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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 20	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	12 (6)	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	L,9-10	GF	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (2)	May 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (3)	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	21 (1)	May 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11		20	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
8	25 (3)	May 14	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	28 (2)	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-13		12	2.1	0	0	1	1	0
10	37 (8)	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	39 (1)	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	41 (1)	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42	Jun 1	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (3)	Jun 6	BSN		STL	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	48 (1)	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	GF	40	9.1	0	3	0	3	0
16	54 (5)	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	63 (8)	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	66 (2)	Jun 25	BSN	@	STL	W,10-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	67	Jun 26	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (5)	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	76 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	77	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	79 (1)	Jul 8	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3		11	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
24	80	Jul 9	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	85 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	88 (2)	Jul 20	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	91 (2)	Jul 23	BSN		PIT	L,9-12		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	95 (3)	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	98 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	100 (1)	Aug 2	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	106 (5)	Aug 7 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	110 (3)	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	115 (4)	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	GS	29	6.1	0	2	0	2	1
34	118 (2)	Aug 22	BSN		BRO	W,7-6		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	121 (2)	Aug 25	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	124 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	BSN		STL	L,7-9	GF	10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	132 (7)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	GF	11	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
38	137 (4)	Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	11	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
39	142 (4)	Sep 14	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	143	Sep 16	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	145 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
							41gm		96.2	2	20	1	23	1