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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-15	GF	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	9 (2)	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	13 (3)	May 9	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	GF	21	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	18 (4)	May 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (4)	May 22	PHA		CHW	W,10-9	GS	24	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
6	25 (1)	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27 (1)	May 26	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	33 (5)	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	34	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	46 (11)	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	48 (1)	Jun 19	PHA		DET	L,6-8	GF	32	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	56 (7)	Jun 27 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7		15	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
13	58 (1)	Jun 30	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	60 (1)	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	63 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	8	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
16	64	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	65	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	T,2-2	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	66	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	L,11-12	GS	51	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	68 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	69	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	70	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	73 (2)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-9	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	74	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-10	GF	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	78 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-9		17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	82 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	31	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	85 (2)	Jul 28	PHA		CLE	W,11-7	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	90 (4)	Aug 3	PHA		DET	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	95 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	99 (3)	Aug 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	106 (6)	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	110 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8		29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	114 (3)	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	123 (8)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	128 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,10-12	GF	30	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	132 (3)	Sep 14	PHA		SLB	L,4-11		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	144 (11)	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	T,7-7	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							36gm		116.0	18	15	0	33	0