Lynn Nelson

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, ND us

Died: February 15, 1955 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: April 18, 1930 (Age 25-053d, 7,061st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 3, 1940 (Age 35-130d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson

Nicknames: Line Drive

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

ERA

5.25

166

676.2

255

WHIP

1.535

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-58 / in Starts: 2-6
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 11 bases loaded PA and 11 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	29
Actual Runners on Base	112 (51-39-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (40-25-14)

Most Driven In
B Johnson	4
S Newsome	4
Self	4
R Peters	4
J Hill	3
G Hasson	3
W Huston	1
E Brucker	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
W Moses	4
B Werber	2
L Finney	2
J Rothrock	1
S Newsome	1
H Kelley	1
B Conroy	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	69	6 (5)	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-15	5-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.05	0.002	.15	0.00%	0.41	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	70	9 (2)	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.98	0.039	2.62	0.06%	0.40	P
3	71	11 (1)	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.35	0.017	1.07	0.03%	0.28	PH
4	72	13 (1)	May 9	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	5-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	9	1.52	-0.054	5.21	-0.11%	0.01	P
5	73	18 (4)	May 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	1-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.556	.556	.556	1.111	9	1.33	0.045	5.30	0.11%	0.09	P
6	74	23 (4)	May 22	PHA		CHW	W,10-9	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.545	.545	.545	1.091	9	1.71	0.047	6.24	0.10%	0.56	P
7	75	25 (1)	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.83	0.030	3.14	0.07%	0.00	P
8	76	26	May 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.533	.533	.533	1.067	9	1.18	0.051	4.47	0.12%	0.40	PH
9	77	27	May 26	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.563	.563	.563	1.125	9	1.37	0.068	4.93	0.15%	0.28	P
10	78	28	May 27	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.529	.529	.529	1.059	9	2.88	-0.075	9.41	-0.15%	-0.19	PH
11	79	33 (4)	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.450	.450	.450	.900	9	.95	-0.083	1.78	-0.09%	-1.15	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	80	34	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.476	.476	.476	.952	9	1.45	0.033	2.26	0.03%	0.14	P
13	81	36 (1)	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	9	5.71	-0.153	11.03	-0.18%	-0.84	PH
14	82	38 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.478	.455	.933	9	2.94	0.121	4.02	0.10%	0.62	PH
15	83	39	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.435	.458	.435	.893	9	.40	-0.013	.53	-0.01%	-0.61	PH
16	84	46 (6)	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.435	.458	.435	.893	9						P
17	85	47	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.440	.417	.857	6	5.07	-0.147	2.66	-0.05%	-0.55	PH
18	86	48	Jun 19	PHA		DET	L,6-8	2-GF	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.407	.448	.407	.856	9	1.25	0.084	.56	0.02%	0.82	P
19	87	49	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.429	.895	9	.65	0.032	.26	0.01%	0.19	PH
20	88	51 (1)	Jun 22	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.414	.452	.414	.865	9	1.01	-0.027	.20	0.00%	-0.19	PH
21	89	52	Jun 23	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.438	.400	.838	9	2.14	-0.054	.35	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
22	90	56 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	2-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.412	.375	.787	9	.37	-0.020	.05	0.00%	-0.39	P
23	91	58 (1)	Jun 30	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.400	.364	.764	9	.21	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.12	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	92	60 (1)	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.353	.742	9	2.25	-0.058	.08	0.00%	-0.35	P
25	93	63 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	6-GF(8)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.405	.400	.805	9	.80	0.080	.00	0.00%	1.09	P
26	94	64	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.421	.444	.865	4	1.19	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.64	LF
27	95	65	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	T,2-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.372	.390	.762	4	2.15	-0.315	.01	0.00%	-1.52	LF
28	96	66	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	L,11-12	GS-10	5	5	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.478	.895	8	1.33	0.225	.00	0.00%	2.13	LF
29	97	68 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG(11)	5	5	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.392	.415	.569	.984	6	1.73	0.437	.00	0.00%	0.63	LF
30	98	69	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.421	.556	.977	6	.64	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.32	LF
31	99	70	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.397	.426	.569	.995	6	.95	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.08	LF
32	100	73 (2)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-9	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.429	.567	.995	9	.47	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.02	P
33	101	74	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-10	3-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.403	.431	.565	.995	9	.54	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.18	P
34	102	75	Jul 18 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.397	.424	.556	.980	8	.85	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.61	PH
35	103	78 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-9	5-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.394	.420	.591	1.011	9	1.61	0.521	.00	0.00%	2.63	PH P
36	104	80 (1)	Jul 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.388	.414	.582	.996	8	2.33	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
