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Bob
Nieman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 26, 1927 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965   
Gold Glove 1953    1959    1960    1962    1963   
All-Star Selections 1953    1954    1955    1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 24 BSN NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1952 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1953 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1954 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 28 BSN NL $ 2,860,714   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 7
1956 29 BSN NL $ 3,464,286   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1957 30 BSN NL $ 3,464,286   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1958 31 BRK NL $ 5,050,503   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7
1959 32 BRK NL $ 5,050,503   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 33 BRK NL $ 5,050,503   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
1961 34 TAM AL $ 5,050,503   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1962 35 SEM AL $ 3,760,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1963 36 SEM AL $ 3,760,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1964 37 SEM AL $ 3,760,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 38 SEM AL $ 3,760,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,050,503   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 24 AAA   105 244 73 90 19 2 24 75 6 6 52 37 .369 .480 .758 1.238 74.9  
1952 25 BSN NL 125 271 40 72 22 3 11 58 0 0 27 33 .266 .328 .491 .819 43.1 7.4
1953 26 BSN NL 154 582 102 187 38 3 27 96 0 0 62 78 .321 .385 .536 .921 107.2 25.7
1954 27 BSN NL 92 331 57 103 15 5 10 68 0 0 33 45 .311 .372 .477 .849 52.8 10.6
1955 28 BSN NL 158 578 104 179 34 9 23 97 0 0 63 94 .310 .373 .519 .892 103.3 21.3
1956 29 BSN NL 150 535 86 145 30 7 14 84 1 0 53 71 .271 .332 .432 .764 73.6 12.1
1957 30 BSN NL 153 573 91 151 30 5 23 91 1 2 54 69 .264 .327 .454 .781 77.5 12.6
1958 31 PIT NL 77 298 32 78 19 1 7 28 0 0 27 46 .262 .320 .403 .723 38.5 5.2
  BRK NL 78 272 46 84 20 2 7 55 0 0 26 46 .309 .366 .474 .841 44.8 9.5
  TOT   155 570 78 162 39 3 14 83 0 0 53 92 .284 .342 .437 .779 83.2 14.7
1959 32 BRK NL 154 594 92 154 30 8 18 81 0 0 47 91 .259 .314 .428 .741 75.8 13.1
1960 33 BRK NL 156 589 77 175 27 6 18 85 0 0 49 102 .297 .350 .455 .805 88.0 18.6
1961 34 TAM AL 125 379 51 100 15 6 7 52 0 0 38 75 .264 .329 .391 .719 49.3 9.3
1962 35 BSN NL 104 397 61 124 24 3 12 58 0 0 30 69 .312 .360 .479 .839 61.2 14.1
  SEM AL 54 196 16 45 7 1 3 20 0 0 12 42 .230 .273 .321 .594 15.5 1.6
  TOT   158 593 77 169 31 4 15 78 0 0 42 111 .285 .332 .427 .758 76.7 15.7
1963 36 SEM AL 156 580 81 174 26 3 17 84 2 10 52 89 .300 .356 .443 .799 84.9 18.5
1964 37 SEM AL 154 543 53 154 22 7 9 73 0 0 63 81 .284 .354 .400 .754 77.9 16.8
1965 38 SEM AL 122 290 42 73 11 1 10 46 1 0 28 44 .252 .315 .400 .715 37.6 7.5
14 Years Sim 2012 7008 1031 1998 370 70 216 1076 5 12 664 1075 .285 .345 .450 .795 1031.0 203.8
1 Years AAA 105 244 73 90 19 2 24 75 6 6 52 37 .369 .482 .758 1.240 74.9  
162 Game Average 564 83 160 29 5 17 86 0 0 53 86 .285 .345 .450 .795 83.0  
Career Highs 158 594 104 187 39 9 27 97 2 10 63 111 .321 .385 .536 .921 107.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4253 603 1212 231 39 115 642 4 10 369 650 .285 .339 .439 .778 617.0
vs LH   2755 428 786 139 31 101 434 1 2 295 425 .285 .353 .468 .822 446.1
Home 1004 3404 480 986 173 29 111 534 2 8 319 518 .290 .349 .455 .804 525.2
Away 1008 3604 551 1012 197 41 105 542 3 4 345 557 .281 .341 .446 .787 537.9
RISP   1688 0 518 102 14 65 810 0 0 232 276 .307 .378 .499 .878 316.7
Pinch Hitting   203 29 54 13 0 8 47 0 0 23 27 .266 .335 .448 .783 30.9
Close/Late   834 120 260 51 10 24 119 0 0 83 129 .312 .374 .483 .857 142.3
Mar/Apr 342 1249 184 377 69 12 44 202 3 4 125 183 .302 .363 .482 .845 209.6
May 361 1287 187 378 64 16 34 189 0 1 110 216 .294 .348 .448 .795 193.5
June 344 1234 181 346 56 9 38 186 1 1 111 192 .280 .337 .433 .770 178.3
July 314 1067 172 305 60 13 37 170 1 1 109 164 .286 .350 .470 .820 171.3
August 332 1142 151 308 65 13 30 167 0 2 94 166 .270 .324 .428 .752 154.8
Sep/Oct 319 1029 156 284 56 7 33 162 0 3 115 154 .276 .346 .440 .787 155.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 BSN NL LF 57 51 436.7 88 0 3 0 .967 1.81   1.0
    RF 20 8 94.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1953 26 BSN NL LF 148 141 1279.7 284 5 6 0 .980 2.03   3.1
    RF 6 0 10.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 27 BSN NL LF 80 74 662.0 154 5 3 2 .981 2.16   2.0
    RF 10 5 54.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1955 28 BSN NL LF 116 110 981.0 182 4 6 2 .969 1.71   2.4
    RF 38 35 308.0 65 2 4 1 .944 1.96    
1956 29 BSN NL LF 140 136 1206.0 206 8 6 2 .973 1.60   2.1
    RF 6 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1957 30 BSN NL LF 148 146 1286.3 252 6 5 2 .981 1.81   3.2
