Randy Niemann
Randal Harold Niemann
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 15, 1955 in Scotia, CA
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1979
Final Game: June 20, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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
1979 23 HOU NL 3 2 .600 3.76 26 7 4 3 2 1 67.0 68 32 28 1 22 3 24 1 2 0 287 93 1.343 9.1 0.1 3.0 3.2 1.09
1980 24 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.45 22 1 3 0 0 1 33.0 40 21 20 2 12 1 18 0 1 0 147 60 1.576 10.9 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.50
1982 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 5.09 20 0 8 0 0 1 35.1 34 22 20 1 17 4 26 2 1 4 157 74 1.443 8.7 0.3 4.3 6.6 1.53
1983 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 9.22 8 1 4 0 0 0 13.2 20 14 14 2 7 1 8 1 0 3 66 40 1.976 13.2 1.3 4.6 5.3 1.14
1984 28 CHW AL 0 0 1.69 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 5 1 5 0 0 1 24 246 1.875 8.4 0.0 8.4 8.4 1.00
1985 29 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 1.071 9.6 0.0 0.0 3.9
1986 30 NYM NL 2 3 .400 3.79 31 1 11 0 0 0 35.2 44 17 15 2 12 2 18 0 0 2 158 94 1.570 11.1 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
1987 31 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 8.44 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 3 5 5 0 7 0 1 2 0 1 28 55 1.875 5.1 0.0 11.8 1.7 0.14
8 Seasons 7 8 .467 4.64 122 10 36 3 2 3 200.0 219 112 103 8 82 12 102 6 4 11 885 77 1.505 9.9 0.4 3.7 4.6 1.24
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .467 4.64 63 5 19 2 1 2 103 113 58 53 4 42 6 53 3 2 6 456 77 1.505 9.9 0.4 3.7 4.6 1.24
NYM (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.35 35 1 11 0 0 0 40.1 49 17 15 2 12 2 20 0 0 2 176 107 1.512 10.9 0.4 2.7 4.5 1.67
PIT (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 6.24 28 1 12 0 0 1 49.0 54 36 34 3 24 5 34 3 1 7 223 60 1.592 9.9 0.6 4.4 6.2 1.42
HOU (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.32 48 8 7 3 2 2 100.0 108 53 48 3 34 4 42 1 3 0 434 80 1.420 9.7 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.44 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 3 5 5 0 7 0 1 2 0 1 28 55 1.875 5.1 0.0 11.8 1.7 0.14
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 1.69 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 5 1 5 0 0 1 24 246 1.875 8.4 0.0 8.4 8.4 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.61 111 10 30 3 2 3 189.1 211 106 97 8 70 11 96 4 4 9 833 77 1.484 10.0 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.37
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.06 11 0 6 0 0 0 10.2 8 6 6 0 12 1 6 2 0 2 52 87 1.875 6.8 0.0 10.1 5.1 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1979 23 HOU NL 26 287 250 32 68 11 2 1 6 3 22 24 .272 .326 .344 .670 .290 86 7 1 8 6 3
1980 24 HOU NL 22 147 134 21 40 7 4 2 4 3 12 18 .299 .354 .455 .809 .330 61 2 0 0 1 1
1982 26 PIT NL 20 157 134 22 34 9 2 1 6 0 17 26 .254 .344 .373 .717 .306 50 3 2 3 1 4
1983 27 PIT NL 8 66 56 14 20 1 1 2 0 0 7 8 .357 .431 .518 .949 .383 29 3 1 1 1 1
1984 28 CHW AL 5 24 19 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 5 5 .263 .417 .368 .785 .357 7 1 0 0 0 1
1985 29 NYM NL 4 18 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .278 .278 .278 .556 .313 5 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 NYM NL 31 158 143 17 44 5 1 2 3 2 12 18 .308 .359 .399 .758 .339 57 3 0 2 1 2
1987 31 MIN AL 6 28 19 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 .158 .429 .211 .639 .167 4 0 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 122 885 773 112 219 36 10 8 19 10 82 102 .283 .352 .387 .739 .314 299 19 6 14 10 12
162 Game Avg. 63 456 398 58 113 19 5 4 10 5 42 53 .283 .352 .387 .739 .314 154 10 3 7 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1979 23 HOU NL 26 7 3 1 3 0 0 6 1 .857 0 2 3 2 4 57% 53 78 12 13 5 1 6 4.6 2.4 5.8
1980 24 HOU NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 7 2 0 1 4.0 6.8 3.0
1983 27 PIT NL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 3 0 0 0 4.0 9.0 1.7
1986 30 NYM NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 13 2 0 1 10.1 9.0 6.0
4 Seasons 87 10 4 3 3 0 0 7 3 .700 0 2 3 2 5 50% 49 78 12 36 9 1 8 5.0 3.6 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1979 23 HOU NL 26 19 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 19 5 26% 6 1.114 5 5 8 3 3 13 11 8 10 6 11 2 4.2
1980 24 HOU NL 22 21 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 27 9 33% 6 0.528 4 6 11 4 0 17 13 8 12 7 12 3 4.3
1982 26 PIT NL 20 20 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 10 5 50% 5 0.676 4 3 12 3 1 16 6 14 14 1 14 3 5.3
1983 27 PIT NL 8 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.369 1 0 4 0 1 6 2 5 3 1 3 1 5.1
