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: 24-26

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 27

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	269	1	Apr 3	OAK		SEA	W,3-2	6-7	H(1)	99	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.36	6	22	15	6	3	1	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.236	3.37	0.20%	1.34	6t 12- 1 out a1	7t 3 out a1
2	270	4	Apr 7	OAK		CHW	L,1-7	6-7		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.24	5	19	15	3	6	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.041	.57	0.04%	0.96	6t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
3	271	20	Apr 24	OAK		TOR	W,5-4	9-GF	W(1-0)	16	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.69	5	14	9	0	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.90	0.034	1.52	0.04%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	272	22	Apr 26	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.71	7	23	15	0	5	0	5	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.118	3.82	0.13%	1.76	8t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	273	27	May 2	OAK	@	TOR	W,8-5	9-9		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.18	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.009	.55	-0.01%	-0.12	9b --- 2 out a3	9b 1-- 2 out a3
6	274	30	May 6	OAK	@	DET	L,3-6	4-7		3	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.54	10	35	18	6	3	4	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.18	0.026	.37	0.03%	1.27	4b --- 2 out d4	7b --- 1 out d4
7	275	33	May 11	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.46	3	16	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
8	276	38	May 16	OAK		NYY	L,2-3	8-9		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.54	3	10	8	2	1	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.011	1.05	0.01%	0.19	8t 1-- 2 out d2	9t 1-- 1 out d1
9	277	39	May 17	OAK		NYY	W,8-3	6-7	H(2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.97	7	29	18	5	4	3	3	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	0.183	3.24	0.21%	1.31	6t 1-- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
10	278	41	May 19	OAK		BOS	L,4-7	8-10	L(1-1)	1	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1.29	2.26	7	23	17	6	0	1	5	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.097	2.42	-0.12%	-0.33	8t -23 2 out d1	10t 1-- 0 out tie
11	279	44	May 23	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-9	6-7		3	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.00	3.16	6	24	16	3	1	2	4	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.30	-0.055	.67	-0.07%	-2.28	6b 1-3 1 out d2	7b --3 1 out d5
12	280	48	May 27	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-0	6-8	H(3)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.50	3.04	10	41	22	4	5	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.152	1.86	0.21%	1.43	6b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
13	281	52	May 31	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	6-7		3	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.04	3	10	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.156	3.70	-0.22%	-0.94	6b 12- 2 out tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	282	53	Jun 2	OAK		CLE	L,3-5	6-GF		1	3.1	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.08	2.99	14	47	29	7	10	2	7	3	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.46	0.001	1.10	0.00%	0.82	6t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
15	283	58	Jun 7	OAK		MIN	W,3-2	7-8	H(4)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	2.98	5	16	10	1	1	1	4	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	0.154	4.46	0.23%	0.78	7t 123 1 out a3	8t 1-- 2 out a2
16	284	59	Jun 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,8-11	4-6	L(1-2)	1	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.59	3.09	8	33	19	4	1	1	6	4	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.168	5.05	-0.30%	-0.73	4b 123 2 out tie	6b 12- 0 out a1
17	285	61	Jun 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	2.99	7	28	17	5	2	2	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.091	1.50	0.16%	1.21	7b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 4
18	286	65	Jun 16(1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,7-5	6-6		4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.36	3.10	2	11	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.87	-0.204	4.89	-0.32%	-1.34	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 1-3 0 out a2
19	287	68	Jun 18	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-4	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.45	3.14	11	40	25	3	4	2	5	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.011	1.93	0.02%	0.80	6b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 2
20	288	70	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,6-4	5-7	W(2-2)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.23	2.92	10	39	26	8	5	1	6	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.204	2.74	0.32%	1.40	5t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out a2
21	289	72	Jun 22	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	6-7	H(5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.16	2.94	5	18	10	3	3	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.047	5.47	0.08%	0.27	6t 1-- 2 out a1	7t 12- 2 out a1
22	290	76	Jun 26	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	9-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.10	3.05	6	22	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	0.140	8.77	0.24%	0.52	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
23	291	77	Jun 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-11	6-6	BL(2-3)	0	0.1	3	6	5	2	0	0	0	3.38	3.22	7	21	11	4	2	4	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.44	-0.482	6.87	-0.81%	-4.69	6b 1-- 0 out a1	6b 123 1 out d3
24	292	79	Jun 30	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-0	6-9	H(6)	2	3.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.05	3.18	15	68	38	10	7	3	7	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.077	1.12	0.12%	1.19	6b --- 0 out a3	9b 123 2 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	293	84	Jul 5	OAK		KCR	L,9-12	4-8		4	4.2	4	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.14	3.16	19	74	54	10	10	5	8	3	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.085	2.20	-0.18%	0.24	4t -23 1 out tie	8t 3 out d3
