Randy Niemann | Major Leaguer 1979-1987

Full Name: Randal Harold Niemann
Born: November 15,1955 in Scotia, California
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Union (Fortuna,CA)
College: College of the Redwoods

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Drafted: Selected by Montreal Expos in 5th Round (94th overall) of 1974 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg) ... Selected by New York Yankees in 2nd Round (30th overall) of 1975 amateur entry draft (June-Sec) ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 3rd Round (60th overall) of 1975 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 15,1977] - Traded by Yankees with Dave Bergman and Mike Fischlin to Astros for Cliff Johnson. [Sep 9,1981] - Traded by Astros with Kevin Houston and Johnny Ray to Pirates for Phil Garner. [Sep 7,1983] - Traded by Pirates to White Sox for Mike Maitland and Miguel Dilone. [Mar 30,1985] - Traded by White Sox to Mets for Gene Autry and Ken Reed. [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 16,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Oct 15,1987] - Granted Free Agency.

Signed by: Wayne Morgan

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1975	Oneonta	NYPL	19	Nyy	A-	3	3	2.45	8						55.0	53	26	15		20	23			8.67	---	3.27	3.76	1.33	--
1976	Ft. Lauder	FSL	20	Nyy	A+	9	10	2.84	25						190.0	173	74	60		73	79			8.19	---	3.46	3.74	1.29	--
1977	Columbus	Sou	21	Hou	AA	0	3	4.76	15						34.0	36	22	18		19	15			9.53	---	5.03	3.97	1.62	--
	West Haven	East	21	Nyy	AA	4	4	5.52	13						62.0	73	44	38		26	18			10.60	---	3.77	2.61	1.60	--
1978	Columbus	Sou	22	Hou	AA	9	5	2.05	29	14	9	1		1	123.0	125	44	28	4	39	53	4		9.15	0.29	2.85	3.88	1.33	--
1979	Charleston	IL	23	Hou	AAA	3	2	4.02	8	6	2	0		0	47.0	49	25	21	4	10	17	1		9.38	0.77	1.91	3.26	1.26	--
	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	3	2	3.76	26	7	3	2	4	1	67.0	68	32	28	1	22	24	0	2	9.13	0.13	2.96	3.22	1.34	56%
1980	Tucson	PCL	24	Hou	AAA	4	1	4.85	9	8	3	1		1	52.0	64	36	28	3	26	28	3		11.08	0.52	4.50	4.85	1.73	--
	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	0	1	5.45	22	1	0	0	3	1	33.0	40	21	20	2	12	18	0	1	10.91	0.55	3.27	4.91	1.58	71%
1981	Tucson	PCL	25	Hou	AAA	4	2	4.89	10	10	1	0	0	0	57.0	68	40	31	3	38	39	4		10.74	0.47	6.00	6.16	1.86	--
1982	Portland	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	3	2	3.83	8	6	2	0	2	0	44.2	41	22	19	4	26	28	5		8.26	0.81	5.24	5.64	1.50	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	1	1	5.09	20	0	0	0	8	1	35.1	34	22	20	1	17	26	4	1	8.66	0.25	4.33	6.62	1.44	75%
1983	Hawaii	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	2	3	4.24	16	14	0	0	1	0	87.0	95	49	41	4	45	52	8		9.83	0.41	4.66	5.38	1.61	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	0	1	9.22	8	1	0	0	4	0	13.2	20	14	14	2	7	8	3	0	13.18	1.32	4.61	5.27	1.98	76%
1984	Denver	Amer	28	Chw	AAA	10	12	5.86	32	29	9	1	1	0	190.1	235	136	124	14	86	110	12		11.11	0.66	4.07	5.20	1.69	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	0	0	1.69	5	0	0	0	3	0	5.1	5	1	1	0	5	5	1	0	8.44	0.00	8.44	8.44	1.88	43%
1985	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.66	0.00	0.00	3.86	1.07	82%
1986	Tidewater	IL	30	Nym	AAA	3	1	3.23	7	7	1	1	0	0	39.0	38	14	14	5	18	18	1		8.77	1.15	4.15	4.15	1.44	--
	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	2	3	3.79	31	1	0	0	11	0	35.2	44	17	15	2	12	18	2	0	11.10	0.50	3.03	4.54	1.57	69%
1987	Portland	PCL	31	Min	AAA	4	7	4.15	32	8	3	0	11	1	104.0	105	64	48	7	45	43	5		9.09	0.61	3.89	3.72	1.44	--
	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	1	0	8.44	6	0	0	0	3	0	5.1	3	5	5	0	7	1	1	0	5.07	0.00	11.82	1.69	1.88	48%
1988	Tidewater	IL	32	Nym	AAA	0	1	10.45	9	1	0	0	0	0	10.1	19	14	12	0	5	5	0		16.55	0.00	4.36	4.36	2.32	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						7	8	4.64	122	10	3	2	36	3	200.0	219	112	103	8	82	102	11	4	9.86	0.36	3.69	4.59	1.51	65%
Minor League Totals - 13 Season(s)						58	56	4.08	221						1,095.1	1174	610	497		476	528			9.65	---	3.91	4.34	1.51	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	p	9	26	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	.133	.188	.133	321	50%
1980	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	p	9	22	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	666	100%
1982	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	20	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
1983	Hawaii	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	p		16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1984	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Tidewater	IL	29	Nym	AAA	p		30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.333	.333	.333	666	--
	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	p	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Tidewater	IL	30	Nym	AAA	p		7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		.500	.600	.500	1100	--
	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	p	9	31	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	762	50%
1987	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	p	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)								122	30	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	0	2	.267	.313	.267	580	75%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								53	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0		.176	.222	.176	398	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Columbus	Sou	22	Hou	AA	P	29			3	20	2	25	1	-	-	-	.920	--

1979	Charleston	IL	23	Hou	AAA	P	8			6	13	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	P	26		67	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.07

1980	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	P	22		33	4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.27

1981	Tucson	PCL	25	Hou	AAA	P	10			0	13	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	--

1982	Portland	PCL	26	Pit	AAA	P	8			1	3	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	--
1982	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	20		35.1	4	7	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.80

1983	Hawaii	PCL	27	Pit	AAA	P	16			4	10	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1983	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	8		13.2	2	2	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.63

1984	Denver	Amer	28	Chw	AAA	P	32			8	24	1	33	2	-	-	-	.970	--
1984	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	5		5.1	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.06

1985	Tidewater	IL	29	Nym	AAA	P	30			14	27	0	41	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	P	4		4.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.86

1986	Tidewater	IL	30	Nym	AAA	P	7			2	13	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	P	31		35.2	3	9	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.03

1987	Portland	PCL	31	Min	AAA	P	32			5	20	1	26	3	-	-	-	.962	--
1987	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	P	6		5.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69

1988	Tidewater	IL	32	Nym	AAA	P	9			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	63
1986	83,000		325,466	63
1987	*60,000		292,853	80

Career:	$203,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

2006 - Pitching Coach for Norfolk of International League (AAA)

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