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Bob Nieman
Robert Charles Nieman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.
School Kent State University

Debut September 14, 1951
Final Game October 3, 1962
Born January 26, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
Died March 10, 1985 in Corona, CA

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 24 SLB AL  12   43    6   16   3  1   2    8   0  0   3   5  .372  .413  .628  175   27   1           0   1
 1952 25 SLB AL 131  478   66  138  22  2  18   74   0  4  46  73  .289  .352  .456  121  218   8           1  14
 1953 26 DET AL 142  508   72  143  32  5  15   69   0  3  57  57  .281  .354  .453  117  230   3           0  13
 1954 27 DET AL  91  251   24   66  14  1   8   35   0  2  22  32  .263  .319  .422  104  106   3   3       0  10
 1955 28 CHW AL  99  272   36   77  11  2  11   53   1  0  36  37  .283  .366  .460  119  125   3   4   1   2   9
 1956 29 TOT AL 128  428   63  137  21  6  14   68   1  6  90  63  .320  .436  .495  154  212   1   3   5   0  14 MVP-7
         CHW AL  14   40    3   12   1  0   2    4   0  1   4   4  .300  .364  .475  119   19   0   0   2   0   4
         BAL AL 114  388   60  125  20  6  12   64   1  5  86  59  .322  .442  .497  157  193   1   3   3   0  10
 1957 30 BAL AL 129  445   61  123  17  6  13   70   4  4  63  86  .276  .363  .429  123  191   3   8   3   2  14
 1958 31 BAL AL 105  366   56  119  20  2  16   60   2  8  44  57  .325  .395  .522  157  191   1   3   5   0  12
 1959 32 BAL AL 118  360   49  105  18  2  21   60   1  2  42  55  .292  .367  .528  146  190   3   2   3   2  12
 1960 33 STL NL  81  188   19   54  13  5   4   31   0  1  24  31  .287  .372  .473  123   89   0   1   1   2   5
 1961 34 TOT     45   82    2   31   7  0   2   12   1  0   7   6  .378  .427  .537  157   44   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   6   17    0    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .471  .471  .529  155    9   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL  39   65    2   23   6  0   2   10   1  0   7   4  .354  .417  .538  157   35   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 35 TOT     32   31    1    9   2  0   1    4   0  0   1  10  .290  .303  .452  101   14   0   1   0   0   0
         CLE AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1   0   0   0
         SFG NL  30   30    1    9   2  0   1    3   0  0   1   9  .300  .323  .467  110   14   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1113 3452  455 1018 180 32 125  544  10 30 435 512  .295  .373  .474  132 1637  26  25  18   9 104
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        502   66  148  26  5  18   79   1  4  63  75  .295  .373  .474  132  238   4   4   3   1  15
 Career High    142  508   72  143  32  6  21   74   4  8  90  86  .325  .436  .528  157  230   8   8   5   2  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 24 SLB AL   47   29   11  10.2   105| .372  .271| .413  .353| .628  .397|1.041  .750| 175  .816   4.2   0.4   0%
 1952 25 SLB AL  533  366   75   5.5    99| .289  .264| .352  .344| .456  .385| .808  .729| 121  .628  12.2   1.3   0%
 1953 26 DET AL  568  384   80   5.6   102| .281  .268| .354  .344| .453  .395| .807  .740| 117  .602  12.1   1.2   0%
 1954 27 DET AL  279  203   33   4.4    97| .263  .263| .319  .338| .422  .385| .741  .723| 104  .511   0.8   0.1   0%
 1955 28 CHW AL  317  211   46   5.8   105| .283  .270| .366  .350| .460  .402| .826  .752| 119  .609   7.5   0.7 100%
 1956 29 TOT AL  522  315   94   8.0   100| .320  .259| .436  .339| .495  .395| .931  .734| 154  .717  38.3   3.6  14%
         CHW AL   44   33    5   4.1   108| .300  .270| .364  .352| .475  .412| .839  .764| 119  .423   0.9   0.1   0%
         BAL AL  478  282   89   8.4    99| .322  .258| .442  .338| .497  .393| .939  .731| 157  .737  37.4   3.5  16%
 1957 30 BAL AL  521  351   70   5.4    93| .276  .255| .363  .326| .429  .384| .792  .710| 123  .593  16.2   1.6  50%
 1958 31 BAL AL  414  271   71   7.0    93| .325  .254| .395  .322| .522  .387| .917  .709| 157  .710  29.3   2.9  20%
 1959 32 BAL AL  409  274   67   6.6    96| .292  .257| .367  .328| .528  .392| .895  .720| 146  .676  22.5   2.2  33%
 1960 33 STL NL  215  141   33   6.3   106| .287  .272| .372  .339| .473  .418| .845  .757| 123  .662   6.5   0.7   0%
 1961 34 TOT      89   51   20  10.5   104| .378  .265| .427  .338| .537  .412| .964  .750| 157  .815   6.9   0.6 100%
         STL NL   17    9    4  11.9   114| .471  .282| .471  .350| .529  .438|1.000  .788| 155  .847   1.4   0.1   0%
         CLE AL   72   42   16  10.2   101| .354  .260| .417  .335| .538  .405| .955  .740| 157  .807   5.5   0.5 100%
 1962 35 TOT      33   23    5   5.8   102| .290  .268| .303  .336| .452  .408| .755  .743| 101  .610   0.1   0.0   0%
         CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0   100| .000  .260| .000  .331| .000  .404| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         SFG NL   31   21    5   6.4   102| .300  .269| .323  .336| .467  .408| .790  .744| 110  .648   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3947 2619  605   6.2    99| .295  .262| .373  .337| .474  .393| .847  .729| 132  .649 156.7  15.3  25%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 24 SLB AL OF 11 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 2.27 2.23 11 0 0 1952 25 SLB AL OF 125 230 10 6 5 .976 .980 1.92 2.18 32 0 94 1953 26 DET AL OF 135 271 10 6 1 .979 .981 2.08 2.18 74 0 64 1954 27 DET AL OF 62 119 2 2 0 .984 .979 1.95 2.17 62 0 0 1955 28 CHW AL OF 78 118 4 3 2 .976 .982 1.56 2.08 29 0 52 1956 29 TOT AL OF 124 267 4 5 1 .982 .979 2.19 2.04 2.31 2.34 124 1057.7 CHW AL RF 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.40 1.80 2.70 2.09 10 80.0 BAL AL LF 114 241 5 5 1 .980 .977 2.16 1.69 2.26 2.10 114 977.7 1957 30 BAL AL OF 120 237 6 5 0 .980 .980 2.02 1.97 2.20 2.24 117 992.3 LF 116 221 6 6 0 .974 .980 1.96 1.70 2.13 2.10 113 961.3 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.68 1.74 1.92 4 31.0 1958 31 BAL AL LF 100 144 3 6 0 .961 .979 1.47 1.62 1.72 2.09 97 768.0 1959 32 BAL AL LF 97 171 6 5 0 .973 .980 1.82 1.68 2.20 2.06 94 723.7 1960 33 STL NL OF 55 63 0 4 0 .940 .978 1.15 1.92 1.65 2.20 52 344.0 LF 53 64 0 4 0 .941 .974 1.21 1.55 1.68 1.99 51 343.0 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 1.80 1 1.0 1961 34 TOT OF 16 25 1 1 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.95 2.11 2.23 15 111.0 TOT LF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .966 1.82 1.57 2.50 1.95 10 72.0 STL NL LF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.50 0.64 1.86 4 28.0 CLE AL OF 12 23 1 1 0 .960 .976 2.00 1.98 2.60 2.26 11 83.0 LF 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.57 1.61 3.68 2.00 6 44.0 RF 5 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.80 1.76 0.92 2.05 5 39.0 1962 35 SFG NL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.37 2.25 1.80 0 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 29 BAL AL LF 114 241 5 5 1 .980 .977 2.16 1.69 2.26 2.10 114 977.7 1957 30 BAL AL LF 116 221 6 6 0 .974 .980 1.96 1.70 2.13 2.10 113 961.3 1958 31 BAL AL LF 100 144 3 6 0 .961 .979 1.47 1.62 1.72 2.09 97 768.0 1959 32 BAL AL LF 97 171 6 5 0 .973 .980 1.82 1.68 2.20 2.06 94 723.7 1960 33 STL NL LF 53 64 0 4 0 .941 .974 1.21 1.55 1.68 1.99 51 343.0 1961 34 TOT LF 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 .966 1.82 1.57 2.50 1.95 10 72.0 STL NL LF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.50 0.64 1.86 4 28.0 CLE AL LF 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.57 1.61 3.68 2.00 6 44.0 1962 35 SFG NL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.37 2.25 1.80 0 8.0 1951 24 SLB AL OF 11 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 2.27 2.23 11 0 0 1952 25 SLB AL OF 125 230 10 6 5 .976 .980 1.92 2.18 32 0 94 1953 26 DET AL OF 135 271 10 6 1 .979 .981 2.08 2.18 74 0 64 1954 27 DET AL OF 62 119 2 2 0 .984 .979 1.95 2.17 62 0 0 1955 28 CHW AL OF 78 118 4 3 2 .976 .982 1.56 2.08 29 0 52 1956 29 TOT AL OF 124 267 4 5 1 .982 .979 2.19 2.04 2.31 2.34 124 1057.7 CHW AL OF 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.40 2.04 2.70 2.34 10 80.0 BAL AL OF 114 243 4 5 1 .980 .979 2.17 2.04 2.27 2.34 114 977.7 1957 30 BAL AL OF 120 237 6 5 0 .980 .980 2.02 1.97 2.20 2.24 117 992.3 1958 31 BAL AL OF 100 145 3 6 0 .961 .982 1.48 1.94 1.73 2.27 97 768.0 1959 32 BAL AL OF 97 171 6 5 0 .973 .980 1.82 1.96 2.20 2.22 94 723.7 1960 33 STL NL OF 55 63 0 4 0 .940 .978 1.15 1.92 1.65 2.20 52 344.0 1961 34 TOT OF 16 25 1 1 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.95 2.11 2.23 15 111.0 STL NL OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 0.64 2.15 4 28.0 CLE AL OF 12 23 1 1 0 .960 .976 2.00 1.98 2.60 2.26 11 83.0 1962 35 SFG NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.80 2.25 2.02 0 8.0 1956 29 CHW AL RF 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.40 1.80 2.70 2.09 10 80.0 1957 30 BAL AL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.68 1.74 1.92 4 31.0 1960 33 STL NL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 1.80 1 1.0 1961 34 CLE AL RF 5 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 0.80 1.76 0.92 2.05 5 39.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 926 1672 47 44 9 .975 .980 1.86 2.06 499 4004.7 702 0 231# LF* 494 862 21 26 1 .971 .978 1.79 1.66 479 3853.7 RF* 21 34 0 1 0 .971 .974 1.62 1.76 20 151.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 926 1672 47 44 9 .975 .980 1.86 2.06
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1962   WS    SFG NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-AL-7-0.16
Car-772-0.16 shares