1984 28 CHW AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 0.142 0 1 4 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 3.2
1985 29 NYM NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 0.705 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 3.5
1986 30 NYM NL 31 30 11 1 3 0 0 0 6 6 16 4 25% 8 1.047 10 5 15 9 3 18 9 21 7 12 8 3 3.0
1987 31 MIN AL 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 7 0.539 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 2.7
8 Seasons 122 112 36 3 5 3 3 0 100% 15 11 91 32 35% 0.819 26 24 56 20 9 83 50 62 50 33 52 15 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1979 23 HOU NL 287 75% 0.4% 8.4% 7.7% 4.9% 21% 1.34 80% 56 7 13%
1980 24 HOU NL 147 65% 1.4% 12.2% 8.2% 8.8% 33% 1.60 78% 28 2 7%
1982 26 PIT NL 157 65% 0.6% 16.6% 10.8% 7.6% 35% 2.48 69% 27 3 11%
1983 27 PIT NL 66 71% 3.0% 12.1% 10.6% 6.1% 20% 1.75 71% 17 3 18%
1984 28 CHW AL 24 67% 0.0% 20.8% 20.8% 8.3% 40% 4.00 58% 5 1 20%
1985 29 NYM NL 18 67% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.67 89% 1 0 0%
1986 30 NYM NL 158 66% 1.3% 11.4% 7.6% 5.1% 18% 2.63 78% 26 3 12%
1987 31 MIN AL 28 54% 0.0% 3.6% 25.0% 3.6% 33% 0.36 64% 7 0 0%
8 Seasons 885 68% 0.9% 11.5% 9.3% 6.1% 25% 1.72 76% 167 19 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1979 23 HOU NL 287 68 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 23 15 2 65% 3 0 0 112 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
1980 24 HOU NL 147 40 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 11 6 1 55% 1 0 1 67 4 3 57% 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 0
1982 26 PIT NL 157 34 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 17 10 4 59% 1 4 2 52 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 27 PIT NL 66 20 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 75% 1 3 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1984 28 CHW AL 24 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 25% 0 1 0 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 29 NYM NL 18 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 NYM NL 158 44 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 9 7 1 78% 1 2 1 51 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 31 MIN AL 28 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0% 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 885 219 8 0 28 5 3 3 5 71 42 12 59% 7 11 4 337 19 10 66% 16 8 3 1 0 1 4 4 41 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1979 23 3 2 .600 3.76 26 7 4 3 2 1 67.0 68 32 28 1 22 3 24 1 2 0 287 93 1.343 9.1 0.1 3.0 3.2 1.09 93
1980 24 3 3 .500 4.32 48 8 7 3 2 2 100.0 108 53 48 3 34 4 42 1 3 0 434 80 1.420 9.7 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24 80
1981 25 3 3 .500 4.32 48 8 7 3 2 2 100.0 108 53 48 3 34 4 42 1 3 0 434 80 1.420 9.7 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24 80
1982 26 4 4 .500 4.52 68 8 15 3 2 3 135.1 142 75 68 4 51 8 68 3 4 4 591 78 1.426 9.4 0.3 3.4 4.5 1.33 78
1983 27 4 5 .444 4.95 76 9 19 3 2 3 149.0 162 89 82 6 58 9 76 4 4 7 657 71 1.477 9.8 0.4 3.5 4.6 1.31 71
1984 28 4 5 .444 4.84 81 9 22 3 2 3 154.1 167 90 83 6 63 10 81 4 4 8 681 74 1.490 9.7 0.3 3.7 4.7 1.29 74
1985 29 4 5 .444 4.70 85 9 22 3 2 3 159.0 172 90 83 6 63 10 83 4 4 8 699 76 1.478 9.7 0.3 3.6 4.7 1.32 76
1986 30 6 8 .429 4.53 116 10 33 3 2 3 194.2 216 107 98 8 75 12 101 4 4 10 857 79 1.495 10.0 0.4 3.5 4.7 1.35 79
1987 31 7 8 .467 4.64 122 10 36 3 2 3 200.0 219 112 103 8 82 12 102 6 4 11 885 77 1.505 9.9 0.4 3.7 4.6 1.24 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 23 3 4 .429 4.36 64.0 71 34 31 1 23 23 1 1.469 10.0 3.2 3.2 1.00 0.1 26
1980 24 1 2 .333 7.20 30.0 44 27 24 2 13 16 0 1.900 13.2 3.9 4.8 1.23 0.6 22
1982 26 1 2 .333 5.40 35.0 34 23 21 1 17 26 2 1.457 8.7 4.4 6.7 1.53 0.3 20
1983 27 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 20 17 15 2 7 8 1 2.077 13.8 4.8 5.5 1.14 1.4 8
1984 28 0 0 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 0 5 5 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 5
1985 29 0 0 0.00 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 4
1986 30 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 46 19 17 2 13 17 0 1.788 12.5 3.5 4.6 1.31 0.5 31
1987 31 0 0 5.40 5.0 3 3 3 0 7 1 2 2.000 5.4 12.6 1.8 0.14 0.0 6
8 Seasons 6 11 .353 5.28 191.0 223 124 112 8 85 99 6 1.613 10.5 4.7 1.16 0.4 122

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Similarity Scores

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  5. Rick Austin (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Lefty Wilkie (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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