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Nelson King

Name Note: Name presented as Nellie King in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 185lb (198cm, 83kg)

Born: March 15, 1928 in Shenandoah, PA us

Died: August 11, 2010 in Mount Lebanon, PA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Milton Hershey HS for Orphans (Hershey, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 26-031d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1957 (Age 29-184d)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Nelson Joseph King

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

3.58

173.1

WHIP

1.402

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (1)	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	11 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	GF	20	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (1)	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	16 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	20 (3)	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	26 (3)	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
11	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4		0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	30 (2)	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	32 (1)	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5		20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	35 (2)	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	39 (1)	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	41 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	42	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	45 (2)	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	49 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	53 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	54	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	57 (2)	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	60 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	69 (8)	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	88 (18)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	91 (2)	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	94 (2)	Jul 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	95	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	GF	1	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	97	Jul 30	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	100 (2)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	105 (4)	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	107 (1)	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,3-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	138 (30)	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	152 (13)	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	155 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							38gm		60.0	6	5	0	11	0