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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

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	8 (4)	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (5)	May 4 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	20 (5)	May 10	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	26 (5)	May 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
6	35 (8)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	41 (5)	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
8	48 (6)	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-12	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	54 (5)	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	59 (4)	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	65 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	69 (3)	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	73 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	76 (2)	Jul 15	SLB		PHA	L,1-8	GF	0	4.2	0	0	2	2	0
15	86 (9)	Jul 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-14		26	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	101 (14)	Aug 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	107 (5)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	110 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	111	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,0-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	112	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	116 (3)	Aug 19	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	117	Aug 21	SLB		PHA	L,5-8		21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	119 (1)	Aug 23	SLB		PHA	L,0-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	123 (3)	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	124	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	126 (1)	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	129 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	131 (1)	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	140 (8)	Sep 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	22	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	145 (4)	Sep 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-10	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	149 (3)	Sep 23	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GF	8	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
32	152 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							32gm		123.0	6	27	3	36	1