Melvin Nieves

Bats B Throws R6'2" 185 lbBorn 1971 San Juan, P.R.Debut 1992Team CIN

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
1998	CIN	83	147	8	30	4	0	2	17	0	26	42	0.252	0.381	0.336	0.717	96.2
1997	DET	116	405	46	82	18	1	20	64	1	39	157	0.228	0.311	0.451	0.762	93.8
1996	DET	120	484	71	106	23	4	24	60	1	44	158	0.246	0.322	0.485	0.807	99.7
1995	SD	98	262	32	48	6	1	14	38	2	19	88	0.205	0.276	0.419	0.695	81.3
1994	SD	10	22	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	3	10	0.263	0.364	0.474	0.837	124.6
1993	SD	19	51	4	9	0	0	2	3	0	3	21	0.191	0.255	0.319	0.574	49.8
1992	ATL	12	21	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	0.211	0.286	0.263	0.549	50.7
Career		458	1392	163	284	53	6	63	187	4	136	483	0.231	0.314	0.438	0.752	92.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
1998	CIN	OF	25	161	31	1	0	0	1.000
1997	DET	OF	99	758	187	4	4	1	0.979
1996	DET	OF	105	902	207	9	13	2	0.943
1995	SD	OF	79	491	95	5	1	1	0.990
1995	SD	1B	2	6	11	0	1	1	0.917
1994	SD	OF	6	36	11	1	0	0	1.000
1993	SD	OF	15	104	27	0	2	0	0.931
1992	ATL	OF	6	35	8	0	3	0	0.727

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
1998	CIN	$820,000
1997	DET	$335,000
1996	DET	$170,000
1995	SD	$125,000
1994	SD	$118,000
1993	SD	$109,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.