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Joe Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 25, 1974 in Alameda, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA).

High School: St. Joseph's Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)

School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)

Debut: June 13, 2001 (Age 26-231d, 17,889th in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 9, 2010 (Age 35-227d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Doug Schaer

Full Name: Joseph George Nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

4.38

157

152.0

154

WHIP

1.447

Summary of 20 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 2 go ahead

5 Tms
TBR	7
KCR	5
FLA	5
BOS	2
ATL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	10
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Away	11
Home	9

Outs
2	9
0	7
1	4

13 Opps
MIN	3
PHI	3
CLE	3
OAK	2
TBR	1
NYM	1
COL	1
STL	1
BOS	1
SEA	1
BAL	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

18 Batters
Michael Cuddyer	2
Shin-Soo Choo	2
Joe Mather	1
Pat Burrell	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Pedro Feliz	1
Bengie Molina	1
Jack Hannahan	1
Joe Mauer	1
Brian Roberts	1
Jayson Werth	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Julio Lugo	1
Brad Hawpe	1
Matt Holliday	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Travis Hafner	1
Brian Schneider	1

11 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Progressive (CLE)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1

Where Hit
7	8
9	8
8	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	5
6	3
4	3
3	3
5	3
7+	2
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	9
-2-	4
12-	2
123	2
1-3	2
1--	1

39 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	9
1 on	5
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	11

Inning
5	1
6	6
7	1
8	5
9	6
Extra	1

4-6	7
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	1
-1	1
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	10
Tied	1
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
1-2	2
1-0	2
2-1	2
1-1	2
0-0	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	4
C	3
LF	3
DH	3
3B	3
PH	1
2B	1
CF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	5
3rd	3
7th	3
5th	3
6th	2
1st	1
9th	1
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2001-06-19	Cliff Floyd	FLA	@	ATL	ahead 7-1	t 6	2	123	3,(1-1) BCX	4	3	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Smith Scores; L. Castillo Scores; E. Owens Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2006-07-09	Bengie Molina	TOR	@	KCR	ahead 9-1	t 6	2	-2-	5,(1-2) CFF*BX	2	6	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Hillenbrand Scores
3	3	2	1	2006-08-30	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		KCR	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	4,(1-2) .CBCX	1	4	9	11%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	2006-09-14	Adrián Beltré	SEA	@	KCR	behind 6-10	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) ..CCBFBX	1	2	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2006-09-27	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		KCR	behind 3-6	b 9	0	---	8,(2-2) .CTBFBFFX	1	4	DH	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	5	1	2006-09-28	Joe Mauer	MIN		KCR	behind 0-1	b 9	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	2	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2008-06-10	Pat Burrell	PHI	@	FLA	behind 3-5	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	2008-07-05	Brad Hawpe	COL		FLA	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	12-	7,(2-2) FFBFFBX	3	5	9	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Holliday Scores/unER; G. Atkins Scores/unER; B. Hawpe Scores/unER
9	9	3	1	2008-08-11	Joe Mather	STL	@	FLA	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	3,(0-2) .CSX	1	8	PH	11%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	4	1	2008-09-08	Jayson Werth	PHI		FLA	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	1-3	1,(0-0) .X	3	5	9	18%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Victorino Scores; R. Howard Scores
11	11	5	1	2008-09-21	Pedro Feliz	PHI	@	FLA	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	15%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Victorino Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2009-04-24	Jack Hannahan	OAK		TBR	behind 0-8	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	7	5	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
13	13	2	1	2009-05-04	Brian Roberts	BAL	@	TBR	ahead 6-4	t 8	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	2	1	4	9%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Zaun Scores
14	14	3	1	2009-05-09	Julio Lugo	BOS		TBR	behind 3-13	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BBBCX	1	9	6	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	4	1	2009-05-14	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE	@	TBR	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); V. Martínez Scores
16	16	5	1	2009-05-19	Matt Holliday	OAK	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 11	2	12-	6,(3-2) CCBBB>X	3	4	7	48%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Suzuki Scores/unER; J. Cust Scores/unER; M. Holliday Scores/unER
17	17	6	1	2009-05-27	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE		TBR	ahead 10-7	b 5	1	-2-	5,(0-2) SFFFX	2	4	9	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); V. Martínez Scores
18	18	7	1	2009-06-21	Brian Schneider	NYM		TBR	behind 2-4	b 6	1	1-3	2,(0-1) .CX	3	7	2	38%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Wright Scores; R. Church Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2010-05-26	Ben Zobrist	TBR		BOS	behind 2-11	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	2	1	2010-06-09	Travis Hafner	CLE		BOS	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	123	4,(2-1) BCBX	4	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Kearns Scores; R. Branyan Scores; J. Peralta Scores