Melvin Nieves

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: December 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Luis Pales Matos (Santa Rosa, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 1, 1992 (Age 20-248d, 16,204th in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1998 (Age 26-260d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Melvin Nieves

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

1228

284

.231

163

RBI

187

OBP

.314

SLG

.438

OPS

.752

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	DET	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 2	DET	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
3	3	Apr 3	DET	@	MIN	L,7-16	CG	44	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF
4	4	Apr 4	DET	@	OAK	W,10-9	CG	65	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-13	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 7	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	8	Apr 9	DET		SEA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 10	DET		SEA	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 11	DET		SEA	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 12	DET		CAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	12	Apr 13	DET		CAL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 14	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
14	14	Apr 15	DET	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	15	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,13-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	16	Apr 17	DET	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	17	Apr 18	DET	@	SEA	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	Apr 19	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	32 (13)	May 5	DET		TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	33	May 6	DET	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
21	34	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
22	35	May 8	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
23	36	May 9	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	37	May 10	DET	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	38	May 11	DET	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
26	39	May 12	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	40	May 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	41	May 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	42	May 16	DET	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	43	May 17	DET		CHW	L,6-11	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
31	44	May 18	DET		CHW	L,4-16	GS	42	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	45	May 19	DET		CHW	L,3-14	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	46	May 21	DET		KCR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	47	May 22	DET		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	48	May 24	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
36	49	May 25	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	50	May 26	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	51	May 27	DET	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	52	May 29	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	53	May 30	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	54	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	55	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	56	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
44	57	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,7-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	72 (14)	Jun 20	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	73	Jun 21	DET		MIN	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	74	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	76 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	77	Jun 25	DET	@	OAK	W,10-8	GS	39	7.2	2	0	1	3	0	RF
50	78	Jun 27	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	79	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	80	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,6-13	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
53	81	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	82	Jul 1	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	83	Jul 2	DET		MIL	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	84	Jul 3	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	86 (1)	Jul 5	DET		TOR	W,4-3	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	87	Jul 6	DET		TOR	L,0-15	CG	52	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
59	88	Jul 7	DET		TOR	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
60	89	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
61	90	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
62	92 (1)	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	93	Jul 15	DET	@	MIL	W,10-9	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	94	Jul 16	DET	@	MIL	L,7-20	CG	52	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
65	95	Jul 17	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
66	96	Jul 18	DET	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	98 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	99	Jul 21	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	54	11.2	0	0	1	1	0	RF
69	100	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	101	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,8-3	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	102	Jul 25	DET	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	103	Jul 26	DET	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	104	Jul 27	DET	@	SEA	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	105	Jul 28	DET	@	SEA	W,14-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	106	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	107	Jul 31	DET		CAL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	108	Aug 1	DET		CAL	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
78	125 (16)	Aug 20	DET		CHW	W,16-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	128 (2)	Aug 23	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	130 (1)	Aug 25	DET	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	132 (1)	Aug 27	DET		CLE	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	133	Aug 28	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	137 (3)	Sep 1	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	47	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
84	138	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	140 (1)	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	141	Sep 6	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	RF
87	142	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	143	Sep 8	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	144	Sep 9	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	145	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	146	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
92	147	Sep 12	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
93	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
94	151 (2)	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	152	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
96	153	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
97	154	Sep 20	DET	@	MIL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	155	Sep 21	DET	@	MIL	L,6-13	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
99	156	Sep 22	DET	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
100	157	Sep 23	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	158	Sep 24	DET		TOR	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	159	Sep 25	DET		TOR	L,11-13	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	160	Sep 27	DET		MIL	L,6-7	CG	26	5.1	0	0	1	1	0	RF
104	161	Sep 28	DET		MIL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	162	Sep 29	DET		MIL	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							105gm		902.1	207	9	13	229	2