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

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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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	23	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (7)	May 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
4	17 (3)	May 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	24 (6)	May 20	PHA		DET	W,6-5	GS	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
6	26 (1)	May 22	PHA		SLB	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	31 (4)	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-11	GF	5	1.2	1	0	1	2	0
8	32	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	34 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	33	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (5)	Jun 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	46 (5)	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	32	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	53 (6)	Jun 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	57 (3)	Jun 24	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	63 (5)	Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	36	7.2	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	69 (5)	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	73 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	75 (1)	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	GS	15	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
18	77 (1)	Jul 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	80 (2)	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	85 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,10-11	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	86	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-16		18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	88 (1)	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	92 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	93	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	96 (2)	Aug 3	PHA		CHW	L,7-9	GF	4	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
26	98 (1)	Aug 5	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	99	Aug 6 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	103 (3)	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	17	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
29	105 (1)	Aug 11	PHA		NYY	L,5-9	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	106	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-18		20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	108 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-21	GF	41	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	113 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	116 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10		17	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
34	119 (2)	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	124 (4)	Aug 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS	37	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	127 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	130 (2)	Sep 7	PHA		WSH	L,1-10	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	135 (4)	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L,9-11	GS	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	138 (2)	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	141 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	144 (2)	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		196.0	8	34	1	43	0