Mel Nelson
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Age: 88
Bats/Throws: R/L
6'0" / 185
DOB: 5/30/1936
(88 years, 10 months, 30 days)
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PostseasonMLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | Age | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | SV SV - Saves | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | IP IP - Innings Pitched | divider | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP) | HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio | divider | vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info) | divider | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | xERA xERA - Expected ERA | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale | xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
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| 1960 | STL | MLB | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 7.88 | 2.25 | 1.13 | .261 | 78.9% | 3.38 | 3.15 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 52.2 | 7.01 | 5.47 | 1.20 | .286 | 69.4% | 5.30 | 4.59 | -0.5 | ||||||||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 29 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 54.2 | 5.10 | 3.79 | 1.15 | .272 | 73.4% | 4.12 | 4.42 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | .667 | 62.5% | 54.01 | 41.54 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 52.2 | 2.73 | 1.54 | 0.51 | .250 | 70.6% | 2.91 | 3.03 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.00 | 0.39 | |||||||||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.1 | 5.06 | 5.06 | 0.00 | .542 | 56.3% | 11.81 | 3.07 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 4 | 10 | 5 | 93 | 11 | 173.2 | 5.08 | 3.58 | 0.98 | .282 | 70.3% | 4.40 | 4.02 | -0.3 | |||||||||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Season | Team | Level | Age | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | SV SV - Saves | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | IP IP - Innings Pitched | divider | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP) | HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio | divider | vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info) | divider | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | xERA xERA - Expected ERA | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale | xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
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| 1960 | STL | MLB | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 7.88 | 2.25 | 1.13 | .261 | 78.9% | 3.38 | 3.15 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 52.2 | 7.01 | 5.47 | 1.20 | .286 | 69.4% | 5.30 | 4.59 | -0.5 | ||||||||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 29 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 54.2 | 5.10 | 3.79 | 1.15 | .272 | 73.4% | 4.12 | 4.42 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | .667 | 62.5% | 54.01 | 41.54 | -0.1 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 52.2 | 2.73 | 1.54 | 0.51 | .250 | 70.6% | 2.91 | 3.03 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.00 | 0.39 | |||||||||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.1 | 5.06 | 5.06 | 0.00 | .542 | 56.3% | 11.81 | 3.07 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 4 | 10 | 5 | 93 | 11 | 173.2 | 5.08 | 3.58 | 0.98 | .282 | 70.3% | 4.40 | 4.02 | -0.3 | |||||||||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.00 | 0.39 |
PostseasonMLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | QS | CG CG - Complete Games | ShO ShO - Shoutouts | SV SV - Saves | HLD HLD - Holds | BS BS - Blown Saves | IP IP - Innings Pitched | TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced | H H - Hits Allowed | R R - Runs Allowed | ER ER - Earned Runs | HR HR - Home Runs | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional | HBP HBP - Hit Batters | WP WP - Wild Pitches | BK BK - Balks | SO SO - Strikeouts |
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| 1960 | STL | MLB | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 2 | 3 | 5.30 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 250 | 55 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | |||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 0 | 4 | 4.12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54.2 | 247 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | |||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 0 | 0 | 54.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 2 | 1 | 2.91 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 212 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 0 | 1 | 11.81 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 4 | 10 | 4.40 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 173.2 | 776 | 184 | 95 | 85 | 19 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 98 | |||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Season | Team | Level | W W - Wins | L L - Losses | ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP) | G G - Games Pitched | GS GS - Games Started | QS | CG CG - Complete Games | ShO ShO - Shoutouts | SV SV - Saves | HLD HLD - Holds | BS BS - Blown Saves | IP IP - Innings Pitched | TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced | H H - Hits Allowed | R R - Runs Allowed | ER ER - Earned Runs | HR HR - Home Runs | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional | HBP HBP - Hit Batters | WP WP - Wild Pitches | BK BK - Balks | SO SO - Strikeouts |
