Butch Nieman
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 195 lb
BornFebruary 8, 1918 · Herkimer, KS, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 1943
Final gameSeptember 30, 1945
Seasons3 (1943–1945)
Boston Braves 1943–1945
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified batters
of 111 qualified 1944 batters (min 480 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 101 | 375 | 335 | 39 | 84 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 0 | .251 | .331 | .406 | .737 | 112.9 | 113.5 | .350 | 1.3 |
| 1944 | 134 | 517 | 468 | 65 | 124 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 65 | 47 | 47 | 5 | 0 | .265 | .332 | .427 | .759 | 107.5 | 108.7 | .352 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 97 | 291 | 247 | 43 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 0 | .247 | .361 | .478 | .839 | 130.2 | 131.2 | .390 | 1.7 |
Career totals
G
332
PA
1,183
AB
1,050
R
147
H
269
2B
46
3B
14
HR
37
RBI
167
BB
129
SO
119
SB
20
BA
.2562
OBP
.3387
SLG
.4324
OPS
.7711
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944-08-01 | PIT @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 1944-06-03 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1944-09-02 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1943-08-31 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1944-05-28 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-04-24 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-25 | SF @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-27 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-28 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-04-29 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.