Nels Potter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 23, 1911 in Mount Morris, IL us

Died: September 30, 1990 in Mount Morris, IL

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL

High School: Mount Morris HS (Mount Morris, IL)

Schools: Mount Morris College (Mount Morris, IL), Manchester University (North Manchester, IN)

Debut: April 25, 1936 (Age 24-246d, 8,004th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1949 (Age 38-026d)
vs. CIN 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Nelson Thomas Potter

Nicknames: Nellie

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

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

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 4	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	16 (1)	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	17	May 7	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
4	20 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	26 (5)	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	28 (1)	May 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	GF	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	30 (1)	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	33 (2)	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	37 (3)	Jun 2	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	38	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	L,5-10		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	44 (5)	Jun 9	PHA		DET	W,8-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	60 (15)	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	61	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,7-12		10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	62	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	64 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	68 (2)	Jul 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-7	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	69	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	70	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	71	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	75 (3)	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,8-9	GF	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	77 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	78	Jul 24 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-7		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	80 (1)	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,11-12	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	81	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	88 (6)	Aug 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	94 (5)	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,4-16	GS	25	6.1	0	2	0	2	0
28	99 (4)	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	GS	39	6.1	0	2	0	2	0
29	104 (4)	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	108 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	112 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	116 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
33	118 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	122 (3)	Aug 30	PHA		CLE	L,8-10	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	125 (2)	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							35gm		111.0	8	16	1	25	0