Jeff Niemann

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-9, 285lb (206cm, 129kg)

Born: February 28, 1983 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (4th) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Mirabeau B. Lamar HS (Houston, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: April 13, 2008 (Age 25-045d, 19,275th in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 1, 2012 (Age 29-186d)
vs. TOR 3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Hendricks Sports • Previously: Casey Close, Damon Thames

Full Name: Jeffrey Warren Niemann

Pronunciation: \NEE-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

ERA

4.08

544.1

409

WHIP

1.286

Summary of 65 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 25 go ahead

1 Tm
TBR	65

Platoon
vs LHB	35
vs RHB	30

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	32

Outs
0	27
2	20
1	18

16 Opps
TOR	11
BAL	7
CHW	6
BOS	5
FLA	5
MIN	4
OAK	4
TEX	4
LAA	4
SEA	4
DET	4
NYY	3
ARI	1
STL	1
KCR	1
HOU	1

56 Batters
Adam Lind	3
Brian Roberts	2
Miguel Cabrera	2
Lance Berkman	2
José Bautista	2
Ty Wigginton	2
Paul Konerko	2
Ian Kinsler	2
Orlando Cabrera	1
Nick Markakis	1
Johnny Damon	1
Lyle Overbay	1
Melvin Mora	1
Jacoby Ellsbury	1
Jim Thome	1
David Ortiz	1
Coco Crisp	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Chris Coghlan	1
Matt Wieters	1
Jorge Cantú	1
David Murphy	1
Ichiro Suzuki	1
José López	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Jack Cust	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Rod Barajas	1
Wes Helms	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Mark Teahen	1
Scott Rolen	1
Delmon Young	1
Michael Young	1
Hank Conger	1
Jeremy Hermida	1
Fred Lewis	1
John Buck	1
Drew Butera	1
Alex Avila	1
David DeJesus	1
Robinson Canó	1
Peter Bourjos	1
Mike Napoli	1
Bobby Abreu	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Joe Crede	1
Dan Uggla	1
Hanley Ramírez	1
John McDonald	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Jason Kubel	1
Russell Branyan	1
Gordon Beckham	1
Jason Varitek	1
Jorge Posada	1

13 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	33
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	25
78	10
8	2
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	16
6	13
3	12
5	9
1	8
4	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	31
2·HR gms	17

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	9
12-	4
123	3
-2-	3
--3	2

96 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	44
1 on	14
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	21

Inning
1	12
2	8
3	8
4	6
5	7
6	16
7	4
8	3
9	1

1-3	28
4-6	29
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	4
+2	2
+1	7
Tied	21
-1	8
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	12

Ahead	14
Tied	21
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	10
3-2	9
0-0	8
1-0	8
0-1	8
1-1	7
3-1	4
1-2	3
2-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
DH	10
2B	8
LF	8
C	7
RF	7
3B	6
CF	3
SS	3

