Nels Potter Autographs
Nelson Thomas Potter (August 23, 1911 – September 30, 1990) was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 349 games in Major League Baseball over a dozen seasons between 1936 and 1949, most notably as a member, in 1944, of the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves. Potter's repertoire featured the screwball.
Born in Mount Morris, Illinois, Potter was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg). He began his 18-year professional career in the minor leagues in 1932, and after a one-inning trial with the Cardinals in April 1936, played his first full MLB season in 1938 as a member of the Athletics. He led the American League in earned runs allowed with (144) in 1939, and overall won only 20 of 57 decisions in his first of two stints in Philadelphia, playing for a team that lost an average of 96 games a year between 1938 and 1941. During the latter year, on June 30, Potter's contract was sold to the Red Sox, who used him in only ten games and 20 innings pitched before assigning him outright to their top farm club, the Louisville Colonels. Potter won 18 games, losing eight, for the Colonels in 1942, earning his selection by the Browns in the Rule 5 draft on November 2, 1942.
With World War II depleting major league rosters of playing talent, Potter proceeded to post three consecutive stellar seasons for the 1943–1944–1945 Browns, winning a total of 44 games with earned run averages below 3.00. In 1944, Potter won 19 games, leading the Browns' staff, as St. Louis prevailed over the Detroit Tigers by a single game in the pennant chase. Potter finished ninth in voting for the 1944 American League MVP balloting, with a 19–7 won–lost record, 16 complete games, three shutouts, and a 2.83 ERA. In the all-St. Louis 1944 World Series that followed, he started two games (the second and sixth contests) against the Cardinals. He allowed only one earned run in 92⁄3 innings pitched for an ERA of 0.93, but poor defense (he allowed four unearned runs) did him in, and he lost his only decision. The Cardinals won the world championship in six games.
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Traded items with a signature of Nels Potter
The most expensive item with a signature of Nels Potter (AUTOGRAPHED NELSON NELS POTTER - BASEBALL PHOTO - PITCHER in BROWNS UNIFORM!) was sold in January 2014 for $24.01 while the cheapest item (Nels Potter signed 3x5 Cardinals A's Browns Braves) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2011. The month with the most items sold (1) was April 2009 with an average selling price of $0.99 for an autographed item of Nels Potter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2014 with $24.01 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2009. In average, an autographed item from Nels Potter is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Nels Potter were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | (2) NELSON NELS POTTER INDEX CARD SIGNED 1936-49 CARDS RED SOX A'S PSA/DNA CER | $17.00 |  |
| (2) NELSON NELS POTTER INDEX CARD SIGNED 1936-49 CARDS RED SOX A'S PSA/DNA CER | $17.00 | |
| (2) NELSON NELS POTTER INDEX CARD SIGNED 1936-49 CARDS RED SOX A'S PSA/DNA CER | $17.00 | |
| 1940 NELS POTTER-PHILADELPHIA A'S AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO-EX.(d.1990) | $4.99 | |
| 1940s BROWNS: Nels Potter, SIGNED Check, Died 1990 | $16.49 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED NELSON NELS POTTER - BASEBALL PHOTO - PITCHER in BROWNS UNIFORM! | $24.01 | |
| Nels Potter 1936-1949 A's Browns Braves Pitcher SIGNED Index Card (d. 1990) AUTO | $6.29 | |
| Nels Potter autograph 2014 ITG Past, Present and Future | $10.99 | |
| NELS POTTER AUTOGRAPH SIGNED CONTRACT BROWNS 1944 PENNANT WINNER DIED-1990 | $14.99 | |
| Nels Potter Autographed 5 X 3 Index Card | $19.99 | |
| Nels Potter Signed 3.5x5.5 Photo St Louis Browns Debut 1936 Died 1990 | $2.25 | |
| Nels Potter St. Louis Browns Autographed Index Card A | $6.99 | |
| Nels Potter St. Louis Browns Autographed Index Card B | $6.99 | |
| Nelson Nels Potter autographed signed 8x10 photo 1944 WS Browns, Braves D:1990 | $3.26 | |
| NELSON NELS POTTER VINTAGE SIGNED JIM ROWE 3X5 POSTCARD DEC BROWNS | $9.99 | |
