Lynn Nelson

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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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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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1930	CHI	N	37	3	3	2	5.09	29	52	46	0	0	0	81.1	97	10	28	2	6
1933	CHI	N	24	3	5	5	3.21	20	34	27	3	0	1	75.2	65	2	30	4	0
1934	CHI	N	2	1	0	1	36.00	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0
1937	PHI	A	30	4	4	9	5.90	49	78	76	1	0	2	116	140	12	51	1	2
1938	PHI	A	32	23	10	11	5.65	75	142	120	13	0	2	191	215	29	79	5	5
1939	PHI	A	35	24	10	13	4.78	75	117	105	12	2	1	197.2	233	27	64	0	3
1940	DET	A	6	2	1	1	1.93	7	19	17	0	0	0	14	23	5	9	0	0
Total	NL		63	7	8	8	4.39	49	90	77	3	0	1	158	166	13	59	6	6
Total	AL		103	53	25	34	5.52	206	356	318	26	2	5	518.2	611	73	203	6	10
Total			166	60	33	42	5.25	255	446	395	29	2	6	676.2	777	86	262	12	16

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

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

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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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