Melvin
Nieves
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 28, 1971 in P.R., , SAN JUAN
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1997 25 SFG NL 77 193 30 43 6 1 3 20 0 0 8 63 .223 .252 .311 .563 13.9 0.1
1998 26 SFG NL 58 45 12 15 4 0 2 10 0 0 5 13 .333 .404 .556 .959 9.6 1.9
1999 27 SFG NL 22 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
2000 28 SFG NL 106 182 26 53 4 3 10 32 0 0 29 55 .291 .387 .511 .898 35.6 5.3
2001 29 SFG NL 157 557 79 143 30 3 16 63 1 0 96 176 .257 .365 .408 .772 85.8 10.1
2002 30 SFG NL 156 522 67 125 28 2 9 65 2 1 68 171 .239 .327 .352 .680 63.0 5.3
2003 31 SFG NL 74 160 15 36 12 1 0 12 0 1 17 57 .225 .303 .313 .616 14.6 0.3
7 Years Sim 650 1677 231 418 84 10 40 202 3 2 223 546 .249 .337 .383 .720 222.6 23.0
162 Game Average 417 57 104 20 2 9 50 0 0 55 136 .249 .337 .383 .720 55.5  
Career Highs 157 557 79 143 30 3 16 65 2 1 96 176 .333 .404 .556 .959 85.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1997 25 SFG NL RF 51 46 384.0 82 3 2 0 .977 1.99 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 6 2 25.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1998 26 SFG NL LF 4 1 12.3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 1 12.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 27 SFG NL RF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 2 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2000 28 SFG NL RF 30 23 213.0 39 1 1 1 .976 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 29 11 131.3 17 1 3 1 .857 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2001 29 SFG NL RF 155 150 1318.0 219 5 8 1 .966 1.53 0 0 .000 0 3.4
2002 30 SFG NL RF 155 152 1262.0 231 6 15 2 .940 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2003 31 SFG NL RF 34 26 234.0 38 1 2 0 .951 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 15 12 98.0 8 0 2 0 .800 0.73 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 432 398 3434.3 612 16 28 4 .957 1.65 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  LF 57 26 271.7 32 1 6 1 .846 1.09 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 4 0 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 2 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   498 424 3735.0 653 18 34 7 .952 1.62 0 0 .000 0 7.8
Career Highs   156 152 1318.0 231 6 15 2 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1997 25 SFG NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
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  1. Leon Roberts (975)
  2. Champ Summers (970)
  3. David McCarty (967)
  4. Ken Henderson (966)
  5. Luis Matos (964)
  6. Ivan Cruz (963)
  7. Merv Rettenmund (958)
  8. Lyle Mouton (958)
  9. Steve Kemp (958)
  10. Jose Herrera (958)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by San Francisco in 1992
Injured on 8/3/1992 with a Broken Ribs, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/13/1994 with a Broken Ribs, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 7/1/1994 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/6/1997, off Esteban Loaiza (LV)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1997, off Marvin Freeman (HOU)
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Las Vegas on 4/7/2001
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Las Vegas on 4/7/2001
1/31/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,478,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,478,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 7/1/2004 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 7/31/2005 to a minor league deal