Jimmy Nelson

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 250lb (198cm, 113kg)

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: June 5, 1989 in Klamath Falls, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Niceville HS (Niceville, FL) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Niceville HS (Niceville, FL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2023 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2023): 8.107 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: James Jacob Nelson

Nicknames: Big Sweat

Twitter: @Jimmy_J_Nelson

Instagram: @jimmy_j_nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.12

147

108

662.1

622

WHIP

1.353

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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
2010	21	0.0	Helena	PION	Rk	MIL	2	0	1.000	3.71	7.09	12	0	5	0	0	3	26.2	30	21	11	2	13	0	33	0	0	3	127	1.613	10.1	0.7	4.4	11.1	2.54
2011	22	0.3	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	MIL	8	9	.471	4.38	4.99	26	25	0	1	0	0	146.0	146	81	71	9	65	0	120	6	1	13	630	1.445	9.0	0.6	4.0	7.4	1.85
2012	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	MIL	6	8	.429	2.83	3.46	23	23	0	1	0	0	127.1	97	49	40	5	62	0	119	8	0	9	539	1.249	6.9	0.4	4.4	8.4	1.92
2012	23	-0.8	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	MIL	2	4	.333	3.91	4.89	10	10	0	0	0	0	46.0	34	25	20	2	37	0	42	3	0	4	209	1.543	6.7	0.4	7.2	8.2	1.14
2012	23	0.0	Brevard County	FLOR	A+	MIL	4	4	.500	2.21	2.66	13	13	0	1	0	0	81.1	63	24	20	3	25	0	77	5	0	5	330	1.082	7.0	0.3	2.8	8.5	3.08
2012	23	-0.3	Phoenix	AZFL	Fal		2	3	.400	4.91	5.73	7	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	22	14	12	2	14	0	23	1	0	3	99	1.636	9.0	0.8	5.7	9.4	1.64
2013	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIL	10	10	.500	3.25	4.31	27	27	0	2	0	0	152.1	137	73	55	7	65	0	163	13	2	10	656	1.326	8.1	0.4	3.8	9.6	2.51
2013	24	-2.6	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	5	6	.455	3.67	4.21	15	15	0	1	0	0	83.1	74	39	34	2	50	0	91	4	2	6	367	1.488	8.0	0.2	5.4	9.8	1.82
2013	24	-0.3	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	MIL	5	4	.556	2.74	4.43	12	12	0	1	0	0	69.0	63	34	21	5	15	0	72	9	0	4	289	1.130	8.2	0.7	2.0	9.4	4.80
2013	24	-4.1	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		0.90	0.90	4	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	2	1	1	0	5	0	8	0	0	1	37	0.700	1.8	0.0	4.5	7.2	1.60
2014	25	-1.8	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	10	2	.833	1.46	1.86	17	16	1	0	0	0	111.0	70	23	18	3	32	0	114	4	1	10	431	0.919	5.7	0.2	2.6	9.2	3.56
2014	25	-3.5	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	2	9	.182	4.93	5.45	14	12	1	0	0	0	69.1	82	42	38	6	19	0	57	8	0	4	311	1.457	10.6	0.8	2.5	7.4	3.00
2015	26	-2.4	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	11	13	.458	4.11	4.52	30	30	0	0	0	0	177.1	163	89	81	18	65	4	148	13	1	11	752	1.286	8.3	0.9	3.3	7.5	2.28
2016	27	-1.1	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	8	16	.333	4.62	5.42	32	32	0	0	0	0	179.1	186	108	92	25	86	2	140	17	0	8	807	1.517	9.3	1.3	4.3	7.0	1.63
2017	28	-0.4	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	12	6	.667	3.49	3.85	29	29	0	1	0	0	175.1	171	75	68	16	48	1	199	9	1	6	728	1.249	8.8	0.8	2.5	10.2	4.15

2019	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	MIL	3	2	.600	4.79	5.44	17	4	2	0	0	0	41.1	35	25	22	4	24	0	58	3	0	8	183	1.427	7.6	0.9	5.2	12.6	2.42
2019	30	3.3	San Antonio	PCL	AAA	MIL	3	2	.600	4.69	5.36	16	4	1	0	0	0	40.1	33	24	21	4	24	0	57	3	0	8	178	1.413	7.4	0.9	5.4	12.7	2.38
2019	30	8.1	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	MIL	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2019	30	1.7	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	6.95	7.36	10	3	2	0	0	0	22.0	25	18	17	4	17	1	26	2	0	1	105	1.909	10.2	1.6	7.0	10.6	1.53

2021	32	3.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	2	.333	1.86	2.48	28	1	5	0	0	0	29.0	14	8	6	0	13	0	44	4	1	4	116	0.931	4.3	0.0	4.0	13.7	3.38
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 (7 seasons)					Majors		34	48	.415	4.12	4.63	147	108	8	1	0	0	662.1	643	341	303	69	253	8	622	53	3	35	2856	1.353	8.7	0.9	3.4	8.5	2.46
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		39	31	.557	3.23	4.05	122	95	8	4	0	3	604.2	515	272	217	30	261	0	607	34	4	53	2566	1.283	7.7	0.4	3.9	9.0	2.33
Other (1 season)					Other		2	3	.400	4.91	5.73	7	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	22	14	12	2	14	0	23	1	0	3	99	1.636	9.0	0.8	5.7	9.4	1.64
All Levels (10 Seasons)							75	82	.478	3.71	4.38	276	209	16	5	0	3	1289.0	1180	627	532	101	528	8	1252	88	7	91	5521	1.325	8.2	0.7	3.7	8.7	2.37

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		18	10	.643	2.80	3.30	48	35	2	1	0	0	234.2	177	86	73	9	106	0	262	11	3	24	976	1.206	6.8	0.3	4.1	10.0	2.47
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	3.21	4.62	22	22	0	1	0	0	115.0	97	59	41	7	52	0	114	12	0	8	498	1.296	7.6	0.5	4.1	8.9	2.19
A+ (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	2.21	2.66	13	13	0	1	0	0	81.1	63	24	20	3	25	0	77	5	0	5	330	1.082	7.0	0.3	2.8	8.5	3.08
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	9	.471	4.41	5.02	27	25	1	1	0	0	147.0	148	82	72	9	65	0	121	6	1	13	635	1.449	9.1	0.6	4.0	7.4	1.86
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	3.71	7.09	12	0	5	0	0	3	26.2	30	21	11	2	13	0	33	0	0	3	127	1.613	10.1	0.7	4.4	11.1	2.54