Gene Nelson stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1981
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1981
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 493
- W
- 53
- L
- 64
- ERA
- 4.13
- IP
- 1079.2
- K
- 655
- BB
- 418
- WHIP
- 1.37
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NYY | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4.85 | 39.0 | 16 | 23 | 1.62 |
| 1982 | SEA | 22 | 6 | 9 | 4.62 | 122.2 | 71 | 60 | 1.57 |
| 1983 | SEA | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7.88 | 32.0 | 11 | 21 | 1.84 |
| 1984 | CHW | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4.46 | 74.2 | 36 | 17 | 1.19 |
| 1985 | CHW | 46 | 10 | 10 | 4.26 | 145.2 | 101 | 67 | 1.45 |
| 1986 | CHW | 54 | 6 | 6 | 3.85 | 114.2 | 70 | 41 | 1.39 |
| 1987 | ATH | 54 | 6 | 5 | 3.93 | 123.2 | 94 | 35 | 1.25 |
| 1988 | ATH | 54 | 9 | 6 | 3.06 | 111.2 | 67 | 38 | 1.17 |
| 1989 | ATH | 50 | 3 | 5 | 3.26 | 80.0 | 70 | 30 | 1.13 |
| 1990 | ATH | 51 | 3 | 3 | 1.57 | 74.2 | 38 | 17 | 0.96 |
| 1991 | ATH | 44 | 1 | 5 | 6.84 | 48.2 | 23 | 23 | 1.71 |
| 1992 | ATH | 28 | 3 | 1 | 6.45 | 51.2 | 23 | 22 | 1.74 |
| 1993 |  LAA/TEX | 52 | 0 | 5 | 3.12 | 60.2 | 35 | 24 | 1.38 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- W
- 2
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 3.50
- IP
- 18.0
- K
- 6
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.56
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 26
- CG
- 6
- SHO
- 1
- K/9
- 5.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 46
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | SEA | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | CHW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1985 | CHW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1986 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | ATH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1990 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | LAA/TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What were Gene Nelson's career stats?
Gene Nelson played 13 seasons for the Yankees, the Mariners, the White Sox and the Athletics. He had 53 wins and 655 strikeouts with a 4.13 ERA over 1,079.2 innings. His best season was 1985: 10 wins, a 4.26 ERA and 101 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1981 to 1993
Championships
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