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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
John Nied First Base
Retired (1988, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .660 Status Retired (1988) Option Years 0  
H 300 Age 50 (OS 51) Date of Birth 12-22-1953
HR 23 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1975)
Majors Svc Time 8 years
(74 games)
RBI 144
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1975 Minors 22 20.00 3 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 3 4 / 4 14 / 20
1975 Pos (1B) 22 33.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 33
1976 Minors 23 38.00 4 / 6 1 / 1 6 / 9 4 / 8 4 / 4 6 / 6 3 / 4 28 / 38
1976 Pos (1B) 23 30.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 30
1977 Majors 24 16.00 2 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 3 4 / 4 2 / 2 14 / 16
1978 Minors 25 36.00 4 / 6 4 / 8 2 / 6 1 / 2 5 / 7 1 / 4 3 / 3 20 / 36
1978 Pos (1B) 25 57.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 57
1979 Minors 26 24.00 1 / 4 1 / 2 3 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 1 5 / 8 2 / 2 13 / 24
1980 Majors 27 49.12 162 56 0 1 / 4 3 / 5 2 / 7 0 / 7 3 / 9 4 / 7 3 / 10 16 / 49
1981 Majors 28 35.90 162 27 0 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 4 0 / 4 5 / 35
1982 Majors 29 29.50 162 12 0 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 2 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 29
1983 Majors 30 37.89 162 22 0 1 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 3 2 / 3 6 / 37
1984 Majors 31 33.22 162 14 0 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 33
1985 Majors 32 33.65 162 24 0 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 33
1986 Majors 33 34.51 153 30 9 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 34
1987 Majors 34 29.61 145 26 17 -3 / 2 -4 / 5 -5 / 9 -3 / 2 -5 / 5 -1 / 4 -3 / 2 -24 / 29
1988 Minors 35 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
1988 Majors 35 19.62 89 13 0 -5 / 1 -2 / 3 -4 / 6 -6 / 4 -4 / 1 -1 / 3 0 / 1 -22 / 19
Total 1359 224 26 8 / 63 6 / 59 4 / 69 2 / 59 12 / 67 24 / 61 17 / 58 93 / 556
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01John Nied has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-09-10The Texas Hammers have waived John Nied.
1988-09-06The Texas Hammers have promoted Mel Hendley to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Tony Tillman to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Ron Sullivan to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Tim Vowinkel to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Tim Holden to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Frank Linebrink to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Midre Jones to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have promoted Tim Podres to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have designated Drew Vogelsong for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Dick Alderson for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Mickey Haselman for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Kevin Daley for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated John Nied for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Herman Bucha for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Ken Monzon for assignment. The Texas Hammers have designated Abner Hepler for assignment.
1988-06-01The Texas Hammers have promoted John Nied to the major league team. The Texas Hammers have sent Frank Perry to the minors.
1988-06-01The Texas Hammers have acquired John Nied from the waiver wire.
1988-05-12The Texas Hammers have acquired Frank Linebrink from the waiver wire. The Texas Hammers have waived John Nied.
1988-04-05The Texas Hammers have designated John Nied for assignment.
1987-09-12John Nied of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1986-06-21John Nied of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1980-04-01The Texas Rangers have promoted John Nied to the major league team.
1978-03-01The Texas Show have acquired John Nied from the waiver wire. The Texas Show have waived Travis Foster.
1977-04-01The Chicago BootLeggers have waived John Nied.
1975-04-05The Chicago BootLeggers have acquired John Nied from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Philadelphia Rabid Monkeys have waived John Nied.