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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.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 8	SFG		COL	W,10-8	GS	38	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
2	6 (1)	Apr 10	SFG		COL	W,11-4	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
3	8 (1)	Apr 13	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
4	12 (3)	Apr 18	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-7	GF	23	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
5	13	Apr 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	13	2	1	16	0	1B
6	14	Apr 20	SFG		ARI	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
7	15	Apr 21	SFG		ARI	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
8	17 (1)	Apr 23	SFG		MIL	W,6-2	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
9	21 (3)	Apr 27	SFG		SDP	W,10-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	24 (2)	May 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	33	8.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
11	26 (1)	May 3	SFG	@	ARI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
12	30 (3)	May 8	SFG		WSN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
13	31	May 9	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
14	32	May 10	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	13	3	0	16	0	1B
15	33	May 11	SFG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
16	35 (1)	May 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
17	37 (1)	May 15	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
18	38	May 17	SFG	@	COL	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
19	40 (1)	May 19	SFG	@	COL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
20	43 (2)	May 22	SFG		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
21	45 (1)	May 25	SFG		LAD	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
22	46	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
23	49 (2)	May 29	SFG		SDP	L,6-9	GF	10	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
24	50	May 31	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	52 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
26	53	Jun 4	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
27	54	Jun 5 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
28	55	Jun 5 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-12	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
29	58 (2)	Jun 9	SFG		KCR	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
30	59	Jun 10	SFG		CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
31	61 (1)	Jun 12	SFG		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
32	67 (5)	Jun 19	SFG	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	47	9.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
33	70 (2)	Jun 22	SFG		ARI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
34	73 (2)	Jun 25	SFG	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	2	1B
35	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	OAK	L,0-16	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
36	75	Jun 28	SFG	@	ARI	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	76	Jun 29	SFG	@	ARI	W,4-2	GF	21	5.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
38	77	Jun 30	SFG	@	ARI	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	82 (4)	Jul 5	SFG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
40	85 (2)	Jul 8	SFG		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
41	87 (1)	Jul 10	SFG		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
42	89 (1)	Jul 15	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	GS	14	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	93 (3)	Jul 19	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
44	95 (1)	Jul 22	SFG		FLA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
45	96	Jul 23	SFG		FLA	L,4-16	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
46	97	Jul 24	SFG		FLA	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	98	Jul 25	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
48	99	Jul 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
49	102 (2)	Jul 29	SFG	@	MIL	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
50	104 (1)	Jul 31	SFG	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	107 (2)	Aug 4	SFG		COL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
52	108	Aug 5	SFG		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
53	110 (1)	Aug 7	SFG		HOU	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
54	111	Aug 9	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
55	114 (2)	Aug 12	SFG	@	FLA	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
56	118 (3)	Aug 16	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
57	122 (3)	Aug 20	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
58	128 (5)	Aug 27	SFG		NYM	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	132 (3)	Aug 31	SFG		COL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	142 (9)	Sep 11	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
61	144 (1)	Sep 13	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
62	145	Sep 14	SFG		SDP	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
63	146	Sep 15	SFG		LAD	L,1-7	GF	9	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
64	147	Sep 16	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	148	Sep 17	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
66	149	Sep 18	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
67	151 (1)	Sep 21	SFG	@	WSN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
68	152	Sep 22	SFG	@	WSN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
69	153	Sep 23	SFG	@	COL	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
70	155 (1)	Sep 25	SFG	@	COL	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
71	159 (3)	Sep 29	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-1	GF	12	2.1	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
72	160	Sep 30	SFG		ARI	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
73	161	Oct 1	SFG		ARI	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
74	162	Oct 2	SFG		ARI	W,3-1	GF	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	PR 1B
							74gm		529.0	544	38	5	587	56