Batting Average
1956 AL-.320-5

On-base %
1956 AL-.436-3

OPS
1956 AL-.931-5

Doubles
1953 AL-32-6

Triples
1957 AL-6-6

Bases on Balls
1956 AL-90-6

Strikeouts
1952 AL-73-10
1957 AL-86-3

Adjusted OPS+
1956 AL-154-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1956 AL-38-4
1958 AL-29-8

Batting Wins
1956 AL-3.6-4
1958 AL-2.9-8

Extra-Base Hits
1953 AL-52-8

Offensive Win%
1956 AL-.717-5

Sac. Flies
1957 AL-8-4

Intentional Walks
1958 AL-5-9

Caught Stealing
1956 AL-6-4
1958 AL-8-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.7 (600) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

June, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Oklahoma City (Texas) from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 21, 1951: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Oklahoma City (Texas).

December 4, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Owen Friend and Jay Porter to the Detroit Tigers for Virgil Trucks, Hal White, and Johnny Groth.

December 6, 1954: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Walt Dropo and Ted Gray to the Chicago White Sox for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain, and Jack Phillips.

May 21, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson, and George Kell to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley.

December 2, 1959: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors).

May 10, 1961: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Joe Morgan, and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Mike Lee (June 1, 1961) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

April 29, 1962: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Cleveland Indians.

October 22, 1962: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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