Dave Nied  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Now he's the consumate ground-ball pitcher, which I love: ground balls never leave the stadium. Nied performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Nied's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. Nied also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He traditionally fares better against lefties. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
Nied's move to first base is average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Nied is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Nied has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Nied as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 ATL 95 85 59 63 64 55 58 56 60 66 60 0 60 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 8 24 62 339
1999 ATL 95 89 68 66 64 55 58 56 60 66 60 0 69 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 365
2000 ATL 99 89 74 72 64 55 58 56 60 66 60 0 69 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 382
2001 ATL 98 89 75 54 64 55 58 56 60 76 60 0 69 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand DL 0 0 0 57 375
2002 ATL 99 89 75 59 64 55 58 56 60 76 72 0 69 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 393
2003 ATL 99 90 75 63 64 55 58 56 60 81 72 0 74 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 408
2004 ATL 99 94 75 62 64 55 58 56 60 84 72 0 78 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 418
2005 ATL 97 94 75 65 64 55 58 56 60 84 78 0 78 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 424
2006 ATL 96 94 75 65 64 55 58 56 60 86 78 0 78 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 68 425
2007 ATL 93 93 75 65 64 55 58 56 60 86 82 0 78 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 77 423
2008 ATL 90 93 75 69 64 55 58 56 60 86 82 0 78 0 0 0 37 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 423
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.