Jimmy Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 250lb (198cm, 113kg)

Born: June 5, 1989 in Klamath Falls, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Niceville HS (Niceville, FL) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Niceville HS (Niceville, FL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 6, 2013 (Age 24-093d, 20,535th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 30, 2021 (Age 32-055d)
vs. ARI 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: James Jacob Nelson

Nicknames: Big Sweat

Twitter: @Jimmy_J_Nelson

Instagram: @jimmy_j_nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.12

147

108

662.1

622

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-16 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	19	5	Apr 11	MIL		PIT	W,6-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	1	0.00	1.85	23	88	56	16	15	8	3	0	1	0	80			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.234	.48	0.12%	3.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
2	20	10	Apr 17	MIL	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	5.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	1	1.50	2.13	19	73	49	13	9	10	5	5	0	0	50			2	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.159	.97	-0.07%	-0.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
3	21	15	Apr 22	MIL		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.35	2.33	26	94	59	14	10	8	11	3	3	0	75			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.03	0.423	.50	0.12%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
4	22	20	Apr 27	MIL	@	CIN	L,6-9	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.1	6	7	7	5	1	1	0	4.03	3.58	17	71	38	14	4	6	5	2	0	0	13			1	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.381	.27	-0.08%	-5.76	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d5
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	23	25	May 3	MIL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7		5	6.2	6	3	2	2	6	0	0	3.72	3.27	29	104	72	17	14	8	13	4	3	0	56			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	1	2	1.29	-0.024	.42	-0.01%	-0.03	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
6	24	30	May 8	MIL		CHC	L,6-7	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	5	4	4	1	11	3	0	4.00	3.80	27	98	70	17	17	6	9	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.185	.21	-0.04%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	25	35	May 13	MIL		CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	6.2	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	4.22	4.31	29	105	77	18	9	13	11	6	1	0	43			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.55	-0.167	.16	-0.03%	-1.17	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
8	26	40	May 19	MIL	@	DET	W,8-1	GS-8	W(2-4)	5	8.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	1	3.73	4.22	32	108	67	23	11	15	7	2	1	0	73			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.075	.17	0.01%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
9	27	45	May 24	MIL	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.2	5	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.67	4.23	25	108	60	17	12	7	9	6	1	0	50			0	1	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.41	-0.016	.43	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
10	28	49	May 29	MIL		ARI	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	0	8	2	2	3.90	4.39	27	103	71	19	14	6	11	9	0	0	50			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.168	.14	-0.01%	-1.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
11	29	54	Jun 3	MIL	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	5.0	7	7	6	2	5	0	0	4.41	4.23	25	84	56	10	11	10	8	5	0	0	30			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	2	1	.58	-0.373	.06	-0.02%	-4.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
12	30	58	Jun 8	MIL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS-6	W(3-6)	4	6.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.05	4.07	24	97	61	14	9	8	6	3	1	0	68			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	0.364	.13	0.02%	2.76	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
13	31	63	Jun 13	MIL		WSN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-7)	4	5.0	10	7	7	2	3	2	2	4.60	4.42	29	89	54	14	6	11	11	9	0	0	20			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.431	.12	-0.04%	-4.65	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d4
14	32	68	Jun 18	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-5	L(3-8)	4	5.0	11	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.64	4.42	24	88	49	16	3	8	14	9	2	0	31			2	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.102	.03	0.00%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
15	33	73	Jun 24	MIL		NYM	W,4-1	GS-8	W(4-8)	5	8.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.34	4.37	26	102	70	21	8	11	9	7	1	0	78			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.305	.02	0.01%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
16	34	78	Jun 29	MIL	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-5	W(5-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.48	4.31	22	77	52	9	9	10	7	7	0	0	40			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.222	.02	0.00%	-1.75	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
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
17	35	83	Jul 4	MIL	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-6	W(6-8)	4	5.2	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	4.50	4.43	26	91	60	16	6	9	11	6	2	0	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.039	.06	0.00%	-0.63	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a4
18	36	88	Jul 10	MIL	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-9)	5	7.0	5	3	0	2	6	0	1	4.21	4.32	29	94	62	17	12	11	9	4	1	0	65			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.239	.10	-0.01%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	37	92	Jul 18	MIL		PIT	W,8-5	GS-7	W(7-9)	7	6.1	6	4	3	3	8	0	1	4.21	4.22	29	98	65	21	14	8	9	5	2	0	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.025	.06	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a4
20	38	97	Jul 24	MIL	@	ARI	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-9)	5	7.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.97	4.15	27	103	66	20	7	11	8	4	0	0	69			2	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.29	0.471	.09	0.02%	3.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
21	39	103	Jul 30	MIL		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7		5	7.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.76	4.04	26	104	67	22	11	8	7	5	0	0	78			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.389	.03	0.01%	3.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
22	40	108	Aug 4	MIL		SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(9-9)	4	6.2	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.57	3.96	25	112	70	15	4	10	10	3	2	0	69			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	.96	0.269	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
23	41	113	Aug 9	MIL		STL	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	0	3.65	3.90	29	98	70	14	13	12	9	4	1	0	53			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	42	118	Aug 15	MIL		PHI	W,4-2	GS-7		5	6.2	5	2	2	2	6	1	2	3.61	3.95	29	93	60	20	12	9	10	6	2	0	60			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.83	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
25	43	123	Aug 21	MIL	@	WSN	W,10-3	GS-6	W(10-9)	5	5.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.60	3.99	22	102	65	17	8	7	9	5	0	0	52			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.34	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a3
26	44	127	Aug 26	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	L(10-10)	4	3.1	4	5	5	8	4	0	0	3.81	4.08	21	83	41	14	8	5	4	2	0	0	28			4	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
Sept				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
27	45	131	Sep 1	MIL		PIT	W,7-4	GS-7	W(11-10)	5	7.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.70	3.96	24	101	72	16	10	8	10	5	1	0	71			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.173	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
28	46	136	Sep 6	MIL	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-5	L(11-11)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.86	4.09	26	95	62	16	6	12	9	8	1	0	30			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-2.68	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
29	47	141	Sep 11	MIL	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-6	L(11-12)	4	5.0	4	4	4	3	2	0	2	3.95	4.13	24	103	59	16	5	11	6	4	0	0	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out d1
30	48	146	Sep 17	MIL		STL	L,3-6	GS-3	L(11-13)	5	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.11	4.10	11	25	18	2	4	6	4	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d3
							14-16		W-L:11-13	4.5	177.1	163	89	81	65	148	18	13	4.11	4.10	752	2791	64%	17%	10%	1.07		27%	5%	0	52		---%	24	6	0	663	32	2	4	18	7	9	.96	-0.865	.15	-0.01%	-6.03

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