Art Nehf

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1915-1929)

Art Nehf was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929 for 4 teams, including the Boston Braves, a span of 15 seasons. Across 451 career appearances, he went 184-120 with a 3.20 ERA and 844 strikeouts. He also batted .210 with 8 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9242.8.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 184–120
ERA 3.20
WHIP 1.24
SO 844
Pitcher PIV 9242.8
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'9" / 176 lb
Born
7/31/1892 in Terre Haute, IN, USA
Died
12/18/1960 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
MLB Debut
1915-08-13
Last Game
1929-10-03

Full name: Arthur Neukom Nehf

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Career Pitching Statistics

Art Nehf — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
184 120 451 319 182 28 13 2707.2 2,715 964 107 640 844 3.20 9242.8

Career ERA 3.20 vs. league average 3.75 across their career seasons — 14.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Art Nehf Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1915 BSN NL 5 4 12 10 6 4 0 78.1 60 22 21 39 2.53 2.90 (+13%) 1108.8
1916 BSN NL 7 5 22 12 6 1 0 121.0 110 27 20 36 2.01 2.78 (+28%) 1004.3
1917 BSN NL 17 8 38 23 17 5 0 233.1 197 56 39 101 2.16 2.69 (+20%) 3071.4
1918 BSN NL 15 15 32 31 28 2 0 284.1 274 85 76 96 2.69 2.83 (+5%) 1933.1
1919 BSN NL 8 9 22 19 13 1 0 168.2 151 58 40 53 3.09 3.09 (avg) -307.1
1919 NY1 NL 9 2 13 12 9 2 0 102.0 70 17 19 24 1.50 3.09 (+51%) 463.3
1920 NY1 NL 21 12 40 33 22 4 0 280.2 273 96 45 79 3.08 3.45 (+11%) 2624.0
1921 NY1 NL 20 10 41 34 18 2 1 260.2 266 105 55 67 3.63 4.02 (+10%) -1207.4
1922 NY1 NL 19 13 37 35 20 2 1 268.1 286 98 64 60 3.29 4.18 (+21%) -371.4
1923 NY1 NL 13 10 34 27 7 1 2 196.0 219 98 49 50 4.50 4.03 (-12%) -980.5
1924 NY1 NL 14 4 30 20 11 0 2 171.2 167 69 42 72 3.62 4.13 (+12%) -297.4
1925 NY1 NL 11 9 29 20 8 1 1 155.0 193 65 50 63 3.77 4.55 (+17%) 754.7
1926 NY1 NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 1 0 10.80 — 0.0
1926 CIN NL 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 17.0 25 7 5 4 3.71 4.11 (+10%) 191.7
1927 CIN NL 3 5 21 5 1 0 4 45.1 59 28 14 21 5.56 4.08 (-36%) 479.3
1927 CHN NL 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 26.1 25 4 9 12 1.37 4.08 (+67%) 581.6
1928 CHN NL 13 7 31 21 10 2 0 176.2 190 52 52 40 2.65 4.13 (+36%) 1705.0
1929 CHN NL 8 5 32 15 4 0 1 120.2 148 75 39 27 5.59 4.60 (-22%) -1510.7
Career · 18 seasons 184 120 451 319 182 28 13 2,707.2 2,715 964 640 844 3.20 — 9,243

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Art Nehf — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
464 915 90 192 29 5 8 76 7 86 122 .210 .281 .279 .560 -2,270

Career AVG .210 vs. league average .274 across their career seasons — 23.5% below league average.

Career OBP .281 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 16.5% below league average.

Career SLG .279 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 25.8% below league average.

