Butch Nieman

Elmer Leroy Nieman

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 8, 1918 in Herkimer, KS
School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1943
Team: Braves 1943-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: November 2, 1993 in Topeka, KS
Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1940	22	BOS-min	C	121	441	441		135	20	10	21					.306	.306	.540	.846		238					CAN · MATL
1941	23	BOS-min	C,B,A	132	469	469		136	29	10	12					.290	.290	.471	.761		221					CAN,GBO,SCR · MATL,PIED,EL
1942	24	BOS-DET-min	A	129	402	402		83	6	5	9					.206	.206	.313	.520		126					SCR,ELM · EL
1943	25	BSN	NL	101	375	335	39	84	15	8	7	46	4	39	39	.251	.331	.406	.737	114	136	3	1	0	O79/8
1944	26	BSN	NL	134	517	468	65	124	16	6	16	65	5	47	47	.265	.332	.427	.759	109	200	4	0	2	*O79
1945	27	BSN	NL	97	291	247	43	61	15	0	14	56	11	43	33	.247	.361	.478	.839	132	118	5	1	0	O79
1946	28	CHW-ATL-min	AA,AAA	135	444	429	14	92	12	7	10	6	0	13	13	.214	.238	.345	.583		148	1	0	2		LRK,INA · SOUA,AA
1947	29	TPK	C	136	470	470		146	28	6	29					.311	.311	.581	.891		273					TPK · WA
1948	30	TPK	C	137	470	470		153	33	7	34					.326	.326	.643	.968		302					TPK · WA
1949	31	TPK	C	122	416	416		137	29	4	26					.329	.329	.606	.935		252					TPK · WA
1950	32	TPK	C	139	481	481		151	25	9	28					.314	.314	.578	.892		278					TPK · WA
1951	33	CHC-min	C	112	380	380		102	9	1	28					.268	.268	.518	.787		197					TPK · WA
3 Yrs				332	1183	1050	147	269	46	14	37	167	20	129	119	.256	.339	.432	.771	116	454	12	2	2
162 Game Avg.				162	577	512	72	131	22	7	18	81	10	63	58	.256	.339	.432	.771	116	222	6	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	25	BSN	NL	101	375	5	-0	1	-4	2	0.2	11	13	1.3	.502	.501	1.2	-0.4	12	$	O79/8
1944	26	BSN	NL	134	517	5	-0	2	-6	0	0.0	16	16	1.5	.500	.500	1.4	-0.5	14	$	*O79
1945	27	BSN	NL	97	291	10	1	0	-3	9	0.9	9	17	1.8	.509	.506	1.8	-0.2	17	$	O79
3 Seasons				332	1183	21	0	3	-13	11	1.1	36	46	4.6	.503	.502	4.4	-1.1	43	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	25	BSN	NL	375	254	45	4.8	88	.266	.251	.262	.331	.331	.406	.356	.737	.687	114	.586	5.3	0.6	.709	.284	.155	5.1
1944	26	BSN	NL	517	350	66	5.1	97	.267	.265	.273	.332	.340	.427	.383	.759	.723	109	.584	4.0	0.4	.724	.274	.162	7.6
1945	27	BSN	NL	291	191	42	5.9	97	.235	.247	.273	.361	.343	.478	.377	.839	.720	132	.642	11.2	1.1	.906	.449	.231	12.3
3 Yrs				1183	795	153	5.2	94	.260	.256	.270	.339	.338	.432	.373	.771	.711	116	.600	20.5	2.1	.763	.318	.176	26.0
162 Game Avg.				577	388	75	5.2	94	.260	.256	.270	.339	.338	.432	.373	.771	.711	116	.600	10	1	.763	.318	.176	13

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	25	BSN	NL	375	1.9%	10.4%	10.4%	8.0%	36%	1.00	8.6	47.9	7.3	77%
1944	26	BSN	NL	517	3.1%	9.1%	9.1%	7.4%	31%	1.00	10.0	29.3	7.2	78%
1945	27	BSN	NL	291	4.8%	11.3%	14.8%	10.0%	48%	0.77	7.5	17.6	4.4	69%
3 Yrs				1183	3.1%	10.1%	10.9%	8.2%	36%	0.92	8.8	28.4	6.3	76%
MLB Averages					1.0%	8.7%	8.6%	5.6%	24%	1.01	10.3	86.5	9.1	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	25	101	375	335	39	84	15	8	7	46	4	39	39	.251	.331	.406	.737	114	136	3	1	0
1944	26	235	892	803	104	208	31	14	23	111	9	86	86	.259	.331	.418	.750	111	336	7	1	2
1945	27	332	1183	1050	147	269	46	14	37	167	20	129	119	.256	.339	.432	.771	116	454	12	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	25	106	402	357	46	95	17	9	8	55	5	44	41	.266	.348	.431	.780	53	101
1944	26	139	536	485	67	128	17	6	17	67	5	49	49	.264	.331	.429	.760	69	134
1945	27	101	302	257	45	63	15	0	14	58	11	44	34	.245	.358	.467	.825	44	97
3 Yrs		346	1240	1099	158	286	49	15	39	180	21	137	124	.260	.343	.439	.782	166	332
162 Game Avg.		162	581	515	74	134	23	7	18	84	10	64	58	.260	.343	.439	.782	78	332

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1943 NL 8 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1944 NL 16 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1945 NL 12.3 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1944 NL 29.3 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL 8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL 16 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1945 NL 12.3 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1944 NL 29.3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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