José Nieves

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: June 16, 1975 in Guacara, Venezuela ve

High School: Enrique Delgado Palacios (Carabobo, Venezuela)

Debut: August 7, 1998 (Age 23-052d, 17,319th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 29, 2002 (Age 27-043d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Jose Miguel Nieves

Pronunciation: \nee-A-vez\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

530

128

.242

RBI

OBP

.278

SLG

.349

OPS

.627

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1995	20	CHC-min	A-	69	306	276	46	59	13	1	4	44	11	10	21	39	.214	.281	.312	.593		86	4	6	0	3	1		WPT · NYPL
1996	21	CHC-min	A	113	441	396	55	96	20	4	5	57	17	9	33	59	.242	.307	.351	.658		139	8	5	4	3	1		RFD · MIDW
1997	22	CHC-min	A+	85	362	331	51	91	20	1	4	42	16	6	17	55	.275	.313	.378	.690		125	7	4	4	6	0		DYT · FLOR
1998	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	101	415	389	49	110	31	5	8	43	18	11	20	66	.283	.317	.450	.767		175	11	1	2	3	0		WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
1998	23	CHC	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/H6
1999	24	CHC-min	AAA	104	430	392	55	105	25	3	11	59	11	8	24	65	.268	.314	.431	.745		169	9	4	6	4	2		IWA · PCL
1999	24	CHC	NL	54	199	181	16	45	9	1	2	18	0	2	8	25	.249	.291	.343	.633	62	62	5	4	3	3	0	6/H
2000	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA,A+	11	48	45	11	14	4	1	3	9	1	0	3	5	.311	.354	.644	.999		29	0	0	0	0	0		IWA,WTN,DYT · PCL,SOUL,FLOR
2000	25	CHC	NL	82	213	198	17	42	6	3	5	24	1	1	11	43	.212	.251	.348	.600	52	69	8	0	2	2	1	5H6/4
2001	26	ANA-min	AAA	61	273	258	50	85	15	4	11	37	8	7	8	36	.329	.354	.547	.901		141	3	3	2	2	0		SLK · PCL
2001	26	ANA	AL	29	59	53	5	13	3	1	2	3	0	1	2	20	.245	.298	.453	.751	94	24	1	2	2	0	0	H46/D53
2002	27	ANA-min	AAA	15	67	63	12	18	3	1	4	13	2	1	4	6	.286	.328	.556	.884		35	1	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2002	27	ANA	AL	45	100	97	17	28	2	0	0	6	1	1	2	14	.289	.303	.309	.612	64	30	3	0	1	0	0	46H/53D89
2003	28	NYY-STL-min	AAA	67	236	217	24	46	4	6	2	17	4	1	11	28	.212	.269	.313	.583		68	9	6	2	0	0		CLB,MEM · IL,PCL
2004	29	SDP-min	AAA	80	313	288	35	78	19	1	4	31	5	3	17	30	.271	.311	.385	.696		111	6	2	1	5	0		POR · PCL
5 Yrs				212	573	530	55	128	20	5	9	51	2	5	23	102	.242	.278	.349	.627	61	185	17	6	9	5	1
162 Game Avg.				162	438	405	42	98	15	4	7	39	2	4	18	78	.242	.278	.349	.627	61	141	13	5	7	4	1

CHC (3 yrs)				138	414	380	33	87	15	4	7	42	1	3	19	68	.229	.270	.345	.614	56	131	13	4	6	5	1
ANA (2 yrs)				74	159	150	22	41	5	1	2	9	1	2	4	34	.273	.301	.360	.661	75	54	4	2	3	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				138	414	380	33	87	15	4	7	42	1	3	19	68	.229	.270	.345	.614	56	131	13	4	6	5	1
AL (2 yrs)				74	159	150	22	41	5	1	2	9	1	2	4	34	.273	.301	.360	.661	75	54	4	2	3	0	0

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