Gene Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 172lb (183cm, 78kg)

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pasco HS (Dade City, FL).

High School: Pasco HS (Dade City, FL)

Debut: May 4, 1981 (Age 20-152d, 14,449th in major league history)
vs. CAL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1993 (Age 32-300d)
vs. OAK 2.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Wayland Eugene Nelson

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1989 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

4.13

493

1080.0

655

WHIP

1.369

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-24 / in Starts: 8-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 13

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	61	2	Apr 11	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-8	6-6		99	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	3.68	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.009	.08	-0.01%	-1.49	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d8
2	62	3	Apr 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	6-7		1	1.2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.75	4.18	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.051	.78	-0.04%	-1.27	6b --- 0 out d2	7b -2- 2 out d4
3	63	6	Apr 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-7	BS(1)	2	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	8.10	9.58	5	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.273	2.60	-0.24%	-1.38	7b -2- 0 out a2	7b 1-3 2 out tie
4	64	9	Apr 20	CHW		BOS	L,8-12	6-7	L(0-1)	3	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	7.20	10.08	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.054	1.34	-0.04%	-0.05	6t --- 0 out tie	7t --- 2 out d1
5	65	10	Apr 21	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	7.50	9.02	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.06	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 5
6	66	15	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	W(1-1)	5	3.1	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	5.79	7.61	16	3	4	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.43	-0.112	3.33	-0.09%	0.84	8t 1-- 2 out d2	11t end d 1
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
7	67	20	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	6-7		6	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	6.35	8.15	9	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.005	.09	0.00%	-0.99	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
8	68	23	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	6-8	H(1)	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.02	6.59	9	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.181	1.11	0.15%	1.52	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a3
9	69	25	May 11	CHW		DET	W,7-4	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.50	6.18	7	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.039	.53	0.03%	1.08	7t 1-- 1 out a4	8t 3 out a6
10	70	28	May 14	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	7-8	W(2-1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	5.68	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.201	2.57	0.20%	1.06	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
11	71	30	May 16	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	6-GF(6)		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.93	5.79	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.034	2.90	0.04%	0.45	6t 12- 2 out d2	6t end d 2
12	72	33	May 19	CHW		TEX	W,5-1	7-9	W(3-1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.66	5.53	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.148	2.61	0.16%	0.38	7t 1-- 2 out tie	9t 1-- 0 out a4
13	73	35	May 21	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-4	6-8	H(2)	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.74	5.41	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.103	2.79	0.10%	0.67	6b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
14	74	37	May 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.86	5.38	11	2	2	1	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	-0.053	.76	-0.06%	-0.97	7b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 4
15	75	42	May 30	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	8-9	H(3)	5	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.75	5.43	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.053	4.14	0.05%	0.32	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out a1
16	76	43	May 31	CHW		KCR	W,8-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	5.16	9	5	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.118	1.10	0.13%	2.01	7t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 5
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
17	77	45	Jun 2	CHW		KCR	W,4-1	7-8	H(4)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	4.94	6	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.143	2.59	0.18%	1.48	7t 12- 1 out a3	8t 3 out a3
18	78	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-7	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	4.93	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.35	-0.025	.63	-0.03%	-1.10	7b 12- 0 out d3	7b -23 2 out d5
19	79	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	6-7	H(5)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	4.74	6	2	2	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.126	3.85	0.14%	0.45	6b 12- 1 out a2	7b 3 out a1
20	80	51	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	4.71	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.54	0.03%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
21	81	52	Jun 10	CHW	@	SEA	W,9-4	6-7	H(6)	0	1.2	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.97	4.81	9	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.049	3.79	-0.07%	-0.48	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 1-3 2 out a3
22	82	55	Jun 13	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	9-9	L(3-2)	2	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.18	4.89	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.020	8.97	-0.04%	-0.27	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 123 2 out tie
23	83	59	Jun 18	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	10-GF(13)	W(4-2)	4	4.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	1	2.84	4.68	14	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	0.574	7.58	0.99%	2.13	10t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
