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Bernie
Neis		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 160
 
Born: September 26, 1895 in Usa, IL, BLOOMINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1923    1924   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1920 24 CHA AL     8 8 7 2 4 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1921 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 4 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1922 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 4 3 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 7 7
1923 27 CHA AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 4 3 7 8 8 5 7 6 6 7 7
1924 28 CHA AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 3 5 4 7 8 8 5 7 6 6 8 7
1925 29 CHA AL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 3 5 4 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 8 7
1926 30 CHA AL $ 2,928,571   9 9 9 3 5 4 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 8 7
1927 31 CHA AL $ 4,930,000   8 8 8 3 5 4 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 8 7
1928 32 CHA AL $ 4,930,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
1929 33 CHA AL $ 4,930,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 7 2 4 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,930,000   9 9 9 3 5 4 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 24 AAA   131 467 96 166 26 3 22 90 8 5 103 63 .355 .472 .565 1.037 117.0  
1921 25 CHA AL 137 500 52 153 30 5 2 72 0 1 39 53 .306 .353 .398 .751 67.4 11.6
1922 26 CHA AL 145 542 77 180 38 4 6 86 1 1 51 68 .332 .390 .450 .840 85.3 17.7
1923 27 CHA AL 145 527 78 181 24 5 3 71 2 0 72 43 .343 .422 .425 .847 87.4 20.9
1924 28 CHA AL 150 572 90 196 33 7 6 83 0 0 68 38 .343 .412 .456 .868 99.1 22.3
1925 29 CHA AL 145 559 97 184 34 5 5 71 0 1 57 47 .329 .391 .435 .826 88.2 17.3
1926 30 CHA AL 143 540 102 177 28 11 4 63 0 0 74 40 .328 .406 .443 .849 92.5 20.3
1927 31 CHA AL 146 554 79 166 31 13 3 82 0 0 71 50 .300 .380 .419 .799 83.7 20.2
1928 32 CHA AL 143 468 74 135 25 3 2 62 0 1 50 43 .288 .358 .368 .726 61.3 13.1
1929 33 CHA AL 86 248 36 67 16 3 2 32 0 1 30 16 .270 .348 .383 .731 30.6 5.3
9 Years Sim 1240 4510 685 1439 259 56 33 622 3 5 512 398 .319 .388 .423 .811 695.6 148.7
1 Years AAA 131 467 96 166 26 3 22 90 8 5 103 63 .355 .467 .565 1.032 117.0  
162 Game Average 589 89 187 33 7 4 81 0 0 66 51 .319 .388 .423 .811 90.9  
Career Highs 150 572 102 196 38 13 6 86 2 1 74 68 .343 .422 .456 .868 99.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3178 517 1064 193 37 26 463 2 4 376 226 .335 .405 .443 .848 542.9
vs LH   1332 168 375 66 19 7 159 1 1 136 172 .282 .347 .375 .722 173.1
Home 621 2225 333 733 115 32 13 308 2 0 235 196 .329 .393 .427 .820 358.3
Away 619 2285 352 706 144 24 20 314 1 5 277 202 .309 .383 .419 .802 357.6
RISP   1218 0 405 70 13 12 536 0 0 137 108 .333 .393 .441 .834 204.7
Pinch Hitting   62 5 18 4 0 0 14 0 0 6 5 .290 .348 .355 .703 7.7
Close/Late   503 60 157 31 9 1 88 0 0 78 45 .312 .403 .416 .819 84.4
Mar/Apr 140 537 81 165 32 6 1 70 0 0 63 48 .307 .378 .395 .773 79.4
May 227 821 112 253 50 8 5 96 1 1 90 72 .308 .376 .407 .783 122.5
June 220 790 115 245 44 11 5 132 0 0 95 72 .310 .385 .413 .797 122.8
July 231 847 139 278 49 10 4 101 0 1 97 66 .328 .398 .424 .822 137.0
August 212 732 113 236 44 13 6 97 1 1 89 72 .322 .396 .443 .839 122.8
Sep/Oct 210 783 125 262 40 8 12 126 1 2 78 68 .335 .392 .452 .845 131.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1921 25 CHA AL CF 105 102 871.0 226 6 11 2 .955 2.40   3.2
    LF 30 28 251.3 55 1 4 1 .933 2.01    
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1922 26 CHA AL LF 136 134 1169.3 270 7 21 4 .930 2.13   2.6
