Juan Nieves
Juan Manuel (Cruz) Nieves
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 5, 1965 in Las Lomas, P.R.
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1986
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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
1986 21 MIL AL 11 12 .478 4.92 35 33 0 4 3 0 184.2 224 124 101 17 77 0 116 1 1 3 834 88 1.630 10.9 0.8 3.8 5.7 1.51
1987 22 MIL AL 14 8 .636 4.88 34 33 0 3 1 0 195.2 199 112 106 24 100 5 163 2 0 4 867 94 1.528 9.2 1.1 4.6 7.5 1.63
1988 23 MIL AL 7 5 .583 4.08 25 15 4 1 1 1 110.1 84 53 50 13 50 4 73 1 3 1 458 97 1.215 6.9 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46
3 Seasons 32 25 .561 4.71 94 81 4 8 5 1 490.2 507 289 257 54 227 9 352 4 4 8 2159 93 1.496 9.3 1.0 4.2 6.5 1.55
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .561 4.71 37 31 2 3 2 0 191 197 112 100 21 88 3 137 2 2 3 839 93 1.496 9.3 1.0 4.2 6.5 1.55

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
1986 21 MIL AL 35 834 748 124 224 36 1 17 8 15 77 116 .299 .363 .418 .782 .334 313 20 1 3 5 0
1987 22 MIL AL 34 867 755 112 199 42 2 24 19 12 100 163 .264 .348 .420 .768 .304 317 14 2 3 7 5
1988 23 MIL AL 25 458 404 53 84 18 0 13 12 4 50 73 .208 .295 .349 .644 .222 141 7 1 1 2 4
3 Seasons 94 2159 1907 289 507 96 3 54 39 31 227 352 .266 .343 .404 .747 .299 771 41 4 7 14 9
162 Game Avg. 37 839 741 112 197 37 1 21 15 12 88 137 .266 .343 .404 .747 .299 300 16 2 3 5 3
MLB Averages

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
1986 21 MIL AL 35 33 10 12 11 2 3 17 16 .515 3 5 4 3 17 52% 44 86 11 38 16 6 12 4.9 4.7 5.4
1987 22 MIL AL 34 33 14 8 11 4 2 19 14 .576 5 6 3 1 13 39% 48 89 18 35 10 2 9 5.6 6.3 5.9
1988 23 MIL AL 25 15 6 5 4 2 0 8 7 .533 0 2 1 1 7 47% 49 83 32 21 8 1 5 4.9 4.2 5.7 93 6 3 3 3 121
3 Seasons 94 81 30 25 26 8 5 44 37 .543 8 13 8 5 37 46% 47 89 11 94 34 9 26 5.2 5.3 5.7 93 6 3 3 3 121
MLB Averages

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
1986 21 MIL AL 35 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.073 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.0
1987 22 MIL AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.952 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1988 23 MIL AL 25 10 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 9 2 22% 6 0.931 1 4 4 4 0 6 5 5 7 1 7 1 7.5 35
3 Seasons 94 13 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 9 2 22% 0.994 1 6 5 4 1 8 5 8 10 1 10 1 7.4 35

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%
1986 21 MIL AL 834 82% 2.0% 13.9% 9.2% 6.5% 24% 0.88 74% 167 20 12%
1987 22 MIL AL 867 83% 2.8% 18.8% 11.5% 7.8% 34% 0.59 66% 166 14 8%
1988 23 MIL AL 458 79% 2.8% 15.9% 10.9% 6.8% 37% 0.51 0.58 70% 16% 14.1% 57% 80 7 9%
3 Seasons 2159 82% 2.5% 16.3% 10.5% 7.1% 30% 0.51 0.69 70% 16% 14.1% 57% 413 41 10%
MLB Averages

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
1988 23 MIL AL 448 1704 3.80 1083 64% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 1% 46% 79% 60% 7% 30 23 28% 124 76 4 35% 10 4 10 0 0
1 Season 448 1704 3.80 1083 64% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 1% 46% 79% 60% 7% 30 23 28% 124 76 4 35% 10 4 10 0 0
MLB Averages

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
1986 21 MIL AL 834 224 17 1 14 16 1 6 11 32 22 5 69% 15 3 2 337 8 15 35% 6 13 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 0
1987 22 MIL AL 867 199 24 0 12 21 3 11 13 42 26 9 62% 9 4 3 333 19 12 61% 17 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 15 0
1988 23 MIL AL 458 84 11 3 13 0 5 11 2 10 3 23 12 3 52% 5 1 2 159 12 4 75% 10 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
3 Seasons 2159 507 11 3 54 1 31 48 6 27 27 97 60 17 62% 29 8 7 829 39 31 56% 33 27 5 3 1 1 3 1 39 0
MLB Averages

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+
1986 21 11 12 .478 4.92 35 33 0 4 3 0 184.2 224 124 101 17 77 0 116 1 1 3 834 88 1.630 10.9 0.8 3.8 5.7 1.51 88
1987 22 25 20 .556 4.90 69 66 0 7 4 0 380.1 423 236 207 41 177 5 279 3 1 7 1701 92 1.578 10.0 1.0 4.2 6.6 1.58 92
1988 23 32 25 .561 4.71 94 81 4 8 5 1 490.2 507 289 257 54 227 9 352 4 4 8 2159 93 1.496 9.3 1.0 4.2 6.5 1.55 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986 21 7 12 .368 5.06 178.0 222 111 100 17 76 112 1 1.674 11.2 3.8 5.7 1.47 0.9 35
1987 22 9 12 .429 4.64 192.0 193 110 99 23 97 160 2 1.510 9.0 4.5 7.5 1.65 1.1 34
1988 23 5 6 .455 4.58 106.0 88 60 54 14 52 70 1 1.321 7.5 4.4 5.9 1.35 1.2 25
3 Seasons 21 30 .412 4.78 476.0 503 281 253 54 225 342 4 1.529 9.5 6.5 1.52 1.0 94

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1987 AL--.636--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL--7.497--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL--3--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL--100--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL--.829--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1986 AL--born 1965-01-05--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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