26	294	87	Jul 8	OAK		TEX	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	3.15	3	12	9	1	2	0	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.230	7.49	-0.44%	-0.13	10t 12- 1 out tie	10t end d 1
27	295	89	Jul 13	OAK	@	TOR	W,11-7	4-5		4	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	3.15	3	12	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.81	0.019	4.62	0.03%	-0.60	4b 123 2 out a1	5b 1-3 0 out a5
28	296	93	Jul 17	OAK	@	DET	L,1-2	7-9	L(2-4)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.09	8	20	15	2	3	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.114	5.29	0.20%	0.57	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
29	297	99	Jul 24	OAK		CAL	L,4-5	5-8	L(2-5)	6	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	2	0	3.24	3.46	14	49	33	4	9	6	5	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.109	3.99	-0.32%	0.25	5t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
30	298	103	Jul 29	OAK		SEA	L,6-14	1-4		4	3.1	5	7	7	5	5	0	0	4.22	3.51	20	83	44	12	10	3	7	2	2	0		1	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.052	.48	-0.09%	-3.69	1t -2- 1 out d6	4t 123 2 out d9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
31	299	107	Aug 2	OAK		CHW	W,2-0	6-8	H(7)	3	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.02	3.41	10	29	23	2	8	2	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.187	5.09	0.38%	1.31	6t --- 0 out a2	8t --- 2 out a2
32	300	110	Aug 5	OAK	@	SEA	L,5-11	6-6		2	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.31	3.63	4	11	9	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.075	.66	-0.14%	-3.40	6b -23 2 out d3	6b 3 out d7
33	301	114	Aug 9	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-9		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.26	3.64	3	11	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.070	5.89	0.14%	0.25	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 2 out tie
34	302	115	Aug 10	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-1	7-8	H(8)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.32	3.59	6	13	9	1	1	1	4	2	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.047	4.92	0.09%	0.28	7b --- 0 out a2	8b -2- 1 out a2
35	303	120	Aug 16	OAK		CLE	L,3-6	6-7	H(9)	5	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	3.58	2	5	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.002	9.66	0.00%	0.04	6t 12- 2 out a1	7t 1-- 0 out a1
36	304	125	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,6-1	7-8		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.15	3.46	7	39	24	10	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.031	.83	0.07%	0.94	7b --- 0 out a5	8b 3 out a5
37	305	128	Aug 24	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.09	3.38	4	11	9	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
38	306	129	Aug 25	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.04	3.39	3	10	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.30	0.016	1.58	0.05%	1.38	8b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 3
39	307	133	Aug 29	OAK	@	NYY	W,19-5	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.92	3.32	7	22	15	4	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a11	9b end a14
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	308	137	Sep 3	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-0	7-GF	S(2)	4	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.74	3.30	13	54	37	8	7	2	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.072	1.35	0.18%	1.43	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 5
41	309	143	Sep 10	OAK		NYY	W,6-2	7-8	H(10)	6	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.63	3.24	7	22	13	3	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.137	3.64	0.30%	0.94	7t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
42	310	146	Sep 15	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-7	6-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.58	3.27	4	12	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.27	-0.008	1.04	-0.02%	0.36	6b 123 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
43	311	148	Sep 17	OAK	@	BOS	L,6-7	5-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.53	3.31	5	19	11	3	1	2	2	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.097	5.04	-0.25%	-0.64	5b 123 0 out tie	5b 3 out d3
44	312	150	Sep 19	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.27	3	12	9	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	1.14	0.05%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
45	313	151	Sep 20	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-6	8-8	H(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.24	3	10	6	2	1	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.086	5.81	0.26%	0.49	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
46	314	153	Sep 22	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-2	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.20	6	17	13	4	1	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.096	1.55	0.14%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
47	315	155	Sep 24	OAK	@	MIN	W,9-3	7-8	H(12)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	3.17	7	31	23	2	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.090	.89	0.04%	0.59	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a2
48	316	158	Sep 27	OAK		TEX	W,5-0	8-GF		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.22	3.11	5	20	15	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.04	0.00%	1.05	8t -23 2 out a5	9t end a 5
49	317	160	Sep 29	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	9-GF	W(3-5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.18	3.05	3	14	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
50	318	162	Oct 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	7-8		1	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.03	3	10	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.28	7t -2- 2 out tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
							24-26		W-L:3-5,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:12	2.4	80.0	60	33	29	30	70	5	2	3.26	3.03	335	1235	64%	14%	13%	0.61		23%	8%	0		51	31%	4	0	0	296	6	3	3	5	4	10	.95	0.886	2.57	0.67%	11.11

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