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Bats: B · Throws: R · Born 1971-12-28 · Played 1992–1998 · Career WAR -2.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=nieveme01, LAHMAN=nieveme01, MLBAM=119798, RETROSHEET=nievm001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1992	ATL	NL	12	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.211	.286	.263	.549	0.0
1993	SDN	NL	19	47	4	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	21	.191	.255	.319	.574	-0.3
1994	SDN	NL	10	19	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	10	.263	.364	.474	.838	0.0
1995	SDN	NL	98	234	32	48	6	1	14	38	2	3	19	88	.205	.276	.419	.695	-1.1
1996	DET	AL	120	431	71	106	23	4	24	60	1	2	44	158	.246	.322	.485	.807	-0.4
1997	DET	AL	116	359	46	82	18	1	20	64	1	7	39	157	.228	.311	.451	.762	-0.4
1998	CIN	NL	83	119	8	30	4	0	2	17	0	0	26	42	.252	.381	.336	.717	-0.1
Total			458	1228	163	284	53	6	63	187	4	12	136	483	.231	.308	.438	.746	-2.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1992	ATL	NL	OF	6	2	35.0	8	0	3	0
1993	SDN	NL	OF	15	11	104.1	27	0	2	0
1994	SDN	NL	OF	6	4	36.0	11	1	0	0
1995	SDN	NL	1B	2	1	6.1	11	0	1	1
1995	SDN	NL	OF	79	49	491.0	95	5	1	1
1996	DET	AL	OF	105	104	902.1	207	9	13	2
1997	DET	AL	OF	99	84	758.1	187	4	4	1
1998	CIN	NL	OF	25	18	161.0	31	1	0	0
Total				337	273	2494.1	577	20	24	5

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1997-05-31	Player	Called third strike (from bench)

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