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John Nelson

Seasons6 (1891–1903)

Cuban Giants 1891; Cuban Giants 1894; Cuban X Giants 1897–1899; Philadelphia Giants 1903

Percentile snapshot

1903 season — qualified batters

G
7
1.8
PA
24
1.8
AB
23
1.8
R
2
2.7
H
3
0.9
2B
0
0
3B
1
14.2
HR
0
0
RBI
2
8.8
BB
1
2.7
SO
0
87.6
SB
0
0
BA
.130
2.7
OBP
.167
0.9
SLG
.217
4.4
OPS
.384
3.5
wRC+
56.8
2.7
OPS+
50.5
3.5
wOBA
.195
2.7
sWAR
-0.1
6.2

of 114 qualified 1903 batters (min 21 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1897 season — qualified pitchers

G
2
5.7
GS
2
7.5
W
1
5.7
L
1
86.8
SV
0
0
CG
2
7.5
SHO
0
0
H
28
88.7
ER
6
92.5
BB
1
98.1
SO
9
9.4
HR
1
88.7
IP
18.0
7.5
ERA
3.00
90.6
WHIP
1.611
22.6
K/9
4.50
94.3
FIP
2.57
96.2
FIP-
60.5
96.2
ERA+
141.6
90.6
sWAR
0.3
18.9

of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 5 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.2
52.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1891835316411024320.129.229.226.45454.920.4.223-0.1
18941540000000000.000.000.000.000-69.9-100.0.000-0.2
189731073110021000.143.250.286.53653.124.1.2450.3
1898522183300032000.167.250.167.41739.724.9.2110.2
1899417163420131000.250.294.563.857104.0111.5.3670.1
1903724232301021000.130.167.217.38456.850.5.195-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18915523051582113111143.04.401.6512.305.40182.567.4-0.1
1897221102028619118.03.001.6114.502.5760.5141.60.3
189811100102102529.00.002.5565.003.82202.60.2
18991110010950009.05.001.0000.002.5970.973.00.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
28
PA
113
AB
99
R
17
H
15
2B
4
3B
2
HR
1
RBI
12
BB
9
SO
3
SB
2
BA
.1515
OBP
.2222
SLG
.2626
OPS
.4848

Pitching

G (P)
9
GS
9
W
5
L
4
SV
0
CG
9
SHO
1
IP
79
SO (P)
25
BB allowed
16
ERA
3.646
WHIP
1.6709
K/9
2.85

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.