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Tom Nieto \knee-yet-toe\

Thomas Andrew Nieto

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: October 27, 1960 in Downey, CA
Schools: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1984 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Twins/Expos/Phillies 1984-1990

Final Game: September 29, 1990 (Age 29)
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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
1981	20	STL-min	AA	62	207	184	12	33	2	0	2	19	1	0	13	33	.179	.250	.223	.473		41		5	3	2	0		ARK · TL
1982	21	STL-min	AA	96	335	298	33	72	11	3	5	31	1	3	29	82	.242	.320	.349	.669		104		6	1	1	0		ARK · TL
1983	22	STL-min	AAA	155	442	383	44	104	17	1	5	52	0	2	41	78	.272	.352	.360	.712		138		8	7	3	0		LOU · AA
1984	23	STL-min	AAA	77	279	253	23	70	12	1	7	34	0	1	14	41	.277	.332	.415	.747		105		8	2	2	0		LOU · AA
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	WSN-min	AAA	53	196	167	21	50	16	0	3	19	0	0	24	45	.299	.389	.449	.838		75		1	3	1	3		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	38	126	110	10	25	5	0	0	3	0	1	11	25	.227	.309	.273	.582		30		2	3	0	0		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	53	184	158	11	44	7	2	3	21	0	0	21	32	.278	.363	.405	.768		64		1	2	2	0		POR · PCL
1988	27	MIN	AL	24	62	60	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.067	.097	.067	.163	-53	4	2	1	0	0	0	2
1989	28	PHI-min	AAA	46	152	136	8	26	3	0	1	7	0	0	12	30	.191	.267	.235	.502		32		2	2	0	2		SWB · IL
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-min	AAA	37	125	112	9	25	2	0	2	15	0	0	8	36	.223	.290	.295	.585		33		3	1	1	2		SWB · IL
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
1991	30	STL-min	AAA	19	62	57	5	15	3	0	1	4	0	0	5	10	.263	.323	.368	.691		21		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
7 Yrs				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	18	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	70	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	18	37	3	4	5	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
1984	23	STL	NL	33	93	-1	-0	-1	3	2	4	0.4	3	7	0.7	.512	.502	0.4	0.5	4		2
1985	24	STL	NL	95	288	-13	-2	-1	-5	5	-16	-1.8	10	-6	-0.7	.482	.489	-0.2	-0.0	-1		2
1986	25	MON	NL	30	72	-4	-1	-1	-7	1	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.462	.493	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$90,000	2
1987	26	MIN	AL	41	121	-7	-1	0	-1	2	-6	-0.5	4	-2	-0.1	.487	.497	-0.1	0.1	-0		2/D
1988	27	MIN	AL	24	62	-12	-0	-0	0	1	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-1.0	.449	.493	-1.0	0.1	-9	$103,500	2
1989	28	PHI	NL	11	27	-1	0	0	-1	1	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.489	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$115,000	2
1990	29	PHI	NL	17	34	-3	0	-0	0	1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$127,500	2
7 Seasons				251	697	-39	-3	-2	-11	13	-43	-4.7	24	-19	-2.3	.481	.496	-1.2	0.2	-8	$436,000

MIN (2 yrs)				65	183	-18	-1	-0	-1	3	-17	-1.7	6	-10	-1.1	.473	.495	-1.1	0.2	-9	$103,500
PHI (2 yrs)				28	61	-4	0	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$242,500
STL (2 yrs)				128	381	-14	-2	-1	-2	7	-12	-1.4	13	1	-0.0	.489	.496	0.1	0.5	3
MON (1 yr)				30	72	-4	-1	-1	-7	1	-10	-1.1	2	-8	-0.9	.462	.493	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$90,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
1985	24	STL	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	4	3	1	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0
1985	24	STL	NL	WS	KCR	L	2	7	5	0	1	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	11	8	1	1	2	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	1
1 NLCS							1	4	3	1	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0
1 WS							2	7	5	0	1	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1984	STL	NL	23	C	32	28	19	241.1	154	135	18	1	0	.994	3	15	5.71	4.78	.986	6.53	6.51	2	4	19	10	34%	31%	1
1985	STL	NL	24	C	95	80	56	694.1	416	384	28	4	3	.990	-5	-9	5.34	4.34	.987	6.42	6.42	10	21	50	12	19%	30%	1
1986	MON	NL	25	C	30	20	13	181.1	137	123	11	3	1	.978	-7	-46	6.65	4.47	.985	6.93	6.94	5	5	39	4	9%	32%	0
1987	MIN	AL	26	C	40	36	25	304.1	228	210	17	1	5	.996	-1	-4	6.71	5.68	.988	6.74	6.67	0	4	39	9	19%	31%	0
1987	MIN	AL	26	DH	1	0
1988	MIN	AL	27	C	24	18	13	164.0	115	108	6	1	1	.991	0	0	6.26	4.75	.989	6.22	6.16	2	1	10	3	23%	31%	0
1989	PHI	NL	28	C	11	10	4	77.1	65	63	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-16	7.56	5.91	.986	6.67	6.68	1	4	8	1	11%	32%	0
1990	PHI	NL	29	C	17	9	4	89.0	63	57	5	1	1	.984	0	0	6.27	3.65	.987	6.65	6.61	0	0	10	3	23%	29%	0
	7 Seasons			C	249	201	134	1751.2	1178	1080	87	11	11	.991	-11	-8	6.00	4.69	.987	6.55	6.53	20	39	175	42	19%	31%	2
	7 Seasons			TOT	249	201	134	1751.2	1178	1080	87	11	11	.991	-11	-8	6.00	4.69	.987	6.55	6.53	20	39	175	42	19%	31%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as C s c a p y 1985 NL .990 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1985 NL .990 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Catcher (1758th), -2.3 career WAR/-2.3 7yr-peak WAR/-2.3 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 8, 1981: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
March 31, 1986: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Fred Manrique.
February 3, 1987: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Jeff Reardon to the Minnesota Twins for Al Cardwood (minors), Neal Heaton, Yorkis Perez and Jeff Reed.
October 24, 1988: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Eric Bullock and Tom Herr to the Philadelphia Phillies for Shane Rawley and cash.
October 15, 1990: 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	25	Montreal Expos	$90,000	1986 USA Today survey

1988	27	Minnesota Twins	$103,500	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$115,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$127,500	11/21/90 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$436,000

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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