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

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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 24	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	13 (4)	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	14	May 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	21 (6)	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	24 (2)	May 13	MIN		CAL	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	26 (1)	May 15	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	27	May 16 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	29 (1)	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	39 (9)	May 29	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-8		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	42 (2)	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	44 (1)	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	52 (7)	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	30	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	58 (5)	Jun 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	64 (5)	Jun 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	68 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		DET	W,6-5	GS	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	69	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,4-17	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	81 (11)	Jul 10 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	85 (3)	Jul 16	MIN		KCA	L,2-10		21	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	87 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	90 (2)	Jul 20	MIN		CAL	L,1-9		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	96 (5)	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,7-10		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	106 (7)	Aug 3 (2)	MIN		WSA	L,2-4		21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	119 (12)	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	123 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	125 (1)	Aug 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
27	134 (8)	Aug 31	MIN		DET	L,6-7	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	153 (18)	Sep 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							28gm		54.2	2	8	0	10	0