robert charles nieman (january 26, 1927 – march 10, 1985) was an american professional baseball player and scout. an outfielder, he spent all or parts of a dozen major league baseball seasons with the st. louis browns (1951–52), detroit tigers (1953–54), chicago white sox (1956), baltimore orioles (1956–59), st. louis cardinals (1960–61), cleveland indians (1961–62) and san francisco giants (1962). he also played one season in japan for the chunichi dragons (1963). he threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .