Lance Niekro | Major Leaguer 2003-2007

Full Name: Lance Joseph Niekro
Born: January 29,1979 in Winter Haven, Florida
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Jenkins (Lakeland,FL)
College: Florida Southern College

Son of Joe Niekro, Nephew of Phil Niekro

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Prospect Rankings*
2001 - 85th ranked Major League prospect
2001 - 4th ranked organizational prospect for San Francisco Giants
2002 - 7th ranked organizational prospect for San Francisco Giants
2003 - 9th ranked organizational prospect for San Francisco Giants

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in 13th Round (386th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by San Francisco Giants in 2nd Round (61st overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 3,2000] - signed

Signed by: Alan Marr

Disabled List: [Apr 3,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right ankle sprain) [Apr 10,2004] - Activated [May 21,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right shoulder bursitis) [May 30,2006] - Activated [Jun 13,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right groin strain ) [Jun 28,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2007	Fresno	PCL	28	Sf	AAA	0	0	27.27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	40.91	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.55	--

Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	90.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	135.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2000	Salem-Kzr	Nwest	21	Sf	A-	3b		49	196	27	71	14	4	5	44	2	0	11	25	4	2	0	2	6	.362	.404	.551	955	--
2001	San Jose	Calif	22	Sf	A+	3b		42	163	18	47	11	0	3	34	4	2	4	14	0	0	0	4	2	.288	.298	.411	709	--
2002	Shreveport	Tex	23	Sf	AA	1b-3b		79	297	33	92	20	1	4	34	0	2	7	32	2	0	1	3	11	.310	.327	.424	751	--
2003	Fresno	PCL	24	Sf	AAA	3b-1b		98	381	43	115	15	2	4	41	3	3	19	39	1	1	1	3	12	.302	.334	.383	717	--
	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	1b	2,9	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	600	0%
2004	San Jose	Calif	25	Sf	A+	1b		15	61	13	19	7	1	1	14	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	5	.311	.328	.508	836	--
	Fresno	PCL	25	Sf	AAA	1b-3b		67	241	42	72	21	4	12	47	1	1	14	32	1	1	0	1	5	.299	.339	.568	907	--
2005	Fresno	PCL	26	Sf	AAA	1b		1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	1b	9,3	113	278	32	70	16	3	12	46	0	2	17	53	2	0	0	5	11	.252	.295	.460	755	39%
2006	Fresno	PCL	27	Sf	AAA	1b		36	144	27	46	7	0	14	34	0	0	7	23	0	0	0	1	5	.319	.349	.660	1009	--
	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	1b	6,3,7	66	199	27	49	9	2	5	31	0	0	11	32	0	0	0	0	7	.246	.286	.387	673	46%
2007	Fresno	PCL	28	Sf	AAA	1b		47	143	21	43	8	2	5	20	0	1	12	32	1	0	0	2	6	.301	.354	.490	844	--
	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	1b	9	11	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	.176	.222	.176	398	60%
2008	Round Rock	PCL	29	Hou	AAA			17	52	5	11	2	0	1	2	1	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.293	.308	601	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)								195	499	61	123	26	5	17	79	0	2	29	91	2	0	0	5	19	.246	.288	.421	709	41%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)								451	1682	229	517	105	14	49	270	11	9	82	210	9	4	2	17	53	.307	.340	.474	814	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2000	Salem-Kzr	Nwest	21	Sf	A-	3B	35			23	54	5	82	7	-	-	-	.939	--

2001	San Jose	Calif	22	Sf	A+	3B	32			31	71	8	110	6	-	-	-	.927	--

2002	Shreveport	Tex	23	Sf	AA	1B	50			418	21	0	439	39	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Shreveport	Tex	23	Sf	AA	3B	27			22	44	11	77	5	-	-	-	.857	--

2003	Fresno	PCL	24	Sf	AAA	1B	17			123	11	1	135	12	-	-	-	.993	--
2003	Fresno	PCL	24	Sf	AAA	3B	76			51	125	14	190	12	-	-	-	.926	--
2003	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	1B	3	-	7	4	0	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	5.14

2004	San Jose	Calif	25	Sf	A+	1B	15			139	4	1	144	14	-	-	-	.993	--
2004	Fresno	PCL	25	Sf	AAA	1B	34			310	20	3	333	31	-	-	-	.991	--
2004	Fresno	PCL	25	Sf	AAA	3B	24			20	37	3	60	7	-	-	-	.950	--

2005	Fresno	PCL	26	Sf	AAA	1B	1			5	0	0	5	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	1B	74	57	529	543	38	5	586	56	-	-	-	.991	9.88
2005	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2006	Fresno	PCL	27	Sf	AAA	1B	34								-	-	-	---	--
2006	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	1B	57	48	429.1	419	36	5	460	38	-	-	-	.989	9.54

2007	Fresno	PCL	28	Sf	AAA	1B	21								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Fresno	PCL	28	Sf	AAA	P	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	1B	3	3	22	24	2	0	26	4	-	-	-	1.000	10.64

Awards

[1999] - Summer League First-Team All-American 1B [2000] - Short-Season A All-Star 3B, Northwest League All-Star 3B

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	70
2004	300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	*300,000		1,825,756	80
2006	345,000		1,937,004	54
2007	*390,000		2,923,340	80

Career:	$1,635,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Son of Joe Niekro, nephew of Phil Niekro.

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