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Juan Nieves

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: January 5, 1965 in Santurce, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Avon Old Farms School (Avon, CT)

Debut: April 10, 1986 (Age 21-095d, 15,129th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1988 (Age 23-271d)
vs. OAK 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Juan Manuel Nieves

Nicknames: Juanchi

Pronunciation: \nee-ev-ess\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

4.71

490.2

352

WHIP

1.496

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 54 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	54

Platoon
vs RHB	48
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	27

Outs
0	20
2	18
1	16

13 Opps
BAL	9
NYY	8
MIN	6
CAL	5
DET	5
CLE	4
TEX	3
TOR	3
BOS	3
SEA	2
CHW	2
OAK	2
KCR	2

45 Batters
Eddie Murray	3
Cal Ripken Jr.	2
Dave Winfield	2
Gary Gaetti	2
Hal McRae	2
Tom Brookens	2
Tim Laudner	2
Steve Buechele	2
Steve Henderson	1
Rick Burleson	1
Gary Ward	1
Pat Tabler	1
Alan Trammell	1
Carmelo Castillo	1
Randy Velarde	1
George Hendrick	1
Jack Howell	1
Tim Hulett	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Ron Kittle	1
Sam Horn	1
Brian Downing	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Dave Valle	1
Terry Kennedy	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Joe Carter	1
Dwight Evans	1
Luis Salazar	1
Harold Baines	1
Ken Gerhart	1
Darnell Coles	1
Rick Cerone	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Matt Nokes	1
Don Baylor	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Cory Snyder	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Devon White	1
Don Slaught	1
Cecil Fielder	1

12 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	27
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Metrodome (MIN)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1

Where Hit
7	32
78	3
9	3
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	41
4	5
2	3
7+	2
6	1
1	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	10
-2-	7
1-3	4
123	1
12-	1

84 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	31
1 on	17
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	23

