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 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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2002 SDP NL 24 C 27 20 182.1 173 160 8 5 0 .971 -2.0 -13.2 -2 8.29 6.22 .991 7.53 6.41 1 10 10 3 23%
2005 NYY AL 27 C 3 0 9.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 11.00 3.67 .991 6.80 5.97 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 28 C 6 1 19.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.58 2.67 .994 7.11 6.32 1 2 2 1 33%
2007 NYY AL 29 C 25 21 169.0 119 111 6 2 1 .983 0.0 0.0 0 6.23 4.68 .991 7.28 6.41 1 3 21 6 22%
2007 NYY AL 29 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.90
2008 WSN NL 30 C 61 46 449.2 393 359 31 3 4 .992 -4.0 -10.7 -4 7.81 6.39 .993 7.65 6.72 3 20 39 10 20%
2009 WSN NL 31 C 71 65 553.2 427 380 41 6 4 .986 6.84 5.93 .993 7.77 6.93 4 34 13 28%
6 Seasons C 193 153 1382.2 1139 1036 87 16 9 .986 -6.0 -5.2 -6 7.31 5.82 .993 7.62 6.69 10 35 106 33 24%
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.90
6 Seasons TOT 194 153 1383.2 1140 1037 87 16 9 .986 -6.0 -5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 -6 7.31 5.79 .979 7.62 6.70 10 35 106 33 24%

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
2002 SDP NL 24 28 20 28 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 NYY AL 27 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 28 6 1 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 29 26 21 26 26 0 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 WSN NL 30 68 46 68 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
2009 WSN NL 31 72 65 72 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
6 Seasons 203 153 203 194 0 193 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2002 SDP NL 24 819 4.20 4.69 7 86% 0 0 164 4 0 2 158 4 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2005 NYY AL 27 36 4.00 5.00 1 100% 0 0 11 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 28 90 4.74 4.74 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 29 764 4.37 4.85 8 75% 0 0 111 6 0 3 102 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
2008 WSN NL 30 2028 4.64 5.14 15 93% 0 0 359 5 1 2 350 31 7 1 1 8 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 100%
2009 WSN NL 31 2538 5.06 5.53 27 85% 0 1 380 10 1 8 361 41 11 1 0 13 6 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 12 83%
6 Seasons 6275 4.71 5.19 58 86% 0 1 1040 26 2 15 996 83 20 2 1 21 16 2 2 12 1 9 0 0 1 22 86%
MLB Averages 4.38 4.75 92% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2002 SDP NL 24 1 10 322 10 3 2 23% 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 26 3 1.14 2.31
2005 NYY AL 27 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 28 1 2 30 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1.26 1.33
2007 NYY AL 29 1 3 274 21 6 6 22% 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1.22 0.94
2008 WSN NL 30 3 20 703 39 10 9 20% 34 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 80 16 1.47 1.23
2009 WSN NL 31 4 22 963 34 13 13 28% 29 11 4 2 1 0 0 0 82 17 1.13 1.28
6 Seasons 10 57 2306 106 33 31 24% 96 29 8 3 2 1 1 0 225 43 1.28 1.30
MLB Averages 29% 1.27 1.23

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%
2007 NYY AL 29 3 33% 67% 33% 0 0 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
1 Season 3 33% 67% 33% 0 0 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
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 82%

* 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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