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| 1960 | STL | MLB | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 2 | 3 | 5.30 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 250 | 55 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | |||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 0 | 4 | 4.12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54.2 | 247 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | |||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 0 | 0 | 54.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 2 | 1 | 2.91 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 | 212 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 0 | 1 | 11.81 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 4 | 10 | 4.40 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 173.2 | 776 | 184 | 95 | 85 | 19 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 98 | |||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
PostseasonMLB Regular SeasonAverages
| Season | Team | Level | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | divider | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF) | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF) | K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average Against | WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | divider | ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | divider | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale |
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| 1960 | STL | MLB | 7.88 | 2.25 | 3.50 | 1.13 | 21.2% | 6.1% | 15.2% | .226 | 1.13 | .261 | 78.9% | 84 | 81 | 3.15 | ||||
| 1960 | 5.20 | 3.40 | 1.53 | 0.86 | 13.5% | 8.8% | 4.7% | .250 | 1.34 | .272 | 71.9% | 4.49 | ||||||||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 7.01 | 5.47 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 16.4% | 12.8% | 3.6% | .255 | 1.65 | .286 | 69.4% | 154 | 133 | 4.59 | ||||
| 1963 | 5.81 | 2.97 | 1.96 | 0.84 | 15.3% | 7.8% | 7.5% | .241 | 1.26 | .269 | 73.2% | 4.18 | ||||||||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 5.10 | 3.79 | 1.35 | 1.15 | 12.6% | 9.3% | 3.2% | .257 | 1.46 | .272 | 73.4% | 116 | 121 | 4.42 | ||||
| 1965 | 5.95 | 3.10 | 1.92 | 0.83 | 15.7% | 8.2% | 7.5% | .241 | 1.27 | .269 | 72.9% | 4.18 | ||||||||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .750 | 9.00 | .667 | 62.5% | 999 | 999 | 41.54 | ||||
| 1967 | 5.99 | 2.98 | 2.01 | 0.71 | 15.9% | 7.9% | 8.0% | .237 | 1.24 | .269 | 73.3% | 3.96 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 2.73 | 1.54 | 1.78 | 0.51 | 7.5% | 4.2% | 3.3% | .241 | 1.10 | .250 | 70.6% | 98 | 108 | 3.03 | ||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 9.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0 | 18 | 0.39 | ||||
| 1968 | 5.89 | 2.82 | 2.09 | 0.61 | 15.8% | 7.6% | 8.3% | .232 | 1.19 | .264 | 74.7% | 3.80 | ||||||||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 5.06 | 5.06 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 10.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% | .481 | 3.00 | .542 | 56.3% | 328 | 89 | 3.07 | ||||
| 1969 | 5.80 | 3.46 | 1.67 | 0.80 | 15.2% | 9.1% | 6.1% | .243 | 1.32 | .272 | 73.0% | 4.30 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 5.08 | 3.58 | 1.42 | 0.98 | 12.6% | 8.9% | 3.7% | .262 | 1.46 | .282 | 70.3% | 130 | 120 | 4.02 | ||||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 9.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0 | 18 | 0.39 |
| Season | Team | Level | K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP) | BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP) | K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB) | HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP) | divider | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF) | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF) | K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average Against | WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage | divider | ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better | divider | FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | STL | MLB | 7.88 | 2.25 | 3.50 | 1.13 | 21.2% | 6.1% | 15.2% | .226 | 1.13 | .261 | 78.9% | 84 | 81 | 3.15 | ||||
| 1960 | 5.20 | 3.40 | 1.53 | 0.86 | 13.5% | 8.8% | 4.7% | .250 | 1.34 | .272 | 71.9% | 4.49 | ||||||||
| 1963 | LAA | MLB | 7.01 | 5.47 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 16.4% | 12.8% | 3.6% | .255 | 1.65 | .286 | 69.4% | 154 | 133 | 4.59 | ||||
| 1963 | 5.81 | 2.97 | 1.96 | 0.84 | 15.3% | 7.8% | 7.5% | .241 | 1.26 | .269 | 73.2% | 4.18 | ||||||||
| 1965 | MIN | MLB | 5.10 | 3.79 | 1.35 | 1.15 | 12.6% | 9.3% | 3.2% | .257 | 1.46 | .272 | 73.4% | 116 | 121 | 4.42 | ||||
| 1965 | 5.95 | 3.10 | 1.92 | 0.83 | 15.7% | 8.2% | 7.5% | .241 | 1.27 | .269 | 72.9% | 4.18 | ||||||||
| 1967 | MIN | MLB | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .750 | 9.00 | .667 | 62.5% | 999 | 999 | 41.54 | ||||
| 1967 | 5.99 | 2.98 | 2.01 | 0.71 | 15.9% | 7.9% | 8.0% | .237 | 1.24 | .269 | 73.3% | 3.96 | ||||||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 2.73 | 1.54 | 1.78 | 0.51 | 7.5% | 4.2% | 3.3% | .241 | 1.10 | .250 | 70.6% | 98 | 108 | 3.03 | ||||
| 1968 | STL | MLB | 9.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0 | 18 | 0.39 | ||||
| 1968 | 5.89 | 2.82 | 2.09 | 0.61 | 15.8% | 7.6% | 8.3% | .232 | 1.19 | .264 | 74.7% | 3.80 | ||||||||
| 1969 | STL | MLB | 5.06 | 5.06 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 10.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% | .481 | 3.00 | .542 | 56.3% | 328 | 89 | 3.07 | ||||
| 1969 | 5.80 | 3.46 | 1.67 | 0.80 | 15.2% | 9.1% | 6.1% | .243 | 1.32 | .272 | 73.0% | 4.30 | ||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 5.08 | 3.58 | 1.42 | 0.98 | 12.6% | 8.9% | 3.7% | .262 | 1.46 | .282 | 70.3% | 130 | 120 | 4.02 | ||||
| Postseason | - - - | MLB | 9.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 0.00 | .000 | 100.0% | 0 | 18 | 0.39 |
