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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	28 (27)	May 29	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
2	29	May 30	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	30	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	31	May 31 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	32	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	13.1	2	0	0	2	0
6	33	Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	35 (1)	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	36	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	52	13.1	1	0	0	1	0
9	37	Jun 10	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
10	38	Jun 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	39	Jun 13 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	40	Jun 13 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	41	Jun 14	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	42	Jun 15 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	44 (1)	Jun 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	46 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	47	Jun 18	BSN		NYG	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
18	49 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,7-13	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
19	51 (1)	Jun 22	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	52	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	54 (1)	Jun 24	BSN		PHI	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	57 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	58	Jun 27 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	59	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	61 (1)	Jul 1	BSN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	63 (1)	Jul 3	BSN		PIT	L,1-10	GF	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	64	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	65	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	66	Jul 6	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
30	67	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	68	Jul 7 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	69	Jul 9	BSN		STL	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	71 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	72	Jul 11 (2)	BSN		STL	L,6-9	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	73	Jul 16	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	74	Jul 17	BSN		BRO	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	76 (1)	Jul 18 susp	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	77	Jul 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	78	Jul 22 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	79	Jul 22 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	80	Jul 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	83 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	84	Jul 26	BSN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	85	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
45	87 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
46	88	Jul 30 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	89	Jul 31	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	90	Aug 1 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	91	Aug 1 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	92	Aug 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
51	93	Aug 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	94	Aug 6	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	95	Aug 7	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	96	Aug 8	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	2	7	0
55	97	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	98	Aug 11 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	99	Aug 12	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	100	Aug 13	BSN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
59	101	Aug 14	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	102	Aug 15 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	103	Aug 15 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	104	Aug 16	BSN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	105	Aug 17 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	106	Aug 17 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	107	Aug 18 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	108	Aug 18 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	109	Aug 19	BSN		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	110	Aug 20	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	GS	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	111	Aug 21	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	113 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	114	Aug 23	BSN		STL	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	115	Aug 24	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	116	Aug 25	BSN		STL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	117	Aug 28	BSN		NYG	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	118	Aug 29 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	119	Aug 29 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	120	Aug 31	BSN		NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	121	Sep 2	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	128 (6)	Sep 11	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	130 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	131	Sep 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	138 (6)	Sep 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
83	139	Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	141 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	142	Sep 25 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	143	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	145 (1)	Sep 27	BSN	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	146	Sep 28 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	55	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	149 (2)	Sep 30	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	11.2	3	0	0	3	0
90	150	Oct 1	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	151	Oct 2	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	152	Oct 3 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	153	Oct 3 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							93gm			179	10	8	197	1