Lance Niekro

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: January 29, 1979 in Winter Haven, FL us

Draft: 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).

High School: George Jenkins HS (Lakeland, FL)

School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: September 5, 2003 (Age 24-219d, 18,367th in major league history)
vs. ARI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 2, 2007 (Age 28-093d)
vs. COL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Full Name: Lance Joseph Niekro

Pronunciation: \NEE-kro\

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Relatives: Nephew of Phil Niekro; Son of Joe Niekro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

499

123

.247

RBI

OBP

.288

SLG

.421

OPS

.709

OPS+

Summary of 17 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
SFG	17

Platoon
vs LHP	10
vs RHP	7

Home/Road
Away	9
Home	8

Outs
1	7
0	6
2	4

12 Opps
ARI	4
PIT	2
FLA	2
NYM	1
COL	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
DET	1
HOU	1

17 Pitchers
Joe Borowski	1
Andy Pettitte	1
Kazuhisa Ishii	1
Javier Vázquez	1
David Williams	1
Brad Halsey	1
Chris Reitsma	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Óliver Pérez	1
Mike Maroth	1
Eric Milton	1
Jeff Francis	1
Brian Moehler	1
Jake Peavy	1
Greg Maddux	1
Scott Eyre	1
Shawn Estes	1

8 Parks
Oracle Park (SFO)	8
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	13
78	3
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	6
2	4
5	3
6	2
4	1
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	15
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	9
1--	5
12-	1
--3	1
-2-	1

26 RBI
RISP	3
0 on	9
1 on	7
2 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	3
2	1
4	1
5	5
6	3
7	2
9	2

1-3	4
4-6	9
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	1
Tied	6
-1	2
-2	3
-3	3

Ahead	3
Tied	6
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-0	3
1-2	2
2-2	2
3-2	1
1-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	17

OrderPos
3rd	9
6th	4
7th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-04-18	SFG	@	SDP	Jake Peavy	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	0.189	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2005-04-21	SFG		ARI	Russ Ortiz	behind 0-3	b 6	1	--3	5,(2-2) FF*BBX	2	3	3	0.156	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Durham Scores
3	3	3	1	2005-05-01	SFG	@	PIT	Óliver Pérez	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--	5,(1-2) CBFFX	2	6	3	0.136	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Alou Scores
4	4	4	1	2005-05-03	SFG	@	ARI	Brad Halsey	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	3	0.143	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2005-05-10	SFG		PIT	David Williams	tied 0-0	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	6	3	0.200	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Durham Scores
6	6	6	1	2005-05-19	SFG	@	COL	Jeff Francis	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	0.107	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2005-06-05 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	Kazuhisa Ishii	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	2005-06-19	SFG	@	DET	Mike Maroth	behind 2-4	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	0.218	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Cruz Scores
9	9	9	1	2005-06-30	SFG	@	ARI	Shawn Estes	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	3	6	3	0.182	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Alou Scores; R. Durham Scores
10	10	10	1	2005-07-05	SFG		CIN	Eric Milton	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	3,(1-1) FB.X	2	3	3	0.152	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Vizquel Scores
11	11	11	1	2005-08-05	SFG		HOU	Andy Pettitte	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	0.167	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Winn Scores
12	12	12	1	2005-10-01	SFG		ARI	Javier Vázquez	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	4,(1-2) 1CS*B.X	1	3	3	0.103	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2006-04-09	SFG		ATL	Chris Reitsma	behind 4-5	b 9	0	---	6,(2-2) BCSFB.X	1	6	3	0.432	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	2006-05-09	SFG		CHC	Scott Eyre	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	1--	5,(3-1) ..BBBCX	2	3	3	0.037	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores
15	15	3	1	2006-05-30	SFG	@	FLA	Brian Moehler	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	0.085	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
16	16	4	2	2006-05-30	SFG	@	FLA	Joe Borowski	behind 2-5	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	3	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	2006-09-30	SFG		LAD	Greg Maddux	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	0.115	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)