| Jeff Nelson pitched three times for the Seattle Mariners and twice for the New York Yankees, rounding out his career with short stints with the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox. A right-hander standing 6'8", he was noticeably more effective against right-handed batters than left-handers over his career, and was often used as the right-handed equivalent of a LOOGY. In style, he was almost a mirror image of Graeme Lloyd, a tall left-hander who pitched for the Yankees from 1996 to 1998. Nelson was a better pitcher however, making the All-Star Team in 2001 in his second stint with the Mariners. He was part of four World Championship teams with the Yankees from 1996 to 2000, and played again for them in the 2003 World Series, which they lost to the Florida Marlins.
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