Wil Nieves
Wilbert Nieves
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 25, 1977 in San Juan, P.R.
High School: Condado (Condado, PR)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 47th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 2002
Relatives: Brother of Melvin Nieves
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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
2002 24 SDP NL 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 31 18 1 0 0 0 4 2
2005 27 NYY AL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2006 28 NYY AL 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2007 29 NYY AL 26 66 61 6 10 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 9 .164 .190 .230 .420 10 14 3 0 3 0 0 2/3
2008 30 WSN NL 68 196 176 15 46 9 1 1 20 0 1 13 29 .261 .309 .341 .650 72 60 7 0 5 2 1 2
2009 31 WSN NL 72 249 224 20 58 6 0 1 26 1 0 17 45 .259 .313 .299 .612 64 67 7 3 0 5 1 2
6 Seasons 203 597 543 43 127 22 2 2 57 2 1 36 100 .234 .282 .293 .575 53 159 18 3 8 7 6
162 Game Avg. 162 476 433 34 101 18 2 2 45 2 1 29 80 .234 .282 .293 .575 53 127 14 2 6 6 5
NYY (3 yrs) 35 76 71 6 10 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 11 .141 .164 .197 .362 -5 14 3 0 3 0 0
WSN (2 yrs) 140 445 400 35 104 15 1 2 46 1 1 30 74 .260 .311 .318 .629 67 127 14 3 5 7 2
SDP (1 yr) 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 31 18 1 0 0 0 4
AL (3 yrs) 35 76 71 6 10 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 11 .141 .164 .197 .362 -5 14 3 0 3 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 168 521 472 37 117 18 2 2 49 2 1 34 89 .248 .298 .307 .606 62 145 15 3 5 7 6

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
2002 24 SDP NL 76 60 4 1.8 98 .228 .181 .254 .224 .326 .250 .404 .474 .729 31 .141 -7.1 -0.7 .383 .139 .069 .0
2005 27 NYY AL 4 4 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .000 .328 .000 .422 .000 .750 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 28 NYY AL 6 6 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .341 .000 .440 .000 .781 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2007 29 NYY AL 66 57 2 0.9 108 .192 .164 .272 .190 .340 .230 .426 .420 .765 10 .044 -8.1 -0.8 .296 .098 .066
2008 30 WSN NL 196 145 17 3.1 107 .304 .261 .266 .309 .338 .341 .424 .650 .762 72 .307 -7.2 -0.7 .522 .148 .080 .0
2009 31 WSN NL 249 178 21 3.2 106 .311 .259 .265 .313 .338 .299 .420 .612 .758 64 .318 -11.1 -1.1 .509 .121 .040 1.0
6 Seasons 597 450 44 2.6 105 .279 .234 .265 .282 .336 .293 .420 .575 .757 53 .243 -36.5 -3.5 .457 .127 .059 2.0
162 Game Avg. 476 359 35 2.6 105 .279 .234 .265 .282 .336 .293 .420 .575 .757 53 .243 -36.5 -3.5 .457 .127 .059 2
NYY (3 yrs) 76 67 2 0.8 108 .167 .141 .272 .164 .339 .197 .426 .362 .766 -5 .033 -11.1 -1.0 .250 .085 .056
WSN (2 yrs) 445 323 38 3.2 106 .308 .260 .265 .311 .338 .318 .422 .629 .760 67 .313 -18.3 -1.8 .514 .133 .058 1.3
SDP (1 yr) 76 60 4 1.8 98 .228 .181 .254 .224 .326 .250 .404 .474 .729 31 .141 -7.1 -0.7 .383 .139 .069 .0
AL (3 yrs) 76 67 2 0.8 108 .167 .141 .272 .164 .339 .197 .426 .362 .766 -5 .033 -11.1 -1.0 .250 .085 .056
NL (3 yrs) 521 383 42 2.9 105 .296 .248 .263 .298 .336 .307 .419 .606 .755 62 .286 -25.4 -2.5 .493 .133 .059 2.0

