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Lynn Nelson

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Full Name: Lynn Bernard Nelson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/170 First Game: April 18, 1930
Birthdate: February 24, 1905 Final Game: July 3, 1940
Birthplace: Sheldon, North Dakota MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: February 15, 1955
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 24, 1905 in Sheldon, North Dakota, Lynn Nelson (Lynn Bernard Nelson) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 7 year career. Nelson broke into the bigs on April 18, 1930 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.09 ERA in 81.1 innings pitched in 1930, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Lynn Nelson's best season was 1939, when he posted a 4.78 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 75 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
1930 CHI N 37 3 3 2 5.09 29 52 46 0 0 0 81.1 97 10 28 0 2 6
1933 CHI N 24 3 5 5 3.21 20 34 27 3 0 1 75.2 65 2 30 0 4 0
1934 CHI N 2 1 0 1 36.00 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0
1937 PHI A 30 4 4 9 5.90 49 78 76 1 0 2 116 140 12 51 0 1 2
1938 PHI A 32 23 10 11 5.65 75 142 120 13 0 2 191 215 29 79 0 5 5
1939 PHI A 35 24 10 13 4.78 75 117 105 12 2 1 197.2 233 27 64 0 0 3
1940 DET A 6 2 1 1 1.93 7 19 17 0 0 0 14 23 5 9 0 0 0
Total NL 63 7 8 8 4.39 49 90 77 3 0 1 158 166 13 59 0 6 6
Total AL 103 53 25 34 5.52 206 356 318 26 2 5 518.2 611 73 203 0 6 10
Total 166 60 33 42 5.25 255 446 395 29 2 6 676.2 777 86 262 0 12 16

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1930 CHI N P 37 0 0 6 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1933 CHI N P 24 0 0 1 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 CHI N P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1937 PHI A OF 6 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1937 PHI A P 30 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 PHI A P 32 0 0 4 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1939 PHI A P 35 0 0 11 27 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1940 DET A P 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 6 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 166 0 0 25 122 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 .967

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1930 CHI N 37 18 0 4 0 2 .222 .222 .389 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1933 CHI N 29 21 5 5 0 1 .238 .273 .381 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
1934 CHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 PHI A 74 113 18 40 4 29 .354 .387 .549 6 2 6 13 0 1 1 0 0
1938 PHI A 67 112 12 31 0 15 .277 .319 .277 0 0 7 12 0 0 0 0 0
1939 PHI A 40 80 3 15 0 5 .188 .217 .213 2 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 1
1940 DET A 19 23 4 8 1 3 .348 .348 .478 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 68 39 5 9 0 3 .231 .250 .385 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 0
Total AL 200 328 37 94 5 52 .287 .320 .369 8 2 15 44 1 1 1 0 1
Total 268 367 42 103 5 55 .281 .313 .371 10 4 16 48 1 3 1 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Chicago Cubs from Seattle (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 27, 1932).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Atlanta (Southern Association) (May 14, 1934).
  • Traded by Memphis (Southern Association) to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Carl Doyle, Al Benton, Jack Peerson and Oliver Blakeney (April 9, 1937).
  • Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Philadelphia Athletics (February 23, 1940).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Buffalo (International) (July 3, 1940).

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