Lynn Nelson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND us

Died: February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 25-053d, 7,061st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 3, 1940 (Age 35-130d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson

Nicknames: Line Drive

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

5.25

166

676.2

255

WHIP

1.535

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 86 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 6 tying, 28 go ahead

3 Tms
PHA	69
CHC	13
DET	5

Platoon
vs RHB	45
vs LHB	42

Home/Road
Home	50
Away	37

Outs
1	39
2	31
0	17

12 Opps
DET	18
NYY	17
SLB	12
BOS	10
CLE	10
PHI	7
CHW	6
NYG	3
WSH	1
BSN	1
STL	1
BRO	1

51 Batters
Hal Trosky	4
Rudy York	4
Hank Greenberg	4
Bill Dickey	4
Harlond Clift	3
Charlie Gehringer	3
George McQuinn	3
Jimmie Foxx	3
Earl Averill	3
Myril Hoag	3
Red Rolfe	2
Bruce Campbell	2
George Selkirk	2
Babe Dahlgren	2
Don Hurst	2
Pete Fox	2
Ethan Allen	2
Gee Walker	2
Jim Tabor	2
Lou Gehrig	2
Joe DiMaggio	2
Virgil Davis	2
Joe Cronin	1
Bill Terry	1
Pepper Martin	1
Lance Richbourg	1
Dixie Walker	1
Joe Gordon	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	1
Bobby Doerr	1
Taffy Wright	1
Charlie Keller	1
Frankie Crosetti	1
Chuck Klein	1
Ben Chapman	1
Jeff Heath	1
Watson Clark	1
Bob Kennedy	1
Chet Laabs	1
Lefty O'Doul	1
Joe Vosmik	1
Freddy Leach	1
Sam West	1
Mike Kreevich	1
Mel Mazzera	1
Zeke Bonura	1
Lyn Lary	1
Joe Kuhel	1
Ted Williams	1
Barney McCosky	1
Beau Bell	1

11 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	38
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
Yankee Stad (NYC)	9
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
League Pk II (CLE)	4
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Baker Bowl (PHI)	1
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	28
7	26
8	2
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	5
4·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	17
12-	10
-2-	8
123	4
1-3	4
-23	3
--3	1

159 Runs
RISP	30
0 on	40
1 on	26
2 on	17
3 on	4
Any on	47

Inning
1	13
2	4
3	12
4	5
5	7
6	7
7	12
8	12
9	12
Extra	3

1-3	29
4-6	19
7-end	39

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	6
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	18
-1	11
-2	10
-3	7
-4..	8

Ahead	33
Tied	18
Behind	36

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	23
RF	14
LF	11
CF	9
C	9
3B	9
2B	6
SS	3
PH	2
P	1

