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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2x World Series

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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: 18-12 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 11

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	407	5	Apr 13	TEX		CLE	L,3-5	5-5		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.26	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.047	1.50	0.04%	0.93	5t 12- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d3
2	408	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	6.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.70	3.49	21	5	10	2	1	3	61			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.064	1.15	0.06%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a3
3	409	14	Apr 24	TEX		MIN	L,6-12	4-4		3	0.1	1	3	3	4	0	1	0	6.43	7.02	6	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.078	.69	-0.07%	-4.03	4t -23 1 out d4	4t 12- 2 out d9
4	410	18	Apr 30	TEX	@	CHW	W,14-4	4-GF	W(2-0)	5	5.1	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	5.11	5.58	23	6	9	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.144	.86	0.13%	0.97	4b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a10
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
5	411	25	May 10	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8		9	8.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.98	5.00	29	13	10	1	2	5	63			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.135	1.37	0.13%	2.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
6	412	34	May 21	TEX		TOR	L,6-9	GS-3	L(2-1)	10	2.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	1	5.56	5.03	13	3	4	0	1	4	26			0	1	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.286	1.08	-0.21%	-3.42	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d4
7	413	39	May 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	6	6.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.34	4.52	26	8	6	0	0	9	43			2	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.049	1.27	-0.04%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
8	414	44	Jun 2	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	GS-7		4	6.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	1	4.58	4.58	27	9	5	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.27	0.191	.95	0.09%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
9	415	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	GS-5		4	4.2	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.73	4.79	20	8	4	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.113	1.10	-0.07%	-1.22	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a3
10	416	53	Jun 12(2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	1	4.31	4.43	29	8	9	2	0	4	69			0	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.100	.64	0.07%	2.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	417	58	Jun 17(2)	TEX		SEA	W,8-6	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.1	13	4	4	1	7	0	1	4.47	4.08	34	5	8	1	0	12	37			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.023	.75	0.02%	-1.00	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
12	418	64	Jun 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS-1	L(3-4)	5	0.2	4	6	1	1	1	0	0	4.58	4.08	8	1	1	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.414	2.09	-0.41%	-4.82	1b start a 1	1b -2- 2 out d4
13	419	68	Jun 26(2)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-4		2	4.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	4.42	4.33	16	5	5	0	0	2	51			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.073	1.01	0.05%	0.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
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
14	420	78	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.28	4.26	7	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.047	.33	0.02%	1.03	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
15	421	83	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	8-9	H(1)	4	1.2	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	4.31	4.22	9	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.004	.46	0.00%	-0.42	8t --- 0 out a3	9t 12- 2 out a2
16	422	88	Jul 15(2)	TEX		CLE	W,8-1	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.05	4.07	12	3	6	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	0.189	.43	0.07%	3.05	6t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 7
17	423	90	Jul 17	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.06	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.004	.06	0.00%	1.20	9t 1-3 1 out d5	9t end d 5
18	424	94	Jul 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-4	7-9	W(4-4)	7	2.1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.00	4.17	10	2	3	1	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.150	.58	-0.06%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
19	425	98	Jul 30	TEX		DET	W,6-5	9-9		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.17	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	0.121	3.30	0.06%	0.37	9t --3 2 out tie	9t 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
20	426	100	Aug 1	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-6	6-7	H(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.95	4.20	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.001	1.51	0.00%	0.09	6b 1-3 2 out a4	7b 12- 1 out a4
21	427	105	Aug 5(2)	TEX	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.98	32	9	15	1	0	6	77			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.391	1.07	0.39%	4.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
22	428	114	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,12-9	GS-1		8	0.2	6	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.15	4.11	8	0	1	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.407	4.09	-0.79%	-5.60	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d6
23	429	117	Aug 17	TEX		TOR	W,6-5	GS-8		2	7.1	10	5	3	1	8	1	0	4.11	3.99	32	8	5	0	0	10	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.179	2.52	-0.33%	-1.59	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d3
24	430	125	Aug 24(2)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-6		6	5.2	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.15	4.09	23	5	7	1	0	5	47			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.076	3.15	-0.12%	0.08	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
25	431	132	Sep 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-4	6-7	H(3)	8	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.15	4.16	9	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.060	2.56	0.08%	0.03	6t --- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
26	432	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-7	5-8		3	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.10	4.22	12	4	4	1	2	3		1	0	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.058	.33	0.02%	0.92	5b 1-- 1 out d2	8b --- 2 out d3
27	433	138	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-8	4-7		2	3.2	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.13	4.22	16	5	5	2	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	.28	-0.109	.06	-0.01%	-1.09	4b -23 1 out d2	7b 3 out d6
28	434	145	Sep 15	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(6-4)	5	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.24	4.24	25	5	8	0	0	6	46			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Baltimore Orioles
29	435	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-9	7-7		9	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.29	4.35	4	0	2	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.077	1.42	-0.20%	-2.10	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d5
30	436	161	Oct 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	6-GF	S(2)	5	3.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.33	4.39	13	2	6	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.02	0.371	.00	0.00%	0.37	6b -23 2 out a1	9b end a 1
							18-12		W-L:6-4,Sv:2,Hld:3	4.7	112.1	119	61	54	30	59	15	6	4.33	4.39	473	0.85		7%	3%	113	48	20	30%	5	13	1	431	14	2	1	10	2	6	.85	0.042	1.14	-1.08%	-3.97

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