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Nels Potter
Nelson Thomas Potter (Nellie)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Mount Morris College

MLB Debut April 25, 1936
Final Game September 18, 1949
Born August 23, 1911 in Mt. Morris, IL
Died September 30, 1990 (age 79)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1940 28 BON NL  18   6  .750  35  28  12   1   1   4  222.0  203   917   86   76  13   67   0   3   84   6  3  3.08  CY-1
 1941           [Did not play]
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943 31 SLA AL   9   9  .500  44  13   5  27  15   1  169.0  161   705   67   59  11   55   6   4  100   4  0  3.14  
 1944 32 SLA AL  11  15  .423  32  31  13   0   0   0  255.1  232  1055  109   93   6   71   9   2  104   3  2  3.28  
 1945 33 SLA AL  20  12  .625  36  36  22   0   0   6  280.2  249  1147  104   95  14   74   2   4  176   4  0  3.05  CY-3
 1946 34 SLA AL   6   9  .400  27  19   6   6   3   0  160.1  172   704   73   56   6   60   7   3   83   7  0  3.14  
 1947 35 SLA AL   3   7  .300  14  12   0   2   2   0   77.2  100   360   60   46  15   28   1   1   46   1  0  5.33  
 1948 36 BON NL   6   7  .462  35   0   0  29   6   0   77.2   66   304   20   18   5   11   4   0   41   1  0  2.09  
 1949 37 BON NL   6   6  .500  65   0   0  47  16   0  102.0  105   449   46   42   7   42   5   3   71   1  0  3.71  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  8 Seasons      79  71  .527 288 139  58 112  43  11 1344.2 1288  5641  565  485  77  408  34  20  705  27  5  3.25
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With SLA      49  52  .485 153 111  46  35  20   7  943.0  914  3971  413  349  52  288  25  14  509  19  2  3.33
   With BON      30  19  .612 135  28  12  77  23   4  401.2  374  1670  152  136  25  120   9   6  196   8  3  3.05
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      92  97  .487 349 177  89 126  22   6 1686.0 1721  7248  843  748 123  582      21  747  40  6  3.99
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1940 28 BON NL  49   85   3.4   2  5.50   80  21   0  .262   0    9    9 1.000   11    6  .647 -120   
 1941           [Did not play]
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943 31 SLA AL  41   71   3.8  24  2.85   47   6   0  .128   0    3    3 1.000   11    8  .579   26   
 1944 32 SLA AL  45   90   3.1   0  3.48   91  17   0  .187   3    9    5  .556   23   11  .676  -39   
 1945 33 SLA AL  42   94   3.0   0  4.53  107  39   0  .364   2   10    8  .800   11    5  .688    4   
 1946 34 SLA AL  48   77   4.3   3  4.74   57  16   0  .281   2    6    5  .833    7    6  .538 -118   
 1947 35 SLA AL  50   55   6.2   2  5.00   27   7   0  .259   4    6    3  .500    3    0 1.000   40   
 1948 36 BON NL  42   23   2.7   7         13   3   0  .231   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  -31   
 1949 37 BON NL  45   52   4.6  24         10   0   0  .000   4    9    5  .556    4    0 1.000  -31   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  8 Seasons          551   3.6  62        432 109   0  .252  16   54   39  .722   70   36  .660  -39   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1940  BON   78-76   Thomas Treece
 1943  SLA   74-80   Pat Carr
 1944  SLA   72-82   Pat Carr
 1945  SLA   84-70   Pat Carr
 1946  SLA   65-89   Pat Carr
 1947  SLA   66-88   Pat Carr
 1948  BON   70-84   Jim Pardee
 1949  BON   77-77   Jim Pardee

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