Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1883)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951)
Randy Niemann (1955)
Pedro Borbon (1967)
Pat Ragan (1883)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951)
Randy Niemann (1955)
Pedro Borbon (1967)
Tom Loftus managed Cincinnati, Chicago, and Washington around
the turn of the (twentieth) century.
Left-hander Randal Harold
Niemann appeared in six games for the Twins in 1987, at the end of his major
league career. Born in Scotia, California, he was drafted by the Yankees in the
second round of the secondary phase of the 1975 June draft. He appears to have
pretty much topped out at AA, although he had a couple of small sample size
years where he was decent in the majors. In June of 1977, Niemann was traded to
Houston. He had a fine year at AA for the Astros in 1978, going 9-5 with a 2.05
ERA as a part-time starter and part-time reliever. That and a decent start at
AAA in 1979 got him promoted to the majors, where he spent most of the year as
a seldom-used reliever and occasional spot starter. His numbers were decent
that year, and 1980 found him starting the year in a similar role. He struggled
in 1980, possibly due in part to a lack of consistent work, and landed back in
the minors in July. He may have been injured the next year, as he made only 10
appearances, all of them starts for AAA Tucson. After the season, Niemann was
traded to Pittsburgh. He spent most of 1982 in Pittsburgh and most of 1983 at
AAA Hawaii, but was not particularly impressive either place. He moved on to
the White Sox in 1984 and the Mets in 1985, playing most of both seasons in
AAA. 1985 was the seventh consecutive season he had spent at least part of at
AAA, and he apparently started to figure out how to get AAA hitters out, as he
went 11-6 with a 2.76 ERA that year in 30 appearances, 19 of them starts. He
was with the Mets for most of 1986, and pitched well for them in short relief,
though he only threw 35.2 innings. A free agent at the end of the season,
Niemann signed with the Twins for 1987. He spent a little over two weeks with
the Twins in June, pitching 5.1 innings over six appearances. He was 1-0 in
that span with an 8.44 ERA. Most of his season was spent at AAA Portland, where
he was decent, but nothing to get too excited about. The Twins apparently
weren't too excited, anyway--they let him go at the end of the season. He made
nine appearances for AAA Tidewater in the Mets organization in 1988, then called
it a career. Randy Niemann then went into coaching, and was the bullpen
coach for the New York Mets from 2009-2010. He was the team's pitching
rehab coordinator in 2011, working closely with Johan Santana. He moved
on to the Boston organization in 2012, becoming that team's pitching coach on
August 20, but was replaced after the season. Randy Niemann was the
pitching coach of AA Springfield in 2013 and 2014 and of Class A Palm Beach in
2015. Both teams are in the Cardinals' organization.
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