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: 9-19 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 12

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	39	8	Apr 24	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	8-8		99	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.52	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.026	2.40	0.05%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
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
2	40	13	May 2(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	8-8		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.02	5	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	0.095	9.74	0.18%	0.41	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
3	41	14	May 2(2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.77	11	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.056	2.10	-0.12%	-0.19	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
4	42	21	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.72	3	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	0.433	21.60	0.97%	1.43	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	43	24	May 13	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	8-9		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.29	2.80	8	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.64	0.231	10.75	0.56%	0.92	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
6	44	26	May 15	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	2.75	4	3	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.242	6.28	0.51%	1.27	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
7	45	27	May 16(1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	0	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.86	4.12	5	0	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	-0.272	11.55	-0.62%	-2.39	9b 12- 2 out tie	10b end d 3
8	46	29	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		0	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.45	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.28	-0.181	19.26	-0.40%	-0.94	10b --3 1 out tie	10b end d 1
9	47	39	May 29	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-8	4-5		11	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.22	5.70	8	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	.60	-0.152	2.42	-0.37%	-1.63	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 123 1 out d2
10	48	42	May 31(2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	5-7		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	3.29	4.64	11	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.218	6.98	0.68%	1.34	5b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
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
11	49	44	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	4.54	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.00	0.155	18.98	0.44%	-0.13	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
12	50	52	Jun 11(2)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8		7	7.2	5	2	2	1	6	2	0	2.86	4.61	30	8	10	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.072	6.90	0.23%	1.45	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out tie
13	51	58	Jun 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS-1	L(0-2)	6	0.2	2	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.76	5.52	7	2	1	0	0	1	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.381	5.94	-1.12%	-3.77	1b start a 1	1b 1-- 2 out d3
14	52	64	Jun 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	5.47	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.016	3.95	0.06%	0.73	8b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 2
15	53	68	Jun 27(2)	MIN		DET	W,6-5	GS-4		2	4.0	6	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.33	4.92	20	6	4	0	1	6	46			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.028	6.31	-0.09%	-0.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
16	54	69	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,4-17	8-GF		0	2.0	9	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.90	4.86	16	5	1	0	0	9		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.04	-0.01%	-5.08	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d13
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
17	55	81	Jul 10(2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	9-GF		11	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.70	4.82	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.52	0.02%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
18	56	85	Jul 16	MIN		KCA	L,2-10	3-7		5	4.2	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	5.45	4.62	21	7	7	0	0	4		2	1	1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.014	.65	-0.05%	-1.29	3t 12- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d9
19	57	87	Jul 18(1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.15	4.40	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.021	1.07	0.08%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 2
20	58	90	Jul 20	MIN		CAL	L,1-9	3-5		1	2.2	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.03	4.63	12	3	3	1	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.087	2.99	-0.31%	-0.93	3t 1-3 1 out d2	5t 3 out d5
21	59	96	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	2-4		4	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.75	4.37	8	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.047	2.64	0.24%	1.23	2b --3 2 out d4	4b 3 out d3
22	60	98	Jul 27(1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,7-10	5-6		1	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.74	4.44	9	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.002	.11	-0.01%	-0.14	5b --- 0 out d9	6b 3 out d8
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
23	61	106	Aug 3(2)	MIN		WSA	L,2-4	3-7	L(0-3)	6	4.2	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.66	4.28	21	3	7	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.044	6.37	-0.14%	0.71	3t 12- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d2
24	62	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	6-7		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.47	4.13	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.89	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
25	63	123	Aug 20(2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.41	4.16	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.020	3.12	0.04%	0.22	7b --- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
26	64	125	Aug 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.25	4.12	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.014	.34	0.02%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	65	134	Aug 31	MIN		DET	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(0-4)	8	1.1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	4.14	4.38	7	2	3	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	-0.486	7.34	-0.68%	-0.80	8t 123 2 out a1	9t end d 1
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	66	153	Sep 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-6	10-GF(10)		20	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.12	4.42	2	0	1	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.059	.04	0.00%	-0.26	10t 123 2 out d1	10t end d 2
							9-19		W-L:0-4,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.0	54.2	57	29	25	23	31	7	2	4.12	4.42	247	1.08		8%	1%	56	46	25	24%	2	1	0	218	8	2	3	6	0	7	1.07	-0.165	4.67	0.18%	-4.42

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