Bill Evans vs. Mel Nelson — Career Comparison

Bill Evans
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mel Nelson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Evans built a career as a starting pitcher and Mel Nelson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Evans posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.346 compared to 4.4 and 1.526 for Mel Nelson. By the career numbers, Bill Evans had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Evans and Mel Nelson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.99
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.82
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.57
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.93
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.52
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.83
11.83
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.85
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
4.4
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
27
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.1
9
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173.2
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
8.69
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
9.54
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.98
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.42
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
3.58
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.62
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.92
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.08
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
38.61
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
40.21
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.71
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.61
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.77
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
4.92
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
34.91
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
36.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Bill Evans and Mel Nelson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.82
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.57
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173.2
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.36
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.71
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.15
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.893
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.83
11.83
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Evans and Mel Nelson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
28
390.7
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
1600
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
558.14
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.79
10.96
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
13.46
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-7.24
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
216.67
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA