Fernando Nieve
Fernando Alexis Nieve
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 15, 1982 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2006
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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
2006 23 HOU NL 3 3 .500 4.20 40 11 11 0 0 0 96.1 87 46 45 18 41 5 70 2 0 1 411 106 1.329 8.1 1.7 3.8 6.5 1.71
2008 25 HOU NL 0 1 .000 8.44 11 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 17 10 10 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 49 50 1.781 14.3 1.7 1.7 10.1 6.00
2009 26 NYM NL 3 3 .500 2.95 8 7 1 0 0 0 36.2 36 13 12 4 19 1 23 1 0 2 161 140 1.500 8.8 1.0 4.7 5.6 1.21
3 Seasons 6 7 .462 4.20 59 18 13 0 0 0 143.2 140 69 67 24 62 6 105 3 0 3 621 104 1.406 8.8 1.5 3.9 6.6 1.69
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .462 4.20 52 16 11 0 0 0 127 124 61 59 21 55 5 93 3 0 3 548 104 1.406 8.8 1.5 3.9 6.6 1.69
HOU (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.63 51 11 12 0 0 0 107.0 104 56 55 20 43 5 82 2 0 1 460 96 1.374 8.7 1.7 3.6 6.9 1.91
NYM (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.95 8 7 1 0 0 0 36.2 36 13 12 4 19 1 23 1 0 2 161 140 1.500 8.8 1.0 4.7 5.6 1.21

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
2006 23 HOU NL 40 411 360 46 87 20 1 18 4 1 41 70 .242 .320 .453 .773 .251 163 9 2 5 3 5
2008 25 HOU NL 11 49 47 10 17 3 0 2 0 0 2 12 .362 .388 .553 .941 .455 26 1 0 0 0 0
2009 26 NYM NL 8 161 137 13 36 6 0 4 2 1 19 23 .263 .354 .394 .749 .288 54 4 1 3 1 1
3 Seasons 59 621 544 69 140 29 1 24 6 2 62 105 .257 .334 .447 .781 .277 243 14 3 8 4 6
162 Game Avg. 52 548 480 61 124 26 1 21 5 2 55 93 .257 .334 .447 .781 .277 215 12 3 7 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2006 23 HOU NL 40 11 2 3 6 1 1 7 4 .636 0 4 0 0 2 18% 48 68 17 18 2 1 5 4.8 3.5 5.6 90 1 8 2 0 103
2009 26 NYM NL 8 7 3 3 1 0 1 3 4 .429 0 0 0 0 4 57% 51 67 26 7 2 0 4 4.4 4.1 5.0 87 2 0 5 0 108
2 Seasons 48 18 5 6 7 1 2 10 8 .556 0 4 0 0 6 33% 49 68 17 25 4 1 9 4.7 3.7 5.4 89 3 8 7 0 108
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2006 23 HOU NL 40 29 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 31% 8 0.800 4 3 20 7 3 19 9 20 12 8 12 5 3.6 20
2008 25 HOU NL 11 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 4 29% 7 0.622 2 4 5 2 1 8 6 5 4 5 4 0 2.9 18
2009 26 NYM NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.900 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 22
3 Seasons 59 41 13 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 30 9 30% 0.812 6 7 26 9 4 28 15 26 17 13 17 5 3.5 19

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%
2006 23 HOU NL 411 47% 4.4% 17.0% 10.0% 9.5% 45% 0.68 1.04 67% 15% 11.9% 12% 61 9 15%
2008 25 HOU NL 49 22% 4.1% 24.5% 4.1% 10.2% 29% 0.46 0.40 67% 29% 10.0% 17% 13 1 8%
2009 26 NYM NL 161 58% 2.5% 14.3% 11.8% 6.2% 28% 0.56 0.65 69% 19% 6.3% 14% 35 4 11%
3 Seasons 621 48% 3.9% 16.9% 10.0% 8.7% 39% 0.63 0.87 67% 17% 10.3% 13% 109 14 13%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 23 HOU NL 411 1560 3.80 984 63% 26% 12% 31% 30% 74% 3% 46% 83% 57% 5% 22 10 23% 96 65 5 31% 15 7 0 0 0
2008 25 HOU NL 49 201 4.10 126 63% 20% 20% 33% 28% 80% 0% 50% 75% 49% 6% 3 1 10% 5 4 2 8% 1 2 0 0 0
2009 26 NYM NL 161 630 3.91 379 60% 26% 8% 35% 31% 74% 2% 44% 89% 48% 6% 9 6 14% 22 9 0 39% 2 2 0 0 0
3 Seasons 621 2391 3.85 1489 62% 26% 12% 32% 30% 74% 3% 46% 84% 54% 5% 34 17 20% 123 78 7 30% 18 11 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2006 23 HOU NL 411 87 7 4 18 0 8 10 8 6 12 16 7 2 44% 2 1 0 135 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 25 HOU NL 49 17 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 40% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 NYM NL 161 36 4 0 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 9 5 0 56% 0 2 0 67 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
3 Seasons 621 140 11 4 24 0 17 14 10 10 14 30 14 2 47% 2 3 0 220 6 2 75% 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2006 23 3 3 .500 4.20 40 11 11 0 0 0 96.1 87 46 45 18 41 5 70 2 0 1 411 106 1.329 8.1 1.7 3.8 6.5 1.71 106
2007 24 3 3 .500 4.20 40 11 11 0 0 0 96.1 87 46 45 18 41 5 70 2 0 1 411 106 1.329 8.1 1.7 3.8 6.5 1.71 106
2008 25 3 4 .429 4.63 51 11 12 0 0 0 107.0 104 56 55 20 43 5 82 2 0 1 460 96 1.374 8.7 1.7 3.6 6.9 1.91 96
2009 26 6 7 .462 4.20 59 18 13 0 0 0 143.2 140 69 67 24 62 6 105 3 0 3 621 104 1.406 8.8 1.5 3.9 6.6 1.69 104

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
2006 23 5 5 .500 3.98 95.0 85 47 42 18 40 69 2 1.316 8.1 3.8 6.5 1.73 1.7 40
2008 25 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 17 11 10 2 2 11 0 1.900 15.3 1.8 9.9 5.50 1.8 11
2009 26 2 1 .667 3.09 35.0 36 13 12 4 19 22 1 1.571 9.3 4.9 5.7 1.16 1.0 8
3 Seasons 7 7 .500 4.11 140.0 138 71 64 24 61 102 3 1.421 8.9 6.6 1.67 1.5 59

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Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob File (988)
  6. Leroy Herrmann (988)
  7. Jack Lazorko (988)
  8. Jack Cressend (988)
  9. Brian Sanches (988)
  10. Jim Donohue (987)
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  2. Tom Bruno (993)
  3. Rick White (991)
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  5. John Boozer (989)
  6. Matt Belisle (988)
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  8. Paul Byrd (987)
  9. Bill Kunkel (987)
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