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

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-25 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 19

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	3	3	Apr 11	LAA		CHW	L,1-3	7-GF		99	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.48	12	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	.42	0.062	.88	0.08%	1.28	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	4	5	Apr 16	LAA	@	MIN	L,10-11	9-10		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.88	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.142	3.54	-0.17%	-0.52	9b --- 2 out tie	10b -2- 0 out tie
3	5	7	Apr 18	LAA	@	MIN	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.23	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	0.009	.44	0.01%	0.87	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
4	6	10	Apr 20	LAA	@	KCA	W,7-4	6-6	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.94	2	0	1	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	-0.034	6.88	-0.03%	-0.24	6b 123 0 out a2	6b 123 1 out a1
5	7	12	Apr 22	LAA	@	WSA	L,1-4	4-5		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.01	5	0	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.026	.48	0.03%	1.02	4b -23 2 out d4	5b 3 out d4
6	8	14	Apr 24	LAA	@	DET	L,3-4	7-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	4.28	6	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.044	5.90	0.05%	0.14	7b 12- 2 out tie	8b 123 2 out tie
7	9	15	Apr 25	LAA	@	DET	W,7-5	5-5		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.28	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.116	4.12	-0.13%	-1.00	5b 1-3 1 out a3	5b 1-3 1 out a2
8	10	16	Apr 26	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-3	8-9	BS(1)	0	1.2	2	2	2	0	3	2	0	2.16	6.32	7	2	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	-0.136	7.00	-0.18%	-0.07	8b 123 1 out a2	9b 3 out tie
9	11	20	Apr 29(2)	LAA		WSA	W,13-8	4-7	W(1-0)	2	3.1	4	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.09	4.79	15	2	4	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	-0.266	2.89	-0.31%	-1.33	4t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d3
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
10	12	25	May 4	LAA		CLE	L,0-6	6-7		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.29	4.31	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.014	.73	-0.02%	-0.15	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
11	13	27	May 6	LAA		MIN	W,5-4	6-7	BS(2)	1	2.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.45	4.46	11	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.71	-0.030	4.71	-0.03%	-0.15	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out tie
12	14	29	May 8	LAA		MIN	W,4-3	5-8	W(2-0)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.75	3.75	13	4	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	0.350	3.35	0.42%	2.04	5t 1-3 0 out a1	8t 3 out tie
13	15	31	May 11	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-4	5-6		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.49	3.82	8	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.053	1.22	0.07%	0.89	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
14	16	33	May 12(2)	LAA	@	CHW	W,7-6	4-6		0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.59	3.79	12	2	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.031	1.45	-0.04%	-0.07	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 12- 2 out d2
15	17	38	May 17	LAA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	5	4	4	1	6	2	1	3.16	4.14	28	11	6	1	0	3	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.111	1.14	-0.10%	-0.86	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
16	18	41	May 20	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	4.22	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.010	.58	-0.01%	-0.24	7b 123 0 out d2	7b 123 1 out d3
17	19	42	May 22	LAA	@	CLE	W,7-6	7-8	BS(3)	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	4.16	5	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.97	-0.242	2.01	-0.15%	-0.67	7b --- 2 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out tie
18	20	44	May 25	LAA		KCA	L,2-9	GS-3	L(2-2)	2	2.1	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.11	4.31	17	6	2	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.390	.78	-0.22%	-4.55	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d4
19	21	46	May 28	LAA		DET	L,1-3	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.89	4.18	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.035	.20	0.02%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	22	48	May 30	LAA		DET	L,0-3	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.79	4.16	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.154	.92	0.07%	1.33	7t --3 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
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
21	23	54	Jun 5(1)	LAA		CHW	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	5.0	9	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.98	4.39	23	5	6	1	0	8	41			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.126	1.02	-0.09%	-0.87	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
22	24	58	Jun 9	LAA		MIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.92	4.27	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	0.149	2.83	0.08%	0.83	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
23	25	60	Jun 11	LAA	@	KCA	L,2-5	4-5		1	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.00	4.28	8	5	1	0	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.169	.81	-0.10%	-1.77	4b 123 2 out d1	5b 3 out d4
24	26	66	Jun 16(2)	LAA	@	MIN	W,5-4	11-11		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	4.28	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	-0.071	3.33	-0.04%	-0.20	11b 1-- 2 out a1	11b 12- 2 out a1
25	27	69	Jun 19(2)	LAA		KCA	L,3-4	5-6		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.83	4.24	9	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.063	1.02	0.05%	0.85	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
26	28	72	Jun 23	LAA		WSA	L,0-4	9-GF		3	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.13	4.12	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.048	.35	-0.03%	-1.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
27	29	74	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,0-10	6-7		1	1.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.56	4.20	7	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.021	.53	0.02%	0.33	6t -2- 1 out d3	7t 123 2 out d3
28	30	78	Jun 28(2)	LAA	@	DET	L,3-8	8-8		2	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.07	4.25	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.057	.44	-0.05%	-3.06	8b --- 1 out d2	8b -2- 2 out d5
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
29	31	83	Jul 4	LAA	@	BAL	L,4-7	8-8		5	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.07	4.37	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.014	.09	-0.01%	-1.81	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 123 0 out d3
30	32	86	Jul 7(1)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-7	7-8		2	1.0	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	5.33	4.37	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.52	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 0 out d2
31	33	90	Jul 13	LAA		NYY	W,3-1	7-7		5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.33	4.43	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	-0.069	.48	-0.01%	-0.37	7t 1-3 1 out a2	7t 123 1 out a2
32	34	92	Jul 14(2)	LAA		BOS	L,0-5	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	4.36	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
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
33	35	154	Sep 18(2)	LAA		BAL	L,5-7	5-5		65	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.40	4.67	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-2.00	5t 1-- 0 out d2	5t 1-- 0 out d4
34	36	157	Sep 22(1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.33	4.60	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.13	6b 1-3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
35	37	158	Sep 22(2)	LAA	@	CLE	L,1-2	11-GF(11)		-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.33	4.60	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	-0.394	.00	0.00%	-1.00	11b 12- 2 out tie	11b end d 1
36	38	161	Sep 28	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-9		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	4.59	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.08	9b 12- 0 out tie	9b -23 1 out tie
							11-25		W-L:2-3,Sv:1,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.1	52.2	55	33	31	32	41	7	2	5.30	4.59	247	1.18		5%	1%	50	40	38	24%	2	0	0	206	10	1	5	2	1	2	1.08	-1.675	1.66	-0.83%	-11.94

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