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Niekro		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 29, 1979 in Usa, FL, WINTER HAVEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 CHN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
2005 26 CHN NL     8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
2006 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
2007 28 TOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
2008 29 TOR AL $ 442,857   7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
2009 30 TOR AL $ 2,230,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
2010 31 TOR AL $ 2,230,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
2011 32 TOR AL $ 2,230,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
2012 33 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,230,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 SFN NL 27 51 7 15 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .294 .321 .373 .693 5.3 0.6
    AAA   63 261 41 100 16 1 10 41 3 3 10 28 .383 .406 .567 .973 51.0  
2005 26 AAA   138 572 74 180 21 1 13 78 11 6 26 61 .315 .344 .423 .768 78.6  
2006 27 CHN NL 82 156 12 49 5 0 0 16 0 0 15 26 .314 .374 .346 .720 19.1 2.9
  TOR AL 56 239 30 82 12 0 3 39 0 0 12 33 .343 .375 .431 .805 33.7 6.9
  TOT   138 395 42 131 17 0 3 55 0 0 27 59 .332 .374 .397 .772 52.8 9.8
2007 28 TOR AL 147 562 50 150 16 1 8 88 2 1 31 82 .267 .303 .342 .644 58.0 6.1
2008 29 TOR AL 146 543 72 180 22 4 10 77 0 0 21 64 .331 .352 .442 .794 78.7 12.3
2009 30 TOR AL 140 498 53 155 20 0 9 62 2 0 20 82 .311 .335 .406 .741 60.6 8.6
2010 31 TOR AL 162 599 43 147 19 1 2 63 0 0 27 95 .245 .278 .290 .568 42.0 0.0
2011 32 TOR AL 103 358 40 101 10 1 2 30 1 0 16 80 .282 .312 .332 .644 34.5 4.0
2012 33 CHN NL 146 494 47 121 11 2 6 47 0 0 21 109 .245 .274 .312 .586 40.0 2.0
8 Years Sim 1009 3500 354 1000 116 9 41 426 5 1 165 574 .286 .316 .359 .675 371.8 43.4
2 Years AAA 201 833 115 280 37 2 23 119 14 9 36 89 .336 .362 .468 .830 129.6  
162 Game Average 561 56 160 18 1 6 68 0 0 26 92 .286 .316 .359 .675 59.7  
Career Highs 162 599 72 180 22 4 10 88 2 1 31 109 .332 .374 .442 .794 78.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2712 266 776 94 9 32 328 2 0 121 455 .286 .315 .363 .678 299.3
vs LH   788 88 224 22 0 9 98 3 1 44 119 .284 .319 .346 .666 86.3
Home 501 1723 170 495 60 3 20 219 4 0 79 271 .287 .317 .360 .677 190.8
Away 508 1777 184 505 56 6 21 207 1 1 86 303 .284 .315 .358 .673 194.8
RISP   907 0 287 37 1 11 370 0 0 40 122 .316 .338 .396 .734 116.6
Pinch Hitting   61 6 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 12 .279 .318 .311 .630 6.1
Close/Late   386 30 106 12 0 3 39 0 0 22 78 .275 .311 .329 .640 39.1
Mar/Apr 175 596 70 173 18 2 9 83 2 0 29 96 .290 .322 .372 .694 69.6
May 198 661 65 184 20 1 10 71 1 0 31 120 .278 .308 .357 .665 71.3
June 169 586 53 167 16 2 7 74 0 1 28 115 .285 .317 .355 .672 63.7
July 148 511 41 146 15 0 5 57 0 0 26 73 .286 .317 .344 .662 54.8
August 163 587 80 178 32 3 4 75 1 0 28 90 .303 .334 .388 .723 71.9
Sep/Oct 156 559 45 152 15 1 6 66 1 0 23 80 .272 .299 .335 .633 54.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 25 SFN NL 3B 7 6 53.0 4 13 1 0 .944 2.89   0.2
    1B 5 2 23.3 23 2 0 1 1.000 9.64   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
2006 27 CHN NL 1B 46 43 255.2 270 22 4 28 .986 10.30   0.7
    3B 13 8 53.9 1 13 1 0 .933 2.34   0.3
  TOR AL 1B 31 29 374.8 397 33 7 42 .984 10.33   0.2
    3B 9 6 79.1 1 20 1 1 .955 2.39   0.3
  TOT   1B 77 72 630.0 667 55 11 70 .985 10.31   0.9
      3B 22 14 133.0 2 33 2 1 .946 2.37   0.6
2007 28 TOR AL 1B 144 141 1238.0 1244 91 16 128 .988 9.71   1.5
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
2008 29 TOR AL 1B 141 139 1219.0 1252 107 9 139 .993 10.03   2.5
    3B 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 30 TOR AL 1B 139 132 1161.7 1173 110 8 124 .994 9.94   2.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00   0.0
2010 31 TOR AL 1B 162 162 1427.0 1541 115 7 150 .996 10.44   2.7
2011 32 TOR AL 1B 91 80 731.3 807 49 8 81 .991 10.53   1.0
    3B 12 10 91.0 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.1
2012 33 CHN NL 1B 146 146 1245.3 1333 120 10 119 .993 10.50   1.5
  1B 905 874 7675.7 8040 649 69 812 .992 10.19   12.3
  3B 46 32 300.0 9 62 4 1 .947 2.13   0.9
  RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
Career Totals   954 906 7984.3 8052 712 74 813 .992 9.88   13.3
Career Highs   162 162 1427.0 1541 120 16 150 .996 10.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 27 TOR AL 6 22 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .182 .269 .182 .451
Career Post-Season Batting 6 22 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .182 .269 .182 .451
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-9-.331
 Games
2010-1-162
 Singles
2008-9-144
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
 
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  4. Alex Escobar (923)
  5. Herman Hoffman (922)
  6. Roland Bowes (917)
  7. Ron Brown (914)
  8. Kevin Youkilis (910)
  9. Chris Fallon (908)
  10. Anselmo Lizarraga (905)
History
Had first career hit on 4/21/2004, off Tommy Phelps (FLO)
Had first career hit on 4/29/2004, off Rheal Cormier (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/2004, off Kent Mercker (CHN)
Released by San Francisco on 5/31/2004
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 6/24/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Traded from Chicago (N) to Toronto on 7/27/2006 (Going to TOR: P Kerry Wood, P C.C. Sabathia, 1B Lance Niekro, SS William Bergolla. Going to CHN: P Roy Halladay, P Jeremy Bonderman, P Francisco Rosario)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $442,857 through salary arbitration
8/24/2008: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,230,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2010
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Oakland on 9/14/2011
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 3/30/2012 to a minor league deal
 
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