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Joe Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 25, 1974 in Alameda, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA).

High School: St. Joseph's Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)

School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: June 13, 2001 (Age 26-231d, 17,889th in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 9, 2010 (Age 35-227d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Doug Schaer

Full Name: Joseph George Nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

4.38

157

152.0

154

WHIP

1.447

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-21

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 15

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	108	1	Apr 7	TBR	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.10	3	10	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.018	.25	0.01%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	109	3	Apr 9	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.35	3	15	7	4	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.015	2.67	-0.01%	-0.65	8b -2- 2 out a3	8b 3 out a2
3	110	5	Apr 11	TBR	@	BAL	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.90	9	39	28	8	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
4	111	9	Apr 15	TBR		NYY	L,3-4	6-7	H(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.10	6	35	21	9	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.134	1.29	0.09%	0.82	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 1-- 2 out a1
5	112	12	Apr 18	TBR		CHW	L,3-8	7-8		2	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.50	2.93	5	24	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.006	.13	0.00%	-0.48	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 12- 0 out d4
6	113	14	Apr 21	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	2.95	3	11	8	2	0	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.024	.27	0.01%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
7	114	17	Apr 24	TBR	@	OAK	W,8-2	8-8		2	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.52	4.53	6	29	20	4	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.007	.11	0.00%	-1.99	8b --- 0 out a8	8b 1-3 2 out a6
8	115	20	Apr 27	TBR	@	MIN	W,7-1	7-8	H(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	4.10	4	20	17	5	2	0	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.202	1.43	0.09%	1.79	7b 12- 0 out a3	8b --- 1 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	116	24	May 1	TBR		BOS	W,6-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.80	3	16	11	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.016	.16	0.01%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
10	117	25	May 2	TBR		BOS	L,6-10	7-8		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	3.54	4	14	10	4	1	1	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.014	.12	0.01%	1.33	7t 123 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
11	118	27	May 4	TBR		BAL	L,4-8	7-8		1	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.55	4.75	9	26	14	4	0	3	5	2	1	0		2	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	-0.315	1.19	-0.15%	-2.86	7t 12- 1 out tie	8t -2- 2 out d4
12	119	29	May 6	TBR	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	4.94	2	10	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.066	3.03	0.03%	0.09	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b -23 2 out tie
13	120	30	May 7	TBR	@	NYY	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	4.75	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.018	.57	0.01%	0.12	9b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
14	121	32	May 9	TBR	@	BOS	W,14-5	6-6		1	0.1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.61	6.10	4	20	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.007	.10	0.00%	-1.41	6b --- 0 out a10	6b 12- 1 out a9
15	122	34	May 12	TBR	@	BAL	L,5-7	7-8		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.20	5.90	6	28	15	6	3	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.027	.35	0.01%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out d2
16	123	36	May 14	TBR		CLE	L,7-11	6-6		1	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	6.32	6.67	7	40	22	3	5	0	5	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.045	.14	-0.02%	-3.71	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 1-- 2 out d9
17	124	38	May 16	TBR		CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.94	6.34	3	14	10	3	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.078	.81	0.04%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
18	125	41	May 19	TBR		OAK	L,1-4	11-GF(11)		2	0.1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	5.82	7.21	5	19	10	5	0	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.556	1.09	-0.30%	-3.76	11t 1-- 2 out tie	11t end d 4
19	126	43	May 21	TBR		OAK	W,6-5	9-GF	W(1-0)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.60	7.12	4	14	7	2	1	0	2	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.189	1.88	-0.09%	-0.39	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 2
20	127	46	May 24	TBR	@	FLA	L,4-5	8-8		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.50	6.93	3	10	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.063	2.25	-0.04%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
