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Jeff Niemann

Jeffrey Warren Niemann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 9", Weight: 285 lb.

Born: February 28, 1983 in Houston, TX
High School: Lamar HS (Houston, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed January 20, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 2008
Team: Rays 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.022, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Close, Thames [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 25 TBR AL 2 2 .500 5.06 5 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 18 12 9 3 8 0 14 1 0 0 76 89 1.625 10.1 1.7 4.5 7.9 1.75
2009 26 TBR AL 13 6 .684 3.94 31 30 1 2 2 0 180.2 185 84 79 17 59 1 125 9 0 6 769 110 1.351 9.2 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.12 RoY-4
2010 27 TBR AL 12 8 .600 4.39 30 29 0 1 1 0 174.1 159 86 85 25 61 6 131 7 0 4 733 89 1.262 8.2 1.3 3.1 6.8 2.15
2011 28 TBR AL 11 7 .611 4.06 23 23 0 1 0 0 135.1 131 65 61 18 37 1 105 5 0 7 572 92 1.241 8.7 1.2 2.5 7.0 2.84
2012 29 TBR AL 2 3 .400 3.38 7 7 0 0 0 0 34.2 29 17 13 2 12 0 30 2 0 2 146 110 1.183 7.5 0.5 3.1 7.8 2.50
5 Yrs 40 26 .606 4.11 96 91 3 4 3 0 541.0 522 264 247 65 177 8 405 24 0 19 2296 98 1.292 8.7 1.1 2.9 6.7 2.29
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .606 4.11 35 33 1 1 1 0 197 190 96 90 24 64 3 147 9 0 7 835 98 1.292 8.7 1.1 2.9 6.7 2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 25 TBR AL 16.0 5 2 12 6.75 4.94 0.16 -0.04 102.7 4.87 -4 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .431 .498 $
2009 26 TBR AL 180.2 31 30 84 4.18 4.78 0.28 0.18 98.4 4.59 7 0.7 .1 -0.1 2.2 30 .522 .504 $1,290,000 RoY-4
2010 27 TBR AL 174.1 30 29 86 4.44 4.41 0.33 0.16 93.1 3.94 -11 -1.1 2.2 -0.1 0.4 10 .463 .493 $1,032,000
2011 28 TBR AL 135.1 23 23 65 4.32 4.57 0.54 0.17 92.6 3.89 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.4 9 .470 .496 $903,000
2012 29 TBR AL 34.2 7 7 17 4.41 4.49 0.51 0.17 101.2 4.21 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .486 .499 $
5 Seasons 541.0 96 91 264 4.39 4.59 0.37 0.16 95.5 4.19 -15 -1.6 .8 -0.4 3.0 51 .484 .498 $3,225,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 27 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 25 TBR AL 5 76 65 12 18 5 0 3 2 1 8 14 .277 .365 .492 .857 .313 32 1 1 2 0 0 3
2009 26 TBR AL 31 769 695 84 185 37 2 17 24 6 59 125 .266 .330 .399 .728 .302 277 19 9 2 4 1 7
2010 27 TBR AL 30 733 658 86 159 31 3 25 21 2 61 131 .242 .312 .412 .724 .266 271 18 7 5 2 6 6
2011 28 TBR AL 23 572 524 65 131 26 6 18 16 5 37 105 .250 .304 .426 .729 .279 223 4 5 2 4 1 2
2012 29 TBR AL 7 146 131 17 29 6 1 2 8 1 12 30 .221 .295 .328 .623 .270 43 3 2 0 1 0 4
5 Yrs 96 2296 2073 264 522 105 12 65 71 15 177 405 .252 .316 .408 .725 .283 846 45 24 11 11 8 22
162 Game Avg. 35 835 754 96 190 38 4 24 26 5 64 147 .252 .316 .408 .725 .283 308 16 9 4 4 3 8
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 25 TBR AL -2.0 -0.2 79 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 .94 -0.4 0.3 -3.7 -0.3 0.94 -3.5 0 1 1
2009 26 TBR AL 8.9 0.9 807 1.8 13.4 -11.6 .94 1.4 0.6 17.6 1.8 0.94 13.2 0 0 1
2010 27 TBR AL -7.3 -0.7 755 -0.3 12.8 -13.0 1.00 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.00 -4.8 1 0 0
2011 28 TBR AL -4.7 -0.5 598 0.7 9.4 -8.8 .89 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.89 0.5 0 0 0
2012 29 TBR AL -0.1 -0.0 155 0.1 2.6 -2.5 1.00 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 1.00 0.9 0 0 0
5 Yrs -5.1 -0.5 2394 2.2 39.5 -37.3 .95 0.7 1.6 16.0 1.7 0.95 6.4 1 1 2

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 25 TBR AL 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 40.5 60 21 4 1 0 1 4.2 6.8 4.7 89 0 2 0 0 93
2009 26 TBR AL 31 30 13 6 11 6 1 18 12 .600 5 3 2 2 13 43% 51.3 91 22 21 10 0 16 6.1 5.7 5.9 95 4 14 12 0 118
2010 27 TBR AL 30 29 11 8 10 3 2 18 11 .621 3 6 1 1 16 55% 51.6 88 3 18 6 0 17 5.2 4.6 6.0 90 6 12 11 0 114
2011 28 TBR AL 23 23 11 7 5 2 0 14 9 .609 1 3 1 0 12 52% 52.1 86 20 16 4 0 15 4.5 4.7 5.9 94 4 9 10 0 119
2012 29 TBR AL 7 7 2 3 2 2 0 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 1 14% 52.9 65 46 6 3 0 3 4.1 3.3 5.0 86 1 2 4 0 107
5 Yrs 96 91 38 25 28 13 3 55 36 .604 9 13 4 3 43 47% 51 91 3 65 24 0 52 5.2 5.0 5.8 92 15 39 37 0 119
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 25 TBR AL 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .942 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.7 34
2009 26 TBR AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .938 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 47
2010 27 TBR AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .999 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
3 Yrs 66 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% .967 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 6.4 33