    RF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1958 31 PIT NL LF 53 49 459.2 108 4 3 1 .974 2.20   1.3
    RF 22 21 203.6 35 1 2 1 .947 1.59   0.0
  BRK NL LF 54 50 419.1 99 4 3 1 .972 2.21   1.1
    RF 22 22 185.8 32 1 1 0 .971 1.60   0.0
  TOT   LF 107 99 878.3 207 8 6 2 .973 2.20   2.4
      RF 44 43 389.4 67 2 3 1 .958 1.59   0.0
1959 32 BRK NL LF 152 146 1280.0 303 8 6 2 .981 2.19   5.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 33 BRK NL LF 145 140 1249.0 298 7 10 0 .968 2.20   4.2
    RF 5 1 20.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44    
1961 34 TAM AL LF 96 90 807.0 162 4 4 2 .976 1.85   1.6
    RF 24 0 54.3 17 1 2 0 .900 2.98    
1962 35 BSN NL LF 95 94 865.4 192 4 3 2 .985 2.04   3.7
    RF 7 3 32.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.11   0.0
  SEM AL LF 50 49 420.6 93 2 2 1 .979 2.03   1.4
    RF 4 1 15.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.0
  TOT   LF 145 143 1286.0 285 6 5 3 .983 2.04   5.0
      RF 11 4 48.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.12   0.0
1963 36 SEM AL LF 124 121 1088.0 234 7 9 1 .964 1.99   2.1
    1B 28 28 248.3 296 25 6 22 .982 11.63   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1964 37 SEM AL LF 147 145 1296.3 268 3 9 0 .968 1.88   2.9
    1B 5 5 44.0 50 5 1 9 .982 11.25   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1965 38 SEM AL 1B 62 62 535.3 655 38 16 60 .977 11.65   0.4
    LF 4 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    RF 7 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1609 1546 13774.3 2931 71 78 18 .975 1.96   37.5
  RF 179 96 1019.0 193 6 9 2 .957 1.76   0.0
  1B 96 95 829.7 1003 69 23 91 .979 11.63   0.5
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1886 1737 15625.0 4127 146 110 111 .975 2.46   38.0
Career Highs   156 150 1342.3 664 38 16 60 .983 10.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 30 BSN NL 5 22 2 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 .227 .227 .364 .591
1962 35 SEM AL 19 80 7 25 2 2 3 12 0 0 6 11 .313 .360 .500 .860
1965 38 SEM AL 15 53 6 11 3 1 0 6 0 0 3 11 .208 .250 .302 .552
Career Post-Season Batting 39 155 15 41 5 3 4 23 0 0 9 27 .265 .305 .413 .718
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1953-5-.321
1955-8-.310
1960-7-.297
 On-Base Pct
1953-8-.385
 Slugging Pct
1953-5-.536
 OPS
1953-6-.921
 XR
1953-7-107.2
 Games
1955-1-158
1960-7-156
1963-9-156
At-Bats
1953-6-582
1955-9-578
1959-1-594
1960-6-589
 Runs
1953-9-102
1955-10-104
1959-10-92
 Hits
1953-4-187
1955-5-179
1960-3-175
1963-8-174
 Total Bases
1953-6-312
1955-9-300
 Singles
1953-8-119
1955-9-113
1958-10-106
1960-6-124
1963-10-128
1964-10-116
 Doubles
1953-4-38
1955-7-34
1958-5-39
Triples
1955-1-9
1956-4-7
1959-1-8
1960-4-6
1961-7-6
1964-6-7
 Caught Stealing
1963-10-10
 Strikeouts
1955-9-94
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Spencer (937)
  2. Roy Sievers (934)
  3. Jackie Jensen (930)
  4. Jim Rice (929)
  5. Earl Robinson (920)
  6. Fred Lynn (911)
  7. Jackie Brandt (908)
  8. Cookie Rojas (905)
  9. Sal Bando (903)
  10. Mike Easler (902)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1951
Had first career hit on 4/2/1952, off Willard Nixon (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1952, off Billy Pierce (TAM)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1953
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/23/1954
Drove in 7 runs against New York (N) on 6/21/1954
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1954 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 10 weeks
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,860,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 8 runs against New York (A) on 7/6/1957
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/19/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $5,050,503 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to Brooklyn on 7/1/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bob Nieman, 1B Ed Stevens. Going to PIT: LF Bill Howerton, LF Gene Woodling)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/11/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1958, hitting .452 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 5/12/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1959, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1959
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1960
Traded from Brooklyn to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1961 (Going to BRK: SS Bob Stephenson. Going to TAM: LF Bob Nieman)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $3,760,000 per year
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (N) to Seattle on 7/31/1962 (Going to BSN: P Bobby Bolin. Going to SEM: LF Bob Nieman)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1962
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1963
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
 
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