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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 7-28 / in Starts: 1-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 13

1938 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1938 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	2	14	May 4	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.05	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.032	.31	0.03%	1.18	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	3	16	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.62	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.018	.91	0.02%	0.66	7t -23 2 out d4	7t 3 out d4
3	4	17	May 7	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	8-GF		0	1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.55	7	3	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.154	1.63	-0.12%	-0.14	8t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 2
4	5	20	May 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.20	9	2	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.388	1.95	0.21%	2.25	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
5	6	26	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	6	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.28	8	2	3	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	0.175	1.30	0.06%	1.35	8b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
6	7	28	May 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	5-GF(10)	W(1-0)	1	6.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	1.23	4.14	28	13	0	0	0	8		0	0	1	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	0.089	.79	0.03%	1.63	5b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 3
7	8	30	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	7-7	BL(1-1)	2	1.0	3	4	4	3	0	1	0	3.45	5.48	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.509	1.15	-0.23%	-3.37	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out d3
8	9	33	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	3.06	5.82	7	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.074	.34	0.04%	-0.42	8t 1-- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
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
9	10	37	Jun 2	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	7-GF		3	3.0	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.35	5.57	18	6	5	1	0	6		0	0	2	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.29	-0.089	.38	-0.07%	-3.24	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 7
10	11	38	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	8-8	BL(1-2)	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.23	5.57	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.506	2.51	-0.28%	-2.90	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t --3 0 out d1
11	12	44	Jun 9	PHA		DET	W,8-5	9-GF	S(4)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.06	5.39	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	0.177	1.87	0.05%	1.67	9t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 3
12	13	60	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		20	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.24	5.29	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.39	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
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
13	14	61	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,7-12	7-8	BL(1-3)	0	1.0	4	6	2	1	0	0	0	5.79	5.32	10	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.01	-0.544	.76	-0.12%	-4.81	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out d4
14	15	62	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.55	5.23	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.048	.30	0.01%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	16	64	Jul 3(2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	7-GF		0	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.04	11	4	3	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.99	7t 123 2 out d9	9t end d12
16	17	65	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8			0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.27	4.99	2												2					0
17	18	68	Jul 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.97	4.98	7	3	2	0	2	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.055	.02	0.00%	-0.46	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 3
18	19	69	Jul 10(1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	4.86	8	3	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.033	.02	0.00%	1.53	7b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	20	70	Jul 10(2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8			-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	4.86	1												1					0
20	21	71	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	7-GF		1	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.24	4.55	9	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.033	.00	0.00%	1.76	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
21	22	75	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,8-9	4-GF	L(1-4)	3	6.0	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	3.83	4.88	25	9	9	3	3	4		0	0	4	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.46	-0.109	.02	0.00%	0.53	4t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	23	77	Jul 24(1)	PHA		DET	L,6-7	5-5		7	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.95	5.15	4	0	3	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-1.56	5t 123 0 out d3	5t 3 out d7
23	24	78	Jul 24(2)	PHA		DET	L,3-7	7-9		-1	2.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.40	5.26	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.85	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 12- 0 out d2
24	25	80	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,11-12	7-GF(8)	L(1-5)	2	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.80	5.18	9	1	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-1.80	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
25	26	81	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.21	5.52	8	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.69	7b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
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
26	27	88	Aug 4(1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG(8)	L(1-6)	5	8.0	14	8	7	4	2	0	1	5.60	5.36	42	12	9	1	1	14	22			1	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.260	.00	0.00%	-2.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
27	28	94	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,4-16	GS-7	L(1-7)	4	6.1	3	6	6	3	4	1	0	5.90	5.35	25	6	9	2	0	3	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
28	29	99	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	GS-7	L(1-8)	3	6.1	13	11	9	6	3	2	0	6.55	5.69	39	8	9	1	0	13	4			2	0	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-7.05	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d8
29	30	104	Aug 17(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(1-9)	3	8.0	9	5	5	2	5	0	1	6.45	5.40	36	10	9	0	1	9	47			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.155	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
30	31	108	Aug 21(1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	GS-4	L(1-10)	3	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	6.66	5.34	16	3	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.09	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d1
31	32	112	Aug 24(1)	PHA		DET	W,10-5	CG	W(2-10)	2	9.0	8	5	4	5	3	0	0	6.39	5.20	42	12	14	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	.74	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	33	116	Aug 26(1)	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.27	5.14	6	2	2	1	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.063	.00	0.00%	1.26	8t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 5
33	34	118	Aug 27(1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-8	CG	L(2-11)	0	9.0	14	8	8	2	4	3	0	6.43	5.33	42	8	14	0	1	14	29			1	1	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
34	35	122	Aug 30	PHA		CLE	L,8-10	GS-5		2	5.0	7	7	7	1	0	2	0	6.73	5.50	23	5	10	2	2	7	24			0	0	0	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.452	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
35	36	125	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	GS-	L(2-12)	2	8.0	10	4	3	1	2	1	0	6.49	5.43	34						49						33					0
							7-28		W-L:2-12,Sv:5,BSv:3	2.0	111.0	139	94	80	49	42	15	2	6.49	5.43	516	1.02		5%	5%	125	33	27	48%	13	2	1	453	16	8	1	5	0	9	.88	-3.328	.21	-0.38%	-29.13

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Potter Pages

Nels Potter Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Nels Potter Pages at Baseball Reference

Nels Potter page at the Bullpen Wiki