Melvin Nieves
Melvin Ramos Nieves
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 28, 1971 in San Juan, P.R.
High School: Luis Pales Matos (Santa Rosa, PR)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1992
Final Game: September 14, 1998
Relatives: Brother of Wil Nieves
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 ATL NL 20 OF 6 2 35.0 11 8 0 3 0 .727 0.8 27.4 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.06 1.33 .991 2.34 1.97
1992 ATL NL 20 LF 3 1 13.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.7 64.6 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.77 1.33 .980 2.15 1.63
1992 ATL NL 20 RF 3 1 22.0 6 4 0 2 0 .667 0.1 5.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.64 1.33 .983 2.09 1.67
1993 SDP NL 21 OF 15 11 104.1 29 27 0 2 0 .931 -1.4 -16.1 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 0 2.33 1.80 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 SDP NL 21 RF 15 11 104.1 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -1.4 -16.1 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 0 2.42 1.87 .977 2.17 1.78
1994 SDP NL 22 OF 6 4 36.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -20.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 3.00 2.00 .983 2.25 1.90
1994 SDP NL 22 RF 4 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -38.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.17 1.82
1994 SDP NL 22 LF 2 2 14.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.6 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 3.86 3.00 .983 1.93 1.45
1995 SDP NL 23 OF 79 49 491.0 101 95 5 1 1 .990 -6.5 -15.9 -9.5 -3.7 -5.8 3 1.83 1.27 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 SDP NL 23 LF 62 42 400.0 81 75 5 1 1 .988 -5.7 -17.1 -7.7 -4.3 -3.4 2 1.80 1.29 .972 1.87 1.43
1995 SDP NL 23 RF 15 5 69.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 17.4 0.0 0.9 -0.9 1 1.70 0.87 .977 2.07 1.76
1995 SDP NL 23 CF 6 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -98.2 -1.8 -0.3 -1.5 0 2.86 1.17 .986 2.50 2.17
1995 SDP NL 23 1B 2 1 6.1 12 11 0 1 1 .917 0.1 18.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 15.63 5.50 .992 9.66 8.35
1996 DET AL 24 OF 105 104 902.1 229 207 9 13 2 .943 -18.3 -24.3 -13.3 -7.6 -5.7 -5 2.15 2.06 .984 2.37 2.02
1996 DET AL 24 RF 84 83 720.0 176 160 7 9 2 .949 -15.3 -25.5 -12.3 -7.0 -5.3 -3 2.09 1.99 .980 2.17 1.72
1996 DET AL 24 LF 21 21 182.1 53 47 2 4 0 .925 -3.0 -19.7 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 -2 2.42 2.33 .979 2.18 1.75
1996 DET AL 24 DH 11
1997 DET AL 25 OF 101 84 758.1 196 188 4 4 1 .980 -8.9 -14.1 -10.9 -3.3 -7.6 2 2.28 1.90 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 DET AL 25 RF 101 84 753.1 197 189 4 4 1 .980 -8.7 -13.9 -10.7 -3.1 -7.6 2 2.31 1.91 .978 2.18 1.79
1997 DET AL 25 DH 10
1997 DET AL 25 CF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.30
1998 CIN NL 26 OF 25 18 161.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -11.9 -2.6 -1.4 -1.2 1 1.73 1.24 .981 2.17 1.78
1998 CIN NL 26 RF 22 16 140.0 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -10.3 -2.2 -1.0 -1.2 1 1.86 1.32 .976 2.08 1.66
1998 CIN NL 26 DH 3
1998 CIN NL 26 LF 3 2 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -22.9 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 .967 1.89 1.37
7 Seasons OF 337 272 2488.0 609 566 20 23 4 .962 -36.5 -17.6 -37.5 -18.0 -19.5 1 2.12 1.74 .982 2.29 1.95
7 Seasons RF 244 202 1830.2 457 428 12 17 3 .963 -26.2 -17.2 -27.2 -12.1 -15.1 1 2.16 1.80 .978 2.16 1.75
5 Seasons LF 91 68 630.1 148 134 8 6 1 .959 -8.3 -15.8 -8.3 -5.4 -2.9 0 2.03 1.56 .975 1.97 1.51
3 Seasons DH 24
2 Seasons CF 8 2 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -88.9 -2.0 -0.5 -1.5 0 2.67 1.00 .988 2.53 2.20
1 Season 1B 2 1 6.1 12 11 0 1 1 .917 0.1 18.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 15.63 5.50 .992 9.66 8.35
7 Seasons TOT 345 273 2494.1 624 580 20 24 5 .962 -36.4 -17.5 -37.4 -17.9 -19.5 1 0 2.16 1.74 .940 2.15 1.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 ATL NL 20 12 2 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 7 0
1993 SDP NL 21 19 11 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 7 0
1994 SDP NL 22 10 4 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 0 4 0
1995 SDP NL 23 98 50 98 80 0 0 2 0 0 0 62 6 15 79 0 30 2
1996 DET AL 24 120 115 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 84 105 11 5 0
1997 DET AL 25 116 91 116 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 101 101 7 19 0
1998 CIN NL 26 83 21 83 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 25 3 60 0
7 Seasons 458 294 458 338 0 0 2 0 0 0 91 8 244 337 21 132 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 ATL NL 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 100 56% 75% 35% 7 57%
1993 SDP NL 21 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 456 51% 72% 41% 49 57%
1994 SDP NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 72% 82% 35% 11 55%
1995 SDP NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 0 320 57% 74% 39% 36 36%
1996 DET AL 24 9 0 8 1 1 7 0 2 4 1 53 23 1 27 5 0 14 9 0 14 3 1 15 9 1 123 49 39.8% 71 3 2.4% 4 3530 51% 74% 37% 376 44%
1997 DET AL 25 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 37 24 1 27 11 1 16 13 0 10 1 0 20 12 1 110 61 55.5% 46 3 2.7% 1 3391 54% 75% 39% 387 49%
1998 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 618 56% 76% 40% 52 52%
7 Seasons 17 0 14 3 3 12 0 3 6 3 101 55 2 65 22 1 35 25 0 29 6 1 42 26 2 272 134 49.3% 132 6 2.2% 6 8514 53% 75% 38% 918 47%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 ATL NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 64% 87% 42% 7 57%
1994 SDP NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 63 48% 67% 30% 10 60%
1995 SDP NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 3 0 1 17 15 0 20 8 0 10 6 0 6 2 0 4 3 1 57 34 59.6% 22 1 1.8% 4 1775 55% 72% 34% 190 41%
1996 DET AL 24 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 17 5 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 38 17 44.7% 21 0 0.0% 2 883 56% 72% 39% 107 46%
1998 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 99 62% 76% 42% 5 60%
5 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 8 0 5 1 1 23 20 0 40 13 0 20 11 0 8 2 0 10 8 1 101 54 53.5% 45 1 1.0% 7 2873 56% 72% 36% 319 44%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 SDP NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 99 73% 72% 46% 15 47%
1997 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 23 61% 74% 52% 3 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 122 70% 72% 48% 18 44%
MLB Averages 40.4% 1.8% 56% 75% 38% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 SDP NL 23 29 45% 86% 48% 2 50% 0 11 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 29 45% 86% 48% 2 50% 0 11 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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