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

1-3	19
4-6	27
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	2
+1	9
Tied	11
-1	7
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	19
Tied	11
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	41
2-1	3
3-2	3
1-0	2
1-2	2
0-1	1
0-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	10
DH	9
C	9
3B	7
1B	6
LF	4
2B	3
SS	3
CF	2
PH	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-04-17	Steve Buechele	TEX	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---		1	8	5	11%	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1986-04-27	Don Slaught	TEX		MIL	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--		2	7	2	20%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
3	3	3	1	1986-05-24	Tim Laudner	MIN		MIL	behind 0-2	b 4	2	-2-		2	6	2	22%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); T. Brunansky Scores
4	4	4	1	1986-06-04	Hal McRae	KCR	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	1--		2	5	DH	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); F. White Scores/unER
5	5	5	1	1986-06-09	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---		1	9	2	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1986-07-08	George Hendrick	CAL	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	123		4	5	9	19%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Joyner Scores; D. DeCinces Scores; B. Grich Scores
7	7	7	2	1986-07-08	Rick Burleson	CAL	@	MIL	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---		1	6	DH	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1986-08-06	Dave Winfield	NYY		MIL	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---		1	4	9	7%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1986-08-16	Tim Hulett	CHW		MIL	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---		1	6	5	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	1986-08-16	Harold Baines	CHW		MIL	behind 2-3	b 6	1	-2-		2	3	9	28%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Boston Scores
11	11	11	1	1986-08-22	Hal McRae	KCR	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---		1	4	DH	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	12	1	1986-09-01	Gary Gaetti	MIN		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	1--		2	3	5	14%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hatcher Scores
13	13	13	2	1986-09-01	Tim Laudner	MIN		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---		1	6	2	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	1986-09-11	Alan Trammell	DET		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-2-		2	2	6	10%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Tolman Scores/unER; A. Trammell Scores/unER
15	15	15	2	1986-09-11	Tom Brookens	DET		MIL	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	---		1	1	4	2%	97%		Home Run (LF-CF)
16	16	16	1	1986-09-16 (1)	Dwight Evans	BOS		MIL	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---		1	6	9	20%	79%		Home Run
17	17	17	1	1986-09-21	Eddie Murray	BAL		MIL	behind 1-4	b 8	2	1--		2	4	3	14%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Ripken Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1987-04-10	Steve Buechele	TEX		MIL	behind 4-10	b 6	0	1--		2	8	4	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Slaught Scores
19	19	2	1	1987-04-27	Jack Howell	CAL		MIL	behind 1-5	b 4	2	1-3		3	7	7	23%	38%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. DeCinces Scores; D. Miller Scores
20	20	3	1	1987-05-26	Tom Brunansky	MIN		MIL	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---		1	5	9	10%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1987-06-05	Rick Cerone	NYY	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---		1	8	2	10%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1987-06-13	Gary Ward	NYY		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--		2	3	3	16%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Randolph Scores
23	23	6	2	1987-06-13	Ron Kittle	NYY		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---		1	4	DH	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	7	1	1987-06-18	Kelly Gruber	TOR		MIL	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---		1	5	5	6%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1987-06-23	Don Baylor	BOS		MIL	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---		1	5	DH	7%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1987-06-27	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	9	9%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	10	1	1987-07-02	Devon White	CAL		MIL	behind 3-5	b 5	2	---		1	2	9	12%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	11	1	1987-07-07	Dave Valle	SEA		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-		2	3	2	14%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Bradley Scores
29	29	12	1	1987-07-12	Terry Steinbach	OAK		MIL	behind 0-1	b 7	2	1-3		3	7	PH	51%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Canseco Scores; C. Lansford Scores
30	30	13	1	1987-07-24	Steve Henderson	OAK	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	6	9	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	14	1	1987-08-04	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--		2	4	3	17%	64%		Home Run; B. Ripken Scores
32	32	15	2	1987-08-04	Ken Gerhart	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	12-		3	9	8	19%	82%		Home Run; L. Lacy Scores; T. Kennedy Scores
33	33	16	1	1987-08-14	Terry Kennedy	BAL		MIL	behind 1-6	b 7	0	---		1	7	2	3%	8%		Home Run
34	34	17	1	1987-08-25	Carmelo Castillo	CLE	@	MIL	behind 1-8	t 6	2	1-3		3	6	DH	4%	6%		Home Run; J. Franco Scores; B. Jacoby Scores
35	35	18	2	1987-08-25	Pat Tabler	CLE	@	MIL	behind 4-10	t 8	0	-2-		2	3	3	2%	4%		Home Run; J. Franco Scores
36	36	19	3	1987-08-25	Joe Carter	CLE	@	MIL	behind 6-10	t 8	0	---		1	4	7	4%	8%		Home Run
37	37	20	1	1987-08-30	Kirby Puckett	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---		1	3	8	10%	68%		Home Run
38	38	21	1	1987-09-10	Tom Brookens	DET	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---		1	8	5	8%	26%		Home Run
39	39	22	1	1987-09-15	Rickey Henderson	NYY		MIL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---		1	1	DH	13%	56%		Home Run
40	40	23	1	1987-09-25	Sam Horn	BOS	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	DH	10%	56%		Home Run
41	41	24	1	1987-09-30	Cecil Fielder	TOR		MIL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---		1	5	3	10%	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1988-04-08	Dave Winfield	NYY		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBFCX	2	5	9	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
43	43	2	2	1988-04-08	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY		MIL	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	17%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Winfield Scores
44	44	3	1	1988-04-19	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIL	behind 3-5	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	3	6	10%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	4	1	1988-05-02	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	8%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	5	1	1988-05-12	Cory Snyder	CLE	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	8,(3-2) BSBSFBFX	1	6	9	11%	59%		Home Run (LF-CF)
47	47	6	1	1988-05-17	Luis Salazar	DET	@	MIL	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	-2-	4,(2-1) B2CBX	2	3	7	20%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Pettis Scores
48	48	7	1	1988-08-02	Randy Velarde	NYY	@	MIL	behind 2-11	t 9	1	1-3	4,(1-2) CBSX	3	9	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Slaught Scores; L. Aguayo Scores
49	49	8	1	1988-08-14	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	2	5	2	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores
50	50	9	2	1988-08-14	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	-2-	4,(1-2) BFSX	2	4	3	9%	90%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores
51	51	10	3	1988-08-14	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	3	6	4%	94%		Home Run
52	52	11	1	1988-08-27	Matt Nokes	DET	@	MIL	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	7	2	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	12	1	1988-09-18	Darnell Coles	SEA		MIL	behind 0-8	b 4	0	---	10,(3-2) BBCBFFFFFX	1	3	7	1%	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
54	54	13	1	1988-09-28	Brian Downing	CAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	DH	16%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)