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: 18-13 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	194	3	Apr 19	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.00	2.48	35	12	8	1	1	9	67			0	1	1	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.47	0.217	3.58	0.32%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	195	7	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.00	3.20	37	19	5	0	1	6	58			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.142	2.42	0.14%	0.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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
3	196	10	May 2	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GS-		5	12.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.50	2.67	44						94						41					0
4	197	14	May 8	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.38	2.39	30	10	9	1	0	3	83			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.114	.78	0.11%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	198	18	May 13(1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	GS-	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	4	4	0	6	0	0	1.91	2.19	33						54						31					0
6	199	22	May 20(1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.77	2.29	34	9	14	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	-0.005	1.22	-0.01%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
7	200	26	May 25	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.52	2.25	33	12	12	0	0	6	74			0	0	1	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.418	2.18	0.71%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	201	32	May 30(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	5.0	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	1.80	2.29	24	11	4	0	0	4	46			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	4	.95	-0.200	2.18	-0.28%	-2.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	202	36	Jun 3(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-4)	3	8.0	8	3	2	3	7	1	0	1.85	2.43	34	11	5	0	0	8	60			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.48	-0.067	4.08	-0.11%	0.41	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
10	203	42	Jun 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.88	2.48	32	7	14	1	4	7	60			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	.70	0.032	2.37	0.07%	1.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	204	47	Jun 13	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	2.05	2.71	27	10	6	0	2	7	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.23	-0.065	3.92	-0.12%	-0.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
12	205	51	Jun 19	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	GS-	L(4-7)	5	6.1	6	4	3	0	5	0	0	2.20	2.61	24						52						24					0
13	206	56	Jun 24(2)	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	L(4-8)	4	9.0	8	4	3	4	6	1	0	2.26	2.74	42	12	12	0	0	8	59			2	0	0	38	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.90	-0.328	3.39	-0.35%	0.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	207	60	Jun 30	SLB		BOS	T,2-2	CG(7)		5	7.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.28	2.67	28	5	12	1	1	7	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.156	1.30	0.09%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
15	208	66	Jul 4(1)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-9)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.35	2.60	34	6	11	0	1	8	59			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.048	1.01	-0.03%	0.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
16	209	72	Jul 8	SLB		WSH	W,5-1	CG(7)	W(5-9)	3	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.30	2.54	27	10	5	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.209	.92	0.16%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
17	210	75	Jul 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG(11)	W(6-9)	4	11.0	12	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.18	2.58	49	14	15	3	1	12	67			0	0	0	43	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.78	0.417	1.74	0.25%	2.69	1b start tie	11b 3 out a2
18	211	81	Jul 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(7-9)	7	9.0	6	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.11	2.61	39	11	11	0	1	6	72			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.319	2.65	0.50%	3.00	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
19	212	85	Jul 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(7-10)	5	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.17	2.61	33	7	13	0	1	8	55			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	.70	-0.045	1.72	-0.07%	0.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
20	213	90	Aug 1	SLB	@	DET	L,8-9	GS-8		4	7.0	10	5	5	1	1	3	0	2.35	2.86	31	11	8	2	0	10	37			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.014	1.79	-0.02%	-1.74	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
21	214	95	Aug 5(2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-9	GS-7	W(8-10)	3	6.0	11	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.54	2.92	30	9	4	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.098	.42	0.04%	-2.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
22	215	100	Aug 10(1)	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.46	2.93	32						72						30	1	0			0
23	216	106	Aug 14	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	GS-1		3	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.61	3.02	4	0	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.299	.54	-0.08%	-3.37	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d3
24	217	109	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(10-10)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.53	2.99	34	12	7	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.274	.53	0.13%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	218	114	Aug 21(1)	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.46	2.95	32						74						30	0	0			0
26	219	121	Aug 26(2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.40	2.90	33	11	12	3	1	6	75			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.329	1.10	0.24%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
27	220	126	Sep 1(2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-10)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.30	2.88	32	13	9	0	1	6	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.423	2.09	0.51%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	221	132	Sep 5(2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	5	5	0	1	2.34	2.91	36	9	9	1	0	7	56			1	0	1	29	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.54	-0.167	4.92	-0.32%	0.17	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
29	222	142	Sep 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(14-10)	7	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.29	2.88	32	11	12	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.550	.01	0.00%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	223	148	Sep 19(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.0	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	2.43	2.94	21	8	6	0	3	5	37			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.474	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out a1
31	224	151	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-10)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.34	2.93	31	23	1	0	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.52	0.257	.00	0.00%	4.19	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
32	225	154	Sep 30	SLB		DET	L,3-6	CG	L(15-11)	6	9.0	9	6	6	6	4	1	0	2.47	3.01	42	12	12	1	3	8	43			0	0	0	34	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.87	-0.649	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							18-13		W-L:15-11	4.3	255.1	212	75	70	68	129	10	1	2.47	3.01	1029	1.21		3%	4%	174	62		---%	9	4	3	939	26	2	12	12	0	17	1.11	1.594	1.84	1.86%	28.70

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