Tom Nieto

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 193lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: October 27, 1960 in Downey, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK).

High School: Richard Gahr HS (Cerritos, CA)

Schools: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: May 10, 1984 (Age 23-196d, 14,893rd in major league history)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1990 (Age 29-337d)
vs. MON 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Thomas Andrew Nieto

Pronunciation: \knee-yet-toe\

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

619

127

.205

RBI

OBP

.280

SLG

.281

OPS

.561

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	MON	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
2	3	Apr 11	MON	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
3	4	Apr 12	MON	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 15	MON		CHC	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	7	Apr 17	MON		CHC	L,6-7	GS	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
6	8	Apr 18	MON		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	9	Apr 19	MON		STL	L,6-9	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
8	10	Apr 20	MON		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 23	MON		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	14 (1)	Apr 25	MON	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	94 (79)	Jul 26	MON	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	95	Jul 27	MON	@	CIN	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	96	Jul 28	MON		PIT	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	98 (1)	Aug 1	MON	@	NYM	L,1-3	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	99	Aug 2	MON	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	100	Aug 3	MON	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	101	Aug 4	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
18	102	Aug 5	MON	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	104 (1)	Aug 7	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	106 (1)	Aug 9	MON		NYM	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	107	Aug 10	MON		NYM	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	108	Aug 11	MON		STL	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	109	Aug 12	MON		STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	110	Aug 13	MON		STL	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	111	Aug 14	MON		CHC	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	112	Aug 15 (1)	MON		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	114 (1)	Aug 16	MON		CHC	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
28	117 (2)	Aug 20	MON	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	138 (20)	Sep 12	MON	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	141 (2)	Sep 15	MON		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							30gm		181.1	123	11	3	137	1