Bio
- Height
- 6' 8"
- Debut
- 1992
Bio
- Height
- 6' 8"
- Debut
- 1992
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 798
- W
- 48
- L
- 45
- ERA
- 3.41
- IP
- 784.2
- K
- 829
- BB
- 428
- WHIP
- 1.35
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | SEA | 66 | 1 | 7 | 3.44 | 81.0 | 46 | 44 | 1.42 |
| 1993 | SEA | 71 | 5 | 3 | 4.35 | 60.0 | 61 | 34 | 1.52 |
| 1994 | SEA | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 | 42.1 | 44 | 20 | 1.30 |
| 1995 | SEA | 62 | 7 | 3 | 2.17 | 78.2 | 96 | 27 | 1.08 |
| 1996 | NYY | 73 | 4 | 4 | 4.36 | 74.1 | 91 | 36 | 1.49 |
| 1997 | NYY | 77 | 3 | 7 | 2.86 | 78.2 | 81 | 37 | 1.14 |
| 1998 | NYY | 45 | 5 | 3 | 3.79 | 40.1 | 35 | 22 | 1.64 |
| 1999 | NYY | 39 | 2 | 1 | 4.15 | 30.1 | 35 | 22 | 1.62 |
| 2000 | NYY | 73 | 8 | 4 | 2.45 | 69.2 | 71 | 45 | 1.28 |
| 2001 | SEA | 69 | 4 | 3 | 2.76 | 65.1 | 88 | 44 | 1.13 |
| 2002 | SEA | 41 | 3 | 2 | 3.94 | 45.2 | 55 | 27 | 1.38 |
| 2003 |  SEA/NYY | 70 | 4 | 2 | 3.74 | 55.1 | 68 | 24 | 1.36 |
| 2004 | TEX | 29 | 1 | 2 | 5.32 | 23.2 | 22 | 19 | 1.52 |
| 2005 | SEA | 49 | 1 | 3 | 3.93 | 36.2 | 34 | 22 | 1.47 |
| 2006 | CHW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 2.2 | 2 | 5 | 3.00 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 55
- W
- 2
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 2.65
- IP
- 54.1
- K
- 62
- BB
- 24
- WHIP
- 1.40
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.5
- GB
- 70
- FB
- 106
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 36
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1998 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | SEA/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 30 | 32 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2005 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 40 | 66 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2006 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jeff Nelson's career stats?
Jeff Nelson played 15 seasons for the Mariners, the Yankees, the Rangers and the White Sox. He had 48 wins and 829 strikeouts with a 3.41 ERA over 784.2 innings. His best season was 2000: 8 wins, a 2.45 ERA and 71 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 8 postseasons, 1992 to 2006
Championships ×4
- 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1998 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1999 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 2000 World Series with the New York Yankees
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