24	84	62	Jun 21	CHW		CAL	L,2-5	6-GF		2	3.1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.83	4.76	13	3	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	.64	0.069	2.08	0.14%	1.05	6t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 3
25	85	65	Jun 24	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-1	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.64	4.71	12	7	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.28	0.03%	1.41	7b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
26	86	66	Jun 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	13-GF(13)	BL(4-3)	0	0.1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3.02	5.15	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	-0.810	9.92	-1.33%	-3.07	13b --- 0 out a1	13b end d 1
27	87	70	Jun 30	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.89	4.87	7	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.073	.98	0.07%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
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
28	88	73	Jul 3	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	GS-5		2	5.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.79	4.45	21	3	5	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.149	1.29	0.13%	1.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
29	89	78	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	6.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	1	2.97	4.33	27	3	8	0	0	9	48			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.080	1.31	-0.07%	0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
30	90	82	Jul 12	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-10	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	4.1	6	6	6	2	3	3	1	3.63	4.89	23	6	4	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.449	1.31	-0.32%	-3.78	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d3
31	91	89	Jul 22	CHW		DET	W,9-4	GS-7	W(6-4)	9	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	3.26	4.71	27	8	8	0	0	5	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.366	1.09	0.26%	3.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
32	92	94	Jul 27	CHW		BAL	L,1-9	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	4.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.58	4.73	23	4	3	0	0	9	31			0	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.240	1.13	-0.18%	-2.27	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d3
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
33	93	98	Aug 1(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.40	4.62	35	9	15	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.249	.84	0.17%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
34	94	105	Aug 8(2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	GS-6	L(7-6)	6	5.1	9	5	5	4	2	2	0	3.71	4.89	28	9	5	1	0	8	28			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.200	1.15	-0.13%	-1.76	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
35	95	109	Aug 12	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	GS-7	L(7-7)	3	6.0	5	5	5	1	0	2	1	3.95	5.09	25	10	8	0	0	5	41			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	.89	-0.270	.54	-0.10%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
36	96	114	Aug 17	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-7	GS-4		4	3.1	8	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.28	5.12	20	5	3	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.178	.21	-0.03%	-3.51	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 1 out a3
37	97	120	Aug 23(2)	CHW		TOR	L,3-10	GS-4	L(7-8)	5	3.0	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.61	5.02	15	5	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.313	.16	-0.03%	-3.04	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d1
38	98	125	Aug 28	CHW		TEX	W,5-1	GS-6	W(8-8)	4	5.2	4	1	1	6	4	0	0	4.44	4.99	27	5	8	0	0	4	55			1	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.181	.20	0.02%	1.67	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a4
39	99	127	Aug 30	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-5	7-8		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.49	4.95	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.005	.14	0.00%	-0.23	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b -2- 1 out d3
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
40	100	130	Sep 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-5	L(8-9)	2	4.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.57	5.08	19	7	2	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.174	.38	-0.05%	-1.36	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d2
41	101	135	Sep 7	CHW	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	0	4.53	5.03	20	7	2	0	0	3	57			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.059	.04	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
42	102	140	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-9)	4	8.1	7	2	1	1	6	0	0	4.29	4.80	33	9	10	1	0	7	68			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.288	.05	0.01%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
43	103	145	Sep 18	CHW		CAL	L,3-9	GS-4	L(9-10)	5	3.1	6	4	2	2	1	0	1	4.32	4.80	18	4	4	0	0	6	35			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.241	.14	-0.02%	-2.43	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
44	104	150	Sep 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(10-10)	4	5.1	5	3	3	6	4	1	0	4.35	4.89	26	6	5	1	0	5	44			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out a2
45	105	155	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS-7		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.29	4.91	25	9	5	1	0	5	54			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.160	.00	0.00%	1.44	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
46	106	160	Oct 3	CHW		SEA	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	2	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.26	4.87	25	10	7	1	0	2	64			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.182	.00	0.00%	1.55	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
							22-24		W-L:10-10,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:6	2.9	145.2	144	74	69	67	101	23	7	4.26	4.87	643	1.16		3%	0%	141	47	20	25%	7	10	0	557	27	7	4	11	2	7	1.06	-0.352	1.19	0.16%	-0.35

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