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2018 Baseball

29 Jake Nelson

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hopkinton, N.H.
  • Highschool Phillips Andover Academy

Biography

2018: Did not play due to injury.

2017:
Selected in the 33rd Round (995 Overall) by the Detroit Tigers in the 2017 MLB Draft ... Finished the year 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA in ten relief appearances ... Had three saves on the year, all in consecutive appearances against Lafayette ... Recorded 13 strikeouts in 16 innings, and posted the lowest BAA on the team with a .193 mark ... Put together an 11.2 inning scoreless streak during four weeks of the season ... Struck out a season-high five in three innings of work against Marist (3/19) ... Picked up his lone win of the season against Dartmouth (4/3) by tossing three innings of one-hit ball out of the bullpen.

2016: Went 1-1 with a 3.12 ERA and five saves in 13 games, all in relief ... Led the Ivy League in saves ... Struck out nine in 17.1 innings ... Recorded three saves against Ivy League opponents in four appearances ... Pitched three innings, allowing three hits in his win over North Florida ... Saves came against Lafayette (3/26), Brown (4/2), Lafayette (4/5), Harvard (4/10), and Princeton (4/17).

High School: Lettered five times in baseball, four times at Hopkinton High School and once at Phillips Academy ... Was a team captain twice ... Named First Team All-Central New England in 2015 ... 2014 New Hampshire Player of the Year ... Named First Team All-State in 2014 ... Team MVP ... Silver Slugger award winner (2014) ... Twice named Second Team All-State (2013, 2014) ... Named Third Team All-State in 2012 ... Member of 2012 New Hampshire state championship team ... Honor Roll student ... New Hampshire Scholar ... Scholar Athlete (2012-14) ... Worked with Challenger Baseball program for special needs students while at Phillips Academy.

Personal: Son of Jackie and Timothy Nelson ... Enrolled in Wharton School of Business with a concentration in finance.

Career Highs
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 3.1, at Yale (4/9/18)
Strikeouts: 5, vs. Marist (3/19/17)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2016Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 215 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2017Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 215 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2018Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 215 lbs
    29