Bob Nieman

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: January 26, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: March 10, 1985 in Corona, CA

Buried: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA

High School: Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)

Debut: September 14, 1951 (Age 24-231d, 10,845th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1962 (Age 35-250d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Robert Charles Nieman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

3452

1018

125

.295

455

RBI

544

OBP

.373

SLG

.474

OPS

.847

OPS+

132

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

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,7-8	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	51	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
9	9	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	14	Apr 28	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	15	Apr 29	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET		PHA	W,7-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	17	May 2	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	18	May 3	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 4	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
20	20	May 5	DET		WSH	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	21	May 6	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	22	May 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	23	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	24	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	25	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	26	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	27	May 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	31 (2)	May 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF RF
30	32	May 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
31	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	34	May 22	DET		CHW	W,7-0	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	37 (2)	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	38	May 27	DET	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	66	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	39	May 29	DET		SLB	L,5-11	CG	56	11.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
36	40	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	41	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,1-13	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	42	May 31	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 2	DET		PHA	T,7-7	GS	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	44	Jun 3	DET		PHA	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
42	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-9	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	47	Jun 6 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
44	48	Jun 6 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	49	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	50	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	51	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	52	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	53	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	RF
50	54	Jun 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	55	Jun 13	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	56	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	57	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-17	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-23	CG	60	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	RF
56	62 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	64 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
58	65	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	66	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
60	67	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	68	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
63	70	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	73 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	74	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	77	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	86 (8)	Jul 12 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
69	87	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	88	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	89	Jul 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
72	90	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	91	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	92	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-7	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
75	93	Jul 23 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-6	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	94	Jul 23 (2)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	95	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	96	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,11-15	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	97	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	98	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	99	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	100	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	101	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	103	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
87	105	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	106	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-15	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	107	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	108	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	109	Aug 7	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	110	Aug 8	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	111	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GF	15	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	113 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	115 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	GF	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
96	116	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	117	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	118	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
99	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	120	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
101	121	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	122	Aug 20	DET		CLE	L,7-13	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	123	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	125 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
105	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	127	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,3-6	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
107	128	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	129	Aug 27	DET		WSH	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
109	130	Aug 28	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	131	Aug 29	DET		WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
111	132	Aug 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	133	Aug 30 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-1	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	134	Aug 31 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	135	Aug 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-10	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	136	Sep 1	DET		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	137	Sep 2	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
117	138	Sep 3	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	139	Sep 4	DET	@	SLB	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
119	140	Sep 5	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
120	141	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	142	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	144 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	145	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
124	146	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	147	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
126	148	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-4	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	149	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
128	150	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
129	151	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
130	152	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	LF
131	153	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
132	154	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	155	Sep 22	DET		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
134	156	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
135	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							138gm		1144.0	265	9	6	280	1