MELVIN NIEVES

| Retired | Played: 1988-2008

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 623rd in grandslams
Positions: OF-859, RF-207, LF-24, DH-24, 1B-4, CF-2
Full Name: Melvin Ramos Nieves
Born: Dec 28, 1971 (41.145) in San Juan,Puerto Rico

Top Prospect: mlb 1993 (#39), 1994 (#69) team 1992 (#8-ATL), 1993 (#5-ATL), 1994 (#3-SD), 1995 (#5-SD)

MLB Debut: Sep 1, 1992 (20.248)

Brother of Wil Nieves

Speed
43

Contact
13

Patience
73

Batting
45

Power
91

Ht/Wt: 6-2 / 220 Bats/Throws: Both / Right
High School: Luis Pales Matos (Santa Rosa,PR)
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1988 by ATL

Tags: Strikeout Batter || Switch-hit Homers in Same Game || Top Prospect

TBC Player ID: 15993
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1988	GCL Braves	GCL	Rk	-	atl	16	of	69	56	176	16	30	6	0	1	12	5	4	20	53	2	0	1	1		.170	.261	.222	483	-	-	39	200		--	--	.236
1989	Pulaski	App	Rk	-	atl	17	of	5	64	231	43	64	16	3	9	46	6	4	30	59	1	4	3	4		.277	.357	.489	846	-	-	113	269		--	--	.329
1990	Sumter	SAL	A	-	atl	18		8	126	459	60	130	24	7	9	59	10	6	53	125	9	4	1	9		.283	.362	.425	787	-	-	195	531		--	--	.362
1991	Durham	Caro	A+	-	atl	19	of	70	64	201	31	53	11	0	9	25	3	8	40	53	5	2	0	1		.264	.397	.453	849	-	-	91	247		--	--	.314
1992	Durham	Caro	A+	-	atl	20	of	81	31	106	18	32	9	1	8	32	4	2	17	33	2	3	0	4		.302	.395	.632	1027	-	-	67	129		--	--	.348
1992	Greenville	Sou	AA	-	atl	20	of	31	100	350	61	99	23	5	18	76	6	4	52	98	6	2	2	4		.283	.381	.531	912	-	-	186	414		--	--	.340
1992	Atlanta	NL	MLB	7	atl	20	of	-	12	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	549	2	17	5	21	15	1	2.0	.333
1993	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	21	of	-	43	159	31	49	10	1	7	24	2	2	18	42	2	0	0	0		.308	.385	.516	901	-	-	82	179		--	--	.382
1993	Richmond	IL	AAA	-	atl	21	of	83	78	273	38	76	10	3	10	36	4	3	25	84	2	4	1	1		.278	.342	.447	789	-	-	122	302		--	--	.367
1993	San Diego	NL	MLB	10	sd	21	of	-	19	47	4	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	21	1	0	0	0	0	.191	.255	.319	574	11	58	15	51	38	2	1.6	.292
1994	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	-	sd	22	of	13	111	406	81	125	17	6	25	92	1	2	58	138	8	3	0	2	10	.308	.403	.564	967	-	-	229	474	295	88	8.1	.408
1994	San Diego	NL	MLB	3	sd	22	of	-	10	19	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.474	837	4	40	9	22	14	3	5.6	.500
1995	San Diego	NL	MLB	3	sd	23	of	-	98	234	32	48	6	1	14	38	2	3	19	88	5	0	1	3	9	.205	.276	.419	695	50	51	98	262	202	21	2.8	.252
1996	Detroit	AL	MLB	30	det	24	rf-lf	63	120	431	71	106	23	4	24	60	1	2	44	158	6	2	0	3	10	.246	.322	.485	807	115	96	209	484	340	63	5.0	.325
1997	Detroit	AL	MLB	30	det	25	rf	59	116	359	46	82	18	1	20	64	1	7	39	157	5	6	0	2	3	.228	.311	.451	762	91	78	162	405	289	43	4.0	.337
1998	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	-	cin	26	of	-	15	53	10	15	4	0	2	13	0	0	9	11	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.387	.472	859	-	-	25	62	38	11	7.7	.325
1998	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	46	cin	26	rf	-	83	119	8	30	4	0	2	17	0	0	26	42	0	1	0	2	3	.252	.381	.336	717	21	25	40	147	94	15	4.3	.364
2001	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	29	of	-	13	43	7	10	5	1	1	4	1	0	8	20	1	0	0	0	0	.233	.365	.465	831	-	-	20	52	33	8	6.3	.409
2002	Torreon	Mex	AAA	-	-	30		-	61	197	43	62	17	0	14	52	4	1	51	62					3	.315	.456	.614	1070	-	-	121			--	--
2003	Nashua	Atl	Ind	-	-	31	of	37	50	172	33	44	10	1	7	28	4	3	30	48	6	0	0	3	1	.256	.379	.448	827	-	-	77	211	135	32	6.4	.308
2003	Somerset	Atl	Ind	-	-	31	of	37	38	125	22	35	7	0	7	27	7	3	36	34	1	2	0	0	2	.280	.444	.504	948	-	-	63	162	95	30	8.6	.333
2005	Harrisburg	East	AA	46	wan	33	of	80	23	77	14	20	5	0	4	16	1	2	18	28	2	3	0	0	0	.260	.412	.481	893	-	-	37	97	59	15	7.0	.356
2005	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	-	wan	33	of	-	25	75	17	17	2	0	5	17	0	1	18	28	2	0	0	2	0	.227	.381	.453	835	-	-	34	97	61	14	6.0	.273
2006	Joliet	Northern	Ind	-	-	34		-	16	48	11	7	1	0	3	3	1	0	19	19	2	1	0	0	2	.146	.406	.354	760	-	-	17	69	43	8	4.9	.154
