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Lynn Nelson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND us

Died: February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 25-053d, 7,061st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 3, 1940 (Age 35-130d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson

Nicknames: Line Drive

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

5.25

166

676.2

255

WHIP

1.535

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-50 / in Starts: 12-10
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 118 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	84 (47-24-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 118 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (41-25-13)

Most Driven In
S Chapman	4
B Johnson	3
I Bartling	2
D Lodigiani	1
B Werber	1
L Finney	1
W Ambler	1
M Haas	1

Most Driven In By
B Werber	5
S Sperry	3
D Siebert	2
F Hayes	1
W Moses	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	143	4 (3)	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	L,4-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.018	1.17	-0.02%	-0.83	P
2	144	7 (2)	Apr 26	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	3-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.70	-0.192	3.46	-0.23%	-1.40	PH P
3	145	8	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.05	-0.001	.09	0.00%	-0.27	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	146	11 (2)	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.39	-0.010	.66	-0.01%	-0.54	P
5	147	14 (2)	May 4	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	1.55	0.054	2.40	0.05%	0.40	PH
6	148	16 (1)	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	4.06	-0.110	5.59	-0.09%	-0.83	P
7	149	18 (1)	May 8	PHA		DET	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	1.95	0.170	1.62	0.09%	0.22	P
8	150	21 (2)	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.92	0.005	.97	0.00%	0.01	P
9	151	25 (3)	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	9	.81	-0.067	.48	-0.02%	-0.81	P
10	152	29 (3)	May 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9	.76	-0.055	.47	-0.02%	-0.67	P
11	153	32 (2)	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	9	.67	0.072	.53	0.03%	1.55	P
12	154	34 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.321	.296	.618	8	.14	0.006	.14	0.00%	0.28	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	155	36 (1)	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.313	.290	.603	9	.54	-0.016	.57	-0.01%	-0.78	P
14	156	41 (4)	Jun 5 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.333	.294	.627	9	.49	0.014	.27	0.01%	-0.11	P
15	157	42	Jun 7	PHA		DET	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.351	.314	.666	8	2.97	-0.034	1.91	-0.01%	-0.01	PH
16	158	43	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	8	.72	0.033	.37	0.01%	0.40	PH
17	159	45 (1)	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.359	.324	.683	8	2.39	-0.066	1.33	-0.02%	-0.83	PH
18	160	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.341	.372	.341	.714	9	1.06	0.153	.89	0.08%	2.20	P
19	161	52 (2)	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.386	.341	.728	9	.43	0.020	.42	0.01%	0.29	PH
20	162	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.417	.378	.794	9	.65	0.067	.53	0.03%	0.76	P
21	163	54	Jun 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.408	.370	.778	8	2.94	-0.088	3.02	-0.05%	-0.27	PH
22	164	57 (2)	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.347	.396	.347	.743	9						P
23	165	59 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.400	.353	.753	9	.70	-0.002	.43	0.00%	0.13	P
24	166	60	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.393	.346	.739	8	.81	-0.020	.48	-0.01%	-0.53	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	167	64 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.379	.333	.713	9	1.44	-0.082	.36	-0.01%	-0.87	P
26	168	67 (2)	Jul 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-11	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.383	.339	.723	9	.81	0.004	.08	0.00%	-0.05	P
27	169	68	Jul 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.377	.333	.710	9	1.18	-0.035	.06	0.00%	-0.25	PH
28	170	69	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.371	.328	.699	9	.46	-0.012	.03	0.00%	-0.18	PH
29	171	71 (1)	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.371	.328	.699	9						P
30	172	73 (1)	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	L,8-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.365	.322	.687	8	2.14	-0.015	.03	0.00%	0.00	PH
31	173	75 (1)	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,8-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.333	.708	9	1.73	0.135	.02	0.00%	1.60	P
32	174	76	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.369	.328	.697	8	5.39	-0.132	.03	0.00%	-0.39	PH
33	175	77	Jul 24 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.379	.328	.707	9	1.90	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.67	PH
34	176	78	Jul 24 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-7	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.388	.328	.716	8	3.10	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
35	177	79	Jul 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.382	.323	.705	9	3.99	-0.090	.01	0.00%	-0.45	PH
36	178	80	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,11-12	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.377	.317	.694	9	1.66	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
37	179	82 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.313	.371	.313	.684	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	180	85 (2)	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.380	.323	.703	8	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.44	PH
39	181	90 (4)	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.375	.318	.693	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.40	PH
40	182	92 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.313	.370	.313	.683	8						PH
41	183	94 (1)	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,4-16	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.378	.324	.702	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
42	184	97 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.364	.310	.673	9	.99	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
43	185	99 (1)	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.359	.306	.665	8	.71	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
44	186	101 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.354	.301	.656	9	.45	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
45	187	102	Aug 16	PHA	@	BOS	W,14-11	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.354	.301	.656	9						P
46	188	105 (2)	Aug 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.350	.297	.647	9	1.13	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
47	189	106	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.337	.286	.623	9	.94	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
48	190	107	Aug 20	PHA		NYY	L,3-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.333	.282	.615	9	.81	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
49	191	110 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		DET	L,5-13	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.333	.284	.617	9	.89	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
50	192	111	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.330	.280	.610	8	2.04	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH
51	193	116 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.330	.282	.612	9	.43	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
52	194	117	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.326	.279	.605	9	1.85	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
53	195	122 (4)	Aug 30	PHA		CLE	L,8-10	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.333	.287	.621	9	2.52	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.40	P
54	196	123	Aug 31	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.330	.284	.614	9	.67	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	197	124	Sep 1	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.326	.281	.607	9	.81	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
56	198	127 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,12-11	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.340	.289	.629	9	1.18	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.58	P
57	199	128	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-12	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.297	.347	.297	.644	9						PH
58	200	129	Sep 5 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.354	.304	.658	9	.89	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.41	PH
59	201	130	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.350	.301	.651	9	.89	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
60	202	134 (3)	Sep 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,15-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.352	.306	.659	9	.39	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.19	P
61	203	135	Sep 11	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-12	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.303	.349	.303	.652	9						PH
62	204	141 (5)	Sep 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.294	.339	.294	.634	9						P
63	205	143 (1)	Sep 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.336	.291	.628	9	3.46	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
64	206	144	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-8	2-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.333	.290	.623	9	1.49	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH P
65	207	147 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.330	.287	.617	9	.80	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
66	208	150 (2)	Sep 28	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.322	.279	.601	9	.96	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
							15-50		118	111	12	31	0	0	0	15	7	0	12	0	0		1		0	0	.279	.322	.279	.601		1.13	-0.758	.54	-0.21%	-4.57

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