Lynn Nelson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND us

Died: February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 25-053d, 7,061st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 3, 1940 (Age 35-130d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson

Nicknames: Line Drive

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

5.25

166

676.2

255

WHIP

1.535

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-4 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 3, Entered with runners on base: 2

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	161	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-2		99	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	18.00	6.00	8	4	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.184	2.69	-0.28%	-1.83	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out tie
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
2	162	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	5-GF	W(1-0)	8	5.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.00	4.66	20	14	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.307	4.26	0.54%	3.62	5b 12- 0 out d2	9b end a 3
3	163	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-	L(1-1)	10	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.50	5						32						5					0
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
4	164	38	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9			21	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	8.31	5.77	10												9					0
5	165	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	9-GF		17	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	10.24	7.96	7	0	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.079	.86	-0.21%	-2.39	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
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
6	166	67	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,7-12	5-GF		11	4.1	7	7	7	4	4	2	0	11.57	8.57	23	9	0	0	0	6		2	0	2	1	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	.32	-0.012	1.69	-0.04%	-3.88	5t -23 2 out d4	9t end d 9
							2-4		W-L:1-1	8.0	14.0	23	19	18	9	7	5	0	11.57	8.57	73	13.50		0%	0%	15	34	4	0%	2	1	0	62	1	0	1	0	0	1	.77	0.032	2.57	0.01%	-4.49

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