Ruslan Nabiev

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Biographical Information[edit]

Ruslan Nabiev played regularly for the Russian national team.

He debuted in the Russian League in 1994, going 1 for 7. [1] The teenager hit .397/.479/.556 in 1995 then fell to .186/.324/.254 in 1996. [2] Moving to CSKA in 1997, he improved to .380/.527/.600 with 20 walks and 15 steals in 19 games, finishing 2nd in walks (one behind Dmitri Golubev), tied Golubev for 4th in runs, tied for 4th in OBP, 5th in OPS, tied for 6th in slugging and tied for 7th in steals. [3] He batted .510/.614/.941 with 24 runs and 26 RBI in 16 games, placing third in average, second in OPS, tying for 6th in total bases (48), tying for second in homers, tying for 5th in walks (17), 3rd in OBP, tied for 6th in doubles (7) and first in slugging. He also fielded .974 at third. He set a new RL slugging record, breaking Evgeny Puchkov's mark by 120 points. [4]

Nabiev was Russia's third baseman in the 1998 Baseball World Cup, going 3-for-18 with 3 walks and fielding .875. [5] In the 1999 European Championship, he was 4 for 14 with five walks, a double and four RBI, alternating with Iouri Perepelitsa; one of them would play third and the other one DH. [6] With his army service done, he signed to play in Belgium alongside Andrei Selivanov. [7] He hit .404/.529/.846 with six homers in 68 plate appearances for the champion Brasschaat Braves. Had he qualified, he would have been 6th in slugging, between Daniel De Sutter and Georgian Nikoloz Bezhuashvili. [8] He also played briefly for VVIA in Russia that year, going 4 for 10. Russian League stats after that season are unavailable. [9]

The 23-year-old produced at a .259/.323/.296 clip with two runs and four RBI in eight games in the 2001 European Championship, fielding .900. Russia had their best finish in a European Championship, placing second. In the finale, he was 0 for 2 against the Dutch national team's Rob Cordemans before being replaced by Andrei Bolotine. [10] In the 2001 Baseball World Cup, he hit .235/.350/.294 and fielded .833 at the hot corner, which he split with Bolotine. [11] He was 0 for 12 with a walk and a RBI in the 2003 European Championship but handled eight chances error-free. [12] At the 2003 Baseball World Cup, he was 1 for 13 with two walks, fielding .846. His only hit was against South Korea. [13]

Ruslan was with the Balashikha Tornadoes for the 2005 European Cup. He was 4 for 11 with 6 walks, putting him third in OBP behind Evert-Jan 't Hoen and Gabriele Ermini and tied 't Hoen for second in walks (3 behind Ralph Milliard). [14] In the 2005 European Championship, he hit .190/.227/.190 and handled eight chances without a miscue. [15]

Sources[edit]

  1. ↑ Russian League stats
  2. ↑ ibid.
  3. ↑ ibid.
  4. ↑ 1999 Russian Baseball Article on Nabiev by Sergei Borisov
  5. ↑ Defunct IBAF site
  6. ↑ International statistician Harry Wedemeijer
  7. ↑ 1999 Borisov article
  8. ↑ French Baseball and Softball Federation
  9. ↑ Russian League stats
  10. ↑ Harry Wedemeijer
  11. ↑ Defunct IBAF site
  12. ↑ Internet Archive, 2003 European Championship
  13. ↑ Defunct IBAF site
  14. ↑ Internet Archive, 2005 European Cup
  15. ↑ Internet Archive, 2005 European Championship site
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