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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: 12-21 / in Starts: 8-5

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: 4

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	129	4	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.15	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.017	.29	0.03%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 2
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	130	10	May 5	SLB		DET	L,1-5	GS-	L(0-1)	6	1.2	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2.45	4.29	13						36						10					0
3	131	14	May 9(2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5		S(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	3.36	7												7					0
4	132	15	May 12	SLB		BOS	W,6-4			2	3.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.04	3.12	11												9					0
5	133	17	May 16(1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	7-8		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.69	3.03	12	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.30	-0.016	.79	-0.03%	-0.12	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
6	134	26	May 30(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	2-6		13	5.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	2.97	18	8	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.088	.61	0.10%	2.11	2b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
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	135	36	Jun 6(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	4-GF(8)		6	5.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	0	2.61	4.35	22	8	6	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.011	.12	-0.01%	-1.85	4b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 7
8	136	44	Jun 16(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-9			9	5.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	3.88	18												17					0
9	137	47	Jun 19	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	3-5		2	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.81	8	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.116	.91	0.12%	1.78	3b 12- 1 out d2	5b 3 out d2
10	138	49	Jun 20(2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4		W(1-1)	0	4.2	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.89	3.94	17												16					0
11	139	51	Jun 23	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	6-GF		2	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	3.81	15	13	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.103	.72	0.10%	1.76	6t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 1
12	140	55	Jun 26	SLB		DET	W,6-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	2	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.62	3.67	28	10	8	1	2	6	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.236	1.67	0.20%	1.71	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
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
13	141	61	Jul 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	GS-8	L(2-2)	6	7.1	9	5	5	2	3	3	0	2.26	4.28	31	18	1	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	29	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.417	2.88	-0.62%	-1.71	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
14	142	67	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-3)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.26	4.40	32	12	10	1	0	6	58			0	1	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	1	.83	0.052	1.51	0.06%	1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	143	72	Jul 11(2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.23	4.31	33	14	11	0	0	4	71			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.279	1.25	0.24%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	144	77	Jul 18(2)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10			6	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.26	4.22	12												11					0
17	145	79	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-9	4-GF(8)		3	4.1	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.49	4.31	20	8	4	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.228	1.11	-0.28%	-1.98	4b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 4
18	146	82	Jul 25(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	4.30	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.12	8b 1-3 1 out d6	8b end d 7
19	147	86	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.21	4.05	35	23	0	0	0	9	68			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.313	.76	0.12%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 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
20	148	90	Aug 1(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-20			3	5.1	12	10	10	5	3	0	1	3.07	4.10	34												27					0
21	149	97	Aug 8(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	4.03	6	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.79	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	150	100	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	8-GF		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.96	4.02	5	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.011	.01	0.00%	1.17	8t 123 2 out d4	9t end d 4
23	151	101	Aug 13	SLB		NYY	L,0-4	8-GF		0	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.08	4.06	9	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	.35	-0.027	.01	0.00%	-1.12	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
24	152	103	Aug 15(1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.02	4.00	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
25	153	114	Aug 23(2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	7	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.85	3.83	35						73						33	0	0			0
26	154	116	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	6-GF	W(6-3)	1	4.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.75	3.79	18	6	2	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.248	.00	0.00%	1.76	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
27	155	122	Aug 29(2)	SLB		DET	L,2-4	CG	L(6-4)	3	9.0	7	4	4	5	6	1	0	2.84	3.84	38	14	7	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	33	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.40	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
28	156	127	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(7-4)	6	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.78	3.74	36	13	11	0	6	6	69			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.86	0.473	.00	0.00%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	157	130	Sep 10	SLB		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.73	3.77	37	24	0	0	0	6	68			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.200	.00	0.00%	1.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	158	135	Sep 14(2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.63	3.66	34						69						33	0	0			0
31	159	140	Sep 19(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-	L(9-5)	4	7.0	10	6	6	5	2	0	0	2.86	3.68	33						30						28					0
32	160	149	Sep 29(1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG(13)	W(10-5)	9	13.0	12	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.80	3.57	52	22	10	1	0	10	75			4	0	0	46	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.38	0.478	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start a 2	13b 3 out a1
33	161	153	Oct 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5			3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.57	4												4					0
							12-21		W-L:10-5,Sv:1	3.6	168.1	146	56	52	54	80	11	3	2.78	3.57	690	2.42		2%	3%	84	60	8	25%	12	2	2	621	11	3	4	8	0	5	1.07	1.857	.67	0.02%	19.15

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