Lynn Nelson
1930–1940 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
268G
.281AVG
.312OBP
.371SLG
More career statistics
103H
5HR
55RBI
1SB
33–42W–L
676.2IP
255K
5.25ERA
60GS
6SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 268 | 267 |
| Batting · At bats | 367 | 366 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 48 | 47 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 387 | 386 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,046 | 3,045 |
| Pitching · p hr | 86 | 87 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,030 | 2,032 |
| Pitching · p k | 255 | 256 |
| Pitching · p r | 446 | 445 |
| Pitching · p w | 262 | 261 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268 | 387 | 367 | 42 | 103 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 136 | .281 | .312 | .371 | .683 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676.7 | 166 | 60 | 29 | 33 | 42 | 6 | 777 | 446 | 395 | 86 | 262 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 1.535 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1937-07-05 to 1937-07-17
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1938-08-23 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1930-08-20 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1934-05-08 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 217 | 60 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 22 | .297 | .332 | .396 |
| Away | 121 | 169 | 43 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 25 | .262 | .278 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 |
| May | 50 | 69 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .328 | .333 | .343 |
| June | 50 | 80 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | .351 | .400 | .405 |
| July | 53 | 80 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 10 | .273 | .300 | .468 |
| August | 59 | 76 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .280 | .289 | .440 |
| September | 40 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | .190 | .242 | .207 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 63 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .305 | .333 | .458 |
| new-york-yankees | 30 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .264 | .365 |
| detroit-tigers | 28 | 65 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .367 | .400 | .400 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .275 | .293 | .350 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .400 |
| st-louis-browns | 26 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .234 | .280 | .298 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .222 | .222 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .312 | .467 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Chicago Cubs | 37 | 18 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .222 | 81 | 29 |
| 1933 | Chicago Cubs | 29 | 21 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .238 | 76 | 20 |
| 1934 | Chicago Cubs | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 74 | 113 | 40 | 4 | 29 | – | .354 | 116 | 50 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 111 | 31 | – | 15 | – | .279 | 191 | 75 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 80 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .188 | 197 | 75 |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 19 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .348 | 14 | 7 |