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: 12-15 / in Starts: 6-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 11

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	281	4	Apr 25(2)	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	GS-	W(1-0)	99	5.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	8.44	5.20	25						35						23	0	0	0		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
2	282	10	May 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-5	L(1-1)	8	5.0	4	2	1	2	1	0	2	5.23	4.98	24	8	7	2	3	4	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.027	2.67	0.04%	0.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics
3	283	24	May 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	5-GF(8)		14	3.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.95	4.08	12	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.009	.26	0.03%	2.00	5b 12- 2 out d6	8b end d 6
4	284	26	May 21	PHA	@	DET	W,9-6	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.84	11	5	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.200	5.29	0.47%	1.66	7b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
5	285	33	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	5-GF	W(2-1)	6	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.49	3.36	18	4	7	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	0.410	7.55	1.42%	3.70	5t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
6	286	35	May 30(1)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	W(3-1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	3.24	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.145	10.32	0.48%	0.54	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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	287	40	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-7			2	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.28	3.49	9												9	0	0	0		0
8	288	43	Jun 6(1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.04	3.66	9	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.052	3.19	0.19%	1.08	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	289	46	Jun 9	PHA		DET	L,4-7	6-7	L(3-2)	2	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.54	8	1	2	2	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	-0.293	9.55	-0.65%	-1.43	6t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
10	290	50	Jun 13(1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-7	8-8	BL(3-3)	3	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.45	3.64	5	0	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	-0.523	12.03	-1.07%	-3.23	8t 123 0 out a3	8t 123 1 out d1
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Boston Braves
11	291	61	Jun 26	BSN		PIT	L,1-7	9-GF		12	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.60	3.71	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
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
12	292	68	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	3-7		7	5.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.72	3.86	23	10	2	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.024	3.36	0.09%	-0.57	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
13	293	77	Jul 11	BSN		PHI	W,9-4		S(2)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.58	3.72	3												3	0	0	0		0
14	294	79	Jul 15(2)	BSN	@	CHC	T,1-1	9-GF(13)		3	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.61	18	10	5	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.58	0.733	14.80	2.52%	2.79	9b 12- 1 out tie	13b end tie
15	295	82	Jul 18(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.67	3.35	35	11	12	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.34	0.145	2.46	0.63%	2.60	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a8
16	296	87	Jul 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	3-GF(8)		4	5.2	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.46	3.22	24	11	2	1	0	9		1	1	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.018	2.69	0.07%	1.21	3b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
17	297	91	Jul 27	BSN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.11	3.26	32	13	12	0	7	4	74			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.360	5.27	1.59%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 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
18	298	96	Aug 1	BSN		STL	L,6-9	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	7.0	9	6	3	0	3	1	0	3.18	3.31	29	13	4	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	4	0	2	1.04	-0.377	6.78	-1.48%	-2.53	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
19	299	98	Aug 3	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	4-GF		1	6.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.05	3.20	21	6	8	2	3	2		1	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.71	0.157	4.65	0.62%	2.36	4t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
20	300	101	Aug 6	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	6-GF		2	3.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.93	3.11	12	5	2	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.190	6.42	0.78%	1.92	6t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
21	301	104	Aug 10	BSN		NYG	L,5-6	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	8.0	10	6	6	0	9	0	0	3.27	2.87	35	15	4	0	2	7	47			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.415	10.02	-1.99%	-2.04	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
22	302	108	Aug 14	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	7	3	1	1	6	0	0	3.06	2.77	35	19	7	1	0	2	70			2	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.27	-0.018	12.83	-0.11%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
23	303	116	Aug 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	GS-2		8	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.20	2.77	6	3	3	2	0	0	40			0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.073	11.01	-0.48%	-0.66	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
24	304	138	Sep 12(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	10-GF(13)	W(7-5)	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.08	2.78	17	2	5	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	3	0	0	0	3.34	0.896	29.38	4.72%	2.86	10b --3 0 out tie	13b end a 1
25	305	147	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	8-GF		12	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	2.81	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.088	.10	0.01%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
26	306	148	Sep 26	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	2.83	7	5	1	0	1	0		2	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.379	1.00	0.07%	1.34	8t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end a 1
27	307	149	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,8-9	8-12		1	5.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.83	2.80	21	10	5	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	0.675	.00	0.00%	2.61	8b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
28	308	154	Oct 3	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-1	GS-	W(8-5)	4	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.86	2.92	7						48						7	0	0	0		0
							12-15		W-L:8-5,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.3	113.1	105	42	36	20	63	6	2	2.86	2.92	460	1.61		6%	7%	75	53	19	32%	3	2	1	425	11	2	6	7	0	8	1.22	2.808	6.93	7.95%	22.23

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