Gene Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 172lb (183cm, 78kg)

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pasco HS (Dade City, FL).

High School: Pasco HS (Dade City, FL)

Debut: May 4, 1981 (Age 20-152d, 14,449th in major league history)
vs. CAL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1993 (Age 32-300d)
vs. OAK 2.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Wayland Eugene Nelson

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1989 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

4.13

493

1080.0

655

WHIP

1.369

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-29 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 31

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	161	1	Apr 7	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	8-8	BS(1)	99	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.87	4	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	-0.254	4.42	-0.22%	-0.78	8b --- 0 out a1	8b -2- 2 out tie
2	162	4	Apr 10	OAK		CAL	L,4-6	8-GF		2	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	1.87	7	3	3	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.046	.96	-0.03%	-0.26	8t 1-- 2 out d1	9t end d 2
3	163	8	Apr 14	OAK		MIN	L,8-9	4-6		3	2.1	5	4	4	2	1	0	1	12.46	4.02	14	3	7	0	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.142	.59	-0.11%	-3.90	4t -2- 1 out d4	6t -23 2 out d5
4	164	10	Apr 16	OAK	@	SEA	L,5-6	4-7		1	3.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.04	3.39	11	7	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.207	.70	0.11%	2.28	4b 1-3 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
5	165	12	Apr 18	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-5	7-7	BS(2)	1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	7.88	5.37	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.320	1.47	-0.13%	-1.61	7b 1-- 0 out a1	7b 1-- 1 out d1
6	166	15	Apr 21	OAK	@	CAL	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.00	5.09	4	1	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.017	.74	-0.01%	0.38	8b 123 0 out d1	8b end d 3
7	167	19	Apr 26	OAK		SEA	L,5-8	5-6		4	0.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.45	4.84	4	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.015	.93	-0.01%	0.24	5t 123 1 out d3	6t 1-3 0 out d2
8	168	22	Apr 29	OAK		MIL	L,7-8	4-7	L(0-1)	2	3.0	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	7.11	5.71	14	4	6	4	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.214	1.43	-0.11%	-0.79	4t 123 2 out d2	7t --- 2 out d2
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
9	169	25	May 2	OAK		DET	W,3-2	8-13		2	4.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.19	4.77	18	10	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.653	2.19	0.37%	2.58	8t 12- 1 out tie	13t 1-- 0 out tie
10	170	27	May 5	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-6	5-5		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.70	3	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.010	.16	-0.01%	-0.27	5b -2- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d6
11	171	30	May 9	OAK	@	DET	W,8-7	7-8	W(1-1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.66	4.37	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.149	1.20	0.09%	0.64	7b --- 2 out d3	8b 3 out a1
12	172	31	May 10	OAK	@	DET	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.22	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.046	.82	0.03%	0.70	8b -2- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
13	173	32	May 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,10-8	6-8	H(1)	1	1.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.16	11	2	2	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.003	.74	0.00%	-1.35	6b 1-- 2 out a3	8b -2- 1 out a4
14	174	35	May 16	OAK		TOR	W,10-3	6-6		3	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.32	4.28	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.088	.88	-0.06%	-1.08	6t --- 0 out a4	6t 123 1 out a4
15	175	39	May 20	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	3-8	W(2-1)	3	5.2	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.23	3.81	22	9	3	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	0	.87	0.314	1.13	0.25%	4.14	3t 123 1 out a3	8t 3 out a4
16	176	46	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	W,13-5	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.08	3.64	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.06	0.00%	0.55	7b --- 0 out a8	7b 3 out a8
17	177	47	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	6-7	H(2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.82	3.56	8	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.202	2.58	0.16%	1.09	6b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
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
18	178	49	Jun 1	OAK	@	BAL	W,9-6	6-9	W(3-1)	1	3.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.44	3.40	13	5	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.292	1.55	0.22%	1.91	6b 1-- 1 out tie	9b 1-- 2 out a3
19	179	52	Jun 5	OAK		CLE	L,3-4	7-GF		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.16	3.30	10	3	6	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.149	1.32	0.14%	1.53	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
20	180	55	Jun 8	OAK		CHW	W,9-3	6-7	H(3)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.23	3.41	8	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.015	2.05	0.01%	-0.59	6t 1-- 0 out a3	7t 3 out a1
21	181	59	Jun 13	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-8	6-6		4	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.83	3.67	7	2	3	3	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.355	3.45	-0.42%	-3.10	6b 1-3 0 out a5	6b 3 out tie
22	182	62	Jun 16	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-1	6-7		2	2.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.70	11	5	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.002	.27	0.00%	0.12	6b --- 0 out a9	7b 3 out a10
23	183	63	Jun 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-10	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.77	3.64	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.18	-0.009	.46	-0.01%	0.06	7b -23 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
24	184	65	Jun 20	OAK		TEX	L,6-7	5-8		2	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.50	11	5	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.019	.64	0.02%	1.36	5t --- 0 out d5	8t -2- 1 out d1
25	185	71	Jun 26	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-0	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.49	10	4	2	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.068	.70	0.07%	1.91	7b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 5
26	186	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-12	5-7		3	2.2	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.33	3.49	15	6	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	.26	-0.057	.58	-0.07%	-1.30	5b 1-- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d6
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