2006	Veracruz	Mex	AAA	-	-	34		30	35	111	21	30	3	0	8	19	0	0	34	49					4	.270	.441	.514	955	-	-	57			--	--
2006	Laguna	Mex	AAA	-	-	34		30	35	128	25	32	9	0	6	21	0	1	28	51					0	.250	.385	.461	846	-	-	59			--	--
2008	Laguna	Mex	AAA	-	-	36		-	6	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12					1	.105	.227	.158	385	-	-	3			--	--
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MLB Totals (7 years) Career Ranks									458	1228	163	284	53	6	63	187	4	12	136	483	17	9	1	10	25	.231	.314	.438	752	294	64	538	1392	992	148.8	4.1	.319
Minor League Totals (13 years)									886	3064	516	846	172	27	136	544	47	40	482	946	42	25	8	28	18	.276	.379	.483	862	--	--	1480	3624	2312	577.7	6.7	.353
AAA Totals (8 years)									422	1464	273	418	78	11	78	278	12	10	252	497	15	7	1	5	18	.286	.395	.514	908	--	--	752	1737	1080	295.9	7.4	.380
AA Totals (2 years)									123	427	75	119	28	5	22	92	7	6	70	126	8	5	2	4	0	.279	.387	.522	909	--	--	223	511	320	91.3	7.7	.343
A+ Totals (2 years)									95	307	49	85	20	1	17	57	7	10	57	86	7	5	0	5	0	.277	.396	.515	911	--	--	158	376	237	65.5	7.5	.325
A Totals (1 year)									126	459	60	130	24	7	9	59	10	6	53	125	9	4	1	9	0	.283	.362	.425	787	--	--	195	531	345	75.6	5.9	.362
Rookie Totals (2 years)									120	407	59	94	22	3	10	58	11	8	50	112	3	4	4	5	0	.231	.316	.373	690	--	--	152	469	330	49.9	4.1	.290
Indy Totals (2 years)									104	345	66	86	18	1	17	58	12	6	85	101	9	3	0	3	5	.249	.407	.455	862	--	--	157	442	273	69.9	6.9	.300
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1988	GCL Braves	GCL	Rk	OF	55		103	100	1	2	0		.981	--	--
1989	Pulaski	App	Rk	OF	47		52	45	1	6	0		.885	--	--
1990	Sumter	SAL	A	OF	123		245	227	7	11	2		.955	--	--
1991	Durham	Caro	A+	OF	57		86	75	6	5	1		.942	--	--
1992	Durham	Caro	A+	OF	30		67	61	4	2	0		.970	--	--
	Greenville	Sou	AA	OF	85		141	127	9	5	1		.965	--	--
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	OF	6		11	8	0	3	0		.727	--	--
1993	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OF	41		84	79	4	1	1		.988	--	--
	Richmond	IL	AAA	OF	68		136	124	5	7	1		.949	--	--
	San Diego	NL	MLB	OF	15		29	27	0	2	0		.931	--	--
1994	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	1B	1		10	10	0	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OF	108		174	160	4	10	1		.943	--	--
	San Diego	NL	MLB	OF	6		12	11	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
1995	San Diego	NL	MLB	1B	2		12	11	0	1	1		.917	--	--
	San Diego	NL	MLB	OF	79		101	95	5	1	1		.990	--	--
1996	Detroit	AL	MLB	LF	21		53	47	2	4	0		.925	--	--
	Detroit	AL	MLB	RF	84		176	160	7	9	2		.949	--	--
	Detroit	AL	MLB	DH	11		0						--	--	--
1997	Detroit	AL	MLB	CF	2		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Detroit	AL	MLB	RF	101		197	189	4	4	1		.980	--	--
	Detroit	AL	MLB	DH	10		0						--	--	--
1998	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	OF	12		20	19	0	1	0		.950	--	--
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	LF	3		3	3	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	RF	22		29	28	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	DH	3		0						--	--	--
2001	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	OF	13		22	22	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
2003	Nashua	Atl	Ind	OF	42	0	93	88	4	1	1	0	.989	--	--
	Somerset	Atl	Ind	OF	35	0	76	67	4	5	2	0	.934	--	--
2005	Harrisburg	East	AA	OF	20		38	37	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	1B	1		4	4	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	OF	17		27	27	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
Major League Totals:				1B	2	0	12	11	0	1	1	0	.917	5.50
				LF	24	0	56	50	2	4	0	0	.929	2.17
				CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
				RF	207	0	402	377	12	13	3	0	.968	1.88
				OF	106	0	153	141	6	6	1	0	.961	1.39
				DH	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minor League Totals:				1B	2	0	14	14	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.00
				OF	676	0	1195	1103	42	50	7	0	.958	1.69

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