OrderPos
3rd	16
4th	16
5th	12
2nd	12
6th	11
7th	7
8th	6
1st	5
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1930-05-10	Bill Terry	NYG	@	CHC	ahead 8-2	t 8	1	---	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1930-05-15	Lance Richbourg	BSN	@	CHC	behind 0-2	t 5	1	123	4	1	9	30%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Robertson Scores; F. Maguire Scores; B. Grimes Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1930-06-07	Watson Clark	BRO		CHC	behind 8-9	b 7	2	12-	3	9	1	46%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Finn Scores; A. Lopez Scores
4	4	4	1	1930-06-25	Virgil Davis	PHI	@	CHC	tied 4-4	t 5	1	12-	3	8	2	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whitney Scores; T. Thevenow Scores
5	5	5	1	1930-07-20	Freddy Leach	NYG		CHC	ahead 11-5	b 7	1	---	1	2	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1930-08-20	Don Hurst	PHI	@	CHC	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	6%	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	2	1930-08-20	Virgil Davis	PHI	@	CHC	behind 1-4	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	7%	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
8	8	8	3	1930-08-20	Lefty O'Doul	PHI	@	CHC	behind 5-7	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	12%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	4	1930-08-20	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	CHC	behind 6-7	t 7	0	---	1	4	9	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	1930-09-16	Ethan Allen	NYG		CHC	ahead 5-0	b 8	2	-2-	2	2	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Leach Scores/unER; E. Allen Scores/unER
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1933-07-29	Pepper Martin	STL		CHC	tied 6-6	b 10	1	12-	3	1	5	30%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wilson Scores; R. Collins Scores
12	12	2	1	1933-08-26 (2)	Don Hurst	PHI		CHC	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	1-3	3	4	3	12%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fullis Scores; C. Klein Scores
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1934-05-08	Ethan Allen	PHI	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23	3	3	8	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Bartell Scores; L. Chiozza Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1937-04-30	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		PHA	ahead 9-3	b 5	1	12-	3	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cramer Scores; J. Cronin Scores
15	15	2	1	1937-05-09	Gee Walker	DET		PHA	behind 6-9	b 9	2	1--	2	5	9	4%	6%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Cochrane Scores
16	16	3	1	1937-05-22	Zeke Bonura	CHW	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	3	20%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kreevich Scores; D. Walker Scores
17	17	4	1	1937-05-24	Harlond Clift	SLB	@	PHA	behind 5-6	t 7	1	1--	2	6	5	32%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hornsby Scores
18	18	5	1	1937-06-04 (1)	Beau Bell	SLB		PHA	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	1	4	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	1937-06-19	Chet Laabs	DET	@	PHA	behind 3-5	t 5	1	1-3	3	7	7	26%	60%		Home Run (Deep CF); H. Greenberg Scores; R. York Scores
20	20	7	1	1937-07-02	Ben Chapman	BOS		PHA	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	1-3	3	3	9	9%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Mills Scores; D. Cramer Scores
21	21	8	1	1937-07-17	Sam West	SLB		PHA	ahead 7-2	b 8	1	-23	3	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Koupal Scores; T. Carey Scores
22	22	9	1	1937-07-28	Lyn Lary	CLE	@	PHA	behind 6-8	t 8	2	---	1	1	6	9%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	10	1	1937-08-20	Bill Dickey	NYY		PHA	tied 7-7	b 10	1	---	1	5	2	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
24	24	11	1	1937-08-24 (2)	Rudy York	DET		PHA	tied 4-4	b 3	1	---	1	5	2	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	12	1	1937-08-28	Hal Trosky	CLE		PHA	behind 2-4	b 7	0	-23	3	4	3	29%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kroner Scores; E. Averill Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1938-05-08	Charlie Gehringer	DET	@	PHA	behind 1-2	t 3	1	1--	2	3	4	18%	58%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
27	27	2	2	1938-05-08	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	PHA	behind 3-5	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	12%	35%		Home Run
28	28	3	3	1938-05-08	Charlie Gehringer	DET	@	PHA	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---	1	3	4	36%	80%		Home Run
29	29	4	1	1938-05-19	Rudy York	DET		PHA	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	--3	2	5	7	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gehringer Scores
30	30	5	2	1938-05-19	Hank Greenberg	DET		PHA	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	1--	2	6	3	11%	93%		Home Run (CF-RF); R. York Scores
31	31	6	1	1938-06-01	Earl Averill	CLE	@	PHA	behind 2-7	t 5	2	12-	3	5	8	14%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campbell Scores; J. Heath Scores
32	32	7	1	1938-06-05 (2)	Gee Walker	CHW	@	PHA	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--	2	6	7	18%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Radcliff Scores/unER; G. Walker Scores/unER
33	33	8	1	1938-06-14	Hank Greenberg	DET		PHA	behind 0-6	b 8	2	1--	2	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Gehringer Scores
34	34	9	1	1938-06-18	Hal Trosky	CLE		PHA	behind 2-5	b 8	0	-2-	2	6	3	16%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Averill Scores
35	35	10	1	1938-06-23	Mel Mazzera	SLB		PHA	behind 0-7	b 9	1	---	1	6	9
36	36	11	1	1938-06-29 (2)	Red Rolfe	NYY		PHA	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	5	19%	62%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores
37	37	12	2	1938-06-29 (2)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		PHA	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	5	3	10%	75%		Home Run
38	38	13	3	1938-06-29 (2)	Joe Gordon	NYY		PHA	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	1--	2	8	4	1%	99%		Home Run; B. Dickey Scores
39	39	14	1	1938-07-12	Mike Kreevich	CHW	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	8	14%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hayes Scores
40	40	15	2	1938-07-12	Joe Kuhel	CHW	@	PHA	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	12-	3	7	3	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Appling Scores; M. Owen Scores
