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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
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1979
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Pirates/Twins/WhiteSox 1979-1987

Final Game: June 20, 1987
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:08AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1975	19	NYY-min	A-	3	3	.500	2.45	8	8		3	1	0	55.0	53	26	15	1	20	0	23	1	0	2			1.327	8.7	0.2	3.3	3.8	1.15	ONE · NYPL
1976	20	NYY-min	A	9	10	.474	2.84	25	25					190.0	173	74	60	3	73								1.295	8.2	0.1	3.5			FTL · FLOR
1977	21	NYY-HOU-min	AA	4	7	.364	5.25	28	11		2	0	1	96.0	109	66	56	9	45	1	33	4	0	12			1.604	10.2	0.8	4.2	3.1	0.73	WHA,CBS · EL,SOUL
1978	22	HOU-min	AA	9	5	.643	2.05	29	14		9	1	1	123.0	125	44	28	4	39	1	53	5	1	4			1.333	9.1	0.3	2.9	3.9	1.36	CBS · SOUL
1979	23	HOU-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.02	8	6		2	0	0	47.0	49	25	21	4	10	0	17	0	0	1			1.255	9.4	0.8	1.9	3.3	1.70	CHL · IL
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	94	1.343	9.1	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.09
1980	24	HOU-min	AAA	4	1	.800	4.85	9	8		3	1	1	52.0	64	36	28	3	26	1	26	1	1	3			1.731	11.1	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	TUC · PCL
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	61	1.576	10.9	0.5	3.3	4.9	1.50

1982	26	PIT-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.83	8	6	2	2	0	0	44.2	41	22	19	4	26	1	28	1	1	5			1.500	8.3	0.8	5.2	5.6	1.08	POR · PCL
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	75	1.443	8.7	0.3	4.3	6.6	1.53
1983	27	PIT-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.50	16	14	1	0	0	0	82.0	95	49	41	4	45	2	52	5	2	8			1.707	10.4	0.4	4.9	5.7	1.16	HAW · PCL
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	41	1.976	13.2	1.3	4.6	5.3	1.14
1984	28	CHW-min	AAA	10	12	.455	5.86	32	29	1	9	1	0	190.1	235	136	124	14	86	0	110	4	2	12			1.687	11.1	0.7	4.1	5.2	1.28	DEN · AA
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	263	1.875	8.4	0.0	8.4	8.4	1.00
1985	29	NYM-min	AAA	11	6	.647	2.76	30	19	3	4	1	0	159.2	152	65	49	8	51	3	76	6	2	7			1.271	8.6	0.5	2.9	4.3	1.49	TID · IL
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-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.23	7	7	0	1	1	0	39.0	38	14	14	5	18	0	18	3	2	1			1.436	8.8	1.2	4.2	4.2	1.00	TID · IL
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	96	1.570	11.1	0.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
1987	31	MIN-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.15	32	8	11	3	0	1	104.0	105	64	48	7	45	1	43	5	0	5			1.442	9.1	0.6	3.9	3.7	0.96	POR · PCL
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	58	1.875	5.1	0.0	11.8	1.7	0.14
1988	32	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	10.45	9	1	0	0	0	0	10.1	19	14	12	0	5	0	5	0	1	0			2.323	16.5	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00	TID · IL
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	79	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	79	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	109	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	61	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	58	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	263	1.875	8.4	0.0	8.4	8.4	1.00

NL (6 yrs)			NL	6	8	.429	4.61	111	10	30	3	2	3	189.1	211	106	97	8	70	11	96	4	4	9	833	78	1.484	10.0	0.4	3.3	4.6	1.37
AL (2 yrs)			AL	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	92	1.875	6.8	0.0	10.1	5.1	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1979	23	HOU	NL	67.0	7	32	33	2	1.1	1	0.0	$
1980	24	HOU	NL	33.0	1	21	17	0	.5	-4	-0.5	$

1982	26	PIT	NL	35.1	0	22	20	0	.7	-2	-0.4	$
1983	27	PIT	NL	13.2	1	14	8	0	.4	-6	-0.5	$
1984	28	CHW	AL	5.1	0	1	3	0	.1	2	0.1	$
1985	29	NYM	NL	4.2	0	0	2	0	.7	2	0.2	$
1986	30	NYM	NL	35.2	1	17	19	0	1.0	2	0.0	$83,000
1987	31	MIN	AL	5.1	0	5	4	0	.6	-1	-0.1	$
8 Seasons				200.0	10	112	106	2	.8	-6	-1.2	$83,000

NYM (2 yrs)				40.1	1	17	21	0	1.0	4	0.2	$83,000
PIT (2 yrs)				49.0	1	36	28	0	.6	-8	-0.9	$
HOU (2 yrs)				100.0	8	53	50	2	.9	-3	-0.5	$
MIN (1 yr)				5.1	0	5	4	0	.6	-1	-0.1	$
CHW (1 yr)				5.1	0	1	3	0	.1	2	0.1	$

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More Stats

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
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																									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

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1979	23	HOU	NL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1980	24	HOU	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1

1982	26	PIT	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1983	27	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1986	30	NYM	NL	7	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$83,000	1
5 Seasons				33	-1	-1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$83,000

PIT (2 yrs)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
HOU (2 yrs)				23	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
NYM (1 yr)				7	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$83,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1979	HOU	NL	23	P	26	7	3	67.0	8	1	7	0	1.000	1.07	0.31	.951	1.80	1.80	6	3	33%	2
1980	HOU	NL	24	P	22	1	0	33.0	12	4	8	0	1.000	3.27	0.55	.952	1.91	1.91	4	3	43%	2
1982	PIT	NL	26	P	20	0	0	35.1	11	4	7	0	1.000	2.80	0.55	.952	1.96	1.97	6	0	0%	0
1983	PIT	NL	27	P	8	1	0	13.2	4	2	2	1	1.000	2.63	0.50	.952	1.91	1.91	0	0		0
1984	CHW	AL	28	P	5	0	0	5.1	3	2	1	0	1.000	5.06	0.60	.957	1.86	1.78	0	1	100%	0
1985	NYM	NL	29	P	4	0	0	4.2	2	0	2	0	1.000	3.86	0.50	.955	1.93	1.92	0	1	100%	0
1986	NYM	NL	30	P	31	1	0	35.2	12	3	9	1	1.000	3.03	0.39	.955	1.94	1.94	3	2	40%	0
1987	MIN	AL	31	P	6	0	0	5.1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.69	0.17	.960	1.86	1.82	0	0		0
	8 Seasons			P	122	10	3	200.0	53	16	37	2	1.000	2.38	0.43	.953	1.89	1.89	19	10	34%	4
	8 Seasons			TOT	122	10	3	200.0	53	16	37	2	1.000	2.38	0.43	.953	1.89	1.89	19	10	34%	4

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1986 NL 3.03 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1986 NL 1.000 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1986 NL 3.03 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1986 NL 1.000 (1st)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
January 9, 1975: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 3, 1975: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary).
June 15, 1977: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Mike Fischlin to the Houston Astros for Cliff Johnson. The New York Yankees sent Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
September 9, 1981: the Houston Astros sent Kevin Houston (minors) and Randy Niemann to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1981. August 31, 1981: The Houston Astros sent players to be named later and Johnny Ray to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Phil Garner.
September 7, 1983: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Maitland (minors) and Miguel Dilone.
March 30, 1985: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Mets for Gene Autry (minors) and Ken Reed (minors).
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
January 16, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	30	New York Mets	$83,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$83,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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