John Nelson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

John Nelson

John Nelson
(Old Hoss)

Born: birthplace unknown

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Notes:

• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1887	GOR	NCL		SP	2	2	.500	4	3	1	2	0	0	26.2	31	17	45	0	2	12	1		1	130	5.74	62
1888	GOR	IND		SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	10	0	0	6	0		0	38	1.00	133
1891	CBG	IND/NvM		SP	2	4	.333	6	6	0	6	1	0	51.0	65	25	73	11	14	16	5		2	253	4.41	69
1897	CXG	IND		SP	1	1	.500	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	15	6	28	1	1	9	0		0	87	3.00	186
1898	CXG	IND		RF	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	0	21	2	2	5	0		0	52	0.00
1899	CXG	IND		RF	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	5	9	0	0	0	0		0	34	5.00	80
1899-00	CXG	NvC		CF	2	1	.667	5	3	3	1	0	1	21.0	13	6	23	0	6	5	0		0	96	2.57	110
1901	CXG	NvM		SP	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	4	2	12	1	1	2	0		2	46	1.64	100
1908	CBG	NAC		LF	1	2	.333	3	3	0	2	0	0	20.1	23	20	34	1	4	4	0		0	96	8.85	42
8	3			SP	10	11	.476	24	21	4	17	1	1	175.0	171	82	255	16	30	59	6		5	832	4.22	77
162 Game Average					15	17	.476	36	32	6	26	2	2	264.1	258	124	385	24	45	89	9		8	1257	4.22	77

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
7	Negro Leagues				8	9	.471	17	16	1	14	1	0	135.0	143	70	205	15	22	47	3		2	649	4.67	77
1	vs Latin Leagues				2	1	.667	5	3	3	1	0	1	21.0	13	6	23	0	6	5	0		0	96	2.57	110
2	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	15	6	27	1	2	7	3		3	87	2.84	59

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
2	New York Gorhams			SP	2	3	.400	5	4	1	3	0	0	35.2	35	18	55	0	2	18	1		1	168	4.54	72
2	Cuban Giants I			SP	3	6	.333	9	9	0	8	1	0	71.1	88	45	107	12	18	20	5		2	349	5.68	56
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	5	2	.714	10	8	3	6	0	1	68.0	48	19	93	4	10	21	0		2	315	2.51	133

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1887	GOR	NCL		SP	26.2		1.76	1.75		9.2%	9.5%		1.5%	5.8%		6.00	1.64		0.0%	0.3%
1888	GOR	IND		SP	9.0		1.11	0.81		15.8%	30.1%		0.0%	2.2%			13.75		0.0%	1.1%
1891	CBG	IND/NvM		SP	51.0		1.71	1.63		6.3%	14.1%		5.5%	9.9%		1.14	1.30		4.3%	1.6%
1897	CXG	IND		SP	18.0		1.61	1.65		10.3%	10.1%		1.1%	9.1%		9.00	1.12		1.1%	2.9%
1898	CXG	IND		RF	9.0		2.56	1.35		9.6%	10.6%		3.8%	5.7%		2.50	1.86		3.8%	1.1%
1899	CXG	IND		RF	9.0		1.00	1.37		0.0%	7.3%		0.0%	5.9%			1.23		0.0%	1.6%
1899-00	CXG	NvC		CF	21.0		1.38	1.35		5.2%	8.8%		6.3%	8.4%		0.83	1.05		0.0%	0.4%
1901	CXG	NvM		SP	11.0		1.18	1.14		4.3%	11.9%		2.2%	11.9%		2.00	1.00		2.2%	2.4%
1908	CBG	NAC		LF	20.1		1.87	1.35		4.2%	9.0%		4.2%	6.5%		1.00	1.39		1.0%	0.3%
8	3			SP	175.0		1.63	1.48		7.1%	11.4%		3.6%	7.9%		1.97	1.96		1.9%	1.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
7	Negro Leagues				135.0		1.68	1.53		7.2%	11.5%		3.4%	7.4%		2.14	2.20		2.3%	1.5%
1	vs Latin Leagues				21.0		1.38	1.35		5.2%	8.8%		6.3%	8.4%		0.83	1.05		0.0%	0.4%
2	vs Major Leagues				19.0		1.53	1.31		8.0%	14.0%		2.3%	11.1%		3.50	1.25		1.1%	1.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
2	New York Gorhams			SP	35.2		1.60	1.52		10.7%	14.2%		1.2%	5.0%		9.00	4.70		0.0%	0.5%
2	Cuban Giants I			SP	71.1		1.75	1.55		5.7%	11.7%		5.2%	8.8%		1.11	1.33		3.4%	1.6%
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	68.0		1.51	1.40		6.7%	9.7%		3.2%	8.4%		2.10	1.19		1.3%	1.6%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1887	GOR	NCL		SP	4	130	127	31	45	4	3	0	3		2	12		1			1	.354	.369	.433	.802
1888	GOR	IND		SP	1	38	38	4	10	0	1	0	0		0	6		0			0	.263	.263	.316	.579
1891	CBG	IND/NvM		SP	6	253	228	65	73	6	2	11	16		14	16		2	9		6	.320	.365	.509	.874
1897	CXG	IND		SP	2	87	82	15	28	5	2	1			1	9		0	4		1	.341	.349	.488	.837
1898	CXG	IND		RF	1	52	47	10	21	2	0	2	0		2	5		0	3		0	.447	.469	.617	1.086
1899	CXG	IND		RF	1	34	33	6	9	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	1		0	.273	.273	.333	.606
1899-00	CXG	NvC		CF	5	96	89	13	23	1	2	0	1		6	5		0	1		0	.258	.305	.315	.620
1901	CXG	NvM		SP	1	46	43	4	12	3	1	1	0		1	2		2	0		2	.279	.326	.465	.791
1908	CBG	NAC		LF	3	96	87	23	34	3	4	1	1		4	4		0	5		1	.391	.418	.552	.969
8	3			SP	24	832	774	171	255	24	16	16	21		30	59		5	23		11	.329	.358	.464	.822

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
7	Negro Leagues				17	649	606	143	205	18	13	15	16		22	47		2	19		8	.338	.363	.485	.849
1	vs Latin Leagues				5	96	89	13	23	1	2	0	1		6	5		0	1		0	.258	.305	.315	.620
2	vs Major Leagues				2	87	79	15	27	5	1	1	4		2	7		3	3		3	.342	.381	.468	.849

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2	New York Gorhams			SP	5	168	165	35	55	4	4	0	3		2	18		1			1	.333	.345	.406	.751
2	Cuban Giants I			SP	9	349	315	88	107	9	6	12	17		18	20		2	14		7	.340	.379	.521	.900
4	Cuban X Giants			SP	10	315	294	48	93	11	6	4	1		10	21		2	9		3	.316	.343	.435	.779

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