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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Team Record in Appearances: 14-17 / in Starts: 12-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	94	4	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	L,4-10	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.55	8	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.014	.39	-0.02%	0.20	8t 12- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
2	95	7	Apr 26	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	4-GF		2	6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.80	21	1	12	1	2	2		0	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.186	.97	0.23%	3.53	4t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 2
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
3	96	11	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.78	9	3	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.337	2.71	0.35%	1.97	7b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
4	97	16	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.82	8	1	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.032	.38	0.03%	1.18	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
5	98	18	May 8	PHA		DET	W,7-6	CG(10)	W(1-0)	1	10.0	9	6	6	3	2	3	0	2.35	4.27	41	7	20	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.166	1.12	-0.08%	-0.12	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
6	99	21	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG(5)		5	5.0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	2.25	4.59	21	5	11	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.184	1.37	0.12%	2.06	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
7	100	25	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	6	6	5	2	2	0	3.25	5.27	34	11	8	1	1	8	39			3	2	0	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.173	.36	-0.06%	-0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
8	101	29	May 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.80	4.78	32	16	5	1	1	5	75			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.337	.51	0.12%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	102	32	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,10-4	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	4	4	6	4	0	1	3.00	4.74	40	7	15	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.046	.50	0.02%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
10	103	36	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	10	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.29	4.70	42	10	12	2	1	10	49			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	.76	0.074	.82	0.05%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	104	41	Jun 5(2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	9	6	2	3	6	1	0	3.13	4.63	39	6	15	1	1	9	56			0	1	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.11	0.076	.62	0.03%	-0.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	105	49	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(6-1)	8	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.00	4.63	36	8	14	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.471	.72	0.24%	3.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	106	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.10	4.64	40	10	14	0	5	7	54			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.240	1.09	0.12%	1.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	107	57	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	W(8-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	1	2.91	4.66	36						76						32	1	0			0
15	108	59	Jun 29(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS-6	L(8-2)	5	5.1	9	9	9	2	0	3	0	3.54	5.01	26	7	8	0	0	9	12			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.268	.41	-0.10%	-5.66	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d8
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
16	109	64	Jul 3(2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	GS-7	L(8-3)	3	6.1	14	9	8	2	1	0	0	3.98	4.93	35	7	11	0	0	14	10			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.299	.19	-0.04%	-4.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d5
17	110	67	Jul 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-11	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	3.78	4.84	30	19	1	0	1	8	40			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	2	.60	-0.222	.06	-0.01%	-4.62	1b start tie	6b 3 out d8
18	111	71	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	GS-1	L(8-5)	3	0.1	5	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.23	5.09	7	1	0	0	0	5	16			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.393	.03	-0.01%	-5.73	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d6
19	112	75	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,8-9	GS-3		3	2.1	5	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.53	5.32	15	0	6	1	0	5	25			2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.274	.01	0.00%	-2.83	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d1
20	113	82	Jul 30(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-10		L(8-6)	13	0.2	4	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.80	5.36	10												8					0
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
21	114	94	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,4-16	8-GF		9	2.0	9	9	8	1	1	0	2	5.31	5.38	19	3	3	0	0	9		0	0	2	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.08	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-7.82	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d13
22	115	97	Aug 12(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-8		2	7.1	5	4	4	5	5	3	0	5.29	5.59	32	13	4	1	0	5	52			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.069	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out tie
23	116	102	Aug 16	PHA	@	BOS	W,14-11		S(2)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.28	5.58	2												2					0
24	117	106	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	L(8-7)	2	9.0	14	5	4	5	2	1	0	5.19	5.59	45	8	16	2	7	14	38			0	0	0	39	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.124	.00	0.00%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
25	118	110	Aug 23(1)	PHA		DET	L,5-13	GS-8	L(8-8)	3	7.1	14	13	12	1	4	2	1	5.67	5.63	39	8	11	1	0	14	3			0	0	0	37	4	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.515	.00	0.00%	-8.61	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d9
26	119	116	Aug 26(1)	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GS-7	W(9-8)	2	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	0	0	5.63	5.52	24	6	6	1	0	4	54			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.229	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a9
27	120	122	Aug 30	PHA		CLE	L,8-10	8-GF	BL(9-9)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.67	5.59	10	5	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-1.19	8t -2- 0 out a1	9t end d 2
Sept				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	121	127	Sep 4(1)	PHA		BOS	W,12-11	GS-6		4	6.0	12	7	6	2	4	0	0	5.79	5.48	33	11	5	0	1	11	24			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.417	.00	0.00%	-3.47	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
29	122	134	Sep 10	PHA	@	BOS	W,15-7	CG	W(10-9)	5	9.0	10	7	7	3	1	4	0	5.86	5.70	40	10	16	3	4	10	37			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.009	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
30	123	141	Sep 18(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-	L(10-10)	7	6.0	8	7	6	2	2	1	0	5.97	5.70	30						30						26					0
31	124	144	Sep 21(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-8	2-GF(8)		2	7.0	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	5.84	5.63	32	12	13	1	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	3	.70	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.59	2b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
32	125	150	Sep 28	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(10-11)	6	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.65	5.54	35	25	0	0	0	6	65			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.273	.00	0.00%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							14-17		W-L:10-11,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.8	191.0	215	141	120	78	75	29	5	5.65	5.54	871	0.94		4%	6%	192	43	5	60%	15	6	1	779	37	11	0	10	0	13	.84	-0.760	.40	0.97%	-19.64

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