Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Gene
Nelson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 174
 
Born: December 3, 1960 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 20 CLN NL   6 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1982 21 NYA AL   6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1983 22 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7
1984 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1985 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1986 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1987 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1988 27 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1989 28 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1990 29 NYA AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1981 20 AA   17 7 .708 31 31 4 3 0 223.7 191 58 13 61 166 2.33 .226 .278 .309 .587  
1982 21 AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 0 0 0 66.0 77 34 5 35 47 4.64 .292 .375 .402 .776  
    AA   3 9 .250 15 15 1 0 0 108.3 102 30 3 38 96 2.49 .249 .313 .325 .638  
1983 22 NYA AL 0 9 .000 54 0 0 0 20 79.7 94 41 5 44 40 4.63 .294 .381 .413 .794 4.1
1984 23 NYA AL 2 12 .143 49 2 1 0 25 69.0 81 43 7 38 34 5.61 .288 .379 .427 .806 1.5
1985 24 NYA AL 1 4 .200 5 5 1 0 0 35.7 35 18 2 12 12 4.54 .246 .301 .331 .632 1.0
    AAA   6 4 .600 46 0 0 0 6 59.3 67 23 0 25 54 3.49 .299 .369 .335 .704  
1986 25 NYA AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 1 1 0 16.7 16 7 2 6 8 3.78 .246 .310 .400 .710 1.5
    AAA   13 9 .591 31 31 3 1 0 215.3 208 75 18 76 178 3.13 .249 .312 .372 .684  
1987 26 NYA AL 8 12 .400 33 25 1 0 2 161.0 178 90 23 61 75 5.03 .281 .342 .472 .813 5.7
1988 27 AAA   5 3 .625 70 0 0 0 3 67.7 68 32 5 24 65 4.26 .263 .325 .367 .692  
1989 28 AAA   7 2 .778 50 0 0 0 0 88.0 79 50 10 36 76 5.11 .240 .315 .395 .710  
1990 29 NYA AL 1 2 .333 11 0 0 0 0 16.7 18 6 0 8 9 3.24 .286 .366 .349 .715 1.3
    AAA   4 2 .667 48 0 0 0 2 52.3 48 24 4 22 37 4.13 .258 .337 .382 .718  
6 Years Sim 14 39 .264 154 34 4 1 47 378.6 422 205 39 169 178 4.87 .280 .353 .429 .783 15.1
6 Years AAA 39 25 .609 256 42 3 1 11 548.7 547 238 42 218 457 3.90 .261 .330 .376 .706  
2 Years AA 20 16 .556 46 46 5 3 0 332.0 293 88 16 99 262 2.39 .233 .289 .314 .604  
8 Years Minors 59 41 .590 302 88 8 4 11 880.6 840 326 58 317 719 3.33 .251 .315 .353 .668  
Season Average 2 6 .250 25 5 0 0 7 63.1 70 34 6 28 29 4.87 .280 .353 .429 .783  
Career Highs 8 12 1.000 54 25 1 1 25 161.0 178 90 23 61 75 5.61 .294 .381 .472 .813  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   206 101 23 68 91   .286 .347 .452 .799
vs LH   216 104 16 101 87   .276 .358 .408 .766
Home 6 19 .240 74 11 1 0 21 163.7 180 91 19 74 82 5.00 .280 .354 .444 .798
Away 8 20 .286 80 23 3 1 26 215.0 242 114 20 95 96 4.77 .281 .353 .418 .771
Mar/Apr 2 8 .200 28 5 0 0 4 65.7 78 44 10 33 28 6.03 .292 .370 .476 .846
May 1 3 .250 20 5 0 0 7 51.0 56 23 2 24 27 4.06 .276 .352 .379 .732
June 2 4 .333 16 5 0 0 5 43.7 46 20 6 15 26 4.12 .274 .333 .470 .804
July 1 6 .143 22 5 0 0 11 44.7 52 25 8 27 21 5.04 .289 .382 .472 .854
August 3 6 .333 21 5 1 0 6 49.7 65 33 4 22 22 5.98 .317 .383 .463 .847
Sep/Oct 5 12 .294 47 9 3 1 14 124.0 125 60 9 48 54 4.36 .259 .326 .380 .706
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1983 22 NYA AL P 54 0 79.7 5 10 1 3 .938 1.69    
1984 23 NYA AL P 49 2 69.0 6 13 1 2 .950 2.48    
1985 24 NYA AL P 5 5 35.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.51    
1986 25 NYA AL P 2 2 16.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1987 26 NYA AL P 33 25 161.0 13 26 1 3 .975 2.18    
1990 29 NYA AL P 11 0 16.7 3 3 0 2 1.000 3.24    
Career Totals   154 34 378.6 30 60 3 10 .968 2.14    
Career Highs   54 25 161.0 13 26 1 3 1.000 3.24    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1983-9-20
1984-5-25
 Homeruns Allowed
1987-10-23
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Albert Williams (974)
  2. Moose Haas (968)
  3. Scott Anderson (967)
  4. John Smoltz (966)
  5. Walt Terrell (964)
  6. Joe McClain (964)
  7. Roger McDowell (962)
  8. Tom Earley (961)
  9. Butch Metzger (960)
  10. Joe Beggs (960)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 44th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1981
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/22/1982 (Going to CLN: 3B Darrell Evans. Going to NYA: P Gene Nelson)
Injured on 5/25/1982 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/25/1983 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/16/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1986, winning 2 games with a 3.78 ERA
Injured on 6/14/1987 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/15/1989 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.