Lynn Nelson
Chicago Cubs 1930; Chicago Cubs 1933–1934; Philadelphia Athletics 1937–1939; Detroit Tigers 1940
Percentile snapshot
1939 season — qualified pitchers
of 94 qualified 1939 pitchers (min 153 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .611 | 36.0 | 43.7 | .260 | 0.8 |
| 1933 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .273 | .381 | .654 | 82.0 | 86.9 | .298 | 1.0 |
| 1934 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1937 | 74 | 120 | 113 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .354 | .387 | .549 | .935 | 130.1 | 132.4 | .415 | 0.5 |
| 1938 | 67 | 119 | 112 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .319 | .277 | .596 | 50.7 | 50.6 | .286 | -0.1 |
| 1939 | 40 | 83 | 80 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .217 | .213 | .429 | 4.6 | 9.9 | .203 | 1.5 |
| 1940 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .348 | .478 | .826 | 101.8 | 105.1 | .366 | -0.7 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 46 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 81.3 | 5.09 | 1.537 | 3.21 | 5.69 | 114.2 | 97.9 | 0.8 |
| 1933 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 75.7 | 3.21 | 1.256 | 2.38 | 3.57 | 109.3 | 101.8 | 1.0 |
| 1934 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 36.00 | 5.000 | 0.00 | 19.09 | 488.1 | 10.9 | -0.3 |
| 1937 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 76 | 51 | 49 | 12 | 116.0 | 5.90 | 1.647 | 3.80 | 5.00 | 107.7 | 78.7 | 0.5 |
| 1938 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 215 | 120 | 79 | 75 | 29 | 191.0 | 5.65 | 1.539 | 3.53 | 5.62 | 117.3 | 84.7 | -0.1 |
| 1939 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 233 | 105 | 64 | 75 | 27 | 197.7 | 4.78 | 1.503 | 3.41 | 5.17 | 111.3 | 97.2 | 1.5 |
| 1940 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14.0 | 10.93 | 2.286 | 4.50 | 8.49 | 181.9 | 42.7 | -0.7 |
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
Pitching
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.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-07-10 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1937-07-09 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1937-08-20 | ATH @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-08-20 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1937-07-21 | ATH @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-05-17 | NYY @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1938-06-01 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 1938-06-05 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1937-06-19 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 7.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 1938-06-18 | ATH @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.