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
2002 24 SDP NL 76 0.0% 19.7% 5.3% 5.3% 31% 3.75 4.8 24.0 0.84 1.20 75% 25% 0.0% 3%
2005 27 NYY AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 0.00 0.00 75% 0% 0.0% 33%
2006 28 NYY AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0 83% 0%
2007 29 NYY AL 66 0.0% 13.6% 3.0% 6.1% 40% 4.50 6.8 7.6 1.08 1.61 79% 15% 0.0% 20%
2008 30 WSN NL 196 0.5% 14.8% 6.6% 5.6% 24% 2.23 6.1 176.0 8.8 1.28 1.63 76% 16% 1.7% 11%
2009 31 WSN NL 249 0.4% 18.1% 6.8% 2.8% 12% 2.65 5.0 224.0 8.6 1.49 2.24 73% 21% 1.5% 7%
6 Seasons 597 0.3% 16.8% 6.0% 4.4% 21% 2.78 5.4 271.5 9.5 1.27 1.76 75% 19% 1.1% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2002 24 SDP NL 1 0 12% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2005 27 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 NYY AL 1 0 50% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
2008 30 WSN NL 3 0 24% 65 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 7 5 2 2 1 1 9 3 6
2009 31 WSN NL 1 0 25% 116 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 32% 13 10 3 7 5 2 11 5 5
6 Seasons 6 0 25% 215 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 5 40% 24 17 7 10 7 3 23 9 13
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2002 24 SDP NL 76 46% 13 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0 0% 43 5 12% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
2005 27 NYY AL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 NYY AL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2007 29 NYY AL 66 24% 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 3 30% 6 3 50% 48 8 17% 3 2 67% 6 5 83% 0
2008 30 WSN NL 196 33% 46 4 0 7 0 0 0 2.29 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 83% 46 7 15% 18 9 50% 143 20 14% 7 5 71% 10 9 90% 0
2009 31 WSN NL 249 19% 58 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 45 7 16% 23 11 48% 154 25 16% 17 11 65% 9 6 67% 0
6 Seasons 597 28% 127 13 0 13 0 0 0 2.16 2 0 16 2 0 1 1 0 10 8 80% 111 18 16% 51 24 47% 393 58 15% 30 18 60% 29 22 76% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2002 24 SDP NL 76 237 3.12 160 68% 20% 16% 29% 36% 80% 17% 54% 80% 38% 7% 5 0 8% 6 0 3% 2 2 20% 0 0 0
2005 27 NYY AL 4 13 3.25 10 77% 30% 20% 20% 30% 70% 0% 54% 71% 25% 0% 0 0 25% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2006 28 NYY AL 6 26 4.33 18 69% 33% 6% 33% 28% 67% 0% 46% 92% 33% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2007 29 NYY AL 66 222 3.36 140 63% 15% 17% 29% 39% 85% 0% 54% 80% 35% 3% 2 0 12% 8 5 9% 6 3 0% 0 0 0
2008 30 WSN NL 196 689 3.52 447 65% 23% 15% 28% 34% 77% 2% 50% 81% 34% 5% 10 1 11% 22 6 7% 14 8 10% 0 0 0
2009 31 WSN NL 249 885 3.55 580 66% 23% 17% 29% 32% 77% 1% 51% 78% 29% 3% 7 0 12% 29 12 6% 14 7 13% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 597 2072 3.47 1355 65% 22% 16% 28% 34% 78% 3% 51% 80% 32% 4% 24 1 11% 67 24 6% 36 20 13% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2002 24 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 31 18 1 0 0 0 4
2003 25 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 31 18 1 0 0 0 4
2004 26 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 31 18 1 0 0 0 4
2005 27 31 80 76 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 16 .171 .213 .237 .449 24 18 1 0 0 0 4
2006 28 37 86 82 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 0 4 17 .159 .198 .220 .417 14 18 1 0 0 0 4
2007 29 63 152 143 8 23 7 1 0 11 1 0 6 26 .161 .195 .224 .418 12 32 4 0 3 0 4
2008 30 131 348 319 23 69 16 2 1 31 1 1 19 55 .216 .259 .288 .547 46 92 11 0 8 2 5
2009 31 203 597 543 43 127 22 2 2 57 2 1 36 100 .234 .282 .293 .575 53 159 18 3 8 7 6

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 24 28 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 3 1 4 15 .181 .224 .250 .474 4 28
2005 27 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2006 28 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2007 29 26 62 60 5 9 4 0 0 7 0 2 9 .150 .177 .217 .394 2 26
2008 30 68 187 173 15 43 8 1 1 20 0 12 29 .249 .294 .324 .618 17 68
2009 31 72 249 224 20 58 6 0 1 26 1 17 45 .259 .313 .299 .612 21 72
6 Seasons 203 584 539 42 123 21 2 2 56 2 35 100 .228 .276 .286 .561 44 203
162 Game Avg. 162 466 430 34 98 17 2 2 45 2 28 80 .228 .276 .286 .561 35 203

* 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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