#37 Bill Nelson, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Philadelphia (A) Athletics Wednesday, 10/25/1897 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Nelson
9/28/1863 34 TERRE HAUTE IN USA 5"10 205
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Average Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,420,000 1897 12 Year(s), 72 Days (2136 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 72 Days (2136 total Days) 13 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 10 | 7 | 84-87 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 9 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
Talent | 1 | 10 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 65 3
| | Pitches: Knuckleball Fastball Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
6/25 | @LOU | L 1-2 | | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
7/8 | @COL | L 4-5 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
7/16 | @WAS | W 4-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | SV | | | | |
7/19 | IND | L 3-9 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
7/29 | @COL | W 7-3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | W | | | | |
7/30 | @COL | W 5-4 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
8/15 | @COL | W 5-3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
8/28 | BAL | W 7-6 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
8/30 | @CLE | W 4-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
9/7 | @LOU | L 5-9 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.50 | 12.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.50 | 12.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 7 | 1 | 85.7 | 11 | 7 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 1.50 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 |
vs. RHB | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.03 | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
July | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
August | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1885 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.40 | 39.2 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.03 | .243 | NYG |
1886 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 | 20.0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | .213 | NYG |
1887 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.12 | 19.2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .315 | NYG |
1888 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9.47 | 19.0 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.32 | .414 | NYG |
1889 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 30.0 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 | .292 | NYG |
1890 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.58 | 39.1 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | .263 | NYG |
1891 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 | 41.2 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.58 | .354 | PHA |
1892 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4.22 | 119.1 | 142 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 | .317 | PHA |
1893 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4.93 | 118.2 | 150 | 81 | 65 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1.43 | .328 | PHA |
1894 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3.89 | 176.0 | 193 | 87 | 76 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 1.18 | .299 | PHA |
1895 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.29 | 52.0 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | .265 | PHA |
1896 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.48 | 68.1 | 81 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1.26 | .299 | PHA |
1897 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.50 | 12.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.92 | .231 | PHA |
Total | 249 | 65 | 44 | 48 | 26 | 4.28 | 755.2 | 860 | 422 | 359 | 42 | 121 | 272 | 47 | 1 | 1.30 | .304 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1884, AAA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 15.2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | .235 |
1891, AAA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | .263 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1885 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYG |
1886 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYG |
1887 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | NYG |
1888 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYG |
1889 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYG |
1890 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | NYG |
1891 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | PHA |
1892 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | PHA |
1893 | 17 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .116 | .143 | .259 | PHA |
1894 | 24 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .171 | .203 | .374 | PHA |
1895 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | PHA |
1896 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | PHA |
Total | 249 | 240 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .119 | .133 | .252 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.0 | 3.00 | | | | |
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Had first career hit on 5/27/1887, off John Murphy (SLN)... 1/31/1888: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1889: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1890: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/6/1891 to a 3-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1892, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA... 7/21/1893: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $1,240,000 per year, for 2 years. Injured on 5/7/1895 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season... 5/20/1895: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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WHIP 1894 - 1.18 - 10th
| Saves 1885 - 11 - 1st 1888 - 3 - 10th
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