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2006 right baltimore , maryland 1992 june 2 48 -- 45 3.41 829 pitcher chicago white sox win-loss record earned run average strikeouts april 16 17 november 1966 jeff nelson qatar.jpg jeff nelson -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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jeff nelson -lrb- baseball -rrb-

`` for the baseball umpire , see jeff nelson -lrb- umpire -rrb- '' jeffrey allan nelson -lrb- born november 17 , 1966 -rrb- is an american former baseball relief pitcher who played 15 years in major league baseball .
he batted and threw right-handed .
nelson retired on january 12 , 2007 , the same day he signed a minor league contract with the new york yankees .
-lsb- http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nasapp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070112&content_id=1778229&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy] jeff nelson is married to sheri quinn .
jeff and sheri nelson have six children : chandler , belle , emily , joey , lexi and grace .
drafted by the los angeles dodgers in the 22nd round of the 1984 amateur draft ; he signed june 21 , 1984 .
in his major league career nelson pitched in 798 games with a 48-45 record , and with runners in scoring position and two out he held batters to a .191 batting average .
in 55 post-season games -lrb- second all-time behind former teammate mariano rivera -rrb- , he compiled a 2-3 mark with 62 strikeouts and a 2.65 era in 54.1 innings .
among hitters whom he dominated most were troy glaus , who in 14 at-bats was hitless with 11 strikeouts .
-lsb- http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/p-pvb.cgi?n1=nelsoje01&year=0#minpa2=5&minpa=5&n1=nelsoje01&as=pitcher&year_game=career&orderby=so] nelson had three stints with the seattle mariners -lrb- 1992 -- 1995 , 2001 -- 2003 and again in 2005 -rrb- .
he is seattle 's all-time record holder for most games pitched -lrb- 383 -rrb- , and has a 23-20 record with the mariners .
