Jeff Nelson  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His sinking two-seam fastball and slider produce tons of groundballs. I've seen Nelson work himself into a jam on occassion. The good thing about him is that he knows how to work himself out of them. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. Nelson's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. Nelson also has a decent changeup. He traditionally fares better against lefties. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Nelson is nothing special in the field. Nelson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Nelson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Nelson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 ATL 97 36 80 51 64 55 60 60 56 62 60 0 87 0 0 0 29 6 Sidearm Active 0 6 23 54 386
1999 ATL 95 38 86 56 64 55 60 60 56 62 60 0 87 0 0 0 30 7 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 58 398
2000 ATL 95 40 90 59 64 55 60 60 56 68 60 0 87 0 0 0 31 8 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 58 418
2001 ATL 94 40 90 44 64 55 60 60 56 77 60 0 87 0 0 0 32 9 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 415
2002 ATL 97 40 93 44 64 55 60 60 56 77 60 0 87 0 0 0 33 10 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 425
2003 TOR 97 39 97 48 64 55 60 60 56 77 69 0 91 0 0 0 34 11 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 446
2004 TOR 99 37 98 48 64 55 60 60 56 78 75 0 93 0 0 0 35 12 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 32 458
2005 TOR 97 36 99 48 64 55 60 60 56 79 75 0 95 0 0 0 36 13 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 34 458
2006 TOR 94 38 99 46 64 55 60 60 56 79 75 0 96 0 0 0 37 14 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 37 451
2007 TOR 94 40 99 45 64 55 60 60 56 79 75 0 96 0 0 0 38 15 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 40 450
2008 CLE 93 39 99 48 64 55 60 60 56 79 75 0 96 0 0 0 39 16 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 40 450
2009 CLE 99 38 99 48 64 55 60 60 56 79 75 0 96 0 0 0 40 17 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 37 459
Ratings Delta   +6 -1                             +1 +1           -3 +9
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.