Bob Nieman
Robert Charles Nieman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 26, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
School: Kent State University
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1951
Final Game: October 3, 1962
Died: March 10, 1985 in Corona, CA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 SLB AL 24 OF 11 26 24 1 1 0 .962 2.27 .977 2.23 11-0-0
1952 SLB AL 25 OF 125 246 230 10 6 5 .976 1.92 .980 2.18 32-0-94
1953 DET AL 26 OF 135 287 271 10 6 1 .979 2.08 .981 2.18 74-0-64
1954 DET AL 27 LF 62 60 469.2 123 119 2 2 0 .984 -3.2 -8.2 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 -2 2.32 1.95 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 DET AL 27 OF 62 60 469.2 123 119 2 2 0 .984 -3.2 -8.2 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 -2 2.32 1.95 .979 2.39 2.17
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 78 72 566.0 125 118 4 3 2 .976 -5.2 -11.0 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 -2 1.94 1.56 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 CHW AL 28 RF 54 50 384.0 76 73 3 0 2 1.000 -3.0 -9.4 -2.0 -0.4 -1.6 -1 1.78 1.41 .980 2.05 1.73
1955 CHW AL 28 LF 27 22 182.0 49 45 1 3 0 .939 -2.2 -14.5 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 -1 2.27 1.70 .982 2.26 1.78
1956 TOT AL 29 OF 124 124 1057.2 276 267 4 5 1 .982 -0.9 -1.0 2.1 0.3 1.8 -3 2.31 2.19 .979 2.34 2.04 MVP-7
1956 CHW AL 29 OF 10 10 80.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.0 0.2 1.2 -1.0 1 2.70 2.40 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 CHW AL 29 RF 10 10 80.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.0 0.2 1.2 -1.0 1 2.70 2.40 .971 2.09 1.80 MVP-7
1956 BAL AL 29 LF 114 114 977.2 251 241 5 5 1 .980 -2.1 -2.6 1.9 -0.9 2.8 -4 2.26 2.16 .977 2.10 1.69 MVP-7
1956 BAL AL 29 OF 114 114 977.2 252 243 4 5 1 .980 -2.1 -2.6 1.9 -0.9 2.8 -4 2.27 2.17 .979 2.34 2.04
1957 BAL AL 30 OF 120 117 992.1 248 237 6 5 0 .980 4.1 5.0 3.1 0.7 2.4 1 2.20 2.03 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 BAL AL 30 LF 116 113 961.1 233 221 6 6 0 .974 4.1 5.1 3.1 0.7 2.4 1 2.13 1.96 .980 2.10 1.70
1957 BAL AL 30 RF 4 4 31.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.74 1.50 .983 1.92 1.68
1958 BAL AL 31 LF 100 97 768.0 153 144 3 6 0 .961 -10.6 -16.6 -9.6 -6.1 -3.6 -1 1.72 1.47 .979 2.09 1.62
1958 BAL AL 31 OF 100 97 768.0 154 145 3 6 0 .961 -10.6 -16.6 -9.6 -6.1 -3.6 -1 1.73 1.48 .982 2.27 1.94
1959 BAL AL 32 LF 97 94 723.2 182 171 6 5 0 .973 -0.7 -1.2 0.3 1.4 -1.2 -1 2.20 1.82 .980 2.06 1.68
1959 BAL AL 32 OF 97 94 723.2 182 171 6 5 0 .973 -0.7 -1.2 0.3 1.4 -1.2 -1 2.20 1.82 .980 2.22 1.96
1960 STL NL 33 OF 55 52 344.0 67 63 0 4 0 .940 -2.7 -9.4 -1.7 1.0 -2.8 -1 1.65 1.15 .979 2.20 1.92
1960 STL NL 33 LF 53 51 343.0 68 64 0 4 0 .941 -2.6 -9.1 -1.6 1.0 -2.7 -1 1.68 1.21 .975 1.98 1.54
1960 STL NL 33 RF 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.75
1961 TOT MLB 34 OF 16 15 111.0 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -0.9 -9.7 0.1 0.3 -0.1 -1 2.11 1.63 .978 2.23 1.95
1961 TOT MLB 34 LF 11 10 72.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.0 0.7 0.8 -0.1 -1 2.50 1.82 .965 1.95 1.57
1961 STL NL 34 LF 4 4 28.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -21.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.64 0.50 .950 1.86 1.50
1961 STL NL 34 OF 4 4 28.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -21.4 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.64 0.50 1.000 2.15 1.85
1961 CLE AL 34 OF 12 11 83.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 -0.4 -5.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 -1 2.60 2.00 .976 2.26 1.98
1961 CLE AL 34 LF 7 6 44.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 -1 3.68 2.57 .967 2.00 1.61
1961 CLE AL 34 RF 5 5 39.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.6 -18.5 -0.6 -0.5 0.0 0 0.92 0.80 .980 2.05 1.76
1962 SFG NL 35 LF 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 2.25 0.67 .950 1.80 1.37
1962 SFG NL 35 OF 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 2.25 0.67 .950 2.02 1.80