Career OPS .560 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 21.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Art Nehf Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1915 BSN NL 12 28 1 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 9 .143 — — — — 0.0
1916 BSN NL 23 40 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 12 .125 — — — — 0.0
1917 BSN NL 38 70 8 12 3 2 0 2 1 13 13 .171 .248 (-31%) .312 (-1%) .323 (-16%) .635 (-9%) -56.5
1918 BSN NL 35 95 8 16 3 0 0 3 0 14 19 .168 .255 (-34%) .318 (-14%) .326 (-39%) .645 (-26%) -327.9
1919 BSN NL 23 63 6 13 2 2 0 3 0 3 11 .206 .262 (-21%) .322 (-21%) .347 (-13%) .670 (-17%) -179.9
1919 NY1 NL 13 35 5 8 6 0 1 5 1 2 8 .229 — — — — -179.9
1920 NY1 NL 40 97 11 26 4 0 0 4 2 7 10 .268 .271 (-1%) .331 (-4%) .363 (-15%) .694 (-10%) -138.4
1921 NY1 NL 42 89 9 18 2 0 0 5 0 7 10 .202 .286 (-29%) .344 (-24%) .395 (-43%) .739 (-34%) -487.9
1922 NY1 NL 37 98 9 25 0 0 1 11 0 6 7 .255 .285 (-11%) .345 (-14%) .397 (-28%) .743 (-21%) -329.4
1923 NY1 NL 34 63 5 12 2 0 0 8 0 6 2 .190 .282 (-33%) .344 (-18%) .390 (-43%) .734 (-31%) -304.1
1924 NY1 NL 33 57 11 13 1 0 5 13 1 6 4 .228 .283 (-20%) .345 (-13%) .389 (+31%) .734 (+10%) 83.9
1925 NY1 NL 33 51 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 .216 .288 (-25%) .349 (-18%) .407 (-42%) .756 (-31%) -253.9
1926 NY1 NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1926 CIN NL 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1927 CIN NL 21 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .077 — — — — 0.0
1927 CHN NL 8 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .429 — — — — 0.0
1928 CHN NL 31 58 4 11 0 1 1 3 0 7 8 .190 .280 (-32%) .342 (-19%) .395 (-30%) .737 (-25%) -233.1
1929 CHN NL 32 45 3 13 3 0 0 5 0 5 3 .289 — — — — -43.1
Career · 18 seasons 464 915 90 192 29 5 8 76 7 86 122 .210 — — — — -2,450

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Art Nehf — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
12 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 7 .160

Playoff Batting by Year

Art Nehf — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1929 WS CHN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1924 WS NY1 3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
1923 WS NY1 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167
1922 WS NY1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
1921 WS NY1 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Art Nehf — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 4 12 9 0 79.0 50 19 32 28 2.16

Playoff Pitching by Year

Art Nehf — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1929 WS CHN 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 0 18.00
1924 WS NY1 1 1 3 2 0 19.2 15 4 9 7 1.83
1923 WS NY1 1 1 2 2 0 16.1 10 5 6 7 2.76
1922 WS NY1 1 0 2 2 0 16.0 11 4 3 6 2.25
1921 WS NY1 1 2 3 3 0 26.0 13 4 13 8 1.38

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Art Nehf — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2204164195749.228
Away2444995097128.194

Pitching — Home / Away

Art Nehf — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2121334.212804403264452.97
Away2391372.114375153124013.38

Last 10 Games — Batting

Art Nehf — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1929-10-03 CHCCINW 200000000
1929-09-18 CHCNY1L 200000000
1929-09-17 CHCBROL 000000000
1929-09-11 CHCPHIW 300000010
1929-09-04 CHCSTLL 211100000
1929-08-30 CHCPITL 200000000
1929-08-28 CHCPITL 100000000
1929-08-24 CHCPHIW 201000000
1929-08-17 CHCBROW 312000210
1929-08-12 CHCBSNL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Art Nehf — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1929-10-03 CHCCIN — 4.0611110
1929-09-18 CHCNY1 — 4.0400130
1929-09-17 CHCBRO L 0.0222000
1929-09-11 CHCPHI W 9.0522312
1929-09-04 CHCSTL — 1.2411011
1929-08-30 CHCPIT — 4.21177100
1929-08-28 CHCPIT — 2.2422220
1929-08-24 CHCPHI — 6.0553221
1929-08-17 CHCBRO W 9.0843220
1929-08-12 CHCBSN — 1.1100210

