Lance Niekro Minor League Statistics & History

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Lance Niekro \NEE-kro\

Lance Joseph Niekro

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1979 in Winter Haven, Florida, US
High School: George Jenkins HS (Lakeland, FL)
School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 13th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from George Jenkins HS (Lakeland, FL) and the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2001: Rated #85 Prospect

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Pitching: 2009
Batting: 2008

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	21	Salem-Keizer	NORW	A-	SFG	49	213	196	27	71	14	4	5	44	2	0	11	25	.362	.404	.551	.955	108	6	4	0	2	2
2001	22	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	42	171	163	18	47	11	0	3	34	4	2	4	14	.288	.298	.411	.709	67	2	0	0	4	0
2002	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	79	310	297	33	92	20	1	4	34	0	2	7	32	.310	.327	.424	.751	126	11	2	1	3	0
2003	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	98	405	381	43	115	15	2	4	41	3	3	19	39	.302	.334	.383	.717	146	12	1	1	3	1
2004	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SFG	82	321	302	55	91	28	5	13	61	1	1	16	37	.301	.336	.556	.893	168	10	1	0	2	1
2004	25	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	15	64	61	13	19	7	1	1	14	0	0	2	5	.311	.328	.508	.836	31	5	0	0	1	0
2004	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	67	257	241	42	72	21	4	12	47	1	1	14	32	.299	.339	.568	.907	137	5	1	0	1	1
2005	26	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	27	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	36	152	144	27	46	7	0	14	34	0	0	7	23	.319	.349	.660	1.008	95	5	0	0	1	1
2007	28	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	47	158	143	21	43	8	2	5	20	0	1	12	32	.301	.354	.490	.844	70	6	1	0	2	0
2008	29	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	17	58	52	5	11	2	0	1	2	1	0	6	7	.212	.293	.308	.601	16	1	0	0	0	0
2009	30	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons						465	1792	1682	229	517	105	14	49	270	11	9	82	210	.307	.340	.474	.814	797	53	9	2	17	5
AAA (6 seasons)				AAA		266	1034	965	138	288	53	8	36	144	5	5	58	134	.298	.338	.482	.820	465	29	3	1	7	3
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		57	235	224	31	66	18	1	4	48	4	2	6	19	.295	.306	.438	.744	98	7	0	0	5	0
AA (1 season)				AA		79	310	297	33	92	20	1	4	34	0	2	7	32	.310	.327	.424	.751	126	11	2	1	3	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
A- (1 season)				A-		49	213	196	27	71	14	4	5	44	2	0	11	25	.362	.404	.551	.955	108	6	4	0	2	2

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2007	28	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4.500	40.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

2009	30	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	1	3	.250	5.61	14	4	0	1	0	0	33.2	37	34	21	3	17	1	22	8	0	5	165	1.604	9.9	0.8	4.5	5.9	1.29
2 Seasons						1	3	.250	6.03	15	4	0	1	0	0	34.1	40	36	23	3	17	1	22	9	0	5	171	1.660	10.5	0.8	4.5	5.8	1.29

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Rtz
2000	21	Salem-Keizer	NORW	A-	SFG	3B	35	82	23	54	5	7	.939	2.20
2001	22	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	3B	32	110	31	71	8	6	.927	3.19
2002	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	3B	27	77	22	44	11	5	.857	2.44
2002	23	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	1B	50	439	418	21	0	39	1.000	8.78
2003	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	3B	76	190	51	125	14	12	.926	2.32
2003	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1B	17	135	123	11	1	12	.993	7.88
2004	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SFG	1B	49	477	449	24	4	45	.992	9.65
2004	25	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	1B	15	144	139	4	1	14	.993	9.53
2004	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	3B	24	60	20	37	3	7	.950	2.38
2004	25	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1B	34	333	310	20	3	31	.991	9.71
2005	26	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1B	1	5	5	0	0	2	1.000	5.00				-1
2006	27	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1B	34	289	257	26	6	24	.979	8.32				-4
2007	28	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1B	21	195	181	13	1	22	.995	9.24				1
2007	28	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0
2008	29	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	1B	15	128	117	8	3	10	.977	8.33				-2
2009	30	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	P	14	11	3	7	1	2	.909	0.71	10	2	17%
10 Seasons							396	2198	1700	441	57	193	.974	5.41	10	2	17%	-6
1B (7 seasons)						1B	187	1668	1550	103	15	154	.991	8.84				-6
3B (5 seasons)						3B	194	519	147	331	41	37	.921	2.46
P (2 seasons)						P	15	11	3	7	1	2	.909	0.67	10	2	17%

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2000	21	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	A-	SFG
2001	22	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG
2002	23	Shreveport Swamp Dragons	Texas League	AA	SFG
2003	24	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG
2003	24	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2003-09-05	2003-09-28
2004	25	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG		2004-05-03	2004-05-19
2004	25	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2004-05-20	2004-09-06
2005	26	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2005-04-07	2005-04-07
2005	26	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2005-04-08	2005-10-02
2006	27	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2006-06-27	2006-08-29
2006	27	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2006-04-03	2006-10-01
2007	28	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2007-05-13	2007-09-01
2007	28	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2007-04-03	2007-05-02
2008	29	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	HOU		2008-04-04	2008-05-01
2009	30	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Rk	ATL		2009-06-25	2009-08-29

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