    CF 6 5 51.3 13 0 1 0 .929 2.28    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 27 CHA AL LF 135 133 1141.3 291 8 24 3 .926 2.36   3.7
    CF 6 6 53.0 21 1 1 1 .957 3.74    
    RF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1924 28 CHA AL LF 132 126 1117.0 287 4 25 1 .921 2.34   3.1
    CF 15 14 114.0 45 1 4 1 .920 3.63    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1925 29 CHA AL LF 138 135 1204.0 278 10 15 2 .950 2.15   3.3
    CF 3 1 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1926 30 CHA AL LF 139 136 1209.3 254 9 20 0 .929 1.96   3.6
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1927 31 CHA AL LF 139 137 1195.0 315 6 32 1 .909 2.42   2.8
    RF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1928 32 CHA AL RF 138 130 1108.7 274 6 17 3 .943 2.27   1.9
    LF 4 0 7.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1929 33 CHA AL RF 68 65 551.7 138 4 17 1 .893 2.32   1.3
    LF 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
  LF 857 829 7299.3 1754 45 141 12 .927 2.22   19.1
  RF 220 196 1700.3 420 10 34 4 .927 2.28   3.1
  CF 142 128 1113.3 319 8 17 4 .951 2.64   3.2
Career Totals   1219 1153 10113.0 2493 63 192 20 .930 2.27   25.5
Career Highs   148 140 1233.0 332 10 32 4 .952 2.46    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 27 CHA AL 6 22 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 .318 .444 .409 .854
1924 28 CHA AL 4 16 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
1925 29 CHA AL 6 30 8 13 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 5 .433 .433 .633 1.067
1929 33 CHA AL 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 74 14 29 1 3 1 8 0 0 5 8 .392 .430 .527 .957
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1922-4-.332
1923-2-.343
1924-3-.343
1925-5-.329
1926-4-.328
1927-9-.300
CAR-11-.319
 On-Base Pct
1922-6-.390
1923-2-.422
1924-4-.412
1925-6-.391
1926-3-.406
1927-5-.380
CAR-15-.388
 Slugging Pct
1922-8-.450
1924-6-.456
 OPS
1922-7-.840
1923-6-.847
1924-6-.868
1926-5-.849
1927-6-.799
CAR-31-.811
 XR
1922-10-85.3
1923-6-87.4
1924-3-99.1
1926-3-92.5
1927-5-83.7
 Games
1924-2-150
1927-6-146
At-Bats
1924-9-572
1927-5-554
 Runs
1924-10-90
1925-8-97
1926-3-102
1927-9-79
 Hits
1922-4-180
1923-6-181
1924-1-196
1925-7-184
1926-5-177
1927-2-166
 Total Bases
1922-8-244
1924-6-261
1926-9-239
1927-9-232
 Singles
1922-5-132
1923-2-149
1924-2-150
1925-4-140
1926-3-134
1927-7-119
 Doubles
1922-5-38
1924-3-33
1927-8-31
RBIs
1922-9-86
1924-8-83
1927-6-82
 Walks
1923-3-72
1924-5-68
1926-4-74
1927-6-71
 Strikeouts
1921-9-53
1922-2-68
1923-10-43
1924-10-38
1925-7-47
1927-9-50
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 90    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Ray Blades (927)
  5. Sam Rice (919)
  6. Ken Williams (914)
  7. Curt Walker (914)
  8. Doc Miller (911)
  9. Socks Seybold (907)
  10. Ross Youngs (904)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1920
Had first career hit on 4/13/1921, off Jesse Haines (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1921, off Sam Jones (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 7/4/1922
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1922, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 9/18/1922
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/23/1923
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1923
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1924
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 10/12/1925
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,930,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/1926, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
 
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