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Nick Nelson

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lb

Born: December 5, 1995 in Panama City, FL, United States
MLB debut: August 1, 2020
Drafted: 2014, round 31
College: Gulf Coast CC
High school: Rutherford

dbWAR: 1.4
IP: 5.1
ERA: 5.06
FIP: 1.85
K/9: 13.5
FIP−: 45

Nick Nelson was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2024 he struck out 8 batters over 5.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.06 was 24.1% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 1.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.7% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.8%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.

FIP1.85

K/913.5

WHIP1.88

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2024	PHI	4	0	5.1	0	0	0	8	3	8	2	5.06	1.85	1.88	13.5	3.4	124	45	0.2
2023	PHI	1	0	5.1	1	0	0	2	1	3	2	1.69	5.69	0.75	5.1	3.4	39	131	-0.0
2022	PHI	47	2	68.2	3	2	1	66	37	69	36	4.85	3.04	1.49	9.0	4.7	122	77	1.2
2021	NYY	11	2	14.1	0	2	0	15	14	22	16	8.79	4.08	2.16	13.8	10.0	206	96	0.1
2020	NYY	11	0	20.2	1	0	0	20	11	18	11	4.79	5.56	1.50	7.8	4.8	108	125	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	9	8	2	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.276	33.3%
vs RHB	17	15	6	0	1	5	.400	.471	.533	.441	29.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Nick Nelson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	30.2%	29	93.6	1,951	44.8%	0.0%	8	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	26.0%	25	94.4	1,902	56.0%	0.0%	5	—	—
Slider	24.0%	23	86.9	2,327	56.5%	44.4%	4	—	—
Changeup	17.7%	17	87.3	1,964	35.3%	55.6%	5	—	—

Nick Nelson's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.