Jimmy Nelson
P · Last on a Brewers farm club: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 2019
- B/T
- R/R
- Size
- 6' 6", 250 lb
- Born
- 1989-06-05 · Klamath Falls, OR, USA
- Acquired
- Drafted 2010, round 2, pick 64, by Milwaukee Brewers
- MLB debut
- 2013-09-06
Top 100 history
2014 #83
Preseason Top 100 ranks from years he played in the Brewers system. All years
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- ROK2010Helena Brewers
- A2011Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- A+2012Brevard County Manatees
- AA2012Huntsville Stars
- AA2013Huntsville Stars
- AAA2013Nashville Sounds
- AAA2014Nashville Sounds
- A2019Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- AAA2019San Antonio Missions
- ROK2023ACL Dodgers
- AAA2023Oklahoma City Dodgers
Pitching
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ROK | Helena Brewers | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26.2 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 3.71 | 1.61 | 11.14 | 4.39 | 26.0% | 10.2% | 15.7% |
| 2011 | A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | 22 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 146.0 | 146 | 65 | 120 | 9 | 4.38 | 1.45 | 7.40 | 4.01 | 19.0% | 10.3% | 8.7% |
| 2012 | A+ | Brevard County Manatees | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 81.1 | 63 | 25 | 77 | 3 | 2.21 | 1.08 | 8.52 | 2.77 | 23.3% | 7.6% | 15.8% |
| 2012 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 46.0 | 34 | 37 | 42 | 2 | 3.91 | 1.54 | 8.22 | 7.24 | 20.1% | 17.7% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 69.0 | 63 | 15 | 72 | 5 | 2.74 | 1.13 | 9.39 | 1.96 | 24.9% | 5.2% | 19.7% |
| 2013 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 24 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 83.1 | 74 | 50 | 91 | 2 | 3.67 | 1.49 | 9.83 | 5.40 | 24.8% | 13.6% | 11.2% |
| 2014 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 25 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 70 | 32 | 114 | 3 | 1.46 | 0.92 | 9.24 | 2.59 | 26.5% | 7.4% | 19.0% |
| 2019 | A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| 2019 | AAA | San Antonio Missions | 30 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40.1 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 4 | 4.69 | 1.41 | 12.72 | 5.36 | 32.0% | 13.5% | 18.5% |
| 2023 | ROK | ACL Dodgers | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 12.27 | 4.91 | 29.4% | 11.8% | 17.6% |
| 2023 | AAA | Oklahoma City Dodgers | 34 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 21 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 5.00 | 1.93 | 11.33 | 10.33 | 25.8% | 23.5% | 2.3% |
Hitting
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 83.3% | 0.0% | .000 |
| 2013 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 24 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 84.6% | 0.0% | .000 |
| 2013 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 24 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | .000 | 30.0% | 10.0% | .000 |
| 2014 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 25 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .000 | .040 | .000 | .040 | .000 | 68.0% | 4.0% | .000 |
| 2019 | AAA | San Antonio Missions | 30 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .000 | 66.7% | 0.0% | .500 |
Major leagues
Pitching
| Year | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 7.20 | 4.50 | 21.6% | 13.5% | 8.1% |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers | 25 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 69.1 | 82 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 4.93 | 1.46 | 7.40 | 2.47 | 18.3% | 6.1% | 12.2% |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers | 26 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 177.1 | 163 | 65 | 148 | 18 | 4.11 | 1.29 | 7.51 | 3.30 | 19.7% | 8.6% | 11.0% |
| 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers | 27 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 179.1 | 186 | 86 | 140 | 25 | 4.62 | 1.52 | 7.03 | 4.32 | 17.3% | 10.7% | 6.7% |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers | 28 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 175.1 | 171 | 48 | 199 | 16 | 3.49 | 1.25 | 10.21 | 2.46 | 27.3% | 6.6% | 20.7% |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 6.95 | 1.91 | 10.64 | 6.95 | 24.8% | 16.2% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 32 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29.0 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 1.86 | 0.93 | 13.66 | 4.03 | 37.9% | 11.2% | 26.7% |
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers | 25 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | .047 | 31.8% | 0.0% | .214 |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers | 26 | 30 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 0 | .109 | .125 | .127 | .252 | .018 | 57.6% | 1.7% | .286 |
| 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers | 27 | 32 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | .000 | 54.2% | 3.4% | .222 |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers | 28 | 29 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 0 | .105 | .121 | .105 | .226 | .000 | 58.3% | 1.7% | .273 |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 32 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.