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

Born: January 29, 1979 in Winter Haven, FL
High School: George Jenkins (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2003
Final Game: May 2, 2007
Relatives: Son of Joe Niekro and Nephew of Phil Niekro
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 SFG NL 24 1B 3 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.14 1.33 1.000 9.64 7.97
2005 SFG NL 26 1B 74 57 529.0 586 543 38 5 56 .991 -1.7 -3.9 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0 9.88 7.85 .993 9.64 8.29
2005 SFG NL 26 DH 1
2006 SFG NL 27 1B 58 48 431.1 459 418 36 5 38 .989 5.6 15.6 5.6 4.9 0.7 0 9.47 7.83 .994 9.41 8.05
2007 SFG NL 28 1B 3 3 22.0 26 24 2 0 4 1.000 0.4 21.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 10.64 8.67 .992 9.20 7.83
4 Seasons 1B 138 108 989.1 1075 989 76 10 99 .991 4.3 5.2 4.3 3.6 0.7 0 9.69 7.72 .993 9.53 8.17
1 Season DH 1
4 Seasons TOT 138 108 989.1 1075 989 76 10 99 .991 4.3 5.2 4.3 3.6 0.7 0 9.69 7.72 .984 9.53 8.17

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 SFG NL 24 5 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2005 SFG NL 26 113 58 113 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 1
2006 SFG NL 27 66 48 66 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 SFG NL 28 11 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
4 Seasons 195 109 195 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 64 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 SFG NL 24 27 74% 67% 19% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SFG NL 26 2302 55% 76% 31% 140 95% 2 543 47 480 16 57 39 22 6 1 5 5 0 3 2 3 56 0 1 2 48 4 8 0 8 3 33%
2006 SFG NL 27 1906 55% 75% 30% 107 92% 0 419 24 385 10 40 36 25 8 0 1 5 0 0 5 5 38 1 1 0 36 2 2 1 1 11 91%
2007 SFG NL 28 98 57% 76% 33% 4 100% 0 24 1 23 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4333 55% 75% 30% 251 94% 2 990 72 892 26 99 77 48 14 1 7 10 0 3 7 8 99 1 2 2 89 6 10 1 9 14 79%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 94% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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