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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.