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Lynn Nelson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND us

Died: February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 25-053d, 7,061st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 3, 1940 (Age 35-130d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson

Nicknames: Line Drive

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

5.25

166

676.2

255

WHIP

1.535

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-21 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 14

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	64	6	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-15	5-GF(8)		99	4.0	9	7	7	3	2	1	0	15.75	7.70	23	3	6	1	2	9		2	2	0	0	0	19	1	1	1	1	0	0	.13	-0.087	.39	-0.16%	-5.47	5b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d12
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	65	9	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-3		4	3.0	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	14.14	7.20	16	5	3	1	1	3	30			1	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.197	2.48	-0.32%	-2.22	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
3	66	13	May 9	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	5-GF	W(1-0)	3	5.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	1	9.75	6.70	21	3	8	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.310	5.06	0.64%	0.67	5b -2- 0 out d5	9b end a 1
4	67	18	May 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	1-GF	W(2-0)	7	9.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	5.57	4.82	36	8	13	1	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.604	4.64	1.44%	5.26	1t 12- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
5	68	23	May 22	PHA		CHW	W,10-9	GS-5		4	4.2	7	8	8	4	1	1	0	7.36	5.42	24	7	6	0	0	6	15			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.615	3.99	-1.35%	-5.45	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
6	69	25	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	GS-7	L(2-1)	1	7.0	12	7	6	2	2	1	0	7.44	5.41	35	5	15	5	1	11	27			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.375	4.46	-0.85%	-2.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	70	27	May 26	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	9-GF	BL(2-2)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.75	5.37	7	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.40	-0.597	12.24	-1.29%	-2.02	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end d 2
8	71	33	May 31(2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	13	6	5	1	2	0	0	7.34	4.93	37	12	12	1	2	10	35			1	0	1	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.235	2.13	-0.26%	-1.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
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
9	72	34	Jun 4(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	8-GF(10)	BL(2-4)	3	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	7.48	5.16	8	2	3	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.486	4.59	-0.46%	-0.93	8b 12- 2 out a1	10b end d 1
10	73	46	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	9-GF		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.31	5.07	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.08	0.00%	1.22	9t -2- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
11	74	48	Jun 19	PHA		DET	L,6-8	2-GF	L(2-5)	3	7.1	8	5	5	2	6	1	0	7.14	4.94	32	7	9	0	0	8		2	0	1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.268	.64	-0.07%	-0.45	2t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 2
12	75	56	Jun 27(2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	2-5		7	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.04	4.86	15	4	5	1	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.01	2t 1-- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d7
13	76	58	Jun 30	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.79	4.73	6	2	2	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.017	.01	0.00%	1.51	8t 1-3 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
14	77	60	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	6-8		1	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	7.02	4.90	11	5	2	1	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.053	.02	0.00%	-1.75	6b --- 1 out d2	8b --- 1 out d4
15	78	63	Jul 4(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.71	4.82	8	5	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.090	.00	0.00%	2.28	6b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 2
16	79	73	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-9	6-GF(8)		11	3.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.82	4.76	16	4	5	1	1	5		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-1.22	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
17	80	74	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-10	3-GF(8)		0	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.62	4.83	25	8	9	1	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.56	3b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
18	81	78	Jul 21(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-9	5-7		3	3.0	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	6.84	4.90	17	4	4	0	1	4		0	0	4	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-2.26	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
19	82	82	Jul 23(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	4-GF(11)	L(2-6)	1	6.2	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	6.83	4.83	31	7	9	0	0	8		2	0	1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	-0.463	.00	0.00%	-1.28	4b 12- 2 out tie	11b end d 1
20	83	85	Jul 28	PHA		CLE	W,11-7	7-GF	W(3-6)	4	3.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.70	4.93	10	3	6	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.74	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 4
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
21	84	90	Aug 3	PHA		DET	W,2-1	7-GF	S(1)	5	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.46	4.82	10	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.02	0.411	.00	0.00%	1.74	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
22	85	95	Aug 8(2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	7-GF	S(2)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.25	4.78	13	2	7	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.204	.00	0.00%	1.74	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
23	86	99	Aug 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-GF	L(3-7)	3	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.32	4.75	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-1.14	8b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end d 1
24	87	106	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	7-GF(10)	L(3-8)	7	3.1	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	6.29	4.86	14	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.180	.00	0.00%	0.10	7b --- 0 out d2	10b end d 1
25	88	110	Aug 24(2)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	3-8	W(4-8)	3	5.2	11	4	4	3	2	1	0	6.29	4.95	29	4	9	1	0	11		0	0	1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.64	3b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
26	89	114	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF(8)	BL(4-9)	3	2.0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	6.26	5.16	11	2	4	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.33	7b -23 0 out a2	8b end d 1
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	90	123	Sep 6(1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	5-GF		8	5.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.96	5.13	19	2	11	5	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.059	.00	0.00%	2.91	5t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
28	91	128	Sep 9(2)	PHA		WSH	L,10-12	3-GF		2	6.1	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	5.87	5.06	30	4	9	1	3	9		1	1	0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.12	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.16	3t -2- 2 out d7	9t end d 5
29	92	132	Sep 14	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	6-6		4	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	6.05	5.05	8	1	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-2.42	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d8
30	93	144	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	T,7-7	9-GF(11)		11	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.90	5.06	11	2	7	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.454	.00	0.00%	1.71	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end tie
							8-21		W-L:4-9,Sv:2,BSv:3	3.4	116.0	140	78	76	51	50	12	2	5.90	5.06	529	0.70		8%	8%	131	27	22	41%	14	2	1	465	21	7	2	6	0	3	.99	-2.002	1.48	-2.66%	-11.68

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