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Niekro		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: May 1, 1980 in Milwaukee Wi
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2011   
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
2007 27 MON NL $ 350,000   62 62 64 28 28 28 76 72 73 16 16 16 59 57 58
2008 28 MON NL $ 350,000   62 62 64 28 28 28 65 61 62 17 17 17 63 61 62
2009 29 MON NL $ 469,286   66 66 68 34 34 34 65 61 62 18 18 18 69 67 68
2010 30 PHI NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 9
2011 31 PHI NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 8 8
2012 32 PHI NL $ 4,750,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2013 33 BAL AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
2014 34 PHI NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2015 35 NYA AL $ 700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2016 36 PIT NL $ 700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2017 37 PIT NL $ 700,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2018 38 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2019 39 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2020 40 PIT NL $ 560,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   66 66 68 34 34 34 76 72 73 18 18 18 69 67 68
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
2005 25 MON   14 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .308 .593 1.1  
2006 26 MON   94 137 16 44 11 0 2 18 0 0 10 17 .321 .367 .445 .813 20.8  
2007 27 AAA   136 522 60 153 29 1 8 61 6 1 25 87 .293 .325 .398 .724 64.8  
2008 28 MON NL 114 355 36 95 25 1 8 47 1 0 15 53 .268 .304 .411 .715 42.2 6.0
    AAA   22 91 13 28 7 1 3 18 0 1 6 9 .308 .351 .505 .856 14.6  
2009 29 MON NL 119 199 42 80 14 2 7 39 4 1 10 22 .402 .429 .598 1.027 43.4 9.5
2010 30 PHI NL 156 574 67 173 37 3 14 72 0 0 38 58 .301 .350 .449 .800 83.2 13.4
2011 31 PHI NL 150 422 53 126 27 3 8 53 0 0 19 33 .299 .334 .434 .768 55.2 7.3
2012 32 PHI NL 144 340 33 123 26 2 2 44 0 0 14 34 .362 .390 .468 .858 52.1 9.6
2013 33 BAL AL 158 633 70 168 24 1 9 88 1 1 29 78 .265 .302 .349 .651 63.0 7.0
2014 34 PHI NL 162 649 65 155 30 0 7 80 1 0 27 67 .239 .271 .317 .589 52.8 4.0
2015 35 NYA AL 60 175 18 51 7 0 4 29 0 0 7 19 .291 .323 .400 .723 23.3 4.9
2016 36 NYA AL 5 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
  PIT NL 110 364 41 116 16 0 11 47 1 1 23 43 .319 .362 .453 .816 54.8 11.9
  TOT   115 376 42 118 16 0 11 49 1 1 23 45 .314 .356 .444 .801 54.9 11.9
2017 37 PIT NL 153 525 52 149 17 0 10 65 0 0 21 59 .284 .315 .373 .688 55.8 7.5
2018 38 PIT NL 143 442 43 111 24 1 9 41 1 0 29 45 .251 .306 .371 .677 47.4 5.6
2019 39 PIT NL 154 534 60 155 22 1 15 84 0 0 25 70 .290 .324 .419 .743 68.5 11.7
2020 40 PIT NL 101 142 25 51 8 0 5 26 0 0 8 13 .359 .394 .521 .915 27.6 6.0
13 Years Sim 1729 5366 606 1555 277 14 109 717 9 3 265 596 .290 .327 .408 .735 669.4 104.4
15 Years Pro 1837 5516 622 1602 289 14 111 735 9 3 276 614 .290 .324 .408 .733 691.2  
2 Years AAA 158 613 73 181 36 2 11 79 6 2 31 96 .295 .330 .414 .745 79.3  
162 Game Average 502 56 145 25 1 10 67 0 0 24 55 .290 .327 .408 .735 62.7  
Career Highs 162 649 70 173 37 3 15 88 4 1 38 78 .402 .429 .598 1.027 83.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3485 383 1000 177 9 79 488 4 1 180 385 .287 .325 .411 .736 441.1
vs LH   1881 223 555 100 5 30 229 5 2 85 211 .295 .331 .401 .732 232.3
Home 869 2637 306 759 119 6 41 316 2 3 136 288 .288 .328 .384 .713 312.8
Away 860 2729 300 796 158 8 68 401 7 0 129 308 .292 .326 .430 .756 360.6
RISP   1379 0 403 68 4 37 588 0 0 101 151 .292 .337 .428 .765 194.0
Pinch Hitting   368 51 127 30 3 10 74 3 1 13 35 .345 .369 .524 .893 62.6
Close/Late   692 47 206 33 3 9 84 0 0 42 81 .298 .339 .393 .732 88.0
Mar/Apr 212 687 98 232 47 3 17 118 0 0 32 72 .338 .370 .489 .860 111.1
May 291 873 88 248 41 0 20 131 3 2 33 103 .284 .311 .400 .711 102.9
