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Melvin Nieves   |   Major Leaguer   1992-1998

Full Name:  Melvin Ramos Nieves
Born:  December 28,1971  in  San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height:  6-2  Weight:  220  Bats:  Both  Throws:  Right
High School:  Luis Pales Matos (Santa Rosa,PR)
College:  

Brother of Wil Nieves

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Prospect Rankings*
1992 - 8th ranked organizational prospect for Atlanta Braves
1993 - 39th ranked Major League prospect
1993 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for Atlanta Braves
1994 - 69th ranked Major League prospect
1994 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for San Diego Padres
1995 - 5th ranked organizational prospect for San Diego Padres

*According to Baseball America
Drafted:  Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Braves in 1988  

Transactions:   [May 20,1988] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Braves.  [Jul 18,1993] - Traded by Braves with Vince Moore and Donnie Elliott to Padres for Fred McGriff.  [Mar 22,1996] - Traded by Padres with Richie Lewis and Raul Casanova to Tigers for Todd Steverson, Cade Gaspar and Sean Bergman.  [Nov 11,1997] - Traded by Tigers to Reds for Donne Wall and Paul Bako.  [Nov 5,1998] - Released by Reds.  [Dec 15,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins.  [Dec 18,1998] - Signed by Twins  [Mar 20,1999] - Contract purchased by Fukuoka Daei (Japan) from Twins  [Jan 29,2001] - Signed by Rockies  [Apr 21,2001] - Released by Rockies  [Feb 19,2002] - Signed by Tigers  [Mar 28,2002] - Released by Tigers  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1988GCL BravesGCL16AtlRk of 561761630601125420532011  .170.261.222483--
1989PulaskiApp17AtlRk of 6423143641639466430591434  .277.357.489846--
1991DurhamCaro19AtlA+ of 6420131531109253840535201  .264.397.453850--
1992DurhamCaro20AtlA+ of 311061832918324217332304  .302.395.6321027--
 GreenvilleSou20AtlAA of 100350619923518766452986224  .283.381.531912--
 AtlantaNL20AtlMLB of91219041001002700000 .211.286.26354950%
1993Las VegasPCL21SdAAA of 4315931491017242218422000  .308.385.516901--
 RichmondIL21AtlAAA of 78273387610310364325842411  .278.342.447789--
 San DiegoNL21SdMLB of3,619474900230032110000 .191.255.31957420%
1994Las VegasPCL22SdAAA of 1114068112517625921258138830210 .308.403.564967--
 San DiegoNL22SdMLB of9,610192510140031000000 .263.364.47483867%
1995San DiegoNL23SdMLB of6,9,598234324861143823198850139 .205.276.41969545%
1996DetroitAL24DetMLB rf-lf5,61204317110623424601244158620310 .246.322.48580742%
1997DetroitAL25DetMLB rf611635946821812064173915756023 .228.311.451762--
1998IndyIL26CinAAA of 15531015402130091100000 .283.387.472859--
 CincinnatiNL26CinMLB rf9831198304021700264201023 .252.381.33671741%
2001Colo SprPCL29ColAAA of 134371051141082010000 .233.365.465830--
2003NashuaAtl31Ind of 50172334410172843304860031 .256.379.448827--
 SomersetAtl31Ind of 3812522357072773363412002 .280.444.504948--
2005HarrisburgEast33WanAA of 237714205041612182823000 .260.412.481893--
 NewOrleansPCL33WanAAA of 257517172051701182820020 .227.381.453834--
2006JolietNorthern34Ind   1648117103310191921002 .146.406.354760--
 
Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)45812281632845366318741213648317911025 .231.314.43875242%
Minor League Totals - 11 Season(s)72724954336761362111645145383987484224722 .271.377.482859--


 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1988GCL BravesGCL16AtlRkOF55100121030---.981--
 
1989PulaskiApp17AtlRkOF474516520---.885--
 
1991DurhamCaro19AtlA+OF577565861---.942--
 
1992DurhamCaro20AtlA+OF306142670---.970--
1992GreenvilleSou20AtlAAOF85127951411---.965--
1992AtlantaNL20AtlMLBOF6803110---.727--
 
1993Las VegasPCL21SdAAAOF417941841---.988--
1993RichmondIL21AtlAAAOF68124571361---.949--
1993San DiegoNL21SdMLBOF152702290---.931--
 
1994Las VegasPCL22SdAAA1B11000101---1.000--
1994Las VegasPCL22SdAAAOF1081604101741---.943--
1994San DiegoNL22SdMLBOF61110120---1.000--
 
1995San DiegoNL23SdMLB1B21101121---.917--
1995San DiegoNL23SdMLBOF7995511011---.990--
 
1996DetroitAL24DetMLBLF214724530---.925--
1996DetroitAL24DetMLBRF84160791762---.949--
1996DetroitAL24DetMLBDH11--------
 
1997DetroitAL25DetMLBCF210010---1.000--
1997DetroitAL25DetMLBRF101189441971---.980--
1997DetroitAL25DetMLBDH10--------
 
1998IndyIL26CinAAAOF121901200---.950--
1998CincinnatiNL26CinMLBLF330030---1.000--
1998CincinnatiNL26CinMLBRF222810290---1.000--
1998CincinnatiNL26CinMLBDH3--------
 
2001Colo SprPCL29ColAAAOF132200220---1.000--
 
2003Atl31IndOF42--8841931---.989--
2003Atl31IndOF35--6745762---.934--
 
2005HarrisburgEast33WanAAOF203710380---1.000--
2005NewOrleansPCL33WanAAA1B140040---1.000--
2005NewOrleansPCL33WanAAAOF172700270---1.000--
 


 Awards
 Salaries
YearSalary Rank  Lg Avg  Centile
1992*109,000  798,18575
1993109,000  815,72380
1994118,000  914,15773
1995125,000  831,50463
1996170,000  835,26253
1997335,000  996,99043
1998820,000  1,054,03729
 
Career:  $1,786,000   estimate
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