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| Name | Team | Age |
| Jim Nielsen | Retired (1995, Age 36) | Died (2043, Age 85) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 9 (1981) |
SP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Mel Ott League | 0 | 11 years (121 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 12/18/1958 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1981 | Minors | 59.00 | 1 / 4 | 6 / 26 | 6 / 29 | 13 / 59 |
| 1982 | Minors | 55.00 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 30 | 5 / 24 | 9 / 55 |
| 1983 | Minors | 38.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 16 | 6 / 20 | 6 / 38 |
| 1983 | Majors | 9.74 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 9 |
| 1984 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 5 |
| 1984 | Majors | 34.78 | 0 / 4 | 3 / 13 | 1 / 17 | 4 / 34 |
| 1985 | Minors | 9.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 9 |
| 1985 | Majors | 35.92 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 14 | 1 / 15 | 4 / 35 |
| 1986 | Minors | 4.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 |
| 1986 | Majors | 42.63 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 20 | 1 / 14 | 1 / 42 |
| 1987 | Majors | 53.03 | 0 / 16 | 1 / 22 | 2 / 15 | 3 / 53 |
| 1988 | Majors | 51.99 | 1 / 11 | 0 / 19 | 1 / 21 | 2 / 51 |
| 1989 | Majors | 49.23 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 22 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 49 |
| 1990 | Majors | 50.16 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 22 | 1 / 19 | 1 / 50 |
| 1991 | Majors | 49.96 | 1 / 11 | 2 / 16 | 0 / 22 | 3 / 49 |
| 1992 | Majors | 50.80 | -2 / 11 | -4 / 20 | 0 / 19 | -6 / 50 |
| 1993 | Majors | 44.95 | -3 / 8 | 0 / 18 | -1 / 18 | -4 / 44 |
| 1994 | Majors | 44.23 | -1 / 11 | -7 / 15 | -3 / 18 | -11 / 44 |
| 1995 | Majors | 48.15 | -2 / 9 | -5 / 21 | 0 / 18 | -7 / 48 |
| Total | -3 / 126 | 1 / 307 | 22 / 295 | 20 / 728 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1995-11-01 | Jim Nielsen has retired from the Cleveland Indians |
| 1986-08-13 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. |
| 1986-07-25 | The Cleveland Indians have demoted Jim Nielsen to the minor leagues. |
| 1985-05-03 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Al Davis to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Andy Blankenship for assignment. The Cleveland Indians have designated John Grob for assignment. |
| 1985-03-07 | The Cleveland Indians have sent Jim Nielsen down to the minors. |
| 1984-07-23 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Wilbur Wood for assignment. |
| 1984-06-10 | The Cleveland Indians have demoted Jim Nielsen to the minor leagues. |
| 1983-09-21 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Frank Swan to the minors. |
| 1983-06-20 | The Cleveland Indians have sent Jim Nielsen down to the minors. |
| 1983-05-19 | The Cleveland Indians have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Maurice Martinez to the minors. |
| 1979-05-03 | A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Six-Pack. The Milwaukee Six-Pack receive Bobby Murphy, George Mullin, Howie Kaiser, Joe Pasley from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Frank Swan, Ed Goeckel, Harry Franco, Nick Sax, Doug Rodriguez, Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 MIL (Dan Truby), Draft Pick 1981 Round 1 MIL (Jim Nielsen), Draft Pick 1981 Round 2 MIL (Cy Scott). |