June 301 1033 124 301 55 5 22 131 4 1 50 121 .291 .326 .418 .744 133.1
July 300 919 91 250 46 0 13 97 0 0 46 99 .272 .311 .365 .675 98.8
August 298 886 100 245 45 2 18 109 1 0 49 96 .277 .321 .393 .713 105.7
Sep/Oct 327 968 105 279 43 4 19 131 1 0 55 105 .288 .333 .400 .733 121.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 28 MON NL 1B 93 78 711.0 813 75 5 73 .994 11.24 0 0 .000 0 1.7
2009 29 MON NL 1B 18 12 123.3 161 9 0 14 1.000 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 10 10 86.0 18 37 4 13 .932 5.76 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 1 1 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2010 30 PHI NL 1B 151 150 1319.0 1466 111 5 110 .997 10.76 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2011 31 PHI NL 1B 99 64 651.3 736 41 6 63 .992 10.74 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 15 15 131.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.79 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2012 32 PHI NL 1B 54 50 437.0 426 45 3 33 .994 9.70 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 9 8 75.3 50 2 1 1 .981 6.21 6 1 .167 8 0.2
    LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2013 33 BAL AL 1B 155 154 1370.0 1471 110 18 155 .989 10.39 0 0 .000 0 1.6
2014 34 PHI NL 1B 162 162 1458.7 1373 101 9 130 .994 9.09 0 0 .000 0 2.1
2015 35 NYA AL 1B 58 44 416.0 432 36 2 46 .996 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 36 NYA AL 1B 5 5 25.9 28 2 0 2 1.000 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL 1B 103 99 860.1 914 58 7 65 .993 10.17 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  TOT   1B 108 104 886.0 942 60 7 67 .993 10.18   1.6
2017 37 PIT NL 1B 144 135 1182.0 1252 93 5 130 .996 10.24 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 1 0 6.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 1 0 .000 0 0.1
2018 38 PIT NL 1B 132 121 1058.3 1055 91 9 110 .992 9.75 0 0 .000 0 1.7
2019 39 PIT NL 1B 152 150 1298.7 1281 109 8 108 .994 9.63 0 0 .000 0 3.0
2020 40 PIT NL 1B 23 19 164.7 150 12 2 10 .988 8.85 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  1B 1349 1243 11076.0 11558 893 79 1049 .994 10.12 0 0 .000 0 19.6
  CF 17 15 134.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 10 10 86.0 18 37 4 13 .932 5.76 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 12 8 84.3 59 2 1 1 .984 6.51 7 1 .143 8 0.2
  2B 1 1 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1392 1277 11398.0 11662 933 86 1063 .993 9.95 7 1 .143 8 20.6
Career Highs   162 162 1458.7 1471 111 18 155 .997 11.24 6 1 .167 8  
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
2008 28 MON NL 3 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .833 1.167
2018 38 PIT NL 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .250 .558
2019 39 PIT NL 17 63 7 22 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 6 .349 .379 .460 .839
2020 40 PIT NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 25 82 8 28 1 0 3 10 0 0 4 13 .341 .372 .463 .836
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.
Games
2013-8-158
2014-1-162
CAR-31-1729
 At-Bats
2013-3-633
2014-3-649
 Singles
2013-8-134
CAR-40-1155
 Doubles
CAR-48-277
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
 
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  1. Everett Stadler (904)
  2. Blair Thomson (899)
  3. William Bergolla (899)
  4. Travis Ishikawa (880)
  5. Vernon Ahumada (880)
  6. Adan Guerra (879)
  7. Carl Crawford (874)
  8. Kenny Lewis (869)
  9. Cristian Guerrero (869)
  10. Matt Moses (868)
History
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/20/2008
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/2/2010 to a 3-year deal worth $4,750,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/24/2011
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
8/7/2012: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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