About John Nelson
John Nelson was an American baseball player.
John Nelson was an American Negro league baseball pitcher from the 1880s to the 1900s.
Nelson made his Negro league debut in 1887 for the New York Gorhams, and played for New York again the following season. He went on to play several seasons for the Cuban Giants and Cuban X-Giants through 1908.
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American baseball player
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Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: John Nelson (pitcher)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Nelson. https://biography.guide/john-nelson/
MLA: "John Nelson." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/john-nelson/.
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