Butch Nieman

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 8, 1918 in Herkimer, KS us

Died: November 2, 1993 in Topeka, KS

Buried: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS

High School: Marysville HS (Marysville, KS)

School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)

Debut: May 2, 1943 (Age 25-083d, 9,450th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1945 (Age 27-234d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Elmer Leroy Nieman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

1050

269

.256

147

RBI

167

OBP

.339

SLG

.432

OPS

.771

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 23 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	9 (3)	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	T,2-2	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (4)	May 6	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	19 (1)	May 7 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	20	May 10	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	21	May 11	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	23 (1)	May 13	BSN	@	PIT	W,16-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	24	May 14 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	25	May 14 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	27 (1)	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	28	May 17	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	29	May 18	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	30	May 19	BSN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	31	May 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	34 (2)	May 24	BSN		PIT	L,1-8	GF	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	35	May 25	BSN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	36	May 26	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	37	May 27	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
22	38	May 28 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	39	May 28 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	40	May 30 (1)	BSN		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	43 (2)	Jun 1	BSN		STL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	44	Jun 2	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	45	Jun 3	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	48 (2)	Jun 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	49	Jun 8	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
30	50	Jun 9	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
31	51	Jun 11 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
32	52	Jun 11 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	53	Jun 13 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	54	Jun 13 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	55	Jun 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	56	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	58 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	60 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	52	15.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	61	Jun 22 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,7-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	62	Jun 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	63	Jun 25 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	64	Jun 25 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	65	Jun 28 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	15	2.2	2	0	0	2	0
44	67 (1)	Jun 30	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 1	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	69	Jul 2 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
47	70	Jul 2 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	71	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-7	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	72	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	73	Jul 5	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	76 (2)	Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	77	Jul 9 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	79 (1)	Jul 15	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	80	Jul 16 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	81	Jul 16 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	82	Jul 19	BSN		CHC	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	83	Jul 20 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-4	GS	52	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	84	Jul 20 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	85	Jul 21	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	86	Jul 22	BSN		STL	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	88 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	89	Jul 24	BSN		STL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	90	Jul 25	BSN		CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	91	Jul 26 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	92	Jul 26 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	93	Jul 27	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	94	Jul 29	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	95	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	96	Jul 30 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	98 (1)	Aug 1 susp	BSN		PIT	L,8-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	99	Aug 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	100	Aug 5	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	50	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
73	101	Aug 6 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,14-4	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	102	Aug 6 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	103	Aug 9	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	104	Aug 10	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	105	Aug 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	106	Aug 12	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
79	107	Aug 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
80	108	Aug 13 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	109	Aug 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	111 (1)	Aug 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	112	Aug 17	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
84	113	Aug 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	114	Aug 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	115	Aug 20 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,5-15	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	116	Aug 20 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	117	Aug 22 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
89	118	Aug 22 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	119	Aug 25 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,7-9	GS	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
91	120	Aug 25 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	121	Aug 26 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	122	Aug 26 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	123	Aug 27 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	124	Aug 27 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	125	Aug 29	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	126	Aug 30	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	127	Sep 1 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	128	Sep 1 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	129	Sep 2	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	50	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	130	Sep 3 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	131	Sep 3 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	132	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	133	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	134	Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	135	Sep 9	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	136	Sep 10	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	137	Sep 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
109	138	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	139	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	140	Sep 17 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	141	Sep 17 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	142	Sep 18	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	143	Sep 21 (1)	BSN		STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
115	144	Sep 21 (2)	BSN		STL	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	4	1	0	5	1
116	145	Sep 22	BSN		STL	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	146	Sep 23	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	147	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	148	Sep 24 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
120	149	Sep 25	BSN		PIT	W,5-4	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
121	150	Sep 26	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	151	Sep 27	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	152	Sep 29	BSN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	153	Sep 30	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	154	Oct 1 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
126	155	Oct 1 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							132gm			253	13	7	273	2