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Nick Nelson

ニック・ネルソン / にっく・ねるそん

American baseball player

December 5, 1995 (age 30) ・ Panama City, Florida, United States

  • Florida
  • baseball player

My Take

Nick Nelson is honestly one of those guys I find quietly fascinating — a pitcher who bounced around the MLB with the Yankees and Phillies without ever quite locking down a rotation spot, then did something most American players wouldn't even consider: packed his bags and went to Japan to pitch for the Hanshin Tigers. That alone earns respect. Playing in Nippon Professional Baseball is no joke, and doing it in a city like Osaka where baseball is basically a religion takes guts. Then he kept going, heading over to Taiwan's CPBL with the CTBC Brothers. The guy's basically building a whole international career out of sheer persistence, and I'm here for it. Sometimes the most interesting baseball stories aren't about the stars — they're about the grinders who refuse to stop playing the game they love.

Overview

Nicholas Benjamin Nelson (born December 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Nick Nelson
Name (Japanese)
ニック・ネルソン
Reading
にっく・ねるそん
Born
December 5, 1995 (age 30)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Sagittarius / Boar
Origin
Panama City, Florida, United States
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Occupation
baseball player

2. Background

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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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Tags

  • Florida
  • baseball player
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.