Wil Nieves

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: September 25, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 47th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eloisa Pascual HS (Condado, Puerto Rico).

High Schools: Condado (Condado, Puerto Rico), Eloisa Pascual HS (Condado, Puerto Rico)

Debut: July 21, 2002 (Age 24-299d, 18,125th in major league history)
vs. ARI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 29, 2015 (Age 37-216d)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: MDR Sports Management

Full Name: Wilbert Nieves

Pronunciation: \nee-YEV-es\

Twitter: @WilNieves27

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Relatives: Brother of Melvin Nieves

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.2

1164

281

.241

RBI

114

OBP

.280

SLG

.317

OPS

.597

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1996	18	SDP-min	Rk	43	128	113	23	39	5	0	2	22	3	4	13	19	.345	.413	.442	.855		50	1	0	2	0	0		PDS · ARIZ
1997	19	SDP-min	A,Rk	26	96	82	8	20	3	1	1	9	3	1	11	15	.244	.330	.341	.671		28	0	0	2	1	0		CLI,PDS · MIDW,ARIZ
1998	20	SDP-min	A	115	444	380	47	97	22	0	3	55	7	9	47	69	.255	.343	.337	.680		128	16	7	4	6	4		CLI · MIDW
1999	21	SDP-min	A+	120	477	427	58	140	26	2	7	61	2	7	40	54	.328	.389	.447	.836		191	12	5	1	4	1		RCU · CALL
2000	22	SDP-min	AA,A+,AAA	100	354	316	34	83	9	0	4	39	3	1	31	39	.263	.329	.329	.658		104	12	1	4	2	4		MOB,RCU,LVG · SOUL,CALL,PCL
2001	23	SDP-min	AA	95	356	330	28	99	24	0	3	41	1	0	18	40	.300	.336	.400	.736		132	8	2	2	4	2		MOB · SOUL
2002	24	SDP-min	AAA	70	245	237	24	73	20	2	7	29	0	0	5	40	.308	.321	.498	.819		118	7	0	2	1	0		POR · PCL
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/H

2003	25	ANA-min	AAA	102	395	361	48	102	16	2	4	38	1	2	25	53	.283	.327	.371	.698		134	8	1	3	5	3		SLK · PCL
2004	26	ANA-min	AAA	108	435	421	60	125	22	8	10	53	3	6	12	64	.297	.316	.458	.774		193	11	0	1	1	0		SLK · PCL
2005	27	NYY-min	AAA	102	404	380	45	110	22	3	4	37	1	1	13	38	.289	.313	.395	.707		150	16	2	4	5	1		CLB · IL
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-min	AAA	88	348	321	29	83	13	0	5	34	2	1	18	29	.259	.298	.346	.644		111	13	1	6	2	0		CLB · IL
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-min	AAA	27	98	90	5	23	1	2	1	8	1	0	6	10	.256	.306	.344	.651		31	2	1	0	1	0		SWB · IL
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	2/3H
2008	30	WSN-min	AAA	9	29	25	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	6	.240	.321	.280	.601		7	0	0	1	0	0		CLB · IL
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	2H
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/H
2010	32	WSN	NL	59	172	158	10	32	8	0	3	16	0	0	8	29	.203	.244	.310	.554	49	49	6	1	4	1	2	2/H
2011	33	MIL-ATL-min	AAA	44	174	159	11	35	4	0	2	12	1	0	10	22	.220	.267	.283	.550		45	11	1	2	2	0		NVL,GWI · PCL,IL
2011	33	MIL	NL	20	54	50	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.140	.189	.180	.369	1	9	3	0	1	0	1	2/H
2012	34	COL-min	AAA	34	123	111	15	34	4	0	3	16	1	1	6	20	.306	.336	.423	.760		47	6	0	4	2	2		CSP · PCL
2012	34	TOT	NL	32	89	83	7	25	3	0	2	8	0	1	4	17	.301	.330	.410	.739	91	34	3	0	1	1	2	2H/3
2012	34	COL	NL	16	51	47	3	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	9	.298	.333	.404	.738	87	19	3	0	0	1	1	2/H3
2012	34	ARI	NL	16	38	36	4	11	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	8	.306	.324	.417	.741	98	15	0	0	1	0	1	2/H
2013	35	ARI	NL	71	206	195	16	58	11	0	1	22	0	0	8	32	.297	.320	.369	.690	90	72	7	0	0	3	0	2H/D
2014	36	PHI-min	Rk,AA,A+	11	38	35	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.200	.263	.257	.520		9	2	2	0	0	0		CLR,REA,CLW · GULF,EL,FLOR
2014	36	PHI	NL	36	128	122	9	31	8	0	1	7	1	0	1	34	.254	.270	.344	.614	71	42	2	2	2	1	0	2/3H
2015	37	ATL-min	AAA	22	71	63	5	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	8	14	.238	.324	.286	.610		18	8	0	0	0	0		GWI · IL
2015	37	SDP	NL	6	14	13	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.077	.143	.308	.451	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	/23H
12 Yrs				427	1260	1164	88	281	54	2	10	114	3	2	61	228	.241	.280	.317	.597	61	369	39	6	16	13	11
162 Game Avg.				162	478	442	33	107	20	1	4	43	1	1	23	87	.241	.280	.317	.597	61	140	15	2	6	5	4

WSN (3 yrs)				199	617	558	45	136	23	1	5	62	1	1	38	103	.244	.293	.315	.608	63	176	20	4	9	8	4
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
ARI (2 yrs)				87	244	231	20	69	12	0	2	25	0	1	9	40	.299	.321	.377	.698	91	87	7	0	1	3	1
SDP (2 yrs)				34	90	85	3	14	3	1	1	7	1	0	5	19	.165	.211	.259	.470	29	22	1	0	0	0	4
COL (1 yr)				16	51	47	3	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	9	.298	.333	.404	.738	87	19	3	0	0	1	1
PHI (1 yr)				36	128	122	9	31	8	0	1	7	1	0	1	34	.254	.270	.344	.614	71	42	2	2	2	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				20	54	50	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.140	.189	.180	.369	1	9	3	0	1	0	1

NL (9 yrs)				392	1184	1093	82	271	50	2	10	106	3	2	59	217	.248	.287	.325	.612	65	355	36	6	13	13	11
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

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