#53 Butch Nieman, Rightfield, 31 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Blue Jays

#53 Butch Nieman, Rightfield, 31 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Blue Jays
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Butch Nieman

2/8/1918
31
USA,KS,HERKIMER
6"2
205

Rightfield
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1.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,371,429
1949
6 Year(s), 34 Days (1066 total Days)
172 Day(s)
6 Year(s), 34 Days (1066 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	5	6	6	8
Versus LHP	4	5	6	6	8
Versus RHP	5	5	6	6	8
Talent	5	5	6	6	8

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Fielding Ratings
LF : 3 (Range), .963 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 10 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 9

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/28	@NYN	W 5-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/30	@BRO	L 3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/2	CIN	W 3-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/4	@PIT	W 10-6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	#6
10/8	@NYN	W 8-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
10/11	NYN	W 6-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/12	NYN	W 8-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
10/14	@CHA	L 3-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/15	@CHA	W 10-7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/18	CHA	W 12-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1949

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	85	123	29	4	2	4	17	31	24	17	.236	.353	.398	.752	.848	.163
Projected	85	123	29	4	2	4	17	31	24	17	.236	.353	.398	.752	.848	.163

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	26	151	0	0	0	2	1	3	49	10	11	3	78.6	21.4	5.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	28	6	1	1	0	2	5	3	4	1	0	0	.214	.281	.321	.603
vs. RHP	95	23	3	1	4	15	26	21	13	2	1	0	.242	.373	.421	.794
Close/Late	20	3	0	0	1	1	10	4	2	0	0	0	.150	.292	.300	.592
Scoring Position	45	10	1	1	1	12	0	8	9	3	0	0	.222	.321	.356	.677
Pinch Hitting	27	6	0	0	0	2	7	9	5	2	1	0	.222	.385	.222	.607

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	41	65	15	3	1	4	9	16	8	9	.231	.307	.492	.799
Road	44	58	14	1	1	0	8	15	16	8	.241	.395	.293	.688
This Week	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Last Week	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
March/April	13	13	4	1	0	1	2	9	6	2	.308	.526	.615	1.142
May	14	22	8	1	1	2	8	4	2	2	.364	.400	.773	1.173
June	14	20	5	1	0	1	1	6	7	3	.250	.444	.450	.894
July	13	21	2	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	.095	.208	.190	.399
August	15	20	4	1	0	0	2	3	4	3	.200	.308	.250	.558
Sept/Oct	16	27	6	0	0	0	4	7	2	4	.222	.267	.222	.489
Postseason	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1943	26	84	25	2	0	2	11	11	10	0	0	9	5	2	.298	.372	.393	.765	PHI
1944	138	403	98	6	1	24	68	73	52	0	5	40	26	4	.243	.326	.442	.768	PHI
1945	127	361	98	18	1	16	55	68	52	0	2	32	31	4	.271	.361	.460	.821	PHI
1946	136	392	110	20	3	24	61	74	48	1	2	29	30	7	.281	.359	.531	.890	PHI
1947	123	294	79	12	3	18	46	67	47	1	3	37	29	6	.269	.368	.514	.882	PHI
1948	116	236	55	12	3	10	53	49	30	1	2	21	15	3	.233	.320	.436	.756	PHI
1949	85	123	29	4	2	4	17	31	24	0	3	17	11	3	.236	.353	.398	.752	PHI
Total	751	1893	494	74	13	98	311	373	263	3	17	185	147	29	.261	.349	.469	.818

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1943, AAA	132	444	135	10	4	60	123	126	116	72	28	7	.304	.444	.750	1.194

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1947	7	21	9	3	0	1	4	7	6	1	2	0	.429	.556	.714	1.270
1948	7	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
1949	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	20	29	11	3	0	1	6	9	6	2	5	1	.379	.486	.586	1.072

Fielding Stats 1949

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Shortstop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
Leftfield	18	9	21	1	0	22	0	1.000	96.1	2.06
Rightfield	21	17	38	1	1	41	2	.951	152.0	2.43

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1943...
Had first career hit on 9/1/1943, off Hi Bithorn (NYN)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/24/1943, off Johnny Podgajny (NYN)...
Injured on 3/31/1945 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration...
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1948...
1/31/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,371,429 through salary arbitration...
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1949...

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