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Melvin Nieves
Melvin Ramos Nieves

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 1, 1992
  vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 14, 1998
Born December 28, 1971 in San Juan, P.R.

Brother of Wil Nieves

Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 20 ATL NL  12   19    0    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .211  .286  .263   53    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1993 21 SDP NL  19   47    4    9   0  0   2    3   0  0   3  21  .191  .255  .319   52   15   0   0   0   1   0
 1994 22 SDP NL  10   19    2    5   1  0   1    4   0  0   3  10  .263  .364  .474  120    9   0   0   0   0   0
 1995 23 SDP NL  98  234   32   48   6  1  14   38   2  3  19  88  .205  .276  .419   83   98   1   3   0   5   9
 1996 24 DET AL 120  431   71  106  23  4  24   60   1  2  44 158  .246  .322  .485  101  209   0   3   2   6  10
 1997 25 DET AL 116  359   46   82  18  1  20   64   1  7  39 157  .228  .311  .451   97  162   0   2   6   5   3
 1998 26 CIN NL  83  119    8   30   4  0   2   17   0  0  26  42  .252  .381  .336   90   40   0   2   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      458 1228  163  284  53  6  63  187   4 12 136 483  .231  .314  .438   93  538   1  10   9  17  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        434   58  100  19  2  22   66   1  4  48 171  .231  .314  .438   93  190   0   4   3   6   9
 Career High    120  431   71  106  23  4  24   64   2  7  44 158  .246  .322  .485  101  209   1   3   6   6  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 20 ATL NL   21   15    2   3.6    98| .211  .267| .286  .334| .263  .393| .549  .726|  53  .437  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1993 21 SDP NL   51   38    4   2.8   105| .191  .273| .255  .339| .319  .416| .574  .755|  52  .287  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1994 22 SDP NL   22   14    4   7.7   107| .263  .271| .364  .337| .474  .424| .838  .761| 120  .692   0.6   0.1   0%
 1995 23 SDP NL  262  202   25   3.3   104| .205  .267| .276  .336| .419  .416| .695  .752|  83  .334  -7.0  -0.7  40%
 1996 24 DET AL  484  340   67   5.3   116| .246  .277| .322  .350| .485  .445| .807  .795| 101  .474  -1.4  -0.1  33%
 1997 25 DET AL  405  289   50   4.6   108| .228  .270| .311  .339| .451  .427| .762  .766|  97  .451  -2.5  -0.2  12%
 1998 26 CIN NL  147   94   17   4.9   109| .252  .271| .381  .342| .336  .428| .717  .770|  90  .500  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1392  992  169   4.6   110| .231  .272| .314  .343| .438  .430| .752  .773|  93  .443 -15.4  -1.4  25%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 20 ATL NL OF 6 8 0 3 0 .727 .988 1.33 1.97 2.06 2.34 2 35.0 LF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.33 1.63 2.77 2.15 1 13.0 RF 3 4 0 2 0 .667 .976 1.33 1.67 1.64 2.09 1 22.0 1993 21 SDP NL RF 15 28 0 2 0 .933 .976 1.87 1.78 2.42 2.17 11 104.3 1994 22 SDP NL OF 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.90 3.00 2.25 4 36.0 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.82 2.45 2.17 2 22.0 LF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 1.45 3.86 1.93 2 14.0 1995 23 SDP NL OF 79 95 5 1 1 .990 .979 1.27 1.82 1.83 2.15 49 491.0 LF 62 75 5 1 1 .988 .972 1.29 1.43 1.80 1.87 42 400.0 RF 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.87 1.76 1.70 2.07 5 69.0 CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.17 2.86 2.50 2 22.0 1B 2 11 0 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 8.35 15.71 9.71 1 6.3 1996 24 DET AL OF 105 207 9 13 2 .943 .983 2.06 2.02 2.15 2.37 104 902.3 RF 84 160 7 9 2 .949 .979 1.99 1.72 2.09 2.17 83 720.0 LF 21 47 2 4 0 .925 .978 2.33 1.75 2.42 2.18 21 182.3 DH 11 1997 25 DET AL RF 101 189 4 4 1 .980 .978 1.91 1.79 2.31 2.18 84 753.3 OF 101 188 4 4 1 .980 .982 1.90 2.02 2.28 2.32 84 758.3 DH 10 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1998 26 CIN NL OF 25 30 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.24 1.78 1.73 2.17 