OrderPos
4th	12
3rd	10
1st	10
5th	10
8th	6
2nd	5
6th	5
9th	4
7th	3

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2008-04-13	Nick Markakis	BAL	@	TBR	behind 0-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2008-04-18	Jim Thome	CHW	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 3	1	12-	6,(3-2) BFBSBX	3	3	DH	23%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Uribe Scores/unER; N. Swisher Scores
3	3	3	2	2008-04-18	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	TBR	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2009-04-11	Melvin Mora	BAL		TBR	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	5	5	13%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Jones Scores; N. Markakis Scores; A. Huff Scores
5	5	2	1	2009-04-16	Jermaine Dye	CHW	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	9	16%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Thome Scores
6	6	3	1	2009-04-22	José López	SEA		TBR	behind 0-7	b 5	0	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	3	7%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Beltré Scores/unER; R. Cedeño Scores
7	7	4	1	2009-04-27	Joe Crede	MIN		TBR	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	5	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	2009-05-13	Ty Wigginton	BAL		TBR	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	DH	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	6	1	2009-05-18	Orlando Cabrera	OAK	@	TBR	behind 1-6	t 3	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	1	6	5%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
10	10	7	2	2009-05-18	Jack Cust	OAK	@	TBR	behind 2-13	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	3	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Buck Scores
11	11	8	1	2009-05-23	Dan Uggla	FLA		TBR	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	4	14%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	9	1	2009-07-26	Scott Rolen	TOR		TBR	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	5,(1-2) FBFFX	3	4	5	19%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Hill Scores; A. Lind Scores
13	13	10	1	2009-08-01	David DeJesus	KCR	@	TBR	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBBSX	1	1	7	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	11	1	2009-08-07	Russell Branyan	SEA		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	3	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	12	2	2009-08-07	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		TBR	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	4	DH	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	13	1	2009-08-19	Brian Roberts	BAL	@	TBR	behind 0-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	4	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	14	1	2009-08-24	Rod Barajas	TOR		TBR	behind 0-3	b 2	0	123	4,(2-1) FBBX	4	7	2	22%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Overbay Scores; V. Wells Scores; R. Ruiz Scores
18	18	15	1	2009-09-04	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	TBR	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	7,(3-2) BBCBFFX	1	4	3	16%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	16	1	2009-09-22	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	@	TBR	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	9	25%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Carp Scores
20	20	17	1	2009-09-28	Brian Roberts	BAL	@	TBR	tied 2-2	t 4	1	--3	6,(2-2) BSBSFX	2	1	4	15%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Fiorentino Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2010-04-13	Ty Wigginton	BAL		TBR	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	4	18%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Reimold Scores
22	22	2	1	2010-04-19	Jeremy Hermida	BOS		TBR	behind 0-8	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Hall Scores
23	23	3	1	2010-04-24	Lyle Overbay	TOR	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BFBBSX	1	5	3	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	4	2	2010-04-24	Adam Lind	TOR	@	TBR	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1--	6,(3-2) CBBSB>X	2	3	DH	34%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Hill Scores
25	25	5	1	2010-05-22	Lance Berkman	HOU		TBR	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	13%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	6	1	2010-05-27	Mark Teahen	CHW	@	TBR	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	2010-06-01	Fred Lewis	TOR		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	8	2	2010-06-01	John Buck	TOR		TBR	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	8	2	11%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	9	1	2010-06-13	Jorge Cantú	FLA	@	TBR	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	10	2	2010-06-13	Wes Helms	FLA	@	TBR	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	-2-	4,(2-1) 11C>B.BX	2	8	5	11%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Stanton Scores
31	31	11	1	2010-06-19	Chris Coghlan	FLA		TBR	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	12	2	2010-06-19	Hanley Ramírez	FLA		TBR	behind 1-4	b 6	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	3	6	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	13	1	2010-06-25	Adam LaRoche	ARI	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	11%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
34	34	14	1	2010-07-01	Delmon Young	MIN		TBR	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	6,(2-2) BFFBFX	1	8	7	24%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	15	1	2010-07-17	Mark Teixeira	NYY		TBR	behind 2-8	b 5	1	---	6,(1-2) FFBFFX	1	3	3	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	16	2	2010-07-17	Jorge Posada	NYY		TBR	behind 3-9	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	DH	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	17	1	2010-07-28	Johnny Damon	DET	@	TBR	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	2	7	11%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	18	2	2010-07-28	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	TBR	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	3	12%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	19	1	2010-08-03	Drew Butera	MIN	@	TBR	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	2	20%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	20	1	2010-08-25	Mike Napoli	LAA		TBR	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	123	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	4	6	3	6%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Callaspo Scores; T. Hunter Scores; H. Matsui Scores
41	41	21	1	2010-08-31	John McDonald	TOR	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	6	12%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	22	1	2010-09-06	David Ortiz	BOS		TBR	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	6,(3-2) CBBBS>X	2	4	DH	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); V. Martínez Scores
43	43	23	2	2010-09-06	Adrián Beltré	BOS		TBR	ahead 2-1	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	9%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
44	44	24	1	2010-09-19	Bobby Abreu	LAA	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	1	2	7	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	25	2	2010-09-19	Peter Bourjos	LAA	@	TBR	tied 1-1	t 4	2	12-	9,(3-2) LBBBC>F>F>F>X	3	9	8	31%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Kendrick Scores; H. Conger Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2011-04-05	Hank Conger	LAA	@	TBR	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	2011-04-10	Gordon Beckham	CHW		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	10%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	3	2	2011-04-10	Paul Konerko	CHW		TBR	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	9%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	4	1	2011-04-16	Jason Kubel	MIN	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BCFBBX	1	5	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
50	50	5	1	2011-05-04	Adam Lind	TOR	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	5,(2-2) BFSBX	2	4	3	18%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Davis Scores
51	51	6	1	2011-07-02	Lance Berkman	STL	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	13%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	2011-07-07	Robinson Canó	NYY		TBR	behind 0-5	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	5	4	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	8	1	2011-08-05	Coco Crisp	OAK	@	TBR	behind 0-4	t 6	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	2	8	11%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Weeks Scores
54	54	9	2	2011-08-05	Hideki Matsui	OAK	@	TBR	behind 2-8	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	10	1	2011-08-16 (2)	Jason Varitek	BOS		TBR	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
56	56	11	2	2011-08-16 (2)	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS		TBR	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	14%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	12	1	2011-08-22	Alex Avila	DET	@	TBR	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	2	18%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cabrera Scores
58	58	13	1	2011-09-01	Ian Kinsler	TEX		TBR	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	6,(2-2) CSFBBX	1	1	4	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
59	59	14	2	2011-09-01	Michael Young	TEX		TBR	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
60	60	15	1	2011-09-06	Ian Kinsler	TEX	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	16	2	2011-09-06	David Murphy	TEX	@	TBR	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	9	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	17	1	2011-09-12	Matt Wieters	BAL		TBR	behind 1-4	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	18	1	2011-09-24	José Bautista	TOR	@	TBR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	7,(3-2) 1C*B1BS1B>F>X	2	3	9	18%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Thames Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	2012-04-17	José Bautista	TOR		TBR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	2	2	2012-04-17	Adam Lind	TOR		TBR	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	-2-	5,(2-2) 1CBS1B.X	2	4	3	13%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Johnson Scores/unER; A. Lind Scores/unER