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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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-22 / in Starts: 10-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 5

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	126	3	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		99	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.93	11	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	.33	0.051	.87	0.08%	1.84	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	127	6	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.16	16	7	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	-0.017	1.02	-0.03%	-0.67	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	128	9	Apr 30	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.00	3.70	9	0	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.042	.87	0.05%	1.14	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
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
4	129	16	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF	W(1-0)	7	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	3.43	9	3	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.421	2.82	0.39%	1.89	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
5	130	21	May 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	GS-8		7	7.2	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.29	3.51	30	9	12	0	3	4	58			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.037	1.05	0.02%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
6	131	27	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	9	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.51	2.87	36	8	15	2	5	8	62			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.407	.89	0.19%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	132	32	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.1	9	6	6	1	1	1	1	3.94	3.37	21	5	4	1	0	9	18			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.463	.79	-0.16%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d2
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
8	133	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-7	GS-7	W(3-1)	3	6.0	7	5	3	4	1	1	0	4.03	3.86	30	5	13	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.028	.23	-0.01%	-1.39	1b start a 2	7b --- 0 out a3
9	134	43	Jun 7	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	7	4	3	0	3	2	0	3.83	4.04	35						62						34	0	0			0
10	135	49	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	CG	L(4-2)	6	9.0	13	6	6	3	4	4	0	4.18	4.75	42	7	20	1	2	8	38			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.014	.06	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
11	136	55	Jun 22	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(5-2)	7	9.0	12	5	5	3	4	3	0	4.29	5.07	40	8	16	2	6	9	44			0	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	137	61	Jun 28(1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-23	GS-3	L(5-3)	5	2.2	9	6	4	1	1	4	0	4.66	5.76	18	3	4	0	0	9	20			3	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.380	.05	-0.01%	-4.54	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
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
13	138	68	Jul 4(2)	PHA		BOS	L,12-18	6-GF		5	4.0	5	5	5	2	3	2	0	5.02	5.94	20	2	8	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-3.21	6t -23 0 out tie	9t end d 7
14	139	74	Jul 9(2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.98	5.88	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.98	9t 12- 1 out d8	9t end d 8
15	140	75	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.91	5.85	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.103	.01	0.00%	-0.36	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 2
16	141	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	GS-3		3	3.0	8	6	6	2	2	0	0	5.42	5.75	18	4	2	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-4.20	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d4
17	142	84	Jul 22(1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	2	1	3	4	0	1	4.96	5.46	36	13	10	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.33	0.540	.00	0.00%	3.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
18	143	88	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	5.43	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
19	144	90	Jul 29	PHA		DET	L,6-7	GS-4	L(6-4)	2	3.0	8	6	4	2	4	1	0	5.14	5.46	20	1	5	0	0	8	25			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-5.31	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d5
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
20	145	95	Aug 2(2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(6-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.85	5.23	38	13	11	1	1	8	61			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.176	.00	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	146	100	Aug 6(2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	L(6-6)	3	9.0	12	8	8	5	4	3	0	5.11	5.43	42	8	13	2	0	12	30			2	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.557	.00	0.00%	-2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	147	104	Aug 10	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(6-7)	3	8.0	14	7	7	1	2	0	0	5.31	5.23	38	12	9	0	2	14	27			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	1	1	1.23	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-2.10	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d2
23	148	106	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-18	7-GF		1	3.0	3	5	4	2	1	1	1	5.48	5.33	16	2	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-3.29	7t --- 0 out d9	9t end d14
24	149	107	Aug 13(1)	PHA		NYY	W,12-9	9-GF	BW(7-7)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.45	5.30	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.00	9t --3 1 out a1	9t end tie
25	150	109	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-7)	1	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.06	5.09	32	8	15	3	0	5	79			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.644	.00	0.00%	5.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	151	113	Aug 20(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	6.0	8	4	4	5	2	1	0	5.10	5.15	30	7	8	2	0	8	37			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.070	.00	0.00%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
27	152	118	Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	11	5	4	3	0	1	0	5.11	5.18	33	7	12	0	0	11	34			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.47	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
28	153	121	Aug 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	5.18	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-0.55	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
29	154	123	Aug 30(2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO(7)	W(9-9)	1	7.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.85	5.05	29	6	8	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.490	.00	0.00%	4.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
Sept				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
30	155	128	Sep 4(2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	L(9-10)	4	8.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.72	4.97	33	9	11	0	0	7	58			1	2	1	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.205	.00	0.00%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
31	156	134	Sep 10(2)	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	L(9-11)	5	9.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.74	4.92	36	8	18	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.072	.00	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
32	157	139	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	4.49	4.81	37	9	14	0	0	8	67			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.600	.00	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	158	145	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GS-12		4	12.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.40	4.76	48	11	23	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	45	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.383	.00	0.00%	2.86	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
34	159	149	Sep 24	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-8	L(10-12)	3	7.1	11	7	7	3	2	1	0	4.55	4.77	37	11	10	2	0	11	27			2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d2
35	160	153	Sep 30	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	GS-4	L(10-13)	5	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	0	0	4.74	4.69	21	4	5	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-3.71	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
							13-22		W-L:10-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.7	197.2	233	117	104	64	75	28	3	4.74	4.69	877	0.67		4%	4%	213	45	9	67%	15	7	1	797	40	4	1	12	3	12	1.05	0.119	.18	0.52%	-5.47

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