Player
Nels Potter
Player Info
- Full Name
- Nelson Thomas
- Born
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August 23, 1911
Mount Morris, IL, USA - Died
- September 30, 1990
- Size
- 5'11" / 180 lbs
- B/T
- L / R
- Debut
- April 25, 1936
- Final Game
- September 18, 1949
- Career
- 14 years
Teams
- St. Louis Cardinals 1936-1936
- Philadelphia Athletics 1938-1948
- Boston Red Sox 1941-1941
- St. Louis Browns 1943-1948
- Boston Braves 1948-1949
Career Batting
352
G
.228
AVG
128
H
0
HR
37
RBI
.527
OPS
Career Pitching
92-97
W-L
3.99
ERA
349
G
747
SO
22
SV
1.37
WHIP
Batting Season by Season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 41 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | 18 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .257 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 23 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 92 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .159 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .145 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .254 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .179 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching Season by Season
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 6 | 11 | 4.19 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 96.2 | 57 | 30 |
| 1948 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 1 | 5.23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 2 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 13 | 5 |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | 5 | 2 | 2.33 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 85.0 | 47 | 8 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 4 | 10 | 4.04 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 122.2 | 65 | 44 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 8 | 9 | 3.72 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 145.0 | 72 | 59 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 15 | 11 | 2.47 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 255.1 | 129 | 68 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 7 | 2.83 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 232.0 | 91 | 70 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 5 | 2.78 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 168.1 | 80 | 54 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 1 | 9.26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23.0 | 7 | 16 |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 6 | 16 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 200.1 | 73 | 71 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 12 | 6.60 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 196.1 | 60 | 88 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 12 | 6.47 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 111.0 | 43 | 49 |
| 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |