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Nelson King

Name Note: Name presented as Nellie King in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 185lb (198cm, 83kg)

Born: March 15, 1928 in Shenandoah, PA us

Died: August 11, 2010 in Mount Lebanon, PA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Milton Hershey HS for Orphans (Hershey, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1954 (Age 26-031d, 11,097th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1957 (Age 29-184d)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Nelson Joseph King

Nicknames: Nellie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

3.58

173.1

WHIP

1.402

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	10 (7)	Apr 27	PIT		BRO	L,2-6		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	23 (12)	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	27 (3)	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	31 (3)	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	33 (1)	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	42 (8)	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5		12	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	45 (2)	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	53 (7)	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	54	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	61 (6)	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	66 (1)	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	69 (2)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	5	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	74 (4)	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	79 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	GF	8	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
20	91 (11)	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9		13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	96 (4)	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	100 (3)	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	102 (1)	Jul 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	108 (4)	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	111 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	115 (3)	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	118 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6		9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	121 (2)	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	124 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	127 (2)	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	129	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11		10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	133 (3)	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6		16	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
35	138 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	146 (7)	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							36gm		52.0	6	6	0	12	0