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Lynn Nelson Stats

Lynn Nelson was born on Friday, February 24, 1905, in Sheldon, North Dakota. Nelson was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1930, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lynn Nelson baseball stats page.

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Lynn Nelson

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Lynn "Line Drive" Nelson Autograph on a 1940 Play Ball (#135)

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Birth Name:	Lynn Bernard Nelson
Nickname:	Line Drive
Born On:	02-24-1905
Born In:	Sheldon, North Dakota
Zodiac:	Pisces
Died On:	02-15-1955
Died In:	Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:	Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-10½
Weight:	170
First Game:	04-18-1930 (Age 25)
Last Game:	07-03-1940
Draft:	Not Applicable

Lynn Nelson Lynn Nelson Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1930	Cubs	37	3	16	3	2	.600	5.09	0	0	0	81.1	365	97	46	52	10	28	-	29	2	6	0	-
1933	Cubs	24	3	15	5	5	.500	3.21	3	0	1	75.2	323	65	27	34	2	30	-	20	4	0	0	-
1934	Cubs	2	1	1	0	1	.000	36.00	0	0	0	1.0	7	4	4	4	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	-
1937	Athletics	30	4	21	4	9	.308	5.90	1	0	2	116.0	531	140	76	78	12	51	-	49	1	2	0	-
1938	Athletics	32	23	8	10	11	.476	5.65	13	0	2	191.0	870	215	120	142	29	79	-	75	5	5	0	-
1939	Athletics	35	24	11	10	13	.435	4.78	12	2	1	197.2	877	233	105	117	27	64	-	75	0	3	0	-
1940	Tigers	6	2	4	1	1	.500	10.93	0	0	0	14.0	73	23	17	19	5	9	-	7	0	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
7 Years		166	60	76	33	42	.440	5.25	29	2	6	676.2	3,046	777	395	446	86	262	-	255	12	16	0	-

Lynn Nelson Lynn Nelson Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1930	Cubs	37	18	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	-	1	0	-	0	-	.222	.222	.389
1933	Cubs	29	21	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	3	2	-	0	0	.238	.273	.381
1934	Cubs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1937	Athletics	74	113	18	40	6	2	4	1	29	6	-	13	1	-	0	-	.354	.387	.549
1938	Athletics	67	112	12	31	0	0	0	0	15	7	-	12	0	-	0	-	.277	.319	.277
1939	Athletics	40	80	3	15	2	0	0	0	5	2	-	13	0	-	1	1	.188	.217	.213
1940	Tigers	19	23	4	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	-	6	0	-	0	0	.348	.348	.478
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years		268	367	42	103	10	4	5	1	55	16	-	48	3	-	1	1	.281	.313	.371

Lynn Nelson Lynn Nelson Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1930 Cubs	P	37	3	244	29	0.8	28	6	22	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	3.10	-
1933 Cubs	P	24	3	227	21	0.9	21	1	20	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.50	-
1934 Cubs	P	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1937 Athletics	LF	6	-	-	17	2.8	17	16	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1937 Athletics	P	30	4	348	17	0.6	17	3	14	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.32	-
1938 Athletics	P	32	23	573	42	1.3	40	4	36	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	1.88	-
1939 Athletics	P	35	24	593	40	1.1	38	11	27	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.73	-
1940 Tigers	P	6	2	42	3	0.5	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		166	60	2,030	152	0.9	147	25	122	5	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.96	--
LF Totals		6	0	0	17	2.8	17	16	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
7 Years		172	60	2,030	169	1.0	164	41	123	5	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.18	--

Lynn Nelson Lynn Nelson Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1930 Cubs	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	18.0	9.0	1.04	3.21	3.10
1933 Cubs	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.0	21.0	0.67	2.38	3.57
1934 Cubs	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	9.00
1937 Athletics	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	28.3	8.7	3.9	0.96	3.80	3.96
1938 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.3	7.5	0.95	3.53	3.72
1939 Athletics	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.2	16.0	1.17	3.41	2.91
1940 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	23.0	3.8	7.7	0.78	4.50	5.79
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	1	1	.500	-	-	n/a	73.4	7.6	6.7	0.97	3.39	3.48

Lynn Nelson Lynn Nelson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1930 Chicago Cubs	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1933 Chicago Cubs	23	Undetermined	-	-
1934 Chicago Cubs	23	Undetermined	-	-
1937 Philadelphia Athletics	11	Undetermined	-	-
1938 Philadelphia Athletics	22	Undetermined	-	-
1939 Philadelphia Athletics	22	Undetermined	-	-
1940 Detroit Tigers	25	Undetermined	-	-
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