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Jimmy Nelson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 250lb (198cm, 113kg)

Born: June 5, 1989 in Klamath Falls, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Niceville HS (Niceville, FL) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Niceville HS (Niceville, FL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 6, 2013 (Age 24-093d, 20,535th in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 30, 2021 (Age 32-055d)
vs. ARI 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: James Jacob Nelson

Nicknames: Big Sweat

Twitter: @Jimmy_J_Nelson

Instagram: @jimmy_j_nelson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

4.12

147

108

662.1

622

WHIP

1.353

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-12 / in Starts: 17-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	81	5	Apr 7	MIL		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6		99	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	1	1.50	4.16	25	93	63	20	11	7	7	1	0	0	66			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.206	.91	0.12%	2.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
2	82	10	Apr 13	MIL	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.38	2.85	26	101	73	16	6	10	11	4	0	0	68			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.210	.79	0.13%	2.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
3	83	15	Apr 18	MIL	@	CHC	L,7-9	GS-6		4	5.1	9	7	7	1	3	2	0	4.42	4.19	26			20	7	10	12	5	0	0	24			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.266	1.03	-0.20%	-3.36	1b start a 3	6b 1-- 1 out a1
4	84	20	Apr 23	MIL		STL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.1	5	4	3	6	5	0	0	4.56	4.30	25			14	7	7	7	3	0	0	43			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.222	1.33	-0.14%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
5	85	25	Apr 29	MIL		ATL	L,3-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	11	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.34	4.52	24	88	59	15	7	8	13	8	0	0	26			2	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.262	1.01	-0.16%	-2.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	86	30	May 5	MIL	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-3		5	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.83	4.26	10			7	3	4	4	1	1	0	61			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.154	.84	0.11%	1.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
7	87	35	May 11	MIL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-7		5	6.2	4	1	0	4	8	0	0	3.99	3.97	27	106	72	24	8	8	7	6	0	0	68			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.17	0.255	1.29	0.17%	2.42	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
8	88	40	May 16	MIL	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.86	3.86	26	102	70	20	15	6	11	7	2	0	57			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	.54	0.067	.63	0.05%	0.33	1b start a 5	7b -2- 0 out a4
9	89	45	May 23	MIL		TOR	L,3-4	GS-5	L(2-3)	6	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.20	3.99	23	88	56	14	9	10	9	4	1	0	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.154	1.27	-0.12%	-1.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
10	90	50	May 28	MIL		ARI	W,9-5	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	7	1	1	0	10	0	0	3.83	3.53	27	108	78	25	15	10	7	4	1	0	69			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.153	.73	0.12%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	91	55	Jun 2	MIL		LAD	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	3.36	3.14	28			16	18	10	7	5	0	0	83			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.574	1.88	0.48%	4.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
12	92	60	Jun 7	MIL		SFG	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	1	3.45	3.24	26	96	68	13	10	10	8	3	3	0	51			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.010	1.51	0.01%	0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	93	66	Jun 13(2)	MIL	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-6		5	5.2	9	4	4	2	4	0	2	3.67	3.29	27	90	58	18	6	9	10	7	0	0	37			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	-0.150	1.88	-0.14%	-1.19	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
14	94	71	Jun 18	MIL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	1	0	2	10	0	1	3.28	3.15	34	118	81	23	17	15	6	4	1	0	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.580	2.05	0.49%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	95	76	Jun 23	MIL	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.50	3.21	25	88	59	7	18	8	6	3	0	0	44			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.184	1.14	-0.16%	-1.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
16	96	81	Jun 29	MIL	@	CIN	W,11-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	5	7.0	3	2	2	1	11	2	0	3.43	3.28	25			15	16	6	7	2	0	0	73			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.136	.41	0.13%	1.66	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
17	97	86	Jul 4	MIL		BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	6	1	0	0	8	0	0	3.20	3.12	25	87	62	12	14	7	10	5	3	0	71			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.266	1.21	0.23%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
18	98	91	Jul 9	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-6	W(8-4)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.30	3.19	23	100	63	15	11	9	6	3	0	0	45			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.160	1.61	-0.14%	-1.27	1b start a 3	6b 12- 0 out a2
19	99	93	Jul 15	MIL		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	3	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.27	3.19	24	96	59	25	10	8	5	1	1	0	67			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.090	1.51	0.08%	1.55	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out tie
20	100	98	Jul 20	MIL	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	L(8-5)	4	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.43	3.24	22	82	55	15	9	7	9	6	0	0	43			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.261	1.86	-0.30%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	101	103	Jul 26	MIL	@	WSN	L,5-8	GS-8		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	0	3.38	3.20	26			18	12	8	7	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.244	1.57	0.24%	2.37	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
22	102	108	Aug 1	MIL		STL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(9-5)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.37	3.12	24	108	70	20	12	9	7	5	1	0	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.150	1.93	0.15%	1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
23	103	113	Aug 6	MIL	@	TBR	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	2	9	0	1	3.24	3.06	31	107	70	15	13	13	6	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.399	2.25	0.41%	3.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
24	104	118	Aug 11	MIL		CIN	L,10-11	GS-4	L(9-6)	4	3.2	11	10	9	3	4	1	0	3.72	3.16	24			12	7	7	10	6	0	0	2			2	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.564	1.25	-0.45%	-8.15	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d8
25	105	122	Aug 16	MIL		PIT	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	3	1	7	0	0	3.74	3.09	27	105	72	25	11	6	13	10	0	0	47			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.124	1.71	-0.13%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
26	106	127	Aug 22	MIL	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-5		5	5.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	1	3.79	3.17	25	99	63	15	9	9	6	3	0	0	44			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.136	2.74	-0.14%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
27	107	131	Aug 27	MIL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	6.2	4	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.75	3.13	25	102	67	25	9	8	9	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.165	1.85	0.17%	1.24	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
28	108	135	Sep 1	MIL		WSN	W,1-0	GS-7	W(11-6)	4	7.0	3	0	0	3	11	0	1	3.59	3.08	27			21	13	7	5	3	1	0	79			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.472	2.34	0.49%	3.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
29	109	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS-5	W(12-6)	6	5.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	1	3.49	3.05	21			18	11	5	6	5	0	0	64			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.295	2.23	0.33%	2.66	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
							17-12		W-L:12-6	4.5	175.1	171	75	68	48	199	16	9	3.49	3.05	728	1964	67%	26%	16%	1.04		26%	4%	0	56		---%	18	4	1	665	28	1	1	21	2	5	1.03	1.943	1.50	1.80%	15.89

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