Alphonse
Nietz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 29, 1984 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MS FF     0 0 2 0 1 2 1 7 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5
2005 21 MS FF     0 0 3 1 1 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 6
2006 22 PA FF     0 2 4 3 2 3 2 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 6
2007 23 PA FF     2 3 6 4 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 6
2008 24 PA FF $ 300,000   5 5 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 2 0 1 2 1 7 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 6 5 7 8 7
2010 26 PA FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 6 5 7 8 8
2011 27 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 4 6 5 7 8 7
2012 28 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 7 7
2013 29 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 6
2014 30 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 6
2015 31 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 5
2016 32 PA FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 5 5
2017 33 PA FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 4 5 4
2018 34 PA FF $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 3
2019 35 PA FF $ 300,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 3
2020 36 PA FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 6 5 7 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MS FF   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 21 MS FF   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 22 PA FF   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 23 PA FF   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 24 PA FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 26 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 27 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 28 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 29 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 30 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2015 31 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2016 32 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2017 33 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2018 34 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2019 35 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2020 36 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 20 A   0 1 .000 45 0 0 0 1 38.7 40 13 2 15 40 3.03 .274 .342 .356 .698  
2005 21 A   10 9 .526 26 26 0 0 0 157.0 143 47 7 43 183 2.69 .237 .288 .327 .615  
2006 22 AA   0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 20.3 19 14 5 11 28 6.20 .241 .333 .519 .852  
    A   8 7 .533 22 22 0 0 0 148.7 127 52 11 40 188 3.15 .228 .280 .346 .626  
2007 23 AA   9 11 .450 25 25 3 3 0 172.7 142 61 10 53 219 3.18 .221 .281 .338 .619  
2008 24 PA FF 2 5 .286 12 12 0 0 0 77.7 68 31 7 23 61 3.59 .234 .305 .392 .697 4.5
    AAA   8 3 .727 16 16 1 0 0 114.7 72 27 5 38 131 2.12 .176 .246 .271 .516  
2009 25 PA FF 9 14 .391 26 26 4 3 0 166.7 151 76 22 64 71 4.10 .241 .315 .405 .720 6.8
    AAA   3 0 1.000 4 4 3 1 0 33.0 18 4 2 11 36 1.09 .159 .234 .230 .464  
2010 26 PA FF 7 9 .438 26 24 1 0 0 166.3 151 76 18 54 80 4.11 .239 .302 .392 .694 5.0
2011 27 PA FF 0 4 .000 41 1 0 0 1 69.7 55 29 10 25 22 3.75 .211 .281 .375 .657 2.2
2012 28 PA FF 6 3 .667 10 10 0 0 0 64.7 54 21 8 22 20 2.92 .231 .300 .359 .659 4.7
    AAA   10 6 .625 20 20 1 1 0 137.7 108 36 13 35 132 2.35 .210 .260 .335 .595  
2013 29 PA FF 1 8 .111 10 10 0 0 0 53.3 61 36 7 21 29 6.08 .279 .350 .438 .788 0.0
    AAA   5 4 .556 18 18 0 0 0 108.7 75 35 7 41 89 2.90 .190 .267 .282 .548  
2014 30 PA FF 0 4 .000 8 5 0 0 0 35.0 34 18 6 14 17 4.63 .248 .333 .438 .771 0.0
    AAA   10 7 .588 23 23 0 0 0 149.0 107 48 13 70 101 2.90 .202 .295 .314 .609  
2015 31 AAA   5 8 .385 24 24 0 0 0 138.0 110 51 15 63 119 3.33 .215 .301 .352 .654  
2016 32 PA FF 0 2 .000 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 1 6 4 6.43 .269 .412 .462 .873 0.0
    AAA   4 11 .267 20 20 0 0 0 115.0 126 66 10 48 72 5.17 .278 .347 .393 .740  
2017 33 PA FF 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 26.7 17 7 1 8 15 2.36 .181 .260 .277 .536 1.7
    AAA   7 13 .350 30 30 1 1 0 198.0 159 72 22 85 133 3.27 .221 .303 .366 .669  
2018 34 PA FF 2 0 1.000 23 4 0 0 0 44.3 41 15 5 19 17 3.05 .240 .325 .345 .670 3.9
    AAA   3 1 .750 9 6 0 0 0 43.3 38 17 6 17 27 3.53 .235 .307 .420 .727  
2019 35 PA FF 1 7 .125 12 12 0 0 0 67.3 71 37 8 30 34 4.95 .273 .349 .419 .768 0.0
    AAA   3 10 .231 20 20 0 0 0 115.7 118 62 21 46 77 4.82 .263 .332 .449 .781  
2020 36 PA FF 4 1 .800 48 0 0 0 0 51.3 66 42 10 38 17 7.36 .319 .420 .512 .932 0.0
    AAA   3 7 .300 22 16 0 0 0 90.3 79 41 9 34 58 4.09 .237 .307 .368 .675  
12 Years Sim 33 58 .363 222 109 5 3 1 830.0 776 393 103 324 387 4.26 .246 .321 .401 .722 28.9
11 Years AAA 61 70 .466 206 197 6 3 0 1243.3 1010 459 123 488 975 3.32 .220 .295 .349 .644  
2 Years AA 9 13 .409 29 29 3 3 0 193.0 161 75 15 64 247 3.50 .223 .287 .358 .644  
3 Years A 18 17 .514 93 48 0 0 1 344.3 310 112 20 98 411 2.93 .237 .291 .338 .629  
