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Robert Charles Nieman

First name: Bob

Last name: Nieman

Birthdate: 1927-01-26

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: niemb101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1951	SLA	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.0	2
1952	SLA	6.6	0.9	7.6	2.6	4.8	2.8	14
1953	DET	7.0	1.0	8.1	0.0	2.3	5.7	7
1954	DET	3.6	0.4	4.0	-0.7	0.5	3.5	1
1955	CHA	4.0	0.5	4.5	1.6	2.9	1.5	9
1956	BAL	6.1	0.9	7.0	4.3	6.4	0.6	19
1956	CHA	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1
1957	BAL	6.5	0.9	7.4	2.3	4.5	2.9	13
1958	BAL	5.4	0.7	6.1	2.8	4.5	1.5	14
1959	BAL	5.2	0.6	5.8	2.5	4.2	1.6	13
1960	SLN	2.8	0.3	3.0	0.6	1.5	1.5	5
1961	CLE	0.9	0.1	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.1	3
1961	SLN	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	1
1962	CLE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1962	SFN	0.4	0.0	0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
Career		49.8	6.5	56.4	17.1	33.6	22.4	102

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1951	SLA	47	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0
1952	SLA	533	14	11	2	2	-1	2	0	-5	16	9.3	1.7	-0.5	-0.2	1.0	7
1953	DET	568	11	10	-4	-4	-1	1	-13	-5	-11	10.6	-1.0	-0.5	-0.2	-1.7	-6
1954	DET	279	0	0	-3	0	-1	-2	-5	-2	-11	8.9	-1.2	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-2
1955	CHA	317	9	9	4	2	-1	1	-5	-3	10	9.1	1.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.7	-1
1956	BAL	478	31	35	-1	1	-2	-1	1	-5	33	9.1	3.6	-0.5	-0.2	2.9	7
1956	CHA	44	1	1	-1	-1	0	0	2	0	1	9.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	3
1957	BAL	521	11	15	-1	0	-1	-1	1	-5	13	8.6	1.5	-0.5	-0.2	0.8	7
1958	BAL	414	25	27	2	-3	0	1	-11	-4	16	8.2	2.0	-0.4	-0.1	1.5	-6
1959	BAL	409	20	22	-2	-4	-1	0	0	-4	15	8.5	1.8	-0.4	-0.1	1.3	4
1960	SLN	215	8	6	0	-3	0	1	-3	-2	1	8.9	0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-1
1961	CLE	72	5	5	1	-2	0	0	0	0	4	9.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	1
1961	SLN	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	1	9.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	-1
1962	CLE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1962	SFN	31	0	0	-2	-1	0	0	0	0	-3	10.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0
Career		3,947	141	147	-6	-13	-8	2	-34	-35	88	-	10.2	-3.5	-1.1	5.6	12

Defense

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1951	SLA	LF	145	17	0.0	0	0	1	10	0	0
1952	SLA	LF	641	68	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	29	0	-1
1952	SLA	RF	1454	233	2.0	3	3	7	88	-2	1
1953	DET	LF	2123	246	-3.0	-3	-3	6	119	-1	-4
1953	DET	RF	1140	175	-9.0	-8	-7	-9	84	-2	-9
1954	DET	LF	1571	181	-3.0	-4	-3	0	101	-2	-5
1955	CHA	LF	614	72	-4.0	-4	-3	-2	40	-1	-4
1955	CHA	RF	790	110	0.0	0	0	-6	43	-1	-1
1956	BAL	LF	3146	358	6.0	4	3	13	164	-2	1
1956	CHA	RF	176	34	1.0	1	1	5	19	1	2
1957	BAL	LF	3000	330	2.0	1	1	9	148	0	1
1957	BAL	RF	67	9	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
1958	BAL	LF	2382	235	-12.0	-12	-10	-27	105	-1	-11
1959	BAL	LF	2303	257	2.0	2	2	12	110	-2	0
1960	SLN	LF	1048	107	-5.0	-3	-3	-11	51	0	-3
1960	SLN	RF	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1961	SLN	LF	78	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	2	0	-1
1961	CLE	LF	149	23	2.0	2	2	8	17	-1	1
1961	CLE	RF	57	12	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	4	0	-1
1962	SFN	LF	28	3	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
		LF	17228	1902	-17.0	-19	-16	3	898	-10	-26
		RF	3684	573	-7.0	-5	-4	-5	241	-4	-8

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1962	SFN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1962	SFN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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