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 25 TBR AL 76 59% 4.0% 18.4% 10.5% 10.5% 44% 0.75 0.94 63% 15% 12.5% 14% 22 1 5%
2009 26 TBR AL 769 46% 2.2% 16.3% 7.7% 7.3% 30% 0.69 0.91 72% 21% 6.0% 16% 132 19 14%
2010 27 TBR AL 733 50% 3.4% 17.9% 8.3% 8.1% 37% 0.79 1.05 69% 15% 10.0% 14% 126 18 14%
2011 28 TBR AL 572 46% 3.2% 18.4% 6.5% 8.7% 38% 0.88 1.22 71% 19% 9.5% 14% 86 4 5%
2012 29 TBR AL 146 42% 1.4% 20.6% 8.2% 6.2% 31% 1.06 1.28 68% 15% 4.7% 12% 32 3 9%
5 Yrs 2296 47% 2.8% 17.6% 7.7% 7.9% 35% 0.79 1.05 70% 18% 8.3% 15% 398 45 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 25 TBR AL 76 279 3.67 171 61% 32% 15% 23% 31% 68% 0% 42% 79% 58% 7% 5 1 25% 19 8 2 36% 1 4 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 770 2889 3.75 1829 63% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 0% 46% 84% 58% 5% 39 22 23% 178 89 11 21% 18 16 -1 0 0
2010 27 TBR AL 734 2636 3.59 1650 63% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 4% 31 13 21% 152 85 11 24% 29 12 -1 0 0
2011 28 TBR AL 577 2151 3.73 1376 64% 30% 12% 26% 31% 70% 1% 45% 82% 61% 4% 25 18 22% 129 60 4 31% 17 6 -5 0 0
2012 29 TBR AL 146 601 4.12 364 61% 30% 17% 25% 28% 70% 0% 42% 75% 57% 3% 4 2 14% 21 10 1 23% 2 2 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2303 8556 3.72 5390 63% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 1% 45% 82% 58% 5% 104 56 22% 499 252 29 25% 67 40 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 25 TBR AL 76 18 4 2 3 0 5 1 2 3 0 8 3 2 38% 3 0 0 33 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 TBR AL 769 185 26 6 17 2 18 10 7 8 9 42 23 4 55% 7 6 1 249 24 6 80% 17 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2010 27 TBR AL 733 159 24 6 25 1 15 12 13 12 13 29 14 3 48% 6 4 0 252 21 2 91% 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
2011 28 TBR AL 572 131 19 3 18 0 6 6 12 10 8 30 13 5 43% 2 7 0 177 16 5 76% 15 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
2012 29 TBR AL 146 29 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 4 1 50% 4 2 1 57 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Yrs 2296 522 75 18 65 3 44 30 35 33 32 117 57 15 49% 22 19 2 768 71 15 83% 61 12 10 3 0 0 3 1 37 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 25 2 2 .500 5.06 5 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 18 12 9 3 8 0 14 1 0 0 76 89 1.625 10.1 1.7 4.5 7.9 1.75 89
2009 26 15 8 .652 4.03 36 32 3 2 2 0 196.2 203 96 88 20 67 1 139 10 0 6 845 108 1.373 9.3 0.9 3.1 6.4 2.07 108
2010 27 27 16 .628 4.20 66 61 3 3 3 0 371.0 362 182 173 45 128 7 270 17 0 10 1578 99 1.321 8.8 1.1 3.1 6.5 2.11 99
2011 28 38 23 .623 4.16 89 84 3 4 3 0 506.1 493 247 234 63 165 8 375 22 0 17 2150 97 1.300 8.8 1.1 2.9 6.7 2.27 97
2012 29 40 26 .606 4.11 96 91 3 4 3 0 541.0 522 264 247 65 177 8 405 24 0 19 2296 98 1.292 8.7 1.1 2.9 6.7 2.29 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 25 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 18 10 9 3 8 14 1 1.625 10.1 4.5 7.9 1.75 1.7 5
2009 26 9 10 .474 4.13 172.0 185 88 79 17 59 119 9 1.419 9.7 3.1 6.2 2.02 0.9 31
2010 27 7 11 .389 5.18 165.0 168 106 95 26 64 124 7 1.406 9.2 3.5 6.8 1.94 1.4 30
2011 28 5 9 .357 4.95 129.0 141 79 71 19 40 100 5 1.403 9.8 2.8 7.0 2.50 1.3 23
2012 29 1 2 .333 4.09 33.0 31 17 15 2 13 29 2 1.333 8.5 3.5 7.9 2.23 0.5 7
5 Yrs 22 33 .400 4.70 515.0 543 300 269 67 184 386 24 1.412 9.5 6.7 2.10 1.2 96

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 AL  .684 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  2 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  2 (3rd)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  25 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  0.847 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  9 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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