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Nels Potter

Given Name: Nelson Thomas
Nickname: Nellie


Born: 8/23/1911 in Mount Morris, IL USA
Died: 9/30/1990
in Mt.Morris, IL USA

First Game: Saturday April 25, 1936
Last Game: Sunday September 18, 1949

Attended Manchester College 1931-1932
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Major League Career Statistics

Nels Potter's Pitching Statistics
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YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1936 SLN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1938 PHA 2 12 35 9 4 0 5 111.1 139 95 80 6.47 1.69 15 49 43 0 2 0 517 20
1939 PHA 8 12 41 25 9 0 2 196.1 258 163 144 6.60 1.76 26 88 60 12 5 2 922 12
1940 PHA 9 14 31 25 13 0 0 200.2 213 115 99 4.44 1.42 18 71 73 10 1 2 876 5
1941 PHA 1 1 10 3 1 0 2 23.1 35 26 24 9.26 2.19 3 16 7 3 0 0 121 3
1941 BOS 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 20.0 21 10 10 4.50 1.85 0 16 6 1 0 1 92 6
1943 SLA 10 5 33 13 8 0 1 168.1 146 56 52 2.78 1.19 11 54 80 3 3 0 690 13
1944 SLA 19 7 32 29 16 3 0 232.0 211 79 73 2.83 1.21 6 70 91 4 1 1 955 2
1945 SLA 15 11 32 32 21 3 0 255.1 212 75 70 2.47 1.10 10 68 129 1 1 0 1028 0
1946 SLA 8 9 23 19 10 0 0 145.0 152 72 60 3.72 1.46 9 59 72 4 3 0 641 2
1947 SLA 4 10 32 10 3 0 2 122.2 130 61 55 4.04 1.42 13 44 65 1 2 0 529 19
1948 SLA 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 10.1 11 7 6 5.23 1.45 1 4 4 0 2 0 49 0
1948 PHA 2 2 8 0 0 0 1 18.0 17 8 8 4.00 1.22 1 5 13 0 0 0 75 5
1948 BSN 5 2 18 7 3 0 2 85.0 77 27 22 2.33 1.00 4 8 47 1 0 0 332 9
1949 BSN 6 11 41 3 1 0 7 96.2 99 49 45 4.19 1.33 6 30 57 0 1 0 418 29
Career 92 97 349 177 89 6 22 1686.0 1721 843 748 3.99 1.37 123 582 747 40 21 6 7248 126
'Best' 19 14 41 32 21 3 7 255.1 258 163 144 0.00 0.00 26 88 129 12 5 2 1028 29
Rankings On All-Time Career Lists    
Wins
#635
Losses
#536
Games Pitched
#767
Games Started
#754
Complete Games
#468
Shutouts
#978
Saves
#545
Hits Allowed
#535
Earned Runs
#491
Home Runs Allowed
#558
Walks Allowed
#540
Strikeouts Allowed
#713
Intentional Walks
#7184
Wild Pitches
#677
Batters Hit By Pitch
#1356
         

Nels Potter's PostSeason Pitching Statistics
YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1944 WS SLA 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 10 5 1 0.93 1.34 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 44 0
1948 WS BSN 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 6 5 8.44 1.50 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 25 1
0 1 4 3 0 0 0 15.0 16 11 6 3.60 1.40 2 5 7 1 0 0 0 69 1

Nels Potter's Batting Statistics
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YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPSISORCBABIPEyeCT%
1938 PHA 38 39 1 10 1 0 0 11 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 .256 .275 .282 .557 .026 3 .278 0.33 92.3
1939 PHA 41 67 6 12 2 0 0 14 4 0 0 5 6 0 4 1 .179 .236 .209 .445 .030 3 .197 0.83 91.0
1940 PHA 31 71 4 18 2 0 0 20 4 0 0 3 7 0 6 2 .254 .284 .282 .565 .028 4 .281 0.43 90.1
1941 PHA 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 .000 0 .250 0.50 66.7
1941 BOS 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 .000 0.33 0.0
1943 SLA 33 55 0 8 1 0 0 9 4 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 .145 .203 .164 .367 .018 1 .151 2.00 96.4
1944 SLA 32 82 4 13 1 0 0 14 5 0 0 4 4 1 5 2 .159 .207 .171 .378 .012 2 .167 1.00 95.1
1945 SLA 32 92 3 28 2 0 0 30 5 0 0 2 7 0 5 3 .304 .319 .326 .645 .022 8 .329 0.29 92.4
1946 SLA 23 52 2 12 3 0 0 15 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 .231 .286 .288 .574 .058 4 .250 1.00 92.3
1947 SLA 32 35 3 9 1 0 0 10 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 .257 .381 .286 .667 .029 4 .273 3.50 94.3
1948 SLA 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 .000 1 .500 0.00 100.0
1948 PHA 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 .000 0 .250 0.00 100.0
1948 BSN 18 29 0 11 1 0 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 .379 .379 .414 .793 .034 3 .423 0.00 89.7
1949 BSN 41 23 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 .130 .200 .174 .374 .043 0 .188 0.29 69.6
Career 352 562 25 128 15 0 0 143 37 0 0 35 50 0 1 28 0 14 .228 .274 .254 .529 .027 36 .250 0.70 91.1
Max 41 92 6 28 3 0 0 30 6 0 0 7 7 0 1 6 0 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 .058 8 .500 3.50 100.0

Nels Potter's Post-Season Batting Statistics
YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
1944 WS SLA 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 WS BSN 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333

Nels Potter's Fielding Statistics
YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1936 SLN P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0
1938 PHA P 35 9 111.1 8 16 1 0
1939 PHA P 41 25 196.1 8 34 1 0
1940 PHA P 31 25 200.2 17 30 0 2
1941 PHA P 10 3 23.1 3 4 1 1
1941 BOS P 10 0 20.0 2 2 0 0
1943 SLA P 33 13 168.1 10 36 1 2
1944 SLA P 32 29 232.0 11 52 3 3
1945 SLA P 32 32 255.1 13 43 3 4
1946 SLA P 23 19 145.0 11 18 1 3
1947 SLA P 32 10 122.2 6 27 3 1
1948 SLA P 2 2 10.1 2 4 1 0
1948 PHA P 8 0 18.0 1 1 0 0
1948 BSN P 18 7 85.0 4 20 2 1
1949 BSN P 41 3 96.2 2 20 1 1
Career P 349 177 1686.0 98 307 18 18
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