Lynn Nelson
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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