Nels Potter
Nelson Thomas Potter
Born: August 23, 1911
Mount Morris, IL USA
Deceased: 1990
Mount Morris, IL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180
College: Mount Morris College
Career: 1936-1949
Minor League Statistics
Nels Potter compiled a career record of 92 wins and 97 losses in his 352-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Boston Braves. He began playing during the 1936 season and last took the field during the 1949 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1936 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
1938 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 12 | .143 | 6.47 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 111.3 | 139 | 95 | 80 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 517 |
1939 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 12 | .400 | 6.60 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 196.3 | 258 | 163 | 144 | 26 | 88 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 922 |
1940 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.44 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 200.7 | 213 | 115 | 99 | 18 | 71 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 876 |
1941 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 121 |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.78 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 168.3 | 146 | 56 | 52 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 690 |
1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.83 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 232.0 | 211 | 79 | 73 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 955 |
1945 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.47 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 255.3 | 212 | 75 | 70 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1028 |
1946 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.72 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 152 | 72 | 60 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 641 |
1947 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.04 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122.7 | 130 | 61 | 55 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 529 |
1948 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
1948 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.33 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 85.0 | 77 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 332 |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.19 | 41 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 96.7 | 99 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 418 |
Totals | 92 | 97 | .487 | 3.99 | 349 | 177 | 126 | 89 | 6 | 22 | 1686.0 | 1721 | 843 | 748 | 123 | 582 | 0 | 747 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 7248 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1936 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1938 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .256 | .275 | .282 | .557 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 76 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .179 | .236 | .209 | .445 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 80 | 71 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .254 | .284 | .282 | .565 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 33 | 63 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .145 | .203 | .164 | .367 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 92 | 82 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .159 | .207 | .171 | .378 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 99 | 92 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .304 | .319 | .326 | .645 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 23 | 56 | 52 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .288 | .574 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .257 | .381 | .286 | .667 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 18 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .379 | .379 | .414 | .793 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 41 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .130 | .200 | .174 | .374 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 352 | 626 | 562 | 25 | 128 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 50 | .228 | .274 | .254 | .529 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1936 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1938 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .686 | |
1939 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.024 | |
1940 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.516 | |
1941 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .700 | |
1941 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | |
1943 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.394 | |
1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 3 | .955 | 1.969 | |
1945 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 43 | 3 | 4 | .949 | 1.750 | |
1946 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.261 | |
1947 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.031 | |
1948 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | |
1948 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.333 | |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .537 | |
Totals | 349 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 307 | 18 | 18 | .957 | 1.160 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.93 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1944 | AL | St. Louis Browns | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 9.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2.793 | 1.500 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | P | 2 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .500 |
Totals | 4 | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.400 | 1.000 |
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