Butch Nieman
1943–1945 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves
332G
.256AVG
.339OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
269H
37HR
167RBI
20SB
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 · Hits | 269 | 268 |
| Batting · Runs | 147 | 146 |
| Batting · RBI | 167 | 165 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332 | 1,183 | 1,050 | 147 | 269 | 46 | 14 | 37 | 167 | 129 | 119 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 454 | .256 | .339 | .432 | .771 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1945-04-19 to 1945-05-05
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1945-04-22 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1945-04-19 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1944-08-01 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 171 | 580 | 132 | 26 | 104 | 49 | 65 | .249 | .312 | .457 |
| Away | 161 | 603 | 136 | 11 | 61 | 80 | 54 | .262 | .358 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | .340 | .470 | .698 |
| May | 52 | 187 | 37 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | .220 | .283 | .381 |
| June | 62 | 194 | 48 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 20 | .286 | .381 | .464 |
| July | 66 | 237 | 49 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 22 | .236 | .329 | .380 |
| August | 79 | 295 | 73 | 10 | 41 | 18 | 34 | .264 | .308 | .460 |
| September | 51 | 178 | 39 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 21 | .252 | .348 | .413 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 54 | 196 | 52 | 6 | 24 | 12 | 20 | .283 | .327 | .446 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 49 | 172 | 38 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 20 | .250 | .337 | .414 |
| cincinnati-reds | 49 | 176 | 38 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | .245 | .330 | .432 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 46 | 176 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 18 | .222 | .295 | .373 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 45 | 174 | 44 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 17 | .297 | .402 | .568 |
| new-york-giants | 45 | 143 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 18 | .276 | .364 | .415 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 44 | 146 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 | .208 | .295 | .362 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Boston Braves | 101 | 335 | 84 | 7 | 46 | 4 | .251 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Braves | 134 | 468 | 123 | 16 | 63 | 5 | .263 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Braves | 97 | 247 | 61 | 14 | 56 | 11 | .247 | – | – |