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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

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.9

ERA

3.99

349

177

1686.0

747

WHIP

1.366

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-21 / in Starts: 9-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	78	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	4	4	5	4	1	0	4.50	5.50	35	9	10	2	0	7	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.087	2.74	-0.13%	0.36	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
2	79	8	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	8	5.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	1	5.54	5.23	21	4	9	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.123	1.99	-0.15%	-1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
3	80	13	May 1	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.68	4.59	34	9	13	1	0	6	73			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.421	1.58	0.39%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	81	16	May 6	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.19	4.16	35	11	8	0	0	9	62			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.510	1.90	0.44%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	82	21	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	GS-3		4	3.0	4	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.71	4.06	16	5	2	0	0	4	36			3	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.23	-0.347	1.68	-0.28%	-3.37	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
6	83	32	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,3-8	GS-7	L(2-3)	17	7.0	9	8	7	7	1	1	0	4.61	4.66	39	12	10	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	.68	-0.336	.56	-0.17%	-4.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
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
7	84	36	Jun 2(1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	L(2-4)	3	9.0	8	7	6	4	4	2	0	4.86	4.96	41	14	11	1	0	8	45			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	2	.74	-0.205	.48	-0.08%	-2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
8	85	42	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.42	4.98	36	17	12	0	2	5	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.399	.68	0.11%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	86	45	Jun 9(2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	8-GF		1	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.45	5.14	7	2	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.022	.32	0.01%	0.50	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
10	87	47	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.13	4.78	32	16	9	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.510	.27	0.06%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	88	52	Jun 19(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(4-5)	6	9.1	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.22	4.71	40	13	12	0	0	9	52			1	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.51	-0.320	.20	-0.03%	0.49	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out d1
12	89	57	Jun 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,10-12	GS-		5	5.2	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.36	4.65	26						40						23					0
13	90	60	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-12	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.47	4.74	10	4	1	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.080	.07	0.00%	-1.00	7b --3 0 out tie	8b end d 3
Jul				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
14	91	63	Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(5-5)	1	9.0	8	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.14	4.65	38	11	15	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	.88	0.202	.04	0.01%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
15	92	66	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	9-GF	L(5-6)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.23	4.78	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.409	.13	-0.02%	-1.00	9b --- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
16	93	72	Jul 7(2)	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	6	5	5	5	3	2	0	4.30	4.97	37	13	10	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.64	0.162	.01	0.00%	-0.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	94	77	Jul 14(2)	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	W(7-6)	6	9.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.12	4.82	37	8	13	0	0	9	62			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.247	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	95	84	Jul 21(2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	L(7-7)	6	5.0	9	7	5	3	3	0	0	4.32	4.77	28	11	4	0	0	7	25			2	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	-0.364	.01	0.00%	-4.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
19	96	89	Jul 27(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-15	GS-5	L(7-8)	5	4.1	7	7	7	4	1	1	0	4.68	4.89	24	6	6	0	0	7	18			3	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1b start a 2	5b 12- 1 out d3
20	97	92	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7		W(8-8)	1	3.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.64	4.80	14												14					0
Aug				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
21	98	95	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(11)	L(8-9)	2	10.1	10	5	3	5	3	0	0	4.49	4.73	48	22	8	0	0	10	55			1	0	0	40	3	0	2	0	0	1	2.04	-0.232	.01	0.00%	-0.41	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
22	99	98	Aug 4(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5			2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.46	4.67	3												3					0
23	100	103	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-13	GS-2	L(8-10)	5	2.0	3	4	4	2	0	2	0	4.65	4.88	11	4	2	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
24	101	106	Aug 14	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	L(8-11)	3	9.0	11	5	4	3	6	0	0	4.61	4.74	39						50						35	3	1			0
25	102	112	Aug 20(2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9		5	9.0	8	3	2	4	2	0	0	4.46	4.69	37	10	13	1	1	8	59			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.73	0.156	.00	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	103	116	Aug 24	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	GS-10	L(8-12)	3	9.1	12	6	4	2	6	1	0	4.43	4.64	44	13	13	0	2	10	48			2	0	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.74	-0.449	.00	0.00%	-1.27	1t start tie	10t -2- 1 out d1
Sept				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
27	104	123	Sep 4(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-10		10	10.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.33	4.56	38	24	0	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.68	0.424	.00	0.00%	2.84	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
28	105	128	Sep 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	W(9-12)	5	9.0	13	4	4	0	4	0	0	4.31	4.45	37						49						37	2	1			0
29	106	134	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(9-13)	3	8.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.41	4.45	34	17	4	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
30	107	143	Sep 19(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-	L(9-14)	4	6.0	10	8	5	2	1	1	0	4.51	4.49	31						25						28					0
31	108	149	Sep 26(2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.49	4.48	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							10-21		W-L:9-14	3.8	200.2	213	115	100	71	76	18	1	4.49	4.48	876	1.37		2%	1%	160	48	3	33%	13	5	0	792	32	7	3	14	0	15	1.23	-0.552	.51	0.16%	-0.04

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