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: 8-14 / in Starts: 8-11

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: 2

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	226	1	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	2	2	5	4	1	0	2.25	5.08	33	11	8	4	1	5	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	2	0	0	.97	0.123	2.51	0.19%	1.90	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
2	227	5	Apr 21(1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	1.59	3.76	37	11	9	0	0	7	71			1	0	0	32	4	0	2	0	0	0	.96	0.323	2.02	0.41%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	228	9	Apr 26	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.73	3.24	38	11	10	1	1	8	66			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.427	2.60	0.52%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	229	14	May 1	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(2-2)	4	8.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	1.85	3.44	31	12	10	1	2	6	61			2	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.244	3.21	-0.29%	0.57	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out d1
5	230	21	May 9	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(3-2)	7	9.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.67	3.54	33	7	19	4	5	4	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.346	1.16	0.31%	3.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	231	26	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GS-9	L(3-3)	4	8.1	10	6	6	6	3	3	1	2.45	4.43	41	15	6	0	2	10	36			3	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	.86	-0.096	1.15	-0.08%	-2.20	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d4
7	232	35	May 26(1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	11	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.39	4.07	34						66						32	0	0			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
8	233	42	Jun 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-1	L(4-4)	7	0.1	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	2.97	4.07	7	1	1	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.377	.54	-0.13%	-5.19	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d5
9	234	44	Jun 5	SLB	@	BOS	T,8-8	9-GF(12)	BS(1)	1	4.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.92	3.99	15	10	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	0.096	1.25	0.02%	0.93	9b --- 0 out a1	12b end tie
10	235	49	Jun 9(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS-2		3	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.11	3.98	10	2	1	0	0	3	42			0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.120	.12	-0.01%	-1.11	1b start tie	2b 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
11	236	73	Jul 4(2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(5-4)	24	9.0	9	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.85	3.71	36	13	5	0	1	9	68			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.57	0.492	.10	0.02%	1.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	237	77	Jul 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(6-4)	6	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.87	3.55	35	12	13	1	4	6	63			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.254	.04	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	238	85	Jul 17(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-4	L(6-5)	5	3.2	5	7	0	2	1	1	1	2.75	3.74	21	6	6	0	0	5	36			1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.398	.01	0.00%	-5.51	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d5
14	239	89	Jul 21(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	5-6		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.69	3.66	8	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.31	5b 1-3 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
15	240	92	Jul 26	SLB		BOS	L,5-8	GS-8	L(6-6)	4	7.1	13	7	7	5	6	0	0	3.13	3.61	40	10	7	0	2	12	25			1	0	0	35	5	0	2	0	0	0	.96	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d3
16	241	97	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	W,6-2	GS-9	W(7-6)	4	8.2	6	2	2	5	5	1	0	3.05	3.69	36	8	13	0	4	5	64			1	0	0	31	3	0	2	1	0	0	.84	0.194	.00	0.00%	1.55	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
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
17	242	106	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-	L(7-7)	9	7.0	11	5	5	2	6	0	0	3.26	3.57	32						39						29					0
18	243	113	Aug 18(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(8-7)	7	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.24	3.52	39						57						35	1	0			0
19	244	120	Aug 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(8-8)	4	8.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	1	3.31	3.60	34	6	14	0	0	9	48			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	245	126	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,3-11	GS-6	L(8-9)	7	5.1	10	7	7	7	2	0	0	3.65	3.69	33	5	9	1	3	10	15			2	0	0	26	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.425	.00	0.00%	-3.51	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d2
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
21	246	132	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.68	3.67	29	8	9	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 1 out a1
22	247	143	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	5-6		10	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.67	8	1	1	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-2.52	5t 12- 1 out tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
23	248	147	Sep 21(2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-9			4	2.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.67	11												9					0
							8-14		W-L:8-9,BSv:1	4.8	145.0	152	72	59	59	73	9	3	3.66	3.67	641	1.05		4%	9%	118	51	4	75%	14	2	0	568	30	5	10	7	0	7	1.15	-0.148	.90	0.97%	-4.98

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