Roger Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: June 7, 1944 in Altadena, CA us

High School: Charter Oak HS (Covina, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1967 (Age 23-094d, 12,635th in major league history)
vs. DET 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1976 (Age 32-108d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Roger Eugene Nelson

Nicknames: Spider

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

ERA

3.06

135

636.1

371

WHIP

1.109

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
1964	20	CHW-min	A	2	4	.333	2.62	19	11		2	2		72.0	63	30	21	1	32	4	75	0	0	4				1.319	7.9	0.1	4.0	9.4	2.34	SAR,TID FLOR,CARL
1965	21	CHW-min	A	9	7	.563	3.12	25	24		9	5		150.0	125	62	52	11	59	0	120	5	1	6				1.227	7.5	0.7	3.5	7.2	2.03	TID CARL
1966	22	CHW-min	AA	6	10	.375	3.78	22	17		6	1		131.0	123	63	55	9	41	3	104	1	0	6				1.252	8.5	0.6	2.8	7.1	2.54	EVN SOUL
1967	23	CHW-min	AAA,WRk	4	3	.571	4.22	42	0		0	0		64.0	62	35	30	4	18	6	59	1	0	5				1.250	8.7	0.6	2.5	8.3	3.28	INA,WSX PCL,FLIL
1967	23	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	1.29	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	24	251	4.11	0.571	5.1	1.3	0.0	5.1
1968	24	BAL-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.29	4	4		1	0		28.0	13	4	4	2	5	0	30	0	0	1				0.643	4.2	0.6	1.6	9.6	6.00	ROC IL
1968	24	BAL	AL	4	3	.571	2.41	19	6	5	0	0	1	71.0	49	21	19	3	26	3	70	1	0	6	283	122	2.10	1.056	6.2	0.4	3.3	8.9	2.69
1969	25	KCR	AL	7	13	.350	3.31	29	29	0	8	1	0	193.1	170	78	71	12	65	4	82	6	1	8	790	111	3.57	1.216	7.9	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.26
1970	26	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	10.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	18	10	10	3	0	0	3	1	0	2	45	39	6.64	2.000	18.0	3.0	0.0	3.0
1971	27	KCR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.80	11	11		1	0	0	64.0	70	32	27	6	22	3	60	0	0	7				1.438	9.8	0.8	3.1	8.4	2.73	OMA AA
1971	27	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	5.29	13	1	4	0	0	0	34.0	35	20	20	1	5	0	29	0	0	0	139	65	1.57	1.176	9.3	0.3	1.3	7.7	5.80
1972	28	KCR	AL	11	6	.647	2.08	34	19	9	10	6	2	173.1	120	41	40	13	31	1	120	1	0	4	652	145	2.54	*0.871*	6.2	0.7	1.6	6.2	*3.87*
1973	29	CIN	NL	3	2	.600	3.46	14	8	0	1	0	0	54.2	49	25	21	4	24	1	17	3	0	1	234	100	4.38	1.335	8.1	0.7	4.0	2.8	0.71
1974	30	CIN	NL	4	4	.500	3.38	14	12	1	1	0	1	85.1	67	36	32	7	35	1	42	1	1	3	353	104	3.93	1.195	7.1	0.7	3.7	4.4	1.20

1975	31	OAK-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.73	20	20		6	0	0	123.0	125	64	51	5	41	1	78	3	0	11				1.350	9.1	0.4	3.0	5.7	1.90	TUC PCL
1976	32	KCR-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.00	52	0		0	0	16	60.0	49	27	20	2	31	8	56	3	0	7				1.333	7.4	0.3	4.7	8.4	1.81	OMA AA
1976	32	KCR	AL	0	0		2.08	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	4	2	2	0	4	1	4	2	0	1	36	178	3.79	0.923	4.2	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
1977	33	KCR-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.39	58	0		0	0	16	61.0	56	32	23	2	33	4	48	0	0	3				1.459	8.3	0.3	4.9	7.1	1.45	OMA AA
1978	34	PIT-min	AAA	3	8	.273	3.73	51	1		0	0	10	99.0	92	50	41	10	45	4	63	3	1	6				1.384	8.4	0.9	4.1	5.7	1.40	CLB IL
1979	35	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0				2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	POR PCL
9 Yrs				29	32	.475	3.06	135	77	22	20	7	4	636.1	516	234	216	44	190	11	371	17	2	25	2556	110	3.19	1.109	7.3	0.6	2.7	5.2	1.95
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.475	3.06	43	25	7	6	2	1	204	166	75	69	14	61	4	119	5	1	8	820	110	3.19	1.109	7.3	0.6	2.7	5.2	1.95

KCR (5 yrs)				18	22	.450	3.08	83	51	13	18	7	2	418.1	347	151	143	29	105	6	238	10	1	15	1662	110	3.05	1.080	7.5	0.6	2.3	5.1	2.27
CIN (2 yrs)				7	6	.538	3.41	28	20	1	2	0	1	140.0	116	61	53	11	59	2	59	4	1	4	587	102	4.10	1.250	7.5	0.7	3.8	3.8	1.00
BAL (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.41	19	6	5	0	0	1	71.0	49	21	19	3	26	3	70	1	0	6	283	122	2.10	1.056	6.2	0.4	3.3	8.9	2.69
CHW (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.29	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	24	251	4.11	0.571	5.1	1.3	0.0	5.1

AL (7 yrs)				22	26	.458	2.96	107	57	21	18	7	3	496.1	400	173	163	33	131	9	312	13	1	21	1969	112	2.93	1.070	7.3	0.6	2.4	5.7	2.38
NL (2 yrs)				7	6	.538	3.41	28	20	1	2	0	1	140.0	116	61	53	11	59	2	59	4	1	4	587	102	4.10	1.250	7.5	0.7	3.8	3.8	1.00

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