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Nels Potter

Nels Potter

1936–1949  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 180 lb  ·  b. 1911 Mount Morris, IL

Career 92–97 · 3.99 ERA · 747 SO · 1686.0 IP · 352 G · 128 H · 37 RBI · .228 AVG

Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
12 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1940 Best season

Spanning 1940–1940, peaking at 1 titles in 1940.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,919th League titles 1
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 2,322nd Top-5 finishes 12

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1940 1.000
Pitcher Putouts — #2 — 1940 #2
Complete Games — #3 — 1945 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1945 #2
Saves — #2 — 1949 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1945 #2
Wins — #3 — 1944 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1940 1 P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

12 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1936 SLN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1938 PHA AL 2 12 6.47 35 9 5 111.1 139 80 15 49 43 1.69
1939 PHA AL 8 12 6.60 41 25 2 196.1 258 144 26 88 60 1.76
1940 PHA AL 9 14 4.44 31 25 0 200.2 213 99 18 71 73 1.42
1941 PHA +1 AL 3 1 7.06 20 3 2 43.1 56 34 3 32 13 2.03
1943 SLA AL 10 5 2.78 33 13 1 168.1 146 52 11 54 80 1.19
1944 SLA AL 19 7 2.83 32 29 0 232.0 211 73 6 70 91 1.21
1945 SLA AL 15 11 2.47 32 32 0 255.1 212 70 10 68 129 1.10
1946 SLA AL 8 9 3.72 23 19 0 145.0 152 60 9 59 72 1.46
1947 SLA AL 4 10 4.04 32 10 2 122.2 130 55 13 44 65 1.42
1948 BSN +2 NL 8 5 2.86 28 9 3 113.1 105 36 6 17 64 1.08
1949 BSN NL 6 11 4.19 41 3 7 96.2 99 45 6 30 57 1.33
Career — — 92 97 3.99 349 177 22 1686.0 1,721 748 123 582 747 1.37

Batting

12 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1936 SLN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1938 PHA AL 38 39 1 10 1 0 0 6 1 3 0 .256 .275 .282 .557
1939 PHA AL 41 67 6 12 2 0 0 4 5 6 0 .179 .236 .209 .445
1940 PHA AL 31 71 4 18 2 0 0 4 3 7 0 .254 .284 .282 .565
1941 PHA +1 AL 20 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
1943 SLA AL 33 55 0 8 1 0 0 4 4 2 0 .145 .203 .164 .367
1944 SLA AL 32 82 4 13 1 0 0 5 4 4 0 .159 .207 .171 .378
1945 SLA AL 32 92 3 28 2 0 0 5 2 7 0 .304 .319 .326 .645
1946 SLA AL 23 52 2 12 3 0 0 1 4 4 0 .231 .286 .288 .574
1947 SLA AL 32 35 3 9 1 0 0 2 7 2 0 .257 .381 .286 .667
1948 BSN +2 NL 28 37 1 14 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 .378 .395 .405 .800
1949 BSN NL 41 23 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 .130 .200 .174 .374
Career — — 352 562 25 128 15 0 0 37 35 50 0 .228 .274 .254 .529

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1936 SLN NL P 1 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1938 PHA AL P 35 — — 8 16 1 0 25 .960 0.69
1939 PHA AL P 41 — — 8 34 1 0 43 .977 1.02
1940 PHA AL P 31 — — 17 30 0 2 47 1.000 1.52
1941 PHA AL P 20 — — 5 6 1 1 12 .917 0.55
1943 SLA AL P 33 — — 10 36 1 2 47 .979 1.39
1944 SLA AL P 32 — — 11 52 3 3 66 .955 1.97
1945 SLA AL P 32 — — 13 43 3 4 59 .949 1.75
1946 SLA AL P 23 — — 11 18 1 3 30 .967 1.26
1947 SLA AL P 32 — — 6 27 3 1 36 .917 1.03
1948 BSN NL P 28 — — 7 25 3 1 35 .914 1.14
1949 BSN NL P 41 — — 2 20 1 1 23 .957 0.54
Career — — P 349 — — 98 307 18 18 423 .957 1.16