21	128	47	May 25	TBR	@	CLE	L,10-11	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.21	6.73	3	10	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out a8	7b 3 out a8
22	129	49	May 27	TBR	@	CLE	L,7-12	4-5		1	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	6.43	7.34	13	44	27	4	4	5	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.196	1.07	-0.11%	-2.97	4b --- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d5
23	130	53	May 31	TBR		MIN	L,2-3	8-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.23	7.11	2	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.043	.70	0.02%	0.42	8t --- 0 out d1	8t --- 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	131	57	Jun 6	TBR	@	NYY	W,9-7	6-7	H(4)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	6.90	3	18	11	3	1	0	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.064	2.08	0.05%	0.46	6b 12- 2 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out a2
25	132	58	Jun 7	TBR	@	NYY	L,3-4	6-7	H(5)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.55	6.51	6	19	11	3	1	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.170	1.39	0.13%	1.14	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a2
26	133	61	Jun 10	TBR		LAA	W,9-5	8-9		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	6.33	4	11	9	5	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.035	.29	0.02%	0.78	8t --- 0 out a4	9t --- 1 out a4
27	134	62	Jun 11	TBR		LAA	W,11-1	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.06	6.06	3	11	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
28	135	63	Jun 12	TBR		WSN	W,4-3	6-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	5.95	3	11	7	3	0	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.097	1.15	0.06%	0.66	6t 1-- 2 out d1	7t --- 2 out tie
29	136	66	Jun 16	TBR	@	COL	W,12-4	6-7		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.66	5.72	5	23	12	3	4	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.029	.31	0.02%	0.54	6b --- 0 out a5	7b 1-- 1 out a7
30	137	68	Jun 18	TBR	@	COL	L,3-4	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	5.56	4	20	14	2	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.020	.44	0.01%	0.56	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
31	138	71	Jun 21	TBR	@	NYM	W,10-6	6-6	BW(2-0)	2	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.70	5.87	3	9	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.350	1.41	-0.22%	-1.83	6b 1-3 1 out a2	6b 3 out d1
32	139	77	Jun 28	TBR		FLA	W,5-2	7-8	H(6)	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	5.73	4	8	6	2	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.104	.83	0.07%	1.08	7t 1-- 1 out a2	8t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
33	140	81	Jul 3	TBR	@	TEX	L,1-3	6-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.41	5.82	3	17	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.040	1.08	-0.03%	-0.68	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 1-3 1 out d2
34	141	85	Jul 8	TBR		TOR	W,10-9	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.36	5.73	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.092	4.60	0.07%	0.45	8t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
35	142	86	Jul 9	TBR		TOR	W,3-2	7-7	H(7)	0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.59	5.80	4	15	11	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.162	2.46	-0.13%	-1.08	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 123 1 out a2
36	143	89	Jul 12	TBR		OAK	L,3-7	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	5.74	3	13	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.002	.12	0.00%	0.28	9t --- 1 out d4	9t end d 4
37	144	90	Jul 17	TBR	@	KCR	W,8-7	7-7	W(3-0)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.37	5.75	5	15	8	0	2	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.046	1.03	0.04%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
38	145	95	Jul 22	TBR	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.21	5.55	4	13	9	3	3	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.060	.84	0.06%	0.83	7b 1-- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
39	146	98	Jul 25	TBR	@	TOR	W,10-9	12-GF(12)	S(3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.10	5.67	6	29	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.77	0.214	9.22	0.18%	0.54	12b --- 0 out a1	12b end a 1
40	147	99	Jul 26	TBR	@	TOR	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	5.65	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.25	8b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
41	148	100	Jul 27	TBR		NYY	L,4-11	6-8		0	1.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.12	5.77	8	36	18	5	0	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.018	.40	0.02%	0.69	6t 1-- 1 out d5	8t 1-- 0 out d4
42	149	103	Jul 31	TBR		KCR	W,8-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	5.65	4	11	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.05	0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
							21-21		W-L:3-0,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:7	1.8	40.1	32	22	18	27	36	7	1	4.02	5.65	182	747	61%	17%	8%	0.53		16%	11%	0		24	33%	6	0	0	150	10	0	1	2	2	3	1.00	-0.351	1.08	-0.07%	-4.52

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