18 161.0 RF 22 28 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.32 1.66 1.86 2.08 16 140.0 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 1.29 1.89 2 21.0 DH 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 23 SDP NL 1B 2 11 0 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 8.35 15.71 9.71 1 6.3 1995 23 SDP NL CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.17 2.86 2.50 2 22.0 1997 25 DET AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1996 24 DET AL DH 11 1997 25 DET AL DH 10 1998 26 CIN NL DH 3 1992 20 ATL NL LF 3 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.33 1.63 2.77 2.15 1 13.0 1994 22 SDP NL LF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 1.45 3.86 1.93 2 14.0 1995 23 SDP NL LF 62 75 5 1 1 .988 .972 1.29 1.43 1.80 1.87 42 400.0 1996 24 DET AL LF 21 47 2 4 0 .925 .978 2.33 1.75 2.42 2.18 21 182.3 1998 26 CIN NL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.37 1.29 1.89 2 21.0 1992 20 ATL NL OF 6 8 0 3 0 .727 .988 1.33 1.97 2.06 2.34 2 35.0 1993 21 SDP NL OF 15 27 0 2 0 .931 .978 1.80 2.00 2.33 2.34 11 104.3 1994 22 SDP NL OF 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.90 3.00 2.25 4 36.0 1995 23 SDP NL OF 79 95 5 1 1 .990 .979 1.27 1.82 1.83 2.15 49 491.0 1996 24 DET AL OF 105 207 9 13 2 .943 .983 2.06 2.02 2.15 2.37 104 902.3 1997 25 DET AL OF 101 188 4 4 1 .980 .982 1.90 2.02 2.28 2.32 84 758.3 1998 26 CIN NL OF 25 30 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.24 1.78 1.73 2.17 18 161.0 1992 20 ATL NL RF 3 4 0 2 0 .667 .976 1.33 1.67 1.64 2.09 1 22.0 1993 21 SDP NL RF 15 28 0 2 0 .933 .976 1.87 1.78 2.42 2.17 11 104.3 1994 22 SDP NL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.82 2.45 2.17 2 22.0 1995 23 SDP NL RF 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.87 1.76 1.70 2.07 5 69.0 1996 24 DET AL RF 84 160 7 9 2 .949 .979 1.99 1.72 2.09 2.17 83 720.0 1997 25 DET AL RF 101 189 4 4 1 .980 .978 1.91 1.79 2.31 2.18 84 753.3 1998 26 CIN NL RF 22 28 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.32 1.66 1.86 2.08 16 140.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 337 566 20 23 4 .962 .982 1.74 1.95 2.12 2.29 272 2488.0 91 8 244# RF* 244 428 12 17 3 .963 .978 1.80 1.75 2.16 2.16 202 1830.7 LF* 91 134 8 6 1 .959 .975 1.56 1.51 2.03 1.97 68 630.3 DH 24 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.00 2.20 2.67 2.53 2 27.0 1B* 2 11 0 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 8.35 15.71 9.71 1 6.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 339 577 20 24 5 .961 .982 1.76 1.99 2.15 2.31 273 2494
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1996 AL-158-2
1997 AL-157-2

Youngest Player
1992 NL-20-1
1993 NL-21-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 20, 1988: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

July 18, 1993: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Vince Moore (minors) and Donnie Elliott to the San Diego Padres for Fred McGriff.

March 22, 1996: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors).

November 11, 1997: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall.

November 5, 1998: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

December 15, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

March 20, 1999: Purchased by the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Japan Pacific) from the Minnesota Twins.

January 29, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

April 21, 2001: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

February 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

March 28, 2002: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

May 31, 2005: Released by the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993San Diego Padres$109,000
1994San Diego Padres$118,000
1995San Diego Padres$125,000
1996Detroit Tigers$170,000
1997Detroit Tigers$335,000
1998Cincinnati Reds$820,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,677,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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