Nels Potter
1936–1949 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
352G
.228AVG
.274OBP
.254SLG
More career statistics
128H
0HR
37RBI
0SB
92–97W–L
1,686.0IP
747K
3.99ERA
177GS
22SV
3Rare 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 · At bats | 562 | 564 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Doubles | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 50 | 52 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 626 | 627 |
| Batting · Walks | 35 | 34 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,248 | 7,253 |
| Pitching · p er | 748 | 746 |
| Pitching · p hr | 123 | 122 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,058 | 5,056 |
| Pitching · p r | 843 | 841 |
| Pitching · p w | 582 | 589 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352 | 626 | 562 | 25 | 128 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 35 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 143 | .228 | .274 | .254 | .528 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,686.0 | 349 | 177 | 89 | 92 | 97 | 22 | 1,721 | 843 | 748 | 123 | 582 | 747 | 0 | 0 | 3.99 | 1.366 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1947-05-04 to 1947-06-21
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-08-13 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1943-09-29 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1938-08-13 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 187 | 315 | 66 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 24 | .239 | .273 | .261 |
| Away | 165 | 312 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 28 | .215 | .244 | .250 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .179 | .273 | .205 |
| May | 63 | 111 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .280 | .279 | .330 |
| June | 55 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .189 | .218 | .189 |
| July | 79 | 126 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .216 | .246 | .252 |
| August | 80 | 150 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 12 | .275 | .313 | .304 |
| September | 50 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .165 | .202 | .188 |
| October | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 50 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .191 | .230 | .206 |
| detroit-tigers | 48 | 91 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | .274 | .297 | .333 |
| cleveland-guardians | 44 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .235 | .256 | .265 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 103 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .198 | .233 | .209 |
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .206 | .237 | .206 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .226 | .270 | .245 |
| st-louis-browns | 24 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .267 | .343 | .300 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 19 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .224 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 39 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .256 | 111 | 42 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 67 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .179 | 196 | 60 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 31 | 71 | 18 | – | 4 | – | .254 | 200 | 76 |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 20 | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .111 | 43 | 12 |
| 1943 |  St. Louis Browns | 33 | 55 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .145 | 168 | 80 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 82 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .159 | 232 | 91 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 92 | 28 | – | 5 | – | .304 | 255 | 129 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 23 | 52 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .231 | 145 | 73 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 35 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .257 | 122 | 64 |
| 1948 | Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 28 | 37 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .378 | 113 | 63 |
| 1949 |  Boston Braves | 41 | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | .120 | 96 | 57 |