41	41	16	1	1938-07-16	Bruce Campbell	CLE	@	PHA	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	1	2	9	8%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	17	2	1938-07-16	Earl Averill	CLE	@	PHA	behind 1-3	t 3	1	1-3	3	5	8	21%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Hale Scores; J. Heath Scores
43	43	18	1	1938-08-12 (1)	Joe DiMaggio	NYY		PHA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	8	17%	60%		Home Run; R. Rolfe Scores
44	44	19	2	1938-08-12 (1)	Bill Dickey	NYY		PHA	behind 2-3	b 6	2	---	1	6	2	17%	52%		Home Run
45	45	20	3	1938-08-12 (1)	George Selkirk	NYY		PHA	tied 3-3	b 6	2	---	1	7	7	17%	68%		Home Run
46	46	21	1	1938-08-19	Lou Gehrig	NYY	@	PHA	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	10%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	22	1	1938-08-23 (1)	Pete Fox	DET	@	PHA	ahead 5-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	6	9	14%	86%		Home Run; H. Greenberg Scores
48	48	23	2	1938-08-23 (1)	Charlie Gehringer	DET	@	PHA	ahead 11-4	t 8	1	-2-	2	3	4	0%	100%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores
49	49	24	1	1938-08-30	Bruce Campbell	CLE	@	PHA	ahead 9-8	t 9	1	---	1	2	9	11%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	25	1	1938-09-10	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		PHA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	9%	60%		Home Run
51	51	26	2	1938-09-10	Bobby Doerr	BOS		PHA	behind 2-10	b 4	1	1--	2	7	4	3%	7%		Home Run; B. Chapman Scores
52	52	27	3	1938-09-10	Jimmie Foxx	BOS		PHA	behind 4-12	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run
53	53	28	4	1938-09-10	Joe Vosmik	BOS		PHA	behind 5-15	b 9	1	1--	2	2	7	0%	0%		Home Run; D. Cramer Scores
54	54	29	1	1938-09-18 (1)	Jeff Heath	CLE		PHA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1939-05-16	Hal Trosky	CLE	@	PHA	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1	3	3	10%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	2	1	1939-05-28	Bill Dickey	NYY		PHA	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	1	4	2	8%	30%		Home Run
57	57	3	1	1939-06-01	George McQuinn	SLB		PHA	behind 3-8	b 7	0	1--	2	3	3	8%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Sullivan Scores
58	58	4	1	1939-06-07	Dixie Walker	DET		PHA	behind 2-5	b 8	2	---	1	2	7
59	59	5	2	1939-06-07	Rudy York	DET		PHA	behind 3-5	b 9	1	---	1	6	2
60	60	6	1	1939-06-14	George McQuinn	SLB	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	9%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	7	2	1939-06-14	Myril Hoag	SLB	@	PHA	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	9	10%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	8	3	1939-06-14	Myril Hoag	SLB	@	PHA	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	2	9	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	9	4	1939-06-14	Harlond Clift	SLB	@	PHA	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	12-	3	5	5	4%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. McQuinn Scores; J. Gallagher Scores
64	64	10	1	1939-06-22	Barney McCosky	DET	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	11	2	1939-06-22	Earl Averill	DET	@	PHA	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	1	2	7	8%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
66	66	12	3	1939-06-22	Pete Fox	DET	@	PHA	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	9	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	13	1	1939-06-28 (1)	Bill Dickey	NYY	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	10%	60%		Home Run
68	68	14	2	1939-06-28 (1)	Joe DiMaggio	NYY	@	PHA	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	8	11%	56%		Home Run
69	69	15	3	1939-06-28 (1)	George Selkirk	NYY	@	PHA	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--	2	6	7	18%	75%		Home Run; B. Dickey Scores
70	70	16	4	1939-06-28 (1)	Babe Dahlgren	NYY	@	PHA	ahead 4-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	8	3	11%	88%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores/unER; B. Dahlgren Scores/unER
71	71	17	1	1939-07-04 (2)	Jim Tabor	BOS	@	PHA	tied 11-11	t 6	1	123	4	7	5	27%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores; T. Williams Scores; J. Cronin Scores
72	72	18	2	1939-07-04 (2)	Jim Tabor	BOS	@	PHA	ahead 15-11	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	19	1	1939-07-29	Rudy York	DET	@	PHA	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	2	20%	67%		Home Run; B. McCoy Scores
74	74	20	1	1939-08-06 (2)	George McQuinn	SLB	@	PHA	behind 2-4	t 7	2	---	1	3	3	11%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	21	2	1939-08-06 (2)	Myril Hoag	SLB	@	PHA	behind 3-6	t 8	2	12-	3	9	PH	34%	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Sullivan Scores; J. Berardino Scores
76	76	22	3	1939-08-06 (2)	Harlond Clift	SLB	@	PHA	tied 6-6	t 9	2	1--	2	5	5	48%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Solters Scores
77	77	23	1	1939-08-12	Babe Dahlgren	NYY	@	PHA	ahead 14-4	t 7	1	123	4	8	3	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Dickey Scores; G. Selkirk Scores/unER; J. Gordon Scores
78	78	24	1	1939-08-20 (2)	Red Rolfe	NYY		PHA	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	2	5	10%	88%		Home Run
79	79	25	1	1939-08-25	Hal Trosky	CLE		PHA	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2	4	3	14%	78%		Home Run; B. Chapman Scores/unER
80	80	26	1	1939-09-10 (2)	Ted Williams	BOS	@	PHA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	9%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	27	1	1939-09-20	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	PHA	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	15%	46%		Home Run
82	82	28	1	1939-09-24	Joe Cronin	BOS		PHA	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	---	1	4	6	7%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1940-06-03	Jimmy Bloodworth	WSH		DET	ahead 6-0	b 7	1	12-	3	6	4
84	84	2	1	1940-06-21	Frankie Crosetti	NYY	@	DET	ahead 9-7	t 9	2	---	1	1	6	6%	95%		Home Run
85	85	3	2	1940-06-21	Charlie Keller	NYY	@	DET	ahead 10-7	t 9	2	-2-	2	3	9	4%	99%		Home Run; R. Rolfe Scores
86	86	4	1	1940-07-03	Taffy Wright	CHW	@	DET	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	123	4	6	PH	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kuhel Scores; M. Solters Scores; L. Rosenthal Scores
87	87	5	2	1940-07-03	Bob Kennedy	CHW	@	DET	ahead 10-3	t 9	1	1--	2	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Tresh Scores

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