Braydon Nelson
32 Braydon Nelson
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    220
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Brecksville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Saint Ignatius HS
  • Previous College:
    St. Bonaventure University
  • Position:
    RHP
  • Major:
    Mathematical Programming
  • app
    11
  • gs
    8
  • w
    4
  • l
    1
  • sv
    0
  • ip
    44.2
  • era
    5.44
  • whip
    1.61
  • k
    45
Bio

As a Junior: Competed in spring 2020-21 season, receiving a COVID-19 waiver...11 game appearances with 8 games started...Striked out 45 batters in 44.2 inning pitched...Has a record of 4-1 with an ERA of 5.44...Tied a career high in a single game in strikeouts with 8 vs Central Missouri (6/11)...Career high in a single game in the following: innings pitched with 7.0 vs Florida Tech (3/20), batters faced with 26 vs Florida Tech (3/20), putouts with 2 at Nova Southeastern (4/3), and runners CS with 2 vs Saint Leo (4/24)...Tied for second in appearance with 11 and games started with 8...Tied for third in wins with 4...Third on the team in innings pitched with 44.2.

As a Junior (2020): Received a redshirt year due to Covid-19...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Appeared in six games and started three of them in his first season with Tampa… Recorded a 2-0 record in 29.1 innings pitched… Collected 26 strikeouts… Finished the year with a 2.15 ERA...Ranked 10th in the SSC in ERA.

As a Sophomore (SBU): Returned to play for the Bonnies... Appeared and started in 12 games... Finished with a record of 2-6... Had a 6.11 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 73.2 innings...Ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10 in strikeouts...Stuck out at least six batters in eight starts... Recorded a high of 10 strikeouts against Mount St. Mary's. 

As a Freshman (SBU): Attended St. Bonaventure University where he played in 17 games as a pitcher with 10 starts... Led the team in strikeouts with 52 in 58.2 innings... Finished the season with a 1-3-1 record... Started the season with 18.0 consecutive scoreless innings... Recorded a high of eight strikeouts against Western Michigan (03/04)... A10 Rookie of the Week (03/05).

High School: Attended Saint Ignatius High School where he played for head coach Brad Ganor... Posted an ERA of just over 1.00 with nearly a strikeout per inning combined over his junior and senior seasons .. also was an AP Scholar in the classroom ... member of 2016 WWBA 17U National Championship All-Tournament Team ... 2017 Central Region Honorable Mention.

Personal: Mathematical Programming major with a minor in Business Analytics... Son of Todd and Tina Nelson... Has four siblings Kyler, Jordan, Devon, and Kaelyn... Played for Release Baseball club under coach Matt Rosinski where they had 117 wins in 3 years and eight championships... Born October 01, 1998.

Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Appearances 11 6
Games started 8 6
Wins 4 3
Losses 1 1
Saves 0 0
Complete Games - -
Shutouts - -
Innings Pitched 44.2 26.1
Hits 53 33
Runs 30 19
Earned Runs 27 18
Walks 19 14
Strikeouts 45 25
Strikeouts per Game 9.07 8.54
Doubles Allowed 11 6
Triples Allowed - -
WHIP 1.61 1.78
Home Runs Allows 4 1
At Bats Against 175 105
Batting Average Against .303 .314
Earned Run Average 5.44 6.15
Wild pitches 4 3
Hit Batters 2 2
Balks - -
Sacrifice Flies Allowed 3 2
Sacrifice Hits Allowed 3 2
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