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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
2	2	Apr 5	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
3	3	Apr 6	SFG		ATL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
4	4	Apr 7	SFG		ATL	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 8	SFG		ATL	W,12-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
6	6	Apr 9	SFG		ATL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 13 (2)	SFG		HOU	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 14	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
10	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
11	11	Apr 16	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
12	15 (3)	Apr 20	SFG	@	ARI	W,9-7	GS	28	6.2	12	0	1	13	3	1B
13	16	Apr 21	SFG	@	COL	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	11	1	0	12	2	1B
14	17	Apr 22	SFG	@	COL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
15	18	Apr 23	SFG	@	COL	L,2-3	CG	44	9.2	10	4	0	14	0	1B
16	19	Apr 24	SFG		NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
17	20	Apr 25	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
18	21	Apr 26	SFG		NYM	L,7-9	CG	58	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
19	22	Apr 28	SFG		ARI	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
20	23	Apr 29	SFG		ARI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	26 (2)	May 2	SFG		SDP	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
22	27	May 3	SFG	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
23	28	May 4	SFG	@	MIL	L,4-7	GS	23	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
24	30 (1)	May 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
25	32 (1)	May 8	SFG		HOU	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
26	33	May 9	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
27	35 (1)	May 11	SFG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
28	37 (1)	May 13	SFG		LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
29	38	May 14	SFG		LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
30	52 (13)	May 30	SFG	@	FLA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
31	53	May 31	SFG	@	FLA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	54	Jun 3 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
33	55	Jun 3 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	13	1	0	14	0	1B
34	56	Jun 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
35	57	Jun 5	SFG		FLA	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
36	58	Jun 6	SFG		FLA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
37	59	Jun 7	SFG		FLA	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
38	60	Jun 8	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
39	63 (2)	Jun 11	SFG		PIT	L,5-7	GS	24	5.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
40	78 (14)	Jun 29	SFG		TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	80 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
42	82 (1)	Jul 2	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	83	Jul 3	SFG	@	COL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	84	Jul 4	SFG	@	COL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
45	85	Jul 5	SFG	@	COL	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
46	86	Jul 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	87	Jul 7	SFG	@	LAD	L,7-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
48	88	Jul 8	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-7	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
49	90 (1)	Jul 14	SFG		PHI	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
50	91	Jul 15	SFG		PHI	L,6-14	GS	34	5.2	4	0	1	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	135 (43)	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-6	GF	9	3.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	140 (4)	Sep 6	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
53	147 (6)	Sep 15	SFG	@	STL	L,4-14		3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
54	149 (1)	Sep 18	SFG	@	COL	L,8-20	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
55	151 (1)	Sep 20	SFG	@	COL	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
56	157 (5)	Sep 26	SFG		ARI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	160 (2)	Sep 30	SFG		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
58	161	Oct 1	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
							58gm		431.1	419	36	5	460	38