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Lynn
Nelson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 24, 1905 in Usa, ND, SHELDON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 TAM AL $ 300,000 78 40 46 43 56 63 60 22 33 28
1931 26 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 4 3
1932 27 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 3 3
1933 28 TAM AL   8 5 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1934 29 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 6 3 3 3
1935 30 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1936 31 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
1937 32 TAM AL $ 484,286 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
1938 33 TAM AL $ 484,286 8 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 5 6 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 484,286 78 40 46 43 56 63 60 22 33 28
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 69 69 69
1931 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1932 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1933 28 TAM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1934 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 32 TAM AL $ 484,286   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 33 TAM AL $ 484,286   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 484,286   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 69 69 69
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
1930 25 TAM AL 3 7 .300 10 10 5 0 0 79.0 86 47 5 22 18 5.35 .272 .320 .383 .703 2.0
    AAA   3 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 1 27.7 35 14 2 8 18 4.56 .310 .355 .434 .789  
    AA   1 1 .500 41 0 0 0 6 50.7 47 11 3 17 33 1.95 .257 .320 .328 .648  
1931 26 TAM AL 4 4 .500 30 0 0 0 3 43.0 54 20 3 12 8 4.19 .316 .364 .427 .791 3.4
1932 27 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3
    AAA   1 1 .500 19 0 0 0 4 14.0 12 10 2 7 10 6.43 .240 .333 .400 .733  
    AA   0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 4 14.0 12 4 0 4 13 2.57 .231 .286 .250 .536  
1933 28 AA   1 3 .250 50 0 0 0 5 47.7 33 11 3 14 40 2.08 .195 .257 .272 .529  
1934 29 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.2
    AA   10 4 .714 19 19 2 0 0 140.3 112 32 7 35 129 2.05 .216 .266 .292 .557  
1935 30 TAM AL 3 2 .600 33 1 0 0 3 43.0 49 15 0 11 9 3.14 .290 .328 .349 .677 5.0
1936 31 TAM AL 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 2 29.0 29 11 3 9 14 3.41 .257 .309 .372 .681 2.4
1937 32 TAM AL 1 1 .500 7 3 1 0 0 19.3 21 12 3 10 6 5.59 .263 .344 .438 .782 0.2
    AAA   0 2 .000 44 0 0 0 6 45.3 46 14 2 21 26 2.78 .272 .353 .361 .714  
1938 33 AAA   6 13 .316 26 26 0 0 0 149.3 200 103 25 59 106 6.21 .317 .375 .491 .867  
7 Years Sim 11 15 .423 105 14 6 0 8 217.0 242 105 14 65 55 4.36 .281 .330 .386 .717 13.3
4 Years AAA 10 16 .385 112 26 0 0 11 236.3 293 141 31 95 160 5.37 .304 .367 .457 .824  
4 Years AA 12 9 .571 126 19 2 0 15 252.7 204 58 13 70 215 2.07 .221 .276 .293 .569  
8 Years Minors 22 25 .468 238 45 2 0 26 489.0 497 199 44 165 375 3.66 .264 .323 .377 .700  
Season Average 1 2 .333 15 2 0 0 1 31.0 34 15 2 9 7 4.36 .281 .330 .386 .717  
Career Highs 4 7 .600 33 10 5 0 3 79.0 86 47 5 22 18 5.59 .400 .400 .438 .800  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   124 50 7 37 36   .266 .320 .361 .681
vs LH   118 55 7 28 19   .298 .344 .417 .761
Home 6 10 .375 59 7 2 0 3 123.7 133 59 7 40 28 4.29 .272 .327 .372 .699
Away 5 5 .500 46 7 4 0 5 93.3 109 46 7 25 27 4.44 .292 .337 .405 .742
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 4 1 5 1 2.77 .255 .327 .340 .667
May 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.3 9 4 0 1 6 4.33 .300 .323 .333 .656
June 4 2 .667 11 0 0 0 1 13.0 18 6 1 3 6 4.16 .327 .362 .418 .780
July 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 2 31.0 29 9 1 6 7 2.61 .246 .282 .331 .613
August 1 5 .167 24 5 1 0 3 62.7 65 38 4 19 11 5.46 .269 .322 .393 .714
Sep/Oct 5 7 .417 34 9 5 0 1 89.0 109 44 7 31 24 4.45 .295 .349 .405 .755
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 25 TAM AL 10 30 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5 0.0
1931 26 TAM AL 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1932 27 TAM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1933 28 AA   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1935 30 TAM AL 33 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1936 31 TAM AL 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1937 32 TAM AL 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2
    AAA   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1938 33 AAA   4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5  
6 Years Sim 104 49 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .224 .224 .224 .449 1.7 0.2
3 Years AAA 12 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2  
1 Years AA 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
4 Years Minors 21 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3  
162 Game Average 76 3 17 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .224 .224 .224 .449 2.6  
Career Highs 33 30 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   37 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .216 .216 .216 .432 1.2
vs LH   12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.6
Home 59 29 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .172 .172 .172 .345 0.2
Away 23 20 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 1.7
RISP   10 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
August 19 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8
Sep/Oct 25 26 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 25 TAM AL P 10 10 79.0 3 16 1 1 .950 2.16    
1931 26 TAM AL P 30 0 43.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.26    
1932 27 TAM AL P 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1934 29 TAM AL P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1935 30 TAM AL P 33 1 43.0 5 11 0 0 1.000 3.35    
1936 31 TAM AL P 23 0 29.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.93    
1937 32 TAM AL P 7 3 19.3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.40    
Career Totals   105 14 217.0 12 37 2 1 .961 2.03    
Career Highs   33 10 79.0 5 16 1 1 1.000 9.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1931 26 TAM AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 4 1 2 0 7.20 .111 .200 .278 .478
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 4 1 2 0 7.20 .111 .200 .278 .478
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bill Bevens (988)
  2. Jay Tibbs (985)
  3. Tom Gordon (984)
  4. Bucky Brandon (983)
  5. Jack Lamabe (981)
  6. Al Shealy (980)
  7. Roxie Lawson (980)
  8. Benny Frey (980)
  9. Carl Bouldin (980)
  10. Sonny Siebert (979)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Oakland in 1930
Traded from Oakland to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1930 (Going to TAM: SS Jackie Tavener, C Fred Hofmann, P Lynn Nelson. Going to OAK: SS Moe Berg)
Had first career hit on 8/2/1930, off Charlie Robertson (BOS)
Earned first career win on 8/2/1930
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 7/31/1932 (Going to TAM: P Lefty Grove. Going to MON: 2B Dib Williams, P Dutch Henry, P Roxie Lawson, P Bud Teachout, P Lynn Nelson)
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 4/6/1933 (Going to TAM: 2B Dib Williams, P Roxie Lawson, P Lynn Nelson, P Bud Teachout. Going to MON: C Al Stokes)
Injured on 4/11/1934 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/10/1934 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $484,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $484,286 through salary arbitration
 
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