Jeff Niemann

Position: Starting 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	TBD	0	2	.000	4.11	4.99	11	8	1	0	0	0	30.2	19	17	14	3	15	0	42	2	0	1	127	1.109	5.6	0.9	4.4	12.3	2.80
2005	22	-1.8	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBD	0	1	.000	4.35	6.10	6	3	1	0	0	0	10.1	7	7	5	0	5	0	14	0	0	0	43	1.161	6.1	0.0	4.4	12.2	2.80
2005	22	-1.3	Visalia	CALL	A+	TBD	0	1	.000	3.98	4.43	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	12	10	9	3	10	0	28	2	0	1	84	1.082	5.3	1.3	4.4	12.4	2.80
2006	23	-1.2	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBD	5	5	.500	2.68	2.79	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.1	56	24	23	6	29	0	84	7	0	3	320	1.099	6.5	0.7	3.4	9.8	2.90
2006	23	-0.8	Phoenix	AZFL	Fal		0	0		2.70	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
2007	24	-2.8	Durham	IL	AAA	TBD	12	6	.667	3.98	4.74	25	25	0	0	0	0	131.0	144	69	58	13	46	1	123	9	0	8	580	1.450	9.9	0.9	3.2	8.5	2.67
2008	25	-2.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	9	5	.643	3.59	4.06	24	24	0	3	1	0	133.0	101	60	53	15	50	0	128	5	0	2	547	1.135	6.8	1.0	3.4	8.7	2.56
2008	25	-3.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	2	.500	5.06	6.75	5	2	2	0	0	0	16.0	18	12	9	3	8	0	14	1	0	0	76	1.625	10.1	1.7	4.5	7.9	1.75
2009	26	-2.1	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	13	6	.684	3.94	4.18	31	30	1	2	2	0	180.2	185	84	79	17	59	1	125	9	0	6	769	1.351	9.2	0.8	2.9	6.2	2.12
2010	27	-1.0	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	12	8	.600	4.39	4.44	30	29	0	1	1	0	174.1	159	86	85	25	61	6	131	7	0	4	733	1.262	8.2	1.3	3.1	6.8	2.15
2011	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TBR	1	1	.500	2.70	2.70	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	11	4	4	0	3	0	10	0	0	2	53	1.050	7.4	0.0	2.0	6.8	3.33
2011	28	1.3	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	1	1	.500	3.86	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	8	0	0	2	41	1.393	9.6	0.0	2.9	7.7	2.67
2011	28	5.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	4.5
2011	28	-0.2	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	11	7	.611	4.06	4.32	23	23	0	1	0	0	135.1	131	65	61	18	37	1	105	5	0	7	572	1.241	8.7	1.2	2.5	7.0	2.84
2012	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TBR	0	0		6.91	7.53	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.1	26	12	11	1	5	0	10	1	0	0	72	2.163	16.3	0.6	3.1	6.3	2.00
2012	29	1.8	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	0		7.56	7.56	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	17	7	7	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	42	2.280	18.4	1.1	2.2	4.3	2.00
2012	29	6.0	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		6.00	7.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	5	4	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	30	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2012	29	0.8	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	3	.400	3.08	4.03	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	30	17	13	2	12	0	34	2	0	2	156	1.105	7.1	0.5	2.8	8.1	2.83
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		40	26	.606	4.08	4.36	97	92	3	4	3	0	544.1	523	264	247	65	177	8	409	24	0	19	2306	1.286	8.6	1.1	2.9	6.8	2.31
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		27	19	.587	3.67	4.19	81	78	1	3	1	0	399.2	357	186	163	38	148	1	397	24	0	16	1699	1.264	8.0	0.9	3.3	8.9	2.68
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0		2.70	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
All Levels (8 Seasons)							67	45	.598	3.90	4.28	180	172	4	7	4	0	950.2	887	452	412	103	327	9	814	48	0	35	4034	1.277	8.4	1.0	3.1	7.7	2.49

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		22	12	.647	3.90	4.47	53	53	0	3	1	0	281.2	272	140	122	29	101	1	263	14	0	12	1210	1.324	8.7	0.9	3.2	8.4	2.60
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	2.87	3.18	20	17	1	0	0	0	87.2	63	31	28	6	34	0	98	7	0	3	363	1.106	6.5	0.6	3.5	10.1	2.88
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.86	4.45	8	8	0	0	0	0	30.1	22	15	13	3	13	0	36	3	0	1	126	1.154	6.5	0.9	3.9	10.7	2.77