Bob Nieman

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Full Name: Robert Charles Nieman	Primary Position: OF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/195	First Game: September 14, 1951
Birthdate: January 26, 1927	Final Game: October 3, 1962
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: March 10, 1985
Deathplace: Corona, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Bob Nieman (Robert Charles Nieman) was born on January 26, 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 14, 1951 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .289 with 18 home runs and 74 RBI. Nieman played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Nieman's best season was 1953, when he slugged 15 home runs, hit for a .281 average and knocked in 69 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	STL	A	12	43	6	16	2	8	.372	.413	.628	3	1	3	5	0	1	0	0	1
1952	STL	A	131	478	66	138	18	74	.289	.352	.456	22	2	46	73	1	8	0	0	14
1953	DET	A	142	508	72	143	15	69	.281	.354	.453	32	5	57	57	0	3	0	0	13
1954	DET	A	91	251	24	66	8	35	.263	.319	.422	14	1	22	32	0	3	0	0	10
1955	CHI	A	99	272	36	77	11	53	.283	.366	.460	11	2	36	37	2	3	1	1	9
1956	CHI	A	14	40	3	12	2	4	.300	.364	.475	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	4
1956	BAL	A	114	388	60	125	12	64	.322	.442	.497	20	6	86	59	0	1	1	3	10
1956	TOT	A	128	428	63	137	14	68	.320	.436	.495	21	6	90	63	0	1	1	5	14
1957	BAL	A	129	445	61	123	13	70	.276	.363	.429	17	6	63	86	2	3	4	3	14
1958	BAL	A	105	366	56	119	16	60	.325	.395	.522	20	2	44	57	0	1	2	5	12
1959	BAL	A	118	360	49	105	21	60	.292	.367	.528	18	2	42	55	2	3	1	3	12
1960	STL	N	81	188	19	54	4	31	.287	.372	.473	13	5	24	31	2	0	0	1	5
1961	STL	N	6	17	0	8	0	2	.471	.471	.529	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	CLE	A	39	65	2	23	2	10	.354	.417	.538	6	0	7	4	0	0	1	0	0
1961	Total		45	82	2	31	2	12	.378	.427	.537	7	0	7	6	0	0	1	0	0
1962	SF	N	30	30	1	9	1	3	.300	.323	.467	2	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
1962	CLE	A	2	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	Total		32	31	1	9	1	4	.290	.303	.452	2	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		117	235	20	71	5	36	.302	.373	.477	16	5	25	42	2	0	0	1	5
Total	AL		996	3217	435	947	120	508	.294	.373	.474	164	27	410	470	7	26	10	17	99
Total			1113	3452	455	1018	125	544	.295	.373	.474	180	32	435	512	9	26	10	18	104

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	STL	A	OF	11	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1952	STL	A	OF	125	0	0	230	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1953	DET	A	OF	135	0	0	271	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1954	DET	A	OF	62	0	0	119	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1955	CHI	A	OF	78	0	0	118	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1956	CHI	A	OF	10	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	OF	114	0	0	243	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1956	TOT	A	OF	124	0	0	267	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1957	BAL	A	OF	120	117	992.1	237	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1957	BAL	A	LF	116	113	961.1	221	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1957	BAL	A	RF	4	4	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	OF	100	97	768	145	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1958	BAL	A	LF	100	97	768	144	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1959	BAL	A	LF	97	94	723.2	171	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1959	BAL	A	OF	97	94	723.2	171	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1960	STL	N	RF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	STL	N	OF	55	52	344	63	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1960	STL	N	LF	53	51	343	64	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1961	STL	N	OF	4	4	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	STL	N	LF	4	4	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CLE	A	OF	12	11	83	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1961	CLE	A	LF	7	6	44	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CLE	A	RF	5	5	39	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1961	Total		LF	11	10	72	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	Total		OF	16	15	111	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1962	SF	N	OF	3	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	SF	N	LF	3	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	926	375	2947	1672	47	44	9	0	0	0	0	0	.975
Total			RF	11	10	71	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
Total			LF	380	365	2876	621	16	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1948).
Claimed on waivers by Oklahoma City (Texas) from Cincinnati Reds (June, 1951).
Sold by Oklahoma City (Texas) to St. Louis Browns (July 21, 1951).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Owen Friend and JW Porter to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Virgil Trucks, Hal White and Johnny Groth (December 4, 1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Walt Dropo and Ted Gray to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Leo Cristante, Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips (December 6, 1954).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson and George Kell to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley (May 21, 1956).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gene Green and Charles Staniland (December 2, 1959).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Joe Morgan, cash and a player to be named later (May 10, 1961); St. Louis Cardinals received Mike Lee (@June 1, 1961).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants (April 29, 1962).
Released by San Francisco Giants (October 22, 1962).

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