Joe Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 25, 1974 in Alameda, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA).

High School: St. Joseph's Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)

School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: June 13, 2001 (Age 26-231d, 15,498th in MLB history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 9, 2010 (Age 35-227d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Doug Schaer

Full Name: Joseph George Nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

W

L

ERA

4.38

G

157

GS

SV

IP

152.0

SO

154

WHIP

1.447

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996	21	ATL-min	A-	5	3	.625	4.37	14	13	0	0	0	0	70.0	69	43	34	5	29	1	67	5	0	6	309			1.400	8.9	0.6	3.7	8.6	2.31	EUG NORW
1997	22	ATL-min	A+	10	6	.625	4.76	25	24	0	0	0	0	124.2	114	74	66	17	61	1	99	12	0	5	543			1.404	8.2	1.2	4.4	7.1	1.62	DHM CARL
1998	23	ATL-min	AA	6	9	.400	4.98	45	12	15	1	1	2	108.1	124	76	60	9	69	2	74	5	1	11	506			1.782	10.3	0.7	5.7	6.1	1.07	GRV SOUL
1999	24	ATL-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	3.52	37	3	17	0	0	9	64.0	52	33	25	4	29	2	68	3	0	3	280			1.266	7.3	0.6	4.1	9.6	2.34	RMD,GRV IL,SOUL
2000	25	ATL-min	Rk,A-	1	0	1.000	2.25	7	0	2	0	0	1	8.0	6	4	2	0	4	0	14	0	0	0	34			1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	15.8	3.50	BVS,JAM GULF,NYPL
2001	26	ATL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	1.13	29	0	12	0	0	8	39.2	23	5	5	1	14	2	40	0	0	3	152			0.933	5.2	0.2	3.2	9.1	2.86	RMD IL
2001	26	ATL	NL	0	0		36.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	9	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	14	14.05	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00

2002	27	BOS-min	AA	0	0		14.54	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	8	7	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	25			2.538	18.7	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50	TRE EL
2003			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	29	BOS-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	2.96	41	0	24	0	0	13	51.2	43	22	17	2	24	0	80	3	0	2	225			1.297	7.5	0.3	4.2	13.9	3.33	PRT,PAW EL,IL
2004	29	BOS	AL	0	0		16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	5	5	0	3	0	5	2	0	0	17	32	4.92	2.625	13.5	0.0	10.1	16.9	1.67

2005	30	TBD-STL-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	3.64	44	0	20	0	0	7	59.1	45	28	24	10	28	1	84	2	0	7	255			1.230	6.8	1.5	4.2	12.7	3.00	DHM,SPD IL,TL
2006	31	KCR-min	AAA	2	2	.500	1.97	24	0	19	0	0	7	32.0	19	9	7	4	12	2	39	4	0	2	126			0.969	5.3	1.1	3.4	11.0	3.25	OMA PCL
2006	31	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.43	43	0	20	0	0	9	44.2	37	22	22	5	24	4	44	1	0	1	193	107	4.31	1.366	7.5	1.0	4.8	8.9	1.83

2008	33	FLA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.10	19	0	19	0	0	11	25.2	17	6	6	1	6	0	36	1	0	1	98			0.896	6.0	0.4	2.1	12.6	6.00	ABQ PCL
2008	33	FLA	NL	3	1	.750	2.00	59	0	20	0	0	1	54.0	42	16	12	5	22	4	60	2	0	3	230	218	3.45	1.185	7.0	0.8	3.7	10.0	2.73
2009	34	TBR-min	AAA	2	2	.500	6.23	13	0	4	0	0	0	17.1	22	14	12	4	11	1	14	2	0	0	85			1.904	11.4	2.1	5.7	7.3	1.27	DHM IL
2009	34	TBR	AL	3	0	1.000	4.02	42	0	13	0	0	3	40.1	32	22	18	7	27	1	36	1	1	3	182	109	5.65	1.463	7.1	1.6	6.0	8.0	1.33
2010	35	BOS-SEA-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.64	24	0	4	0	0	1	29.2	28	13	12	1	21	1	29	1	0	2	134			1.652	8.5	0.3	6.4	8.8	1.38	PAW,TAC IL,PCL
2010	35	BOS	AL	0	0		9.72	8	0	4	0	0	0	8.1	14	9	9	2	6	0	9	0	0	0	45	47	6.20	2.400	15.1	2.2	6.5	9.7	1.50
6 Yrs				7	2	.778	4.38	157	0	58	0	0	13	152.0	136	83	74	20	84	9	154	7	1	7	683	103	4.60	1.447	8.1	1.2	5.0	9.1	1.83
162 Game Avg.				3	1	.778	4.38	68	0	25	0	0	6	66	59	36	32	9	36	4	67	3	0	3	296	103	4.60	1.447	8.1	1.2	5.0	9.1	1.83

BOS (2 yrs)				0	0		11.45	11	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	18	14	14	2	9	0	14	2	0	0	62	41	5.89	2.455	14.7	1.6	7.4	11.5	1.56
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.43	43	0	20	0	0	9	44.2	37	22	22	5	24	4	44	1	0	1	193	107	4.31	1.366	7.5	1.0	4.8	8.9	1.83
TBR (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	4.02	42	0	13	0	0	3	40.1	32	22	18	7	27	1	36	1	1	3	182	109	5.65	1.463	7.1	1.6	6.0	8.0	1.33
ATL (1 yr)				0	0		36.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	9	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	14	14.05	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
FLA (1 yr)				3	1	.750	2.00	59	0	20	0	0	1	54.0	42	16	12	5	22	4	60	2	0	3	230	218	3.45	1.185	7.0	0.8	3.7	10.0	2.73

AL (4 yrs)				4	1	.800	5.06	96	0	38	0	0	12	96.0	87	58	54	14	60	5	94	4	1	4	437	91	5.05	1.531	8.2	1.3	5.6	8.8	1.57
NL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.21	61	0	20	0	0	1	56.0	49	25	20	6	24	4	60	3	0	3	246	137	3.83	1.304	7.9	1.0	3.9	9.6	2.50

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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