Nels Potter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 23, 1911 in Mount Morris, IL us

Died: September 30, 1990 in Mount Morris, IL

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL

High School: Mount Morris HS (Mount Morris, IL)

Schools: Mount Morris College (Mount Morris, IL), Manchester University (North Manchester, IN)

Debut: April 25, 1936 (Age 24-246d, 8,003rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1949 (Age 38-026d)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Nelson Thomas Potter

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-28 / in Starts: 11-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 8

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	37	2	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	6.59	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.005	.07	-0.01%	-1.39	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
2	38	5	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-6		2	5.1	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	1.42	6.86	23	10	5	1	2	3	56			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.115	2.54	0.19%	1.51	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
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
3	39	13	May 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS-9	W(1-0)	10	8.1	11	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.68	5.66	38	14	8	1	0	11	40			0	1	1	35	2	1	0	1	0	1	.70	0.123	1.00	0.11%	-0.27	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a6
4	40	17	May 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-1		4	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.60	5.47	6	1	2	0	0	3	39			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.140	1.96	-0.15%	-1.43	1b start a 1	1b 3 out d1
5	41	24	May 20	PHA		DET	W,6-5	GS-3		9	2.1	5	5	5	1	0	2	0	6.50	6.70	13	2	5	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.319	.53	-0.14%	-3.87	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
6	42	26	May 22	PHA		SLB	L,3-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.16	6.38	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.13	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
7	43	31	May 27(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-11	7-GF(8)	BS(1)	4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66	6.08	5	2	2	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.64	-0.257	1.33	-0.12%	-0.75	7b 123 1 out a1	8b end d 2
8	44	32	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	5.82	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
9	45	34	May 30(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	1	7.2	7	1	1	6	0	1	0	4.30	6.04	33	11	10	1	0	6	55			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.329	.35	0.07%	2.88	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a2
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
10	46	40	Jun 4(2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	9	6	4	4	4	1	0	4.23	5.67	41	11	13	1	1	9	49			1	0	0	37	0	1	0	2	0	2	.49	0.152	.17	0.03%	-0.54	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
11	47	46	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	6.1	9	6	6	5	0	0	0	4.84	5.57	32	7	12	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.051	.16	-0.01%	-2.00	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d5
12	48	53	Jun 18(2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-4	CG	W(4-1)	7	9.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.70	5.22	33	10	12	1	0	6	62			0	1	1	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	.61	0.179	.03	0.01%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	49	57	Jun 24	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	8	6	4	4	2	0	0	4.60	4.97	40	15	12	0	0	7	49			1	0	0	35	1	2	0	0	1	1	.81	-0.022	.03	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	50	63	Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-8	W(6-1)	4	7.2	12	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.86	4.88	36	13	8	1	1	12	32			1	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.061	.01	0.00%	-1.60	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
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
15	51	69	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	L(6-2)	5	9.0	14	6	6	3	2	1	0	4.99	4.85	41	12	11	0	0	13	34			1	0	1	36	4	0	0	1	1	1	.74	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	52	73	Jul 9(1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	L(6-3)	3	9.0	12	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.99	4.63	40	14	15	4	0	9	43			1	1	0	38	3	1	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.152	.00	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
17	53	75	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	GS-2		3	1.2	5	7	6	3	0	1	0	5.50	4.84	15	7	1	0	0	4	16			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	.80	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-6.28	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d7
18	54	77	Jul 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(6-4)	1	8.0	8	7	6	3	3	1	0	5.60	4.82	37	16	9	1	1	6	40			1	0	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
19	55	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.44	4.76	10	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.73	0.276	.00	0.00%	1.80	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
20	56	85	Jul 22(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,10-11	GS-3		4	2.1	7	6	6	2	1	2	0	5.84	5.00	15	1	4	0	1	7	18			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.302	.00	0.00%	-4.74	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
21	57	86	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-16	4-7		0	4.0	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.87	5.09	18	4	8	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.37	4b 123 0 out d10	7b 3 out d12
22	58	88	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	GS-8	L(6-5)	2	8.0	16	9	8	3	1	1	0	6.09	5.09	41	8	13	2	0	16	14			0	1	1	34	3	0	0	0	3	0	.62	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-4.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out d9
23	59	92	Jul 30(2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	8-GF		3	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5.98	5.10	10	4	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	.72	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.14	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
24	60	93	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	L(6-6)	1	9.0	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.84	5.05	37	10	15	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	2	0	.65	-0.057	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
25	61	96	Aug 3	PHA		CHW	L,7-9	8-GF		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.77	5.01	4	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.56	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
26	62	98	Aug 5	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	GS-5		1	4.0	7	7	7	5	1	0	0	6.07	5.03	23	6	4	0	1	7	16			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.74	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
27	63	99	Aug 6(1)	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	7-GF		0	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.07	4.98	14	3	6	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.29	7t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 7
28	64	103	Aug 9(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	5-GF	L(6-7)	2	3.2	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.04	4.92	17	5	3	1	0	7		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.98	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-0.40	5b 123 2 out d1	9b end d 1
29	65	105	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,5-9	GS-5	L(6-8)	1	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	0	0	6.20	4.79	24	4	7	2	0	7	33			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
30	66	106	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-18	4-6		0	3.0	6	6	5	3	1	1	1	6.38	4.90	20	4	5	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	.43	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-4.29	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d9
31	67	108	Aug 13(2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-21	3-GF(8)		0	6.0	17	15	9	4	0	4	1	6.66	5.25	41	12	7	0	0	17		1	1	1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.06	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-12.17	3t 1-- 0 out d5	8t end d21
32	68	113	Aug 20(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.63	5.22	9	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.43	7b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
33	69	116	Aug 24(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10	2-5		3	3.2	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	6.59	5.24	17	4	5	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.29	2b --3 1 out d4	5b 3 out d7
34	70	119	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-8	L(6-9)	1	7.0	11	6	5	3	2	0	0	6.59	5.16	32	6	10	0	0	11	32			0	1	1	29	4	1	0	2	0	1	1.02	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-1.02	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
35	71	124	Aug 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-9)	4	7.2	10	2	2	4	2	0	1	6.40	5.11	37	11	9	1	0	10	49			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.288	.00	0.00%	2.32	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a2
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	72	127	Sep 4(1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	8-8	BL(7-10)	3	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.40	5.11	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.336	.00	0.00%	-1.92	8t 12- 2 out a2	8t --3 2 out tie
37	73	130	Sep 7	PHA		WSH	L,1-10	GS-3	L(7-11)	2	2.1	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	6.62	5.06	14	1	6	1	0	6	20			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-4.02	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d5
38	74	135	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L,9-11	GS-1		3	1.0	2	4	4	3	0	1	0	6.79	5.17	8	1	2	1	0	2	30			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1t start tie	1t 3 out d4
39	75	138	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG(10)	W(8-11)	2	10.0	3	2	2	4	5	1	0	6.52	5.12	35	11	12	0	0	3	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.613	.00	0.00%	3.71	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
40	76	141	Sep 17(1)	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.49	5.11	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
41	77	144	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,4-8	CG	L(8-12)	1	9.0	13	8	8	6	9	1	0	6.56	5.06	44	11	5	0	0	13	32			3	0	0	38	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.581	.00	0.00%	-2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
							13-28		W-L:8-12,Sv:2,BSv:2	2.6	196.1	258	162	143	88	60	25	5	6.56	5.06	923	1.00		4%	2%	247	38	16	56%	19	6	6	805	42	13	0	19	13	16	.82	-3.291	.16	-0.02%	-50.71

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