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Butch Nieman
Elmer Le Roy Nieman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Kansas State University

Debut May 2, 1943
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born February 8, 1918 in Herkimer, KS
Died November 2, 1993 in Topeka, KS

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 25 BSN NL 101  335   39   84  15  8   7   46   4     39  39  .251  .331  .406  114  136   0           1   3
 1944 26 BSN NL 134  468   65  124  16  6  16   65   5     47  47  .265  .332  .427  109  200   2           0   4
 1945 27 BSN NL  97  247   43   61  15  0  14   56  11     43  33  .247  .361  .478  132  118   0           1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      332 1050  147  269  46 14  37  167  20  0 129 119  .256  .339  .432  116  454   2   0   0   2  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        512   72  131  22  7  18   81  10  0  63  58  .256  .339  .432  116  222   1   0   0   1   6
 Career High    134  468   65  124  16  8  16   65  11  0  47  47  .265  .361  .478  132  200   2   0   0   1   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 25 BSN NL  375  254   45   4.8    88| .251  .262| .331  .331| .406  .356| .737  .687| 114  .586   5.2   0.6     
 1944 26 BSN NL  517  350   66   5.1    97| .265  .273| .332  .340| .427  .383| .759  .723| 109  .584   4.0   0.4     
 1945 27 BSN NL  291  191   42   5.9    97| .247  .273| .361  .343| .478  .377| .839  .720| 132  .642  11.2   1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1183  795  153   5.2    94| .256  .270| .339  .338| .432  .373| .771  .711| 116  .600  20.5   2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 25 BSN NL OF 93 195 12 8 1 .963 .977 2.23 2.27 77 0 16 1944 26 BSN NL OF 126 261 13 7 2 .975 .980 2.17 2.31 86 0 46 1945 27 BSN NL OF 57 132 4 10 1 .932 .978 2.39 2.33 43 0 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 25 BSN NL OF 93 195 12 8 1 .963 .977 2.23 2.27 77 0 16 1944 26 BSN NL OF 126 261 13 7 2 .975 .980 2.17 2.31 86 0 46 1945 27 BSN NL OF 57 132 4 10 1 .932 .978 2.39 2.33 43 0 14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 276 588 29 25 4 .961 .978 2.24 2.30 206 0 76 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 276 588 29 25 4 .961 .978 2.24 2.30
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Triples
1943 NL-8-10

Home Runs
1944 NL-16-7

Power/Speed Number
1945 NL-12.3-6

At Bats per Home Run
1944 NL-29.3-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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