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Jonathon Niese

Jonathon Joseph Niese

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 27, 1986 in Lima, OH
High School: Defiance HS (Defiance, OH)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2008 (Age 21)
Team: Mets 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 5 yrs/$25.27M (12-16) & 17-18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.107, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Tom O'Connell [*]
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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
2008 21 NYM NL 1 1 .500 7.07 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 11 11 2 8 0 11 0 0 0 69 61 2.000 12.9 1.3 5.1 7.1 1.38
2009 22 NYM NL 1 1 .500 4.21 5 5 0 0 0 0 25.2 27 12 12 1 9 0 18 0 0 1 110 98 1.403 9.5 0.4 3.2 6.3 2.00
2010 23 NYM NL 9 10 .474 4.20 30 30 0 2 1 0 173.2 192 97 81 20 62 3 148 9 0 5 770 93 1.463 10.0 1.0 3.2 7.7 2.39
2011 24 NYM NL 11 11 .500 4.40 27 26 0 0 0 0 157.1 178 88 77 14 44 4 138 5 0 3 694 83 1.411 10.2 0.8 2.5 7.9 3.14
2012 25 NYM NL 13 9 .591 3.40 30 30 0 0 0 0 190.1 174 77 72 22 49 2 155 4 0 6 788 112 1.172 8.2 1.0 2.3 7.3 3.16
2013 26 NYM NL 3 5 .375 4.80 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.1 61 36 29 5 27 0 31 2 0 4 248 76 1.620 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.15
6 Yrs 38 37 .507 4.12 105 104 0 2 1 0 615.1 652 321 282 64 199 9 501 20 0 19 2679 92 1.383 9.5 0.9 2.9 7.3 2.52
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .507 4.12 34 34 0 1 0 0 200 212 104 92 21 65 3 163 7 0 6 872 92 1.383 9.5 0.9 2.9 7.3 2.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 21 NYM NL 14.0 3 3 11 7.07 4.86 0.11 0.19 96.0 4.74 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .391 .498
2009 22 NYM NL 25.2 5 5 12 4.21 4.34 -0.01 0.17 94.5 4.27 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .503 .500
2010 23 NYM NL 173.2 30 30 97 5.03 4.44 0.16 0.17 98.1 4.36 -13 -1.4 -0.1 -0.0 1 .454 .492 $402,000
2011 24 NYM NL 157.1 27 26 88 5.03 4.21 -0.39 0.16 98.7 4.69 -7 -0.8 .3 -0.1 0.5 6 .472 .495 $452,000
2012 25 NYM NL 190.1 30 30 77 3.64 4.28 -0.27 0.16 95.6 4.50 17 1.9 -0.1 3.4 34 .562 .512 $769,500
2013 26 NYM NL 54.1 10 10 36 5.96 4.25 -0.35 0.16 98.9 4.71 -8 -0.9 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .413 .495 $3,000,000
6 Seasons 615.1 105 104 321 4.70 4.32 -0.16 0.16 97.3 4.52 -16 -1.5 .3 -0.4 3.4 38 .486 .498 $4,623,500

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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
2008 21 NYM NL 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 22 NYM NL 5 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2010 23 NYM NL 31 66 53 3 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 27 .189 .295 .226 .521 46 12 0 0 5 0 0 1
2011 24 NYM NL 29 60 49 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 33 .061 .132 .102 .234 -33 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
2012 25 NYM NL 30 68 55 8 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 19 .218 .295 .218 .513 46 12 0 0 7 0 0 1
2013 26 NYM NL 10 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .143 .200 .143 .343 -1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
6 Yrs 108 226 185 13 29 2 1 0 7 0 0 19 92 .157 .235 .178 .414 17 33 0 0 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 339 278 20 44 3 2 0 11 0 0 29 138 .157 .235 .178 .414 17 50 0 0 33 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 Awards
2008 21 NYM NL 3 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .494 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
2009 22 NYM NL 5 9 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 /1
2010 23 NYM NL 31 66 -4 -0 0 0 9 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $402,000 1
2011 24 NYM NL 29 60 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $452,000 1
2012 25 NYM NL 30 68 -5 -1 1 0 10 5 0.6 2 7 0.6 .518 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $769,500 1
2013 26 NYM NL 9 17 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $3,000,000 1
6 Seasons 107 226 -23 -1 1 0 31 7 0.7 7 14 0.7 .507 .501 0.7 0.0 14 $4,623,500

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2008 NYM NL 21 P 3 3 0 14.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.57 1.33 .960 1.74 1.73 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 22 P 5 5 0 25.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.40 0.80 .955 1.72 1.70 1 2 67% 29% 1
2010 NYM NL 23 P 30 30 2 173.2 34 7 26 1 0 .971 2 2 1.71 1.10 .954 1.73 1.72 0 4 100% 29% 1
2011 NYM NL 24 P 27 26 0 157.1 40 4 36 0 1 1.000 3 4 2.29 1.48 .955 1.80 1.79 7 1 13% 28% 0
2012 NYM NL 25 P 30 30 0 190.1 33 5 26 2 2 .939 3 3 1.47 1.03 .950 1.77 1.75 8 2 20% 26% 2
2013 NYM NL 26 P 10 10 0 54.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.99 1.20 .967 1.72 1.71 0 1 100% 29% 1
6 Seasons P 105 104 2 615.1 127 19 105 3 3 .976 7 2 1.81 1.18 .955 1.76 1.74 16 10 38% 28% 5
6 Seasons TOT 105 104 2 615.1 127 19 105 3 3 .976 7 13 1.81 1.18 .955 1.76 1.74 16 10 38% 28% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2013 NL  10 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  27 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2013 NL  4 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 NL  9 (6th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1986-10-27 (9th)
2008 NL  born 1986-10-27 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (861), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 4 (2011), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1203rd), 5.1 career WAR/5.1 7yr-peak WAR/5.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Jeff Niemann (965)
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Transactions

  • June 7, 2005: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2005.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201023New York Mets$402,000
201124New York Mets$452,000
201225New York Mets$769,500contracts
201326New York Mets$3,000,000
201427New York Mets$5,000,000
201528New York Mets$7,000,000
201629New York Mets$9,000,000
201730New York Mets*$10,000,000$10M Team Option, $500k Buyout
201831New York Mets*$11,000,000$11M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,623,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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