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, 8,003rd 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: 6-26 / in Starts: 2-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 6

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	249	3	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.13	3.30	35	7	15	2	3	8	61			1	0	0	31	3	2	2	0	0	0	.88	0.205	2.24	0.31%	2.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	250	8	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(0-2)	7	9.0	11	2	2	2	6	1	0	1.59	3.38	37	10	8	2	1	11	61			3	1	0	34	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.18	0.175	2.39	0.21%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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	251	14	May 4(1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GS-	L(0-3)	7	8.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	2.16	3.68	32						60						28					0
4	252	20	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-3)	5	7.0	7	3	2	1	6	1	0	2.25	3.58	27	5	8	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.078	1.03	-0.05%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
5	253	26	May 18(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	L(1-4)	7	8.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.70	3.78	32	15	6	0	0	7	52			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.55	-0.137	1.53	-0.08%	0.38	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
6	254	35	May 30(2)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	W(2-4)	11	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	2	0	2.76	4.27	37						59						33	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
7	255	41	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-5)	7	8.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	1	2.84	4.25	30	14	7	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.017	1.09	0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	256	48	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-12	GS-5	L(2-6)	6	5.0	8	6	3	2	5	0	0	3.05	4.06	26	5	7	0	3	7	36			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.323	.69	-0.28%	-3.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
9	257	54	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	L(2-7)	6	8.0	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.34	3.88	32	10	9	1	2	7	50			1	0	0	30	0	3	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.391	.41	-0.10%	-0.73	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a1
10	258	59	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-5	L(2-8)	5	5.0	12	7	7	2	1	1	0	3.96	4.02	27	8	4	0	0	12	14			2	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.401	.28	-0.08%	-4.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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	259	65	Jul 4(1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-6			6	4.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.99	4.08	18												17					0
12	260	69	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	8-GF	L(2-9)	5	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.00	4.22	10	2	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	-0.205	.06	0.00%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
13	261	73	Jul 13(1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4			2	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.06	4.25	5												3					0
14	262	76	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8			1	4.2	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.15	4.30	24												20					0
15	263	86	Jul 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14	2-6		8	4.2	7	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.43	4.28	26	5	8	0	1	6		0	0	1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-2.92	2b --- 1 out d6	6b 3 out d8
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
16	264	101	Aug 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		14	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.34	4.26	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
17	265	107	Aug 11(2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.37	4.27	7	4	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8b 1-3 2 out a5	9b end a 4
18	266	110	Aug 13(2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5		S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	4.23	3												3					0
19	267	111	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,0-7	9-GF		0	1.0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	4.38	4.20	7	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-2.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
20	268	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.33	4.19	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
21	269	116	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.14	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
22	270	117	Aug 21	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	4-8		1	4.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.33	4.13	21	9	1	0	0	6		1	0	2	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.88	4t 1-- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d4
23	271	119	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7	7-7		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	4.11	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
24	272	123	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	W(3-9)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.10	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.192	.00	0.00%	0.66	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t end tie
25	273	124	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	L(3-10)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.30	4.19	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-0.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
26	274	126	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	W(4-10)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.19	4.15	12	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.290	.00	0.00%	1.42	8t --- 0 out d2	10t end tie
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	275	129	Sep 1(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.14	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
28	276	131	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.27	4.15	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
29	277	140	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	4-GF(8)		11	4.2	4	1	1	3	2	1	0	4.18	4.25	22	3	10	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.33	4b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
30	278	145	Sep 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-10	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.07	4.19	10	3	5	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.034	.00	0.00%	2.49	6b 12- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
31	279	149	Sep 23	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	7-GF		4	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.07	4.13	8	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.37	7t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 3
32	280	152	Sep 27(1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.12	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							6-26		W-L:4-10,Sv:2	3.4	122.2	130	61	55	44	65	13	2	4.04	4.12	529	1.29		3%	5%	102	51	9	11%	14	2	0	469	23	9	7	5	0	4	.82	-1.026	.78	-0.05%	-2.27

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