#58 Melvin Nieves, Third Base, 29 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Saturday, 10/30/2001 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Melvin Nieves
12/28/1971 29 P.R.,,SAN JUAN 6"2 210
Third Base S R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Average Suffers Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,321,429 2001 (Arbitration eligible) 4 Year(s), 144 Days (832 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 158 Days (846 total Days) 9 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Talent | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 3 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 3B : 4 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 6 (Range), .963 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 4 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 8 (Range), .964 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/25 | @NYN | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/26 | LAN | W 8-7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/27 | LAN | L 4-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/28 | @CIN | L 2-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | #4 | | |
9/29 | @CIN | L 3-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/30 | PIT | L 3-10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/1 | @SDN | W 7-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | #5 | | |
10/2 | COL | L 3-21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
10/3 | @FLA | W 8-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | #5 | | |
10/4 | PIT | L 10-11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 153 | 547 | 153 | 36 | 3 | 31 | 108 | 101 | 95 | 105 | .280 | .384 | .527 | .910 | .943 | .247 |
Projected | 153 | 547 | 153 | 36 | 3 | 31 | 108 | 101 | 95 | 105 | .280 | .384 | .527 | .910 | .943 | .247 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 144 | 646 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 288 | 70 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 115.1 | 7.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 125 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .385 | .424 | .809 |
vs. RHP | 422 | 119 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 87 | 82 | 72 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .384 | .557 | .940 |
Close/Late | 60 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .394 | .467 | .861 |
Scoring Position | 154 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .398 | .526 | .924 |
Pinch Hitting | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 77 | 277 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 59 | 45 | 38 | 46 | .303 | .386 | .552 | .938 |
Road | 76 | 270 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 59 | .256 | .382 | .500 | .882 |
March/April | 23 | 88 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 10 | .375 | .444 | .727 | 1.172 |
May | 24 | 91 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | .264 | .370 | .473 | .843 |
June | 27 | 91 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 22 | .286 | .396 | .670 | 1.067 |
July | 22 | 76 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | .263 | .391 | .487 | .878 |
August | 28 | 113 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 20 | .239 | .328 | .460 | .788 |
Sept/Oct | 29 | 88 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 18 | .261 | .389 | .352 | .741 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1997 | 95 | 304 | 82 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .343 | .405 | .748 | CHC |
1998 | 105 | 324 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .312 | .414 | .725 | CHC |
1999 | 154 | 506 | 141 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 86 | 65 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .364 | .431 | .794 | CHC |
2000 | 143 | 493 | 129 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 82 | 68 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .359 | .465 | .824 | CHC |
2001 | 153 | 547 | 153 | 36 | 3 | 31 | 108 | 101 | 95 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .384 | .527 | .910 | CHC,NL |
Total | 650 | 2174 | 584 | 120 | 12 | 88 | 358 | 305 | 302 | 5 | 10 | 453 | 2 | 0 | .269 | .358 | .456 | .814 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1992, A | 138 | 538 | 134 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 66 | 58 | 70 | 83 | 8 | 5 | .249 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
1993, A | 54 | 210 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 40 | 1 | 4 | .324 | .404 | .457 | .861 |
1993, AA | 84 | 305 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 47 | 40 | 61 | 9 | 3 | .275 | .355 | .410 | .765 |
1994, AA | 118 | 426 | 117 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 55 | 69 | 4 | 5 | .275 | .355 | .432 | .787 |
1994, AAA | 15 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .271 | .261 | .532 |
1995, A | 49 | 171 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .310 | .435 | .602 | 1.038 |
1995, AA | 85 | 332 | 90 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 42 | 63 | 2 | 5 | .271 | .352 | .443 | .795 |
1996, AA | 70 | 249 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 4 | 2 | .305 | .403 | .486 | .889 |
1996, AAA | 68 | 254 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 27 | 60 | 2 | 2 | .244 | .313 | .394 | .707 |
1997, AAA | 39 | 142 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .268 | .348 | .380 | .728 |
1998, AAA | 23 | 81 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .346 | .442 | .642 | 1.084 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Third Base | 120 | 120 | 64 | 228 | 22 | 301 | 9 | .970 | 1064.0 | 2.55 | | | | |
Leftfield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.00 | | | | |
Centerfield | 28 | 24 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1.000 | 214.2 | 2.01 | | | | |
Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Hit for the cycle against St. Louis on 9/15/2000... 2/5/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Houston on 4/16/2001... Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2001, hitting .417 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game...
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