Tom Nieto
Thomas Andrew Nieto
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 27, 1960 in Downey, CA
School: Oral Roberts University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1984
Final Game: September 29, 1990
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Standard Batting

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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
1984 23 STL NL 33 93 86 7 24 4 0 3 12 0 0 5 18 .279 .312 .430 .742 109 37 3 0 0 2 2 2
1985 24 STL NL 95 288 253 15 57 10 2 0 34 0 2 26 37 .225 .305 .281 .586 65 71 9 3 6 0 8 2
1986 25 MON NL 30 72 65 5 13 3 1 1 7 0 1 6 21 .200 .278 .323 .601 66 21 3 1 0 0 1 2
1987 26 MIN AL 41 121 105 7 21 7 1 1 12 0 0 8 24 .200 .276 .314 .590 55 33 1 3 5 0 0 2/D
1988 27 MIN AL 24 62 60 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .067 .097 .067 .163 -54 4 2 1 0 0 0 2
1989 28 PHI NL 11 27 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 .150 .370 .150 .520 56 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
1990 29 PHI NL 17 34 30 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 .167 .265 .167 .431 23 5 2 1 0 0 0 2
7 Seasons 251 697 619 37 127 24 4 5 69 0 3 55 135 .205 .280 .281 .561 56 174 20 10 11 2 11
162 Game Avg. 162 450 400 24 82 15 3 3 45 0 2 35 87 .205 .280 .281 .561 56 112 13 6 7 1 7
MIN (2 yrs) 65 183 165 8 25 7 1 1 12 0 0 9 41 .152 .213 .224 .438 17 37 3 4 5 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 28 61 50 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 18 .160 .311 .160 .471 37 8 2 2 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 128 381 339 22 81 14 2 3 46 0 2 31 55 .239 .307 .319 .625 76 108 12 3 6 2 10
MON (1 yr) 30 72 65 5 13 3 1 1 7 0 1 6 21 .200 .278 .323 .601 66 21 3 1 0 0 1
NL (5 yrs) 186 514 454 29 102 17 3 4 57 0 3 46 94 .225 .303 .302 .605 71 137 17 6 6 2 11
AL (2 yrs) 65 183 165 8 25 7 1 1 12 0 0 9 41 .152 .213 .224 .438 17 37 3 4 5 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1984 23 STL NL 93 67 11 4.4 92 .313 .279 .261 .312 .326 .430 .380 .742 .705 109 .526 0.9 0.1 .646 .209 .151 .0
1985 24 STL NL 288 213 21 2.7 95 .264 .225 .260 .305 .328 .281 .388 .586 .715 65 .301 -11.4 -1.2 .473 .150 .055
1986 25 MON NL 72 56 5 2.4 97 .279 .200 .261 .278 .332 .323 .394 .601 .726 66 .256 -3.2 -0.3 .482 .200 .123 .0
1987 26 MIN AL 121 90 10 3.0 108 .250 .200 .269 .276 .337 .314 .431 .590 .768 55 .280 -7.1 -0.7 .518 .190 .114 .0
1988 27 MIN AL 62 58 0 0.0 97 .093 .067 .263 .097 .328 .067 .396 .163 .724 -54 .000 -12.7 -1.3 .103 .017 .000
1989 28 PHI NL 27 17 2 3.2 90 .231 .150 .253 .370 .320 .150 .376 .520 .696 56 .390 -0.7 -0.1 .588 .300 .000
1990 29 PHI NL 34 27 1 1.0 97 .263 .167 .263 .265 .329 .167 .395 .431 .724 23 .061 -3.2 -0.3 .333 .100 .000
7 Seasons 697 528 50 2.6 97 .254 .205 .262 .280 .329 .281 .395 .561 .725 56 .272 -37.4 -3.8 .458 .160 .076 .0
162 Game Avg. 450 341 32 2.6 97 .254 .205 .262 .280 .329 .281 .395 .561 .725 56 .272 -37.4 -3.8 .458 .160 .076
MIN (2 yrs) 183 148 10 1.8 104 .195 .152 .266 .213 .334 .224 .418 .438 .752 17 .144 -19.8 -2.0 .350 .127 .073 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 61 44 3 1.8 94 .250 .160 .259 .311 .325 .160 .388 .471 .713 37 .177 -3.9 -0.4 .432 .180 .000
STL (2 yrs) 381 280 32 3.1 94 .276 .239 .260 .307 .327 .319 .385 .625 .713 76 .362 -10.5 -1.1 .515 .165 .080 .0
MON (1 yr) 72 56 5 2.4 97 .279 .200 .261 .278 .332 .323 .394 .601 .726 66 .256 -3.2 -0.3 .482 .200 .123 .0
NL (5 yrs) 514 380 40 2.8 95 .274 .225 .260 .303 .328 .302 .387 .605 .715 71 .326 -17.6 -1.8 .500 .172 .077 .0
AL (2 yrs) 183 148 10 1.8 104 .195 .152 .266 .213 .334 .224 .418 .438 .752 17 .144 -19.8 -2.0 .350 .127 .073 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 24 STL NL NLCS LAD W 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 STL NL WS KCR L 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 23 STL NL 93 3.2% 19.4% 5.4% 7.5% 29% 3.60 4.8 28.7 7.2 1.13 72%
1985 24 STL NL 288 0.0% 12.9% 9.0% 4.2% 21% 1.42 6.8 7.4 1.28 75%
1986 25 MON NL 72 1.4% 29.2% 8.3% 6.9% 39% 3.50 3.1 65.0 9.3 1.50 60%
1987 26 MIN AL 121 0.8% 19.8% 6.6% 7.4% 43% 3.00 4.4 105.0 8.8 0.97 66%
1988 27 MIN AL 62 0.0% 27.4% 1.6% 0.0% 0% 17.00 3.5 0.91 1.11 69% 9% 0.0% 36%