27	187	78	Jul 3	OAK		BOS	L,0-2	7-GF		2	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.19	3.39	7	1	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.095	1.10	0.12%	1.80	7t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
28	188	80	Jul 5	OAK		BOS	W,6-3	8-9	H(4)	1	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.27	3.36	8	2	3	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.017	2.30	0.02%	-0.33	8t 123 0 out a5	9t 1-3 1 out a3
29	189	81	Jul 6	OAK		DET	W,5-3	8-8	W(4-1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	3.35	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.108	3.50	0.12%	0.51	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
30	190	84	Jul 9	OAK		MIL	L,3-8	2-7		2	5.2	3	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.36	3.23	21	5	11	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.16	-0.044	.29	-0.05%	-0.25	2t 1-3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
31	191	87	Jul 12	OAK		MIL	L,3-4	8-GF		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.29	3.24	6	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.092	2.65	0.11%	1.02	8t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
32	192	89	Jul 17	OAK	@	BOS	W,11-6	8-8	H(5)	4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.23	2	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.056	4.11	-0.08%	-0.51	8b 1-- 0 out a3	8b -23 1 out a3
33	193	90	Jul 18	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-5	10-GF(10)		0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.41	3.44	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	-0.278	8.10	-0.43%	-1.60	10b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end d 2
34	194	91	Jul 19	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	8-8	H(6)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.44	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	0.126	11.71	0.19%	0.47	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
35	195	92	Jul 20	OAK	@	DET	L,4-5	5-GF(8)	L(4-2)	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	3.37	13	4	8	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.099	2.63	-0.15%	1.11	5b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 1
36	196	95	Jul 23	OAK	@	MIL	L,5-12	4-5		2	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.13	3.45	9	3	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.28	0.007	.68	0.01%	0.33	4b --- 1 out d5	5b 1-3 2 out d5
37	197	98	Jul 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	3.41	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	0.009	.19	0.01%	1.13	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 3
38	198	100	Jul 28	OAK		CAL	L,2-9	5-7		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.93	3.37	10	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.036	.63	0.06%	1.95	5t 12- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
39	199	102	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	7-GF		2	3.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.93	3.28	12	5	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.007	2.35	-0.01%	0.53	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
40	200	104	Aug 2	OAK		MIN	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	W(5-2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	3.25	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.080	5.31	0.16%	0.27	11t --- 1 out tie	11t end tie
41	201	107	Aug 5	OAK		SEA	W,3-1	6-GF	S(2)	2	3.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	3.18	10	4	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.364	3.94	0.61%	1.98	6t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
42	202	114	Aug 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-3	L(5-3)	6	2.1	4	4	4	1	2	2	1	3.14	3.51	13	1	4	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.225	1.28	-0.24%	-3.01	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d4
43	203	119	Aug 18	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	GS-6		5	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.93	3.40	24	6	6	0	1	4	68			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.358	1.90	0.37%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
44	204	123	Aug 22	OAK		NYY	W,6-0	GS-7	W(6-3)	3	6.1	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	2.74	3.29	24	4	10	0	0	4	70			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.337	2.29	0.51%	2.89	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a5
45	205	129	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-6		6	5.0	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.96	3.36	22	4	6	1	0	5	44			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.055	2.61	-0.14%	-0.59	1b start a 5	6b 1-- 0 out a2
Sep/Oct				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
46	206	134	Sep 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(6-4)	5	5.2	7	5	4	3	4	1	0	3.14	3.47	28	7	7	4	1	7	38			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.29	-0.254	4.83	-0.57%	-2.32	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d3
47	207	138	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	L,1-12	GS-4	L(6-5)	3	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.46	3.47	18	7	7	4	0	0	28			1	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.354	3.83	-0.71%	-3.64	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d4
48	208	141	Sep 11	OAK		KCR	L,0-9	4-6		2	1.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.65	3.47	8	3	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.039	1.96	-0.10%	-1.16	4t 1-- 2 out d3	6t -23 1 out d4
49	209	143	Sep 13	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	3-6		1	3.2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.53	3.36	12	3	4	2	0	0		2	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.122	2.18	0.21%	1.73	3t 1-3 1 out d1	6t 3 out d2
50	210	148	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-5	8-GF		5	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.63	3.45	9	2	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.018	.88	0.03%	-0.88	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
51	211	149	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	6-7	H(7)	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.42	8	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.065	3.11	-0.11%	-0.88	6b --- 0 out a3	7b 3 out a1
52	212	151	Sep 22	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-2	6-GF	S(3)	1	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.67	3.35	16	3	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.098	.52	0.11%	1.20	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 8
53	213	156	Sep 27	OAK		CHW	L,0-5	8-8		4	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	3.80	3.56	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-2.77	8t 1-- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d5
54	214	159	Oct 1	OAK		CLE	W,9-5	7-7	BS(3)	3	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.93	3.58	6	3	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	-0.450	.00	0.00%	-2.61	7t 1-- 0 out a2	7t 1-3 2 out d1
							25-29		W-L:6-5,Sv:3,BSv:3,Hld:7	2.3	123.2	120	58	54	35	94	12	5	3.93	3.58	530	0.87		13%	1%	56	47	55	31%	5	3	0	482	28	7	0	1	5	5	.93	0.400	1.80	0.33%	3.92

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