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Melvin Nieves

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: December 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Luis Pales Matos (Santa Rosa, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 1, 1992 (Age 20-248d, 16,204th in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1998 (Age 26-260d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Melvin Nieves

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

1228

284

.231

163

RBI

187

OBP

.314

SLG

.438

OPS

.752

OPS+

Summary of 63 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	44
SDP	17
CIN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	38
Home	25

Outs
0	28
2	18
1	17

21 Opps
MIL	7
SFG	5
ANA/CAL	5
BOS	5
CHW	5
SEA	4
KCR	4
NYM	4
MIN	3
COL	3
CHC	3
OAK	2
NYY	2
CLE	2
FLA	2
TOR	2
STL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
PHI	1
LAD	1

57 Pitchers
Brad Radke	3
Dennis Springer	2
Mike Munoz	2
Blas Minor	2
Kevin Appier	2
Chuck Finley	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Wilson Álvarez	1
Rich Sauveur	1
José Mercedes	1
Tim Belcher	1
Paul Quantrill	1
Jeff D'Amico	1
Carlos Reyes	1
Turk Wendell	1
Mike Pérez	1
Woody Williams	1
Doug Jones	1
José Bautista	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Terry Mathews	1
Tim Wakefield	1
Ricky Bones	1
Jeff Nelson	1
Joe Hudson	1
Sergio Valdez	1
Kirk Rueter	1
Trevor Wilson	1
Lance Painter	1
Doug Henry	1
Edwin Hurtado	1
Chris Hammond	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Don Wengert	1
Darren Oliver	1
Jamie Walker	1
Al Levine	1
Charles Nagy	1
Bobby Ayala	1
Masato Yoshii	1
Scott Karl	1
Danny Jackson	1
Mike Potts	1
Jack McDowell	1
Aaron Sele	1
Curt Schilling	1
William Brennan	1
Mark Davis	1
Terry Mulholland	1
John Wasdin	1
Shawn Boskie	1
Bob Wolcott	1
Greg McMichael	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Randy Veres	1
Scott Kamieniecki	1
Matt Karchner	1

24 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	17
Qualcomm St (SAN)	7
County Stad (MIL)	6
KauffmanStad (KAN)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Cashman Fld (LAS)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	16
78	10
89	9
8	8

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	19
1	14
3	12
4	6
6	5
5	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	11
12-	4
1-3	4
-2-	3
123	2
-23	2

103 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	37
1 on	14
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	26

Inning
1	3
2	9
3	3
4	7
5	5
6	7
7	8
8	10
9	8
Extra	3

1-3	15
4-6	19
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	9
+2	6
+1	10
Tied	10
-1	9
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	14

Ahead	25
Tied	10
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
1-0	13
1-1	9
3-2	7
0-1	6
2-1	4
0-2	3
3-1	3
1-2	2
2-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	38
LF	15
CF	4
DH	3
PH	2
1B	1

