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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

3.58

173.1

WHIP

1.402

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 2-15 / 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: 11, Entered with runners on base: 5

1955 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1955 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	5	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	4-7		99	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.87	13	6	5	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	0.149	1.37	0.20%	1.99	4t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
2	6	4	Apr 17(1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	4-5		2	1.1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	4.43	6	5	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.209	1.18	-0.23%	-1.90	4t -23 2 out d1	5t 3 out d4
3	7	10	Apr 24 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	6	7.1	4	3	2	3	4	0	0	1.42	3.31	30	8	11	0	0	4	61			1	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.059	1.30	0.04%	1.04	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
4	8	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.1	10	4	3	2	2	0	1	2.25	3.22	32	11	6	0	2	10	44			0	1	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.074	.96	-0.03%	-0.54	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
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
5	9	20	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	1	3.12	3.14	28	6	9	0	3	7	43			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.045	1.00	-0.03%	-2.01	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
6	10	24	May 8(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.09	13	3	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	-0.004	.51	0.00%	0.54	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
7	11	27	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GS-2	L(1-2)	3	2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.48	3.01	12	1	3	0	1	5	39			3	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.113	1.20	-0.07%	-0.98	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
8	12	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.55	2.97	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.07	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
9	13	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	10-GF(10)		9	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	2.90	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.070	.09	-0.01%	-0.82	10t 1-3 1 out d1	10t end d 3
10	14	41	May 29(1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	1-7		1	7.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.10	2.79	28	8	9	2	0	8		1	1	0	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	.47	0.074	.04	0.00%	2.11	1t -2- 0 out d3	7t 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
11	15	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	4-8		2	5.0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.76	2.80	19	4	9	0	0	5		0	0	0	2	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.114	.02	0.00%	2.49	4t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
12	16	49	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	5-GF		2	4.1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.70	2.83	17	7	5	0	5	4		3	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	.21	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.76	5t 123 2 out d4	9t end d 6
13	17	52	Jun 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	6-6	BL(1-3)	2	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	2.78	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	-0.254	.06	0.00%	-1.51	6t 12- 0 out a2	6t 3 out d1
14	18	57	Jun 12(2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-6	8-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	2.78	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 1 out d4
15	19	59	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7			2	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.10	3.02	6												5			0		0
16	20	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.04	3.04	5	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
17	21	66	Jun 21	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-6			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.98	2.96	3												3			0		0
							2-15		W-L:1-3,BSv:1	3.3	54.1	60	23	18	14	21	2	2	2.98	2.96	232	0.93		2%	9%	55	47	10	70%	5	4	1	210	11	5	3	4	3	2	.86	-0.361	.66	-0.12%	1.75

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More King Pages

Nelson King Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Nelson King Pages at Baseball Reference