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

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-9 / in Starts: 23-6

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: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	162	4	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.00	4.68	35						62						32	0	0			0
2	163	8	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.00	4.40	38	18	7	0	2	7	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.67	0.238	2.69	0.58%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	164	11	Apr 30(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6		L(2-1)	2	2.2	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.18	4.28	13												10					0
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
4	165	15	May 4	SLB		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.52	3.86	34	16	9	0	1	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.559	4.54	1.40%	4.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	166	19	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.2	8	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.55	4.21	28	8	5	1	2	8	32			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.268	6.51	-0.72%	-2.81	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
6	167	23	May 14(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.2	6	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.79	4.01	29	7	8	1	0	5	51			4	0	0	25	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.41	-0.033	5.80	-0.08%	-0.48	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d3
7	168	29	May 19	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	5	5	4	1	2	0	3.18	4.48	36	15	11	0	4	5	52			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.207	5.87	0.53%	-0.80	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
8	169	35	May 26	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS-	L(4-3)	6	10.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.21	4.21	40						64						38					0
9	170	40	May 30(1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	GS-	W(5-3)	3	7.0	12	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.41	4.06	35						38						31					0
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
10	171	45	Jun 3	SLB		PHA	W,18-8	GS-5		3	4.2	9	6	5	1	1	0	0	3.80	3.99	23	7	5	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.139	3.64	-0.39%	-3.89	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out a2
11	172	49	Jun 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	GS-	L(5-4)	5	6.2	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.94	3.94	29						43						24					0
12	173	53	Jun 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	12	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.84	3.79	37	13	11	3	1	12	52			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.093	3.20	0.28%	1.00	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
13	174	57	Jun 18(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	5-GF	L(6-5)	3	3.1	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	3.80	3.94	15	5	5	1	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.61	-0.074	9.27	-0.26%	-0.35	5b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end d 2
14	175	60	Jun 21	SLB		CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.64	3.82	34						66						32	2	0			0
15	176	64	Jun 25(1)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	GS-		3	7.2	5	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.72	3.67	29						57						27					0
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
16	177	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.51	3.61	31	13	10	1	0	4	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.48	0.234	3.33	0.98%	3.04	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
17	178	74	Jul 5	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-7		3	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.48	3.54	27	7	7	0	0	9	48			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.057	8.74	-0.20%	0.27	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out tie
18	179	79	Jul 9(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4			3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	3.55	8												7					0
19	180	81	Jul 13(2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(9-5)	3	10.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.24	3.54	40						73						34	1	0			0
20	181	88	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	GS-5		6	4.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.15	3.54	15	4	2	0	0	3	56			1	0	1	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.043	9.18	0.23%	0.60	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out tie
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
21	182	104	Aug 6(2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-4	GS-	W(10-5)	16	7.2	10	4	3	1	8	0	0	3.17	3.41	35						52						32					0
22	183	110	Aug 13(2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG(5)	W(11-5)	6	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.12	3.38	20	11	1	0	1	5	54			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.165	5.08	0.71%	1.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
23	184	114	Aug 17	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS-9	W(12-5)	3	8.0	11	5	3	1	3	0	0	3.14	3.32	36	8	13	2	1	11	46			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.184	3.15	0.50%	-0.95	1b start a 1	9b -23 0 out a7
24	185	120	Aug 22	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-	L(12-6)	4	6.1	7	3	2	2	6	0	0	3.13	3.26	27						53						24					0
25	186	124	Aug 27(2)	SLB	@	DET	W,17-2	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	7	3	0	0	3.07	3.32	39						65						32	0	0			0
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
26	187	128	Sep 1	SLB		DET	L,3-6	GS-3	L(13-7)	4	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.29	3.40	15	6	1	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.292	14.64	-2.16%	-3.65	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
27	188	132	Sep 4(2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(14-7)	2	9.0	9	1	1	1	6	0	1	3.18	3.33	40						70						38	2	1			0
28	189	136	Sep 10(1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(15-7)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.12	3.32	35	11	12	1	7	6	67			4	0	1	31	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.05	0.270	11.11	1.72%	2.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
29	190	140	Sep 17(1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(16-7)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.03	3.30	33	8	15	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.282	9.00	2.17%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	191	144	Sep 21	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	W(17-7)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.07	3.26	34						55						33	2	0			0
31	192	148	Sep 25	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-7)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.95	3.17	30	18	3	0	1	2	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.563	15.47	5.10%	4.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	193	152	Sep 29(2)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.83	3.15	35	9	17	1	0	6	76			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	0.736	36.12	9.81%	4.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							23-9		W-L:19-7	3.8	232.0	211	79	73	70	91	6	1	2.83	3.15	955	1.30		4%	7%	112	57	1	0%	11	1	3	866	26	1	5	13	0	7	1.04	2.711	8.75	20.18%	15.05

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