Nelson Briles

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: August 5, 1943 in Dorris, CA us

Died: February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL

Buried: St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA

High School: Chico HS (Chico, CA)

School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1965 (Age 21-257d, 12,349th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1978 (Age 35-039d)
vs. MIL 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Nelson Kelley Briles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.8

129

112

ERA

3.44

452

279

2111.2

1163

WHIP

1.273

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-18 / in Starts: 12-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 10

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	235	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-5	12-GF(12)	L(0-1)	99	0.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	inf	inf	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2.40	-0.371	3.74	-0.35%	-2.82	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
2	236	7	Apr 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	6-GF	W(1-1)	2	3.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.70	2.45	12	6	2	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.169	1.71	0.19%	1.70	6b 12- 2 out tie	9b end a 6
3	237	9	Apr 16	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-1	8-8		2	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	2.45	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.003	1.20	0.00%	0.03	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 2 out d1
4	238	11	Apr 18(1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-5	8-8		1	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.79	5.88	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.097	.63	-0.12%	-1.97	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 2 out d3
5	239	18	Apr 25	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	6	8.2	11	2	1	2	6	1	1	2.70	4.40	41	12	9	0	0	11	60			0	1	0	38	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.15	0.175	1.62	0.15%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	240	23	May 1	PIT		SDP	W,5-4	6-7	BS(1)	5	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.93	4.02	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.051	2.96	-0.05%	-0.11	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out tie
7	241	28	May 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	6	6.0	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.38	3.76	29	4	8	0	0	9	42			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.161	2.36	-0.17%	-0.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	242	32	May 14	PIT		NYM	L,2-8	3-5		5	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.33	3.97	12	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.015	.63	-0.02%	0.33	3t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d4
9	243	33	May 15	PIT		NYM	L,5-9	7-GF		0	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.29	3.80	13	4	5	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	-0.002	.11	0.00%	0.70	7t 1-- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
10	244	35	May 17	PIT		MON	W,6-5	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.64	6	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.036	.47	0.04%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	245	40	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,2-5	7-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.72	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.34	0.022	.80	0.03%	0.89	7b --3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
12	246	42	May 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	2-3		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.66	4	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.11	0.01%	0.53	2t --- 2 out d7	3t 3 out d7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	247	51	Jun 3	PIT		STL	L,1-7	5-7		8	2.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.18	3.75	14	5	4	1	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	2	0	0	1	.57	-0.076	1.72	-0.14%	-0.64	5t 1-- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
14	248	55	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-6	GS-3		3	2.1	8	6	6	1	0	1	0	4.46	4.10	16	2	11	6	1	2	16			0	0	0	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.519	2.59	-0.74%	-5.46	1b start a 3	3b --3 1 out d3
15	249	60	Jun 12	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.2	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.29	3.81	27	7	7	2	2	9	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.044	3.98	0.09%	0.30	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
16	250	68	Jun 20(2)	PIT		MON	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-1)	7	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.86	3.53	27	7	8	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.215	2.36	0.34%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	251	75	Jun 27(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	GS-3		6	2.0	7	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.76	3.71	12	1	3	1	0	7	19			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.459	2.38	-0.72%	-4.60	1b start a 5	3b -23 0 out a1
18	252	77	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	3-GF(8)		1	5.1	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	4.31	3.60	20	4	7	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	.03	0.011	.09	0.02%	2.56	3b -2- 2 out d7	8b end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	253	79	Jul 1	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	6-6	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	3.60	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	0.117	21.88	0.32%	0.72	6b 123 2 out a2	6b 3 out a2
20	254	87	Jul 9	PIT		ATL	W,11-2	CG	W(5-1)	7	9.0	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.97	3.35	33	10	9	2	0	11	60			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	0	.35	0.173	.75	0.22%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
21	255	94	Jul 19	PIT		LAD	L,4-10	GS-5	L(5-2)	9	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	2	0	4.33	3.55	23	7	3	1	0	7	37			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.292	.60	-0.16%	-2.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
22	256	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	W,11-7	6-6	H(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.54	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.060	.84	0.04%	0.44	6t --- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a2
23	257	104	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-5	6-9	H(3)	8	3.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.22	3.55	14	3	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.030	.69	0.02%	0.27	6b --- 0 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a4
24	258	105	Jul 30	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-5	6-6		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	3.57	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.59	-0.006	.64	0.00%	0.39	6b 12- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
25	259	106	Jul 31	PIT	@	SFG	L,11-15	4-6	BS(2)	0	2.2	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.14	3.51	12	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.251	1.80	-0.18%	-1.52	4b -2- 1 out a2	6b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	260	113	Aug 7	PIT		PHI	L,3-5	3-7		6	4.2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.90	3.39	16	5	5	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	.23	0.032	.46	0.04%	2.11	3t -23 1 out d4	7t 3 out d5
27	261	120	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,0-11	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.38	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d11	9t end d11
28	262	123	Aug 17	PIT		HOU	L,5-6	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.77	3.29	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.076	1.82	0.14%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
29	263	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.70	3.20	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.63	7b --- 1 out d6	8b end d 6
30	264	128	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	3-5	L(5-3)	1	3.0	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.77	3.40	14	3	5	0	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.118	3.05	-0.22%	-0.44	3b 1-3 0 out a1	5b 3 out d2
31	265	130	Aug 23(2)	PIT	@	ATL	W,15-4	6-GF	S(1)	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.61	3.30	13	5	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.03	0.008	.08	0.02%	1.84	6b --- 0 out a8	9b end a11
32	266	136	Aug 30	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS-6		6	5.1	6	4	1	2	4	0	0	3.51	3.23	25	8	9	4	1	2	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.39	-0.052	3.78	-0.08%	-0.47	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	267	142	Sep 6(1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(6-3)	6	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.30	3.09	32	12	9	2	2	2	82			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.384	1.33	0.35%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	268	147	Sep 12	PIT	@	MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-3)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.05	3.05	33	10	15	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.447	1.48	0.36%	3.87	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
35	269	152	Sep 17	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	3	0	3.12	3.31	22	9	6	0	2	5	52			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
36	270	157	Sep 23	PIT	@	STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-4)	5	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.91	3.23	34	15	10	3	0	5	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.287	.00	0.00%	4.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
37	271	162	Sep 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-3		6	3.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.04	3.32	14	4	3	0	1	3	41			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
							19-18		W-L:8-4,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:3	3.8	136.0	131	51	46	35	76	12	3	3.04	3.32	566	1.01		7%	4%	119	52	16	25%	6	3	1	523	15	5	12	13	1	10	.81	-0.522	1.47	-0.57%	8.78

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