029	.05	0.00%	0.34	9t --3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
32	53	97	Jul 30	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.25	6	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.040	.01	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	54	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	8-GF		2	2.0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	3.00	3.52	13	5	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	.12	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-2.08	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
34	55	105	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	6-7		4	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.91	3.56	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.27	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.59	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d3
35	56	107	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,3-7	6-6		1	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.59	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.28	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 123 2 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	57	138	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		28	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.93	3.74	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.17	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
37	58	152	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	3-4		15	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.03	4.04	6	1	2	2	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.88	3t 1-3 1 out tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
38	59	155	Sep 29(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.15	4.24	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.30	8b -2- 1 out d2	8b end d 4
							12-26		W-L:4-1,Sv:5,BSv:2	1.9	60.0	53	24	21	19	26	8	1	3.15	4.24	246	0.90		9%	4%	34		23	17%	4	3	2	224	6	3	5	3	1	7	.77	0.164	1.80	0.99%	5.94

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