37	105	82 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	4-GF(11)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.397	.557	.954	9	2.53	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-1.26	P
38	106	85 (2)	Jul 28	PHA		CLE	W,11-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.387	.542	.928	9	1.51	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.88	PH P
39	107	86	Jul 29	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.395	.548	.943	7	3.46	0.263	.00	0.00%	1.07	PH
40	108	87	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.403	.554	.957	7	1.95	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	109	88	Aug 1 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	9-10	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.410	.600	1.010	6	2.88	0.462	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
42	110	89	Aug 1 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.405	.592	.997	7	3.61	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
43	111	90	Aug 3	PHA		DET	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.400	.584	.984	9	1.10	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
44	112	91	Aug 4	PHA		DET	L,7-11	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.407	.615	1.023	7	1.20	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.51	PH
45	113	92	Aug 5	PHA		DET	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.392	.415	.620	1.035	7	.66	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
46	114	94 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.388	.410	.613	1.022	7	4.48	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.83	PH
47	115	95	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	7-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.395	.424	.617	1.041	9	.87	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.62	P
48	116	97 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.390	.419	.610	1.028	8	2.93	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
49	117	98	Aug 11	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.386	.414	.602	1.016	9	2.03	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
50	118	99	Aug 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.386	.414	.602	1.016	9						P
51	119	103 (3)	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.409	.595	1.004	9	.23	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
52	120	105 (1)	Aug 19	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.376	.404	.588	.993	9	2.88	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
53	121	106	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,7-8	7-GF(10)	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.386	.413	.625	1.038	9	1.19	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.46	PH P
54	122	110 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	3-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.396	.421	.626	1.047	9	1.11	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.86	P
55	123	111	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.620	1.036	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
56	124	113 (1)	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.412	.613	1.025	8	2.83	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.01	PH
57	125	114	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.412	.613	1.025	9						P
58	126	116 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.394	.418	.617	1.035	9	.16	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	127	123 (6)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	5-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.385	.416	.604	1.020	9	1.02	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.48	P
60	128	128 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,10-12	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.384	.413	.596	1.009	9	.30	0.026	.00	0.00%	1.20	P
61	129	130 (1)	Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.380	.410	.590	1.000	8	3.09	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.83	PH
62	130	131	Sep 12	PHA		BOS	L,6-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.376	.406	.584	.990	9	.24	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-1.03	PH
63	131	132	Sep 14	PHA		SLB	L,4-11	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.376	.411	.584	.995	9	.09	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
64	132	133	Sep 15 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	3-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.417	.598	1.015	8	3.30	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.53	PH
65	133	134	Sep 15 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.379	.413	.592	1.005	9	1.28	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
66	134	135	Sep 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.409	.587	.996	7	1.13	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH
67	135	136	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.405	.581	.986	9	3.73	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
68	136	140 (3)	Sep 21	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.402	.575	.977	9	3.53	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.48	PH
69	137	142 (1)	Sep 23	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.398	.570	.968	9	3.79	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-0.86	PH
70	138	143	Sep 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.395	.565	.960	9	2.60	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
71	139	144	Sep 26	PHA	@	WSH	T,7-7	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.397	.564	.960	2	2.67	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.07	PH P
72	140	146 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-0	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.393	.559	.952	8	.32	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.85	PH
73	141	152 (5)	Oct 2 (2)	PHA		WSH	T,6-6	5-GF(5)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.357	.390	.554	.943	2	1.34	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
74	142	154 (1)	Oct 3 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	5-GF(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.387	.549	.935	2	.98	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
							13-58		120	113	18	40	6	2	4	29	6	0	13	0	1		2		0	0	.354	.387	.549	.935		1.52	1.057	.92	0.20%	6.65

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