16 Years Minors 88 100 .468 328 274 9 6 1 1780.6 1481 646 158 650 1633 3.27 .224 .293 .348 .641  
Season Average 2 4 .333 18 9 0 0 0 69.2 64 32 8 27 32 4.26 .246 .321 .401 .722  
Career Highs 9 14 1.000 48 26 4 3 1 166.7 151 76 22 64 80 7.36 .319 .420 .512 .932  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   379 186 40 159 213   .225 .292 .346 .637
vs LH   397 207 63 165 174   .270 .343 .464 .807
Home 24 33 .421 116 60 1 1 0 452.0 410 210 57 170 222 4.18 .239 .307 .398 .706
Away 9 25 .265 106 49 4 2 1 378.0 366 183 46 154 165 4.36 .254 .326 .404 .729
Mar/Apr 2 8 .200 30 14 2 1 0 121.7 111 57 19 39 50 4.22 .238 .296 .400 .697
May 3 11 .214 34 19 0 0 1 114.0 137 67 22 45 65 5.29 .288 .350 .480 .830
June 4 8 .333 26 12 1 0 0 102.0 100 44 9 40 28 3.88 .261 .331 .384 .715
July 9 7 .563 36 15 1 1 0 122.6 112 63 18 48 56 4.62 .240 .311 .428 .739
August 3 10 .231 42 19 0 0 0 145.3 149 81 17 59 82 5.02 .266 .336 .427 .763
Sep/Oct 12 14 .462 54 30 1 1 0 224.3 167 81 18 93 106 3.25 .207 .289 .328 .617
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 24 PA FF 12 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .080 .148 .080 .228 -0.4 0.0
2009 25 PA FF 26 51 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 20 .039 .109 .118 .227 -1.3 0.0
2010 26 PA FF 26 51 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .098 .132 .118 .250 -1.1 0.0
2011 27 PA FF 41 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
2012 28 PA FF 10 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .045 .000 .045 -1.5 0.0
2013 29 PA FF 10 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -1.1 0.0
2014 30 PA FF 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.6 0.0
2016 32 PA FF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2017 33 PA FF 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
2018 34 PA FF 23 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0
2019 35 PA FF 12 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0
11 Years Sim 174 220 10 13 2 0 1 4 0 0 10 75 .059 .100 .082 .182 -8.9 0.0
162 Game Average 204 9 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 69 .059 .100 .082 .182 -8.3  
Career Highs 41 51 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 20 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   161 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 53 .062 .107 .075 .181 -6.3
vs LH   59 5 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 22 .051 .082 .102 .184 -2.3
Home 86 114 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 36 .026 .059 .035 .094 -7.6
Away 87 106 7 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 39 .094 .143 .132 .275 -1.0
RISP   45 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .022 .083 .022 .106 -2.7
Close/Late   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Mar/Apr 30 33 3 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 .152 .176 .273 .449 1.3
May 24 32 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .031 .088 .031 .119 -1.8
June 26 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .037 .037 .037 .074 -2.0
July 18 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .033 .094 .067 .160 -1.4
August 26 40 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .075 .119 .075 .194 -1.4
Sep/Oct 40 58 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 24 .034 .082 .034 .116 -3.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 24 PA FF P 12 12 77.7 7 9 0 1 1.000 1.85    
2009 25 PA FF P 26 26 166.7 20 23 3 2 .935 2.32    
2010 26 PA FF P 26 24 166.3 13 20 0 2 1.000 1.79    
2011 27 PA FF P 41 1 69.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.07    
2012 28 PA FF P 10 10 64.7 6 11 0 2 1.000 2.37    
2013 29 PA FF P 10 10 53.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.18    
2014 30 PA FF P 8 5 35.0 0 9 1 0 .900 2.31    
2016 32 PA FF P 2 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29    
2017 33 PA FF P 4 4 26.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.03    
2018 34 PA FF P 23 4 44.3 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.03    
2019 35 PA FF P 12 12 67.3 4 9 1 0 .929 1.74    
2020 36 PA FF P 48 0 51.3 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.05    
Career Totals   222 109 830.0 66 111 5 7 .973 1.92    
Career Highs   48 26 166.7 20 23 3 2 1.000 2.37    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2009-9-14
Shutouts
2009-8-3
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 65th overall pick, by Mississippi in 2004
Traded from Mississippi to Pennsylvania on 6/3/2006 (Going to Mis: CF S. Huggan. Going to Pen: P A. Nietz, P P. Iuvani, P C. Soles, P J. Melboure)
Earned first career win on 7/27/2008
Had first career hit on 8/7/2008, off Aaron Bacon (NY)
Injured on 9/22/2008 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/2009, off Michael Hesson (Con)
Injured on 6/23/2013 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/14/2014 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/2015 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 5/22/2016 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/10/2019 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks