Mel Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 30, 1936 in San Diego, CA us

High School: San Bernardino HS (San Bernardino, CA)

School: San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA)

Debut: September 27, 1960 (Age 24-120d, 11,799th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1969 (Age 33-003d)
vs. ATL 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Melvin Frederick Nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.1

ERA

4.40

173.2

WHIP

1.457

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

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	LAA		CHW	L,1-3	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	5 (1)	Apr 16	LAA	@	MIN	L,10-11		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 18	LAA	@	MIN	L,0-3	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 20	LAA	@	KCA	W,7-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (1)	Apr 22	LAA	@	WSA	L,1-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14 (1)	Apr 24	LAA	@	DET	L,3-4		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	15	Apr 25	LAA	@	DET	W,7-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	16	Apr 26	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-3		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	20 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	LAA		WSA	W,13-8		15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (4)	May 4	LAA		CLE	L,0-6		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	27 (1)	May 6	LAA		MIN	W,5-4		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	29 (1)	May 8	LAA		MIN	W,4-3		13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	31 (1)	May 11	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (1)	May 12 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	W,7-6		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	38 (4)	May 17	LAA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	41 (2)	May 20	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	42	May 22	LAA	@	CLE	W,7-6		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	44 (1)	May 25	LAA		KCA	L,2-9	GS	17	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	46 (1)	May 28	LAA		DET	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	48 (1)	May 30	LAA		DET	L,0-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	54 (5)	Jun 5 (1)	LAA		CHW	L,0-3	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	58 (3)	Jun 9	LAA		MIN	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	60 (1)	Jun 11	LAA	@	KCA	L,2-5		8	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	66 (5)	Jun 16 (2)	LAA	@	MIN	W,5-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	69 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,3-4		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR P
26	72 (2)	Jun 23	LAA		WSA	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	74 (1)	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,0-10		7	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	78 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,3-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	83 (4)	Jul 4	LAA	@	BAL	L,4-7		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	86 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	90 (3)	Jul 13	LAA		NYY	W,3-1		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	92 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	LAA		BOS	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	154 (61)	Sep 18 (2)	LAA		BAL	L,5-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	157 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	158	Sep 22 (2)	LAA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	161 (2)	Sep 28	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
							36gm		52.2	1	15	0	16	0