12 Seasons OF 926 631 5040.1 1763 1672 47 44 9 .975 -20.0 -4.8 -10.0 -1.4 -8.9 -10 3.07 1.86 .980 2.29 2.06 700-0-233
9 Seasons (incomplete) LF 583 561 4505.1 1081 1026 24 31 1 .971 -17.5 -4.7 -7.5 -1.7 -6.2 -10 2.10 1.80 .978 2.10 1.69
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 75 70 535.0 111 107 3 1 2 .991 -2.5 -5.6 -2.5 0.3 -2.7 0 1.85 1.47 .978 2.05 1.74
12 Seasons TOT 926 631 5040.1 1763 1672 47 44 9 .975 -20.0 -4.8 -10.0 -1.4 -8.9 -10 3.07 1.86 .955 2.29 2.06 700-0-233
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 SLB AL 24 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
1952 SLB AL 25 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 94 125
1953 DET AL 26 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 64 135
1954 DET AL 27 91 60 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 62 29 0
1955 CHW AL 28 99 72 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 52 78 26 1
1956 BAL AL 29 114 114 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 0 0
1956 CHW AL 29 14 10 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 0
1957 BAL AL 30 129 117 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 4 120 11 0
1958 BAL AL 31 105 97 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 7 1
1959 BAL AL 32 118 94 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 23 1
1960 STL NL 33 81 52 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 2 55 29 0
1961 CLE AL 34 39 11 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 28 0
1961 STL NL 34 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0
1962 SFG NL 35 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 30 0
1962 CLE AL 35 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Seasons 1113 631 1113 1113 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 0 231 926 191 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 DET AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 28 24 0 25 4 0 15 8 0 5 1 0 10 10 0 83 47 56.6% 36 0 0.0% 2 2106 64% 81% 28% 298 41%
1955 CHW AL 28 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 12 1 9 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 34 19 55.9% 14 1 2.9% 0 835 56% 80% 26% 111 41%
1956 BAL AL 29 5 0 5 0 2 5 0 1 3 1 63 48 1 35 3 0 19 11 1 12 3 0 13 12 0 142 77 54.2% 63 2 1.4% 3 4337 59% 79% 28% 514 48%
1957 BAL AL 30 6 0 6 0 1 6 0 3 2 1 52 40 0 34 3 1 11 7 0 10 4 0 16 16 0 123 70 56.9% 52 1 0.8% 5 4117 64% 78% 27% 467 48%
1958 BAL AL 31 6 0 6 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 33 24 0 27 3 0 15 10 0 5 0 0 11 11 0 91 48 52.7% 43 0 0.0% 3 3286 67% 79% 29% 367 40%
1959 BAL AL 32 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 4 0 2 32 26 0 31 3 0 17 10 2 3 0 0 10 10 0 93 49 52.7% 42 2 2.2% 4 3146 64% 80% 28% 380 47%
1960 STL NL 33 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 0 13 1 0 8 7 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 44 25 56.8% 19 0 0.0% 0 1523 58% 76% 27% 164 39%
1961 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 212 61% 76% 24% 35 51%
1961 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 121 62% 67% 19% 5 40%
1962 SFG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 86% 24% 5 40%
9 Seasons 31 0 30 1 8 24 0 13 7 4 242 191 2 179 17 1 92 58 3 42 8 0 72 70 0 627 344 54.9% 277 6 1.0% 18 19720 63% 79% 28% 2346 45%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 18 7 0 8 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 5 4 0 36 14 38.9% 21 1 2.8% 2 1633 68% 77% 26% 128 58%
1956 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 372 68% 80% 29% 40 60%
1957 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 130 85% 83% 35% 10 60%
1960 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 60% 80% 20% 1 0%
1961 CLE AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 155 64% 72% 20% 11 36%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 30 14 0 12 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 1 8 6 0 58 26 44.8% 31 1 1.7% 2 2295 68% 77% 27% 190 57%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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