Tom Nieto

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 193lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: October 27, 1960 in Downey, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK).

High School: Richard Gahr HS (Cerritos, CA)

Schools: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: May 10, 1984 (Age 23-196d, 14,893rd in major league history)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1990 (Age 29-337d)
vs. MON 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Thomas Andrew Nieto

Pronunciation: \knee-yet-toe\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

619

127

.205

RBI

OBP

.280

SLG

.281

OPS

.561

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	MIN		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 20	MIN		SEA	W,13-5	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	15 (1)	Apr 22	MIN		SEA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	16	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	20 (1)	Apr 28	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
17	21	Apr 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	23 (1)	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	25 (1)	May 5	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	26	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	29 (2)	May 9	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
22	31 (1)	May 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	32	May 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	37	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
24	35 (2)	May 15	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	36	May 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	GS	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	37	May 17	MIN		BOS	W,10-8	GS	12	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	137 (99)	Sep 5	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	138	Sep 6	MIN		MIL	L,0-6	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	139	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	142 (2)	Sep 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-10	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	143	Sep 12	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	144	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	147 (2)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-13	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	149 (1)	Sep 19	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	150	Sep 20	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	152 (1)	Sep 23	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	153	Sep 24	MIN		TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	C
38	154	Sep 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	155	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,4-7	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	160 (4)	Oct 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							40gm		304.1	210	17	1	228	5