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Art Nehf — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 4 0 2 0 0 0
P 451 0 142 749 22 48

Season-by-Season Fielding

Art Nehf — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1915 BSN P 12 0 7 17 2 3
1916 BSN P 22 0 7 29 2 2
1917 BSN P 38 0 9 63 1 3
1918 BSN OF 2 0 2 0 0 0
1918 BSN P 32 0 13 97 3 2
1919 BSN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 BSN P 22 0 10 52 0 1
1919 NY1 P 13 0 4 25 2 1
1920 NY1 P 40 0 18 83 2 11
1921 NY1 P 41 0 17 77 2 3
1922 NY1 P 37 0 14 64 3 3
1923 NY1 P 34 0 14 47 1 6
1924 NY1 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1924 NY1 P 30 0 6 50 1 2
1925 NY1 P 29 0 8 42 0 5
1926 NY1 P 2 0 0 1 0 0
1926 CIN P 7 0 0 8 1 0
1927 CIN P 21 0 2 14 0 0
1927 CHN P 8 0 1 5 0 0
1928 CHN P 31 0 3 48 2 3
1929 CHN P 32 0 9 27 0 3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Art Nehf Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 451
Left Field 1
Center Field 1
Right Field 2

Awards & Honors

Art Nehf — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1921 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2

College History

Art Nehf — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute IN 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Art Nehf (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Lon Warneke
    192-121, 3.18 ERA
  2. 87
    Jesse Barnes
    152-150, 3.22 ERA
  3. 80
    Urban Shocker
    187-117, 3.17 ERA
  4. 77
    Jeff Pfeffer
    158-112, 2.77 ERA
  5. 76
    Eddie Lopat
    166-112, 3.21 ERA
  6. 76
    Rube Benton
    150-144, 3.09 ERA

Art Nehf: the record in brief

Between the debut on August 13, 1915 and the final game on October 3, 1929, Art Nehf built the record summarized on this page. Nehf played for the Boston Braves (1915 to 1919), the New York Giants (1919 through 1926), the Cincinnati Reds (1926 to 1927), and the Chicago Cubs (1927 through 1929). Listed as a pitcher, Nehf threw and hit left-handed. Height and weight on file: 176 pounds on a 5-foot-9 frame. The birth record reads July 31, 1892, in Terre Haute, IN, USA. Nehf died on December 18, 1960, in Phoenix, AZ, USA. The given name on file is Arthur Neukom Nehf.

Nehf's career pitching line is 184 wins, 120 losses and a 3.20 ERA over 451 appearances. The totals include 844 strikeouts, 182 complete games, 28 shutouts, and 13 saves. The leagues Nehf pitched in allowed 3.75 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 14.6% better than average. The best win total was 21, in 1920.

Frequently Asked Questions about Art Nehf

What years did Art Nehf play?
Art Nehf played in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929.
Was Art Nehf a pitcher?
Yes. Art Nehf pitched in the major leagues, recording 184 wins and 844 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Art Nehf hit?
Art Nehf hit 8 career home runs with 192 hits.
What teams did Art Nehf play for?
Art Nehf played for 4 teams: the Boston Braves (1915–1919), the New York Giants (1919–1926), the Cincinnati Reds (1926–1927), and the Chicago Cubs (1927–1929).
What were Art Nehf's career stats?
In 451 games, Art Nehf went 184-120 with a 3.20 ERA, 844 strikeouts, 2,707.2 innings pitched, and 13 saves. At the plate he had 192 hits and 8 home runs.
What position did Art Nehf play?
Art Nehf played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Art Nehf and how much did he weigh?
Art Nehf was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 176 pounds.
What was Art Nehf's career ERA?
Art Nehf finished with a 3.20 career ERA, going 184-120 with 844 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Art Nehf have?
Art Nehf recorded 844 career strikeouts.
Is Art Nehf in the Hall of Fame?
No. Art Nehf has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.