Bob Nieman
1951–1962 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
1,113G
.295AVG
.373OBP
.474SLG
More career statistics
1,018H
125HR
544RBI
10SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 33 |
| Batting · RBI | 544 | 542 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,113 | 3,947 | 3,452 | 455 | 1,018 | 180 | 32 | 125 | 544 | 435 | 512 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 1,637 | .295 | .373 | .474 | .847 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1956-08-17 to 1956-09-07
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1955-04-23 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1960-09-05 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1956-07-26 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 557 | 1937 | 524 | 62 | 290 | 233 | 241 | .314 | .391 | .509 |
| Away | 556 | 2010 | 494 | 63 | 252 | 202 | 271 | .277 | .346 | .442 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 88 | 300 | 79 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 35 | .312 | .407 | .490 |
| May | 207 | 777 | 203 | 20 | 85 | 72 | 100 | .294 | .354 | .462 |
| June | 196 | 663 | 156 | 22 | 95 | 68 | 88 | .266 | .338 | .456 |
| July | 204 | 684 | 164 | 20 | 92 | 92 | 89 | .283 | .374 | .460 |
| August | 213 | 766 | 211 | 29 | 109 | 79 | 100 | .311 | .379 | .503 |
| September | 202 | 754 | 205 | 23 | 117 | 81 | 99 | .310 | .379 | .482 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 159 | 625 | 163 | 14 | 81 | 72 | 77 | .302 | .376 | .458 |
| new-york-yankees | 142 | 514 | 133 | 16 | 55 | 56 | 66 | .294 | .368 | .457 |
| chicago-white-sox | 140 | 497 | 131 | 15 | 65 | 55 | 71 | .301 | .374 | .483 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 139 | 542 | 153 | 20 | 82 | 59 | 69 | .324 | .391 | .504 |
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 467 | 108 | 13 | 61 | 55 | 68 | .265 | .349 | .431 |
| detroit-tigers | 96 | 360 | 87 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 48 | .276 | .347 | .457 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 80 | 308 | 83 | 20 | 65 | 43 | 35 | .317 | .409 | .645 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 56 | 216 | 55 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 14 | .281 | .343 | .439 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  St. Louis Browns | 12 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 8 | – | .372 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Browns | 131 | 478 | 138 | 18 | 74 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 142 | 508 | 143 | 15 | 67 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 251 | 66 | 8 | 35 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 99 | 272 | 77 | 11 | 53 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 128 | 428 | 137 | 14 | 68 | 1 | .320 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Baltimore Orioles | 129 | 445 | 123 | 13 | 70 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1958 | Baltimore Orioles | 105 | 366 | 119 | 16 | 60 | 2 | .325 | – | – |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles | 118 | 360 | 105 | 21 | 60 | 1 | .292 | – | – |
| 1960 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 188 | 54 | 4 | 31 | – | .287 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 82 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .378 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians, San Francisco Giants | 32 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | – | .290 | – | – |