Gene Nelson

Full Name: Wayland Eugene Nelson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/172	First Game: May 4, 1981
Birthdate: December 3, 1960	Final Game: September 29, 1993
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 3, 1960 in Tampa, Florida, Gene Nelson (Wayland Eugene Nelson) played for the New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers and California Angels over the course of his 13 year career. Nelson broke into the bigs on May 4, 1981 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.62 ERA in 122.2 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Gene Nelson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1988, when he posted a 3.06 ERA and struck out 67 batters. However, others believe that it was 1987, when he posted a 3.93 ERA and struck out 94 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1981	NY	A	8	7	3	1	4.81	16	24	21	0	0	0	39.1	40	5	23	1	2	1
1982	SEA	A	22	19	6	9	4.62	71	70	63	2	1	0	122.2	133	16	60	1	4	2
1983	SEA	A	10	5	0	3	7.88	11	29	28	1	0	0	32	38	6	21	2	1	1
1984	CHI	A	20	9	3	5	4.46	36	38	37	2	0	1	74.2	72	9	17	0	4	1
1985	CHI	A	46	18	10	10	4.26	101	74	69	1	0	2	145.2	144	23	67	4	11	7
1986	CHI	A	54	1	6	6	3.85	70	52	49	0	0	6	114.2	118	7	41	5	3	3
1987	OAK	A	54	6	6	5	3.93	94	58	54	0	0	3	123.2	120	12	35	0	7	5
1988	OAK	A	54	1	9	6	3.06	67	42	38	0	0	3	111.2	93	9	38	4	4	3
1989	OAK	A	50	0	3	5	3.26	70	33	29	0	0	3	80	60	5	30	3	5	2
1990	OAK	A	51	0	3	3	1.57	38	14	13	0	0	5	74.2	55	5	17	1	1	3
1991	OAK	A	44	0	1	5	6.84	23	38	37	0	0	0	48.2	60	12	23	1	0	3
1992	OAK	A	28	2	3	1	6.45	23	37	37	0	0	0	51.2	68	5	22	5	2	0
1993	TEX	A	6	0	0	0	3.38	4	3	3	0	0	1	8	10	0	1	1	1	0
1993	CAL	A	46	0	0	5	3.08	31	25	18	0	0	4	52.2	50	3	23	4	1	2
1993	TOT	A	52	0	0	5	3.12	35	28	21	0	0	5	60.2	60	3	24	5	2	2
Total			493	68	53	64	4.13	655	537	496	6	1	28	1080	1061	117	418	32	46	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1981	NY	A	P	8	7	39.1	3	6	1	0	0	12	1	0	.900
1982	SEA	A	P	22	19	122.2	10	20	1	4	0	11	3	4	.968
1983	SEA	A	P	10	5	32	5	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	.917
1984	CHI	A	P	20	9	74.2	11	8	0	1	1	2	2	0	1.000
1985	CHI	A	P	46	18	145.2	10	19	1	0	1	7	10	0	.967
1986	CHI	A	P	54	1	114.2	8	17	0	3	0	7	5	0	1.000
1987	OAK	A	P	54	6	123.2	8	13	2	0	3	5	3	0	.913
1987	OAK	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	OAK	A	P	54	1	111.2	4	11	0	1	4	8	1	0	1.000
1988	OAK	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	OAK	A	P	50	0	80	6	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1990	OAK	A	P	51	0	74.2	4	8	1	0	1	1	2	0	.923
1991	OAK	A	P	44	0	48.2	4	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	1.000
1992	OAK	A	P	28	2	51.2	3	4	0	0	2	4	3	0	1.000
1993	TEX	A	P	6	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	P	46	0	52.2	4	7	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.000
1993	TOT	A	P	52	0	60.2	4	8	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.000
Total			P	493	68	1080	80	127	7	10	13	72	32	4	.967
Total			DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
1981	NY	A	8	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1982	SEA	A	22	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1983	SEA	A	10	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1984	CHI	A	20	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1985	CHI	A	47	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1986	CHI	A	54	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1987	OAK	A	55	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1988	OAK	A	57	0	1	.000	.000	.000	1
1989	OAK	A	51	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
1990	OAK	A	51	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1991	OAK	A	44	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1992	OAK	A	29	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
1993	TEX	A	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1993	CAL	A	46	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1993	TOT	A	52	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Total			500	1	3	.000	.000	.000	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Ray Fontenot to New York Yankees (October 8, 1979) completing trade in which Texas Rangers traded Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Mickey Rivers and 3 players to be named later (August 1, 1979); Texas Rangers received Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (October 8, 1979).
Traded by New York Yankees with Bill Caudill and a player to be named later to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Shane Rawley (April 1, 1982); Seattle Mariners received Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Jerry Gleaton to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Salome Barojas (June 27, 1984).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Donnie Hill (December 11, 1986); Oakland Athletics received Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986).
Released by Oakland Athletics (August 11, 1992).
Signed by California Angels (February 17, 1993).
Released by California Angels (September 3, 1993).
Signed by Texas Rangers (September 11, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1993).

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