Joe Nelson

Position: Relief 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)

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

ERA

4.38

157

152.0

154

WHIP

1.447

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1996	21	0.0	Eugene	NORW	A-	ATL	5	3	.625	4.37	5.53	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
1997	22	-0.4	Durham	CARL	A+	ATL	10	6	.625	4.76	5.34	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
1998	23	-0.6	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	6	9	.400	4.98	6.31	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
1999	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	ATL	3	4	.429	3.52	4.64	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
1999	24	-2.7	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	2	3	.400	4.54	4.81	12	3	2	0	0	1	33.2	33	18	17	2	15	0	31	0	0	3	150	1.426	8.8	0.5	4.0	8.3	2.07
1999	24	-0.2	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	1	1	.500	2.37	4.45	25	0	15	0	0	8	30.1	19	15	8	2	14	2	37	3	0	0	130	1.088	5.6	0.6	4.2	11.0	2.64
2000	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	ATL	1	0	1.000	2.25	4.50	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
2000	25	4.0	Jamestown	NYPL	A-	ATL	0	0		2.25	6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	16	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	15.8	7.00
2000	25	5.4	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	18	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	15.8	2.33
2001	26	-0.7	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	1	2	.333	1.13	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
2001	26	-2.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		36.00	40.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	9	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
2002	27	2.5	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		14.54	16.62	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

2004	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BOS	3	2	.600	2.96	3.83	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
2004	29	2.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		4.64	5.91	16	0	2	0	0	0	21.1	27	14	11	1	9	0	31	2	0	1	102	1.688	11.4	0.4	3.8	13.1	3.44
2004	29	4.7	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	3	2	.600	1.78	2.37	25	0	22	0	0	13	30.1	16	8	6	1	15	0	49	1	0	1	123	1.022	4.7	0.3	4.5	14.5	3.27
2004	29	0.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		16.88	16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	5	5	0	3	0	5	2	0	0	17	2.625	13.5	0.0	10.1	16.9	1.67
2005	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	STL	0	3	.000	3.64	4.25	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
2005	30	3.2	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	0	3	.000	4.11	4.89	35	0	14	0	0	6	46.0	41	25	21	9	21	1	62	1	0	6	203	1.348	8.0	1.8	4.1	12.1	2.95
2005	30	5.5	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		2.03	2.03	9	0	6	0	0	1	13.1	4	3	3	1	7	0	22	1	0	1	52	0.825	2.7	0.7	4.7	14.9	3.14
2006	31	4.2	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	2	2	.500	1.97	2.53	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
2006	31	2.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	1	.500	4.43	4.43	43	0	20	0	0	9	44.2	37	22	22	5	24	4	44	1	0	1	193	1.366	7.5	1.0	4.8	8.9	1.83

2008	33	6.1	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	FLA	1	1	.500	2.10	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
2008	33	4.1	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	3	1	.750	2.00	2.67	59	0	20	0	0	1	54.0	42	16	12	5	22	4	60	2	0	3	230	1.185	7.0	0.8	3.7	10.0	2.73
2009	34	7.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	2	2	.500	6.23	7.27	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
2009	34	5.9	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	3	0	1.000	4.02	4.91	42	0	13	0	0	3	40.1	32	22	18	7	27	1	36	1	1	3	182	1.463	7.1	1.6	6.0	8.0	1.33
2010	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	BOS	3	2	.600	3.64	3.94	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
2010	35	8.4	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	3	2	.600	2.49	2.91	16	0	3	0	0	1	21.2	18	7	6	1	14	1	21	1	0	1	93	1.477	7.5	0.4	5.8	8.7	1.50
2010	35	8.3	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		6.75	6.75	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	10	6	6	0	7	0	8	0	0	1	41	2.125	11.3	0.0	7.9	9.0	1.14
2010	35	7.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		9.72	9.72	8	0	4	0	0	0	8.1	14	9	9	2	6	0	9	0	0	0	45	2.400	15.1	2.2	6.5	9.7	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		7	2	.778	4.38	4.91	157	0	58	0	0	13	152.0	136	83	74	20	84	9	154	7	1	7	683	1.447	8.1	1.2	5.0	9.1	1.83
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		37	36	.507	3.93	4.75	326	52	137	1	1	59	634.2	571	335	277	59	310	13	647	39	1	44	2772	1.388	8.1	0.8	4.4	9.2	2.09
All Levels (13 Seasons)							44	38	.537	4.02	4.78	483	52	195	1	1	72	786.2	707	418	351	79	394	22	801	46	2	51	3455	1.400	8.1	0.9	4.5	9.2	2.03

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		11	15	.423	3.34	3.82	172	3	76	0	0	34	245.1	210	104	91	23	109	7	282	11	0	18	1050	1.300	7.7	0.8	4.0	10.3	2.59
AA (5 seasons)					Minors		10	12	.455	4.05	5.30	108	12	59	1	1	24	186.2	172	110	84	14	107	4	185	11	1	15	836	1.495	8.3	0.7	5.2	8.9	1.73
A+ (1 season)					Minors		10	6	.625	4.76	5.34	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
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		5	3	.625	4.26	5.59	17	13	1	0	0	0	74.0	72	46	35	5	30	1	74	5	0	6	325	1.378	8.8	0.6	3.6	9.0	2.47
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	18	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	15.8	2.33