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Randy Niemann

Randal Harold Niemann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 15, 1955 in Scotia, CA
High School: Fortuna HS (Fortuna, CA)
School: College of the Redwoods (Eureka, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1979 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Pirates/Twins/WhiteSox 1979-1987

Final Game: June 20, 1987 (Age 31)
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1975	19	NYY-min	A-	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ONE · NYPL
1976	20	NYY-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			FTL · FLOR
1977	21	HOU-NYY-min	AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBS,WHA · SOUL,EL
1978	22	HOU-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBS · SOUL
1979	23	HOU-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CHL · IL
1979	23	HOU	NL	26	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.321	-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1980	24	HOU-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TUC · PCL
1980	24	HOU	NL	22	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	2	1	0	0	0	0	1

1981	25	HOU-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1982	26	PIT-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1982	26	PIT	NL	20	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	454	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	27	PIT-min	AAA	16	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		HAW · PCL
1983	27	PIT	NL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	28	CHW-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1984	28	CHW	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	29	NYM-min	AAA	30	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		1		0	1	0	0		TID · IL
1985	29	NYM	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	30	NYM-min	AAA	7	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100		2		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1986	30	NYM	NL	31	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	116	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	MIN-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1987	31	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	32	NYM-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
8 Yrs				122	33	30	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.267	.313	.267	.579	65	8	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	44	40	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.267	.313	.267	.579	65	11	3	0	1	0	0

NYM (2 yrs)				35	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	116	2	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				28	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	269	2	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				48	23	21	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.190	.227	.190	.418	20	4	2	0	1	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				111	33	30	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.267	.313	.267	.579	65	8	2	0	1	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1979	23	HOU	NL	26	17	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	0		1
1980	24	HOU	NL	22	6	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1		1

1982	26	PIT	NL	20	2	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1		1
1983	27	PIT	NL	8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1
1984	28	CHW	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1985	29	NYM	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1986	30	NYM	NL	31	7	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$83,000	1
1987	31	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
8 Seasons				122	33	-2	-1	-0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	0.1	3	$83,000

NYM (2 yrs)				35	7	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$83,000
PIT (2 yrs)				28	3	1	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1
HOU (2 yrs)				48	23	-2	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CHW (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

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
1979	23	HOU	NL	17	15	0	0.0	95	.222	.133	.262	.188	.326	.133	.388	.321	.715	-8	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.214	.067	.000
1980	24	HOU	NL	6	5	0	0.0	88	.333	.333	.257	.333	.318	.333	.373	.667	.692	94	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.400	.000	.000

1982	26	PIT	NL	2	0	2		98	1.000	1.000	.270	1.000	.334	1.000	.392	2.000	.726	454	.000	0.9	0.1		.000	.000
1983	27	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.267	.000	.336	.000	.395	.000	.731	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1986	30	NYM	NL	7	4	1	6.8	96	.400	.333	.259	.429	.329	.333	.391	.762	.720	116	.694	0.2	0.0	.750	.167	.000
8 Yrs				33	25	3	3.2	94	.348	.267	.261	.313	.326	.267	.386	.579	.712	65	.369	-1.4	-0.2	.417	.067	.000
162 Game Avg.				44	33	4	3.2	94	.348	.267	.261	.313	.326	.267	.386	.579	.712	65	.369	-1.4	-0.2	.417	.067	.000

PIT (2 yrs)				3	1	2	54.0	98	.667	.667	.269	.667	.335	.667	.393	1.333	.728	269	.991	0.7	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
HOU (2 yrs)				23	20	0	0.0	93	.267	.190	.260	.227	.324	.190	.384	.418	.708	20		-2.3	-0.2	.263	.048	.000
NYM (2 yrs)				7	4	1	6.8	96	.400	.333	.259	.429	.329	.333	.391	.762	.720	116	.694	0.2	0.0	.750	.167	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	23	HOU	NL	17	0.0%	35.3%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.5			4.00	53%
1980	24	HOU	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1982	26	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1983	27	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1986	30	NYM	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0			1.00	71%
8 Yrs				33	0.0%	21.2%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	3.50	4.3			4.00	70%
MLB Averages					2.2%	13.7%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.62	6.5	41.3	8.3	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1979	23	HOU	NL	-2.2	-0.2	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.10	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	-2.6	0
1980	24	HOU	NL	-0.1	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.67	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.86	-0.4	0

1982	26	PIT	NL	0.9	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.52	0.1	-0.0	0.4	0.0	0.49	0.7	0
1983	27	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1984	28	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	29	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	30	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.02	0.0	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.00	-0.0	0
1987	31	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
8 Yrs				-1.4	-0.2	33	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.94	-0.2	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.91	-2.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	23	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	24	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1982	26	PIT	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1983	27	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	30	NYM	NL	0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	20%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	23	HOU	NL	17	71%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1980	24	HOU	NL	6	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0

1982	26	PIT	NL	2	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1983	27	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1986	30	NYM	NL	7	86%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
8 Yrs				33	67%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	19	1	5%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1979	23	26	17	15	0	2	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.321	-8	2	1	1
1980	24	48	23	21	0	4	1	6	.190	.227	.190	.418	20	4	2	1
1981	25	48	23	21	0	4	1	6	.190	.227	.190	.418	20	4	2	1
1982	26	68	25	23	1	6	1	6	.261	.292	.261	.553	58	6	2	1
1983	27	76	26	24	1	6	1	6	.250	.280	.250	.530	51	6	2	1
1984	28	81	26	24	1	6	1	6	.250	.280	.250	.530	51	6	2	1
1985	29	85	26	24	1	6	1	6	.250	.280	.250	.530	51	6	2	1
1986	30	116	33	30	2	8	2	7	.267	.313	.267	.579	65	8	2	1
1987	31	122	33	30	2	8	2	7	.267	.313	.267	.579	65	8	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	23	26	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	26
1980	24	22	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	22

1982	26	20	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	20
1983	27	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1986	30	31	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	1	31
5 Yrs		107	34	31	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.226	.273	.226	.499	4	107
162 Game Avg.		162	51	47	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.226	.273	.226	.499	6	107

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