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Bill Mazeroski League
6-21-2126
Shane Niekro Second Base
Retired (2004, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating 66   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .654 Status Deceased (2044) Option Years 0  
H 333 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 05-20-1970
HR 10 Drafted Round 2, Pick 25
(1993)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(59 games)
RBI 117
SB 34
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 69 Contact vs. L 67 Endurance 55   Ldrship 20
Power vs. R 68 Power vs. L 62 Velocity 57   Mentor vR 63
Speed 74 Bunt 6 Control 28   Mentor vL 62
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 77 (77.6%) Range 69 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 56 WS Appearances 0
2B 100 (100%) CF ---   Health 41 LCS Appearances 0
3B 5 (5.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1993 SEA
53
194
19
43
7
2
1
16
14
 35 2 0
4
 1 5
.575
.281
.294
.072
.222
1994 SEA
139
509
67
138
24
3
7
37
47
 97 2 3
5
 5 12
.705
.333
.371
.100
.271
1995 SEA-NYA
41
145
19
37
6
2
0
13
16
 34 1 1
5
 7 2
.655
.331
.324
.069
.255
1997 NYA
26
68
7
10
1
0
1
7
5
 7 0 1
4
 2 2
.409
.203
.206
.059
.147
2002 NYA
66
208
23
49
6
3
1
21
24
 56 1 0
7
 2 14
.625
.318
.308
.072
.236
2003 NYA
61
172
16
48
8
0
0
19
19
 33 1 0
8
 6 7
.680
.354
.326
.047
.279
2004 MIN-PIT
7
17
3
8
0
0
0
4
4
 1 0 0
1
 0 1
1.042
.571
.471
.000
.471
Total
393
1313
154
333
52
10
10
117
129
 263 7 5
34
 23 43
.654
.323
.331
.078
.254
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2004-11-01Shane Niekro has retired from the Pittsburgh Maulers
2004-09-23The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Shane Niekro to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Lednier Hidalgo.
2004-09-23The Pittsburgh Maulers have acquired Shane Niekro from the waiver wire. The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived George Knotts.
2004-07-30The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Lednier Hidalgo to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Shane Niekro.
2004-07-20The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Shane Niekro to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Scott Johnson.
2004-07-05The Pittsburgh Maulers have acquired Shane Niekro from the waiver wire. The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived George Knotts.
2004-06-06The Minnesota Loons have waived Shane Niekro.
2004-04-12The Minnesota Loons have promoted Chris Andrus to the major league team. The Minnesota Loons have promoted Gene Metz to the major league team. The Minnesota Loons have designated Bruce Woodson for assignment. The Minnesota Loons have designated Shane Niekro for assignment.
2001-10-03The New York Knights have promoted Lee Reynolds to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Dan Moorhead to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Shane Niekro to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Franco Fisher to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Alan McNeely to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Claude Harrison to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated John Fuentes for assignment. The New York Knights have designated Charlie Long for assignment. The New York Knights have sent Ben Seoane to the minors. The New York Knights have designated Emmett Hill for assignment. The New York Knights have sent Barry Perranoski to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Parson Myers to the minors.
1998-04-01The New York Knights have auto-demoted Shane Niekro to the minor leagues.
1997-07-18The New York Knights have promoted Shane Niekro to the major league team.
1995-09-22The New York Knights have acquired Shane Niekro from the waiver wire.
1995-09-12The Seattle Fireballs have waived Shane Niekro.
1995-06-08The Seattle Fireballs have promoted Dan Moore to the major league team. The Seattle Fireballs have sent Shane Niekro to the minors.
1995-05-30Shane Niekro of the Seattle Fireballs is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1993-09-23Shane Niekro of the Seattle Fireballs is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1993-07-17The Seattle Fireballs have promoted Shane Niekro to the major league team.
1993-07-05The Seattle Fireballs have acquired Shane Niekro from the waiver wire.
1993-05-25The Seattle Fireballs have waived Shane Niekro.