1989 28 PHI NL 27 0.0% 25.9% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 1.17 2.9 0.86 1.50 48% 31% 0.0% 29%
1990 29 PHI NL 34 0.0% 32.4% 8.8% 0.0% 0% 3.67 2.7 7.5 0.90 1.00 56% 11% 0.0% 20%
7 Seasons 697 0.7% 19.4% 7.9% 4.7% 26% 2.45 4.6 123.8 9.0 0.90 1.19 69% 13% 0.0% 31%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 23 STL NL 0 0 15% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1985 24 STL NL 3 0 17% 97 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 28% 11 10 1 1 1 0 6 1 4
1986 25 MON NL 0 0 21% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1987 26 MIN AL 2 0 19% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1988 27 MIN AL 1 0 17% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 28 PHI NL 0 0 10% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 29 PHI NL 0 0 11% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 6 0 17% 207 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 33% 23 21 2 4 3 1 13 2 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 23 STL NL 93 70% 24 3 0 0 1 2.68 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 11 3 27% 8 3 38% 46 9 20% 8 3 38% 10 7 70% 0
1985 24 STL NL 288 49% 57 1 0 0 0 1.48 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 52 9 17% 30 12 40% 194 35 18% 19 11 58% 27 17 63% 0
1986 25 MON NL 72 43% 13 1 1 0 1 7.07 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 3 14% 9 2 22% 52 7 13% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 0
1987 26 MIN AL 121 38% 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 5 63% 21 1 5% 10 8 80% 68 11 16% 2 1 50% 10 6 60% 0
1988 27 MIN AL 62 23% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 10 2 20% 5 1 20% 39 0 0% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1989 28 PHI NL 27 78% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1990 29 PHI NL 34 79% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 0 0% 20 4 20% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 697 49% 127 2 1 6 1 0 2 2.77 5 0 17 2 3 3 2 1 16 11 69% 126 20 16% 66 26 39% 434 67 15% 42 19 45% 55 35 64% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 MIN AL 62 186 3.00 131 70% 19% 27% 21% 33% 81% 0% 57% 66% 48% 0% 0 0 5% 3 2 2% 1 1 6% 0 0 0
1989 28 PHI NL 25 110 4.40 60 55% 23% 23% 35% 18% 77% 0% 42% 70% 40% 0% 0 0 28% 7 3 24% 6 3 14% 2 0 0
1990 29 PHI NL 31 123 3.97 74 60% 23% 18% 34% 26% 77% 0% 46% 77% 26% 3% 1 0 10% 3 2 6% 2 2 38% 3 0 0
3 Seasons 118 419 3.55 265 63% 21% 24% 28% 28% 79% 0% 50% 70% 41% 1% 1 0 11% 13 7 8% 9 6 16% 5 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 23 33 93 86 7 24 4 0 3 12 0 0 5 18 .279 .312 .430 .742 109 37 3 0 0 2 2
1985 24 128 381 339 22 81 14 2 3 46 0 2 31 55 .239 .307 .319 .625 76 108 12 3 6 2 10
1986 25 158 453 404 27 94 17 3 4 53 0 3 37 76 .233 .302 .319 .621 75 129 15 4 6 2 11
1987 26 199 574 509 34 115 24 4 5 65 0 3 45 100 .226 .297 .318 .615 70 162 16 7 11 2 11
1988 27 223 636 569 35 119 24 4 5 65 0 3 46 117 .209 .277 .292 .569 58 166 18 8 11 2 11
1989 28 234 663 589 36 122 24 4 5 65 0 3 52 124 .207 .281 .287 .568 58 169 18 9 11 2 11
1990 29 251 697 619 37 127 24 4 5 69 0 3 55 135 .205 .280 .281 .561 56 174 20 10 11 2 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 23 33 93 86 8 24 4 0 3 13 0 5 18 .279 .312 .430 .742 12 33
1985 24 95 286 256 17 60 11 2 0 38 0 27 37 .234 .315 .293 .608 23 95
1986 25 30 71 64 5 12 3 1 1 7 0 6 21 .188 .268 .313 .580 5 30
1987 26 41 117 106 6 22 7 1 1 11 0 8 24 .208 .282 .321 .603 9 41
1988 27 24 62 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 24
1989 28 11 34 22 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 .227 .500 .227 .727 2 11
1990 29 17 32 29 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 11 .138 .219 .138 .357 1 17
7 Seasons 251 695 623 38 127 25 4 5 72 0 59 135 .204 .283 .281 .564 52 251
162 Game Avg. 162 449 402 25 82 16 3 3 46 0 38 87 .204 .283 .281 .564 34 251

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Buddy Biancalana (977)
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  3. Mack Wheat (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Rudolph (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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