OrderPos
6th	36
5th	11
9th	5
7th	4
3rd	3
8th	2
1st	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1993-09-08	SDP		FLA	Chris Hammond	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	3	9	0.104	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1993-10-02	SDP		CHC	William Brennan	ahead 6-2	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.031	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1994-06-28 (1)	SDP	@	COL	Lance Painter	ahead 5-0	t 3	1	---	7,(3-2) BBKSBFX	1	6	7	0.039	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1995-05-03	SDP	@	COL	Mike Munoz	behind 5-8	t 7	1	---	6,(1-2) CBCFFX	1	5	7	0.073	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	2	1	1995-05-04	SDP		SFG	Trevor Wilson	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.189	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1995-05-17	SDP		STL	Danny Jackson	behind 0-1	b 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	6	7	0.243	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Caminiti Scores
7	7	4	1	1995-05-28	SDP	@	PHI	Curt Schilling	behind 2-3	t 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BSFBX	1	6	7	0.200	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	5	1	1995-05-29	SDP	@	NYM	Blas Minor	tied 2-2	t 13	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	7	0.413	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1995-07-05	SDP	@	FLA	Randy Veres	tied 4-4	t 10	1	1--	2,(1-0) ...1BX	2	5	PH	0.416	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Livingstone Scores
10	10	7	1	1995-08-02	SDP		SFG	Terry Mulholland	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	123	3,(1-1) FBX	4	8	7	0.021	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Clark Scores; A. Cianfrocco Scores; B. Ausmus Scores
11	11	8	1	1995-08-10 (2)	SDP	@	CHC	Turk Wendell	behind 3-12	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Williams Scores
12	12	9	1	1995-08-26	SDP	@	NYM	Doug Henry	behind 2-7	t 9	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	9	8	0.024	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball); A. Cianfrocco Scores; J. Reed Scores; P. Plantier Scores
13	13	10	1	1995-09-17	SDP		CHC	Mike Pérez	ahead 10-3	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	9	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
14	14	11	1	1995-09-19	SDP		COL	Mike Munoz	ahead 14-4	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	1	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	12	1	1995-09-21	SDP	@	LAD	Pedro Astacio	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	7	0.083	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	13	1	1995-09-25	SDP	@	SFG	José Bautista	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	9	7	0.040	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	14	1	1995-09-26	SDP	@	SFG	Sergio Valdez	tied 2-2	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.119	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1996-04-06	DET	@	OAK	Carlos Reyes	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	7	0.099	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	1996-04-10	DET		SEA	Edwin Hurtado	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	7	0.072	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1996-04-13	DET		CAL	Scott Sanderson	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.119	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1996-05-07	DET	@	NYY	Scott Kamieniecki	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	7	0.090	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1996-05-16	DET	@	CLE	Jack McDowell	behind 2-8	t 8	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	5	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	6	1	1996-05-17	DET		CHW	Matt Karchner	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	9	0.115	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	7	1	1996-05-25	DET		CLE	Charles Nagy	behind 5-7	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.129	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
25	25	8	1	1996-05-29	DET	@	KCR	Kevin Appier	behind 1-2	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	9	0.094	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
26	26	9	1	1996-07-11	DET		BOS	Joe Hudson	behind 2-11	b 9	0	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	7	9	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lewis Scores; M. Nieves Scores
27	27	10	1	1996-07-15	DET	@	MIL	Ricky Bones	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBFX	1	6	9	0.089	66%		Home Run (Line Drive)
28	28	11	2	1996-07-15	DET	@	MIL	Mike Potts	ahead 7-3	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	0.045	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1996-07-16	DET	@	MIL	José Mercedes	behind 4-17	t 8	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Fryman Scores; T. Clark Scores; M. Nieves Scores
30	30	13	1	1996-07-20	DET	@	TOR	Paul Quantrill	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.114	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	14	1	1996-07-23	DET	@	CAL	Shawn Boskie	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	0.145	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
32	32	15	1	1996-07-25	DET	@	SEA	Bob Wolcott	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.151	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores; M. Nieves Scores
33	33	16	1	1996-07-28	DET	@	SEA	Blas Minor	ahead 10-3	t 7	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	2	6	9	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores
34	34	17	1	1996-07-31	DET		CAL	Dennis Springer	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.078	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	18	1	1996-08-20	DET		CHW	Kevin Tapani	ahead 2-1	b 1	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	9	0.165	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores; T. Clark Scores; M. Nieves Scores
36	36	19	2	1996-08-20	DET		CHW	Rich Sauveur	ahead 14-8	b 6	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Clark Scores; M. Nieves Scores
37	37	20	1	1996-08-21	DET		CHW	Wilson Álvarez	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	0.159	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
38	38	21	1	1996-08-22	DET	@	KCR	Tim Belcher	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	7	DH	0.196	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Sierra Scores; M. Nieves Scores
39	39	22	1	1996-09-20	DET	@	MIL	Scott Karl	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1-3	4,(3-0) B*B1BX	3	7	9	0.182	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sierra Scores/unER; P. Nevin Scores/unER; M. Nieves Scores/unER
40	40	23	1	1996-09-21	DET	@	MIL	Jeff D'Amico	behind 2-10	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BCCBBX	1	6	9	0.013	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	24	1	1996-09-28	DET		MIL	Doug Jones	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) ..BCSBBX	1	6	9	0.039	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1997-04-01	DET	@	MIN	Brad Radke	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	0.213	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Clark Scores; B. Higginson Scores
43	43	2	1	1997-04-06	DET	@	CHW	Al Levine	behind 0-5	t 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	2	6	DH	0.026	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Higginson Scores
44	44	3	1	1997-04-16	DET		SEA	Bobby Ayala	behind 2-7	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Nieves Scores
45	45	4	1	1997-05-15	DET	@	KCR	Kevin Appier	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	6	9	0.175	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Clark Scores; T. Fryman Scores
46	46	5	1	1997-05-16	DET	@	KCR	Jamie Walker	ahead 7-2	t 9	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores; C. Pride Scores
47	47	6	1	1997-05-23	DET		TEX	Darren Oliver	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	9	0.104	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	7	1	1997-06-03	DET	@	OAK	Don Wengert	tied 2-2	t 3	2	---	7,(3-2) CBBFBFX	1	3	9	0.115	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
49	49	8	1	1997-06-20	DET		BOS	Tim Wakefield	behind 0-3	b 2	0	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	0.150	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Hamelin Scores; P. Nevin Scores
50	50	9	1	1997-06-24	DET		NYY	Jeff Nelson	behind 6-9	b 7	2	1-3	4,(1-2) ..CBSX	3	7	PH	0.385	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Fryman Scores; B. Hamelin Scores; M. Nieves Scores
51	51	10	1	1997-06-28	DET	@	BOS	Aaron Sele	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.117	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	11	1	1997-07-02	DET		NYM	Greg McMichael	ahead 7-6	b 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	9	0.088	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Casanova Scores
53	53	12	1	1997-07-14	DET	@	BOS	Jeff Suppan	behind 1-7	t 6	2	-23	7,(3-2) .SFBBBFX	3	6	9	0.073	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Fryman Scores; T. Clark Scores
54	54	13	1	1997-07-15	DET	@	BOS	John Wasdin	tied 5-5	t 12	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.480	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball); P. Nevin Scores
55	55	14	1	1997-07-16	DET	@	ANA	Chuck Finley	behind 0-3	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	6	9	0.162	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Nevin Scores
56	56	15	1	1997-07-17	DET	@	ANA	Dennis Springer	behind 2-9	t 7	1	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	6	9	0.007	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
57	57	16	1	1997-08-03	DET		TOR	Woody Williams	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.088	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
58	58	17	1	1997-08-20	DET		MIN	Brad Radke	behind 0-11	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .FFX	1	6	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Nieves Scores
59	59	18	1	1997-08-22	DET	@	MIL	Mark Davis	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	1-3	2,(0-1) SX	3	6	9	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Clark Scores; B. Hamelin Scores
60	60	19	1	1997-08-25	DET	@	MIN	Brad Radke	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	6	9	0.115	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Hamelin Scores
61	61	20	1	1997-09-20	DET	@	BAL	Terry Mathews	behind 6-12	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Bartee Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1998-05-21	CIN	@	NYM	Masato Yoshii	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	9	0.060	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	2	1	1998-05-26	CIN		SFG	Kirk Rueter	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	7	0.104	66%		Home Run (Line Drive)