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Billy Hamilton League
7-13-2078
Jesus Niekro Third Base
Retired (1959, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .801 Status Deceased (1982) Option Years 0  
H 595 Age at Death 59 Date of Birth 11-07-1923
HR 77 Drafted Round 11, Pick 174
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 2 years
(121 games)
RBI 326
SB 51
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance C-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR B 
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B F  (1.0%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) 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
1950 PHI
91
320
53
82
15
2
11
38
36
 36 1 5
6
 3 9
.747
.329
.419
.163
.256
1951 PHI-CLE-KC
81
214
30
61
9
3
9
47
24
 34 1 1
3
 2 4
.840
.358
.481
.196
.285
1952 KC
110
298
52
89
16
1
11
59
27
 37 3 3
6
 1 8
.829
.360
.470
.171
.299
1953 KC
81
278
45
85
20
4
9
44
34
 32 3 3
13
 4 3
.887
.384
.504
.198
.306
1954 KC
55
188
32
47
6
1
6
25
18
 41 1 2
5
 1 2
.704
.316
.388
.138
.250
1955 KC
49
167
27
41
4
0
6
25
16
 25 1 2
6
 0 0
.689
.312
.377
.132
.246
1956 KC
80
281
38
86
11
5
9
38
28
 62 0 1
7
 5 1
.845
.368
.477
.171
.306
1957 KC
73
264
41
77
9
1
14
41
21
 35 0 0
4
 2 2
.836
.344
.492
.201
.292
1958 KC
27
89
10
22
6
0
2
9
8
 18 1 1
1
 0 1
.695
.313
.382
.135
.247
1959 KC-BRO
4
13
3
5
1
0
0
0
1
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.890
.429
.462
.077
.385
Total
651
2112
331
595
97
17
77
326
213
 320 11 18
51
 18 30
.801
.348
.453
.171
.282
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Jesus Niekro has retired from the Brooklyn Bees
1959-08-24The Brooklyn Bees have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team.
1959-07-22The Brooklyn Bees have sent Juan Lopez to the minors. The Brooklyn Bees have designated Jesus Niekro for assignment.
1959-06-17The Brooklyn Bees have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team.
1959-04-01The Brooklyn Bees have promoted Mac Williams to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bees have promoted Ed Sember to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bees have designated Doyle James for assignment. The Brooklyn Bees have designated Jesus Niekro for assignment.
1959-04-01The Brooklyn Bees have acquired Jesus Niekro from the waiver wire.
1959-03-05The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have designated Jesus Niekro for assignment.
1959-03-05The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team.
1958-06-17The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have designated Jesus Niekro for assignment.
1955-09-01The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Len Wilkins to the minors.
1955-06-01The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Randy Harrell to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Jesus Niekro to the minors.
1955-03-01The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Randy Harrell to the minors.
1954-07-25The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Randy Harrell to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Bill Crawford to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Dean Walker to the minors. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Jesus Niekro to the minors.
1951-07-13The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries have sent Randy Harrell to the minors.
1951-07-13A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Spiders and the Kansas City Yellow Canaries. The Kansas City Yellow Canaries receive Tom Mejias, Jesus Niekro, Ed Parsons from the Cleveland Spiders in exchange for Vean LaPorte, Cobe James, Bill Baumgartner.
1951-07-01The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jesus Niekro to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Ray Boone to the minors.
1951-07-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Spiders and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies receive Angel Betzel from the Cleveland Spiders in exchange for Jesus Niekro.
1951-04-22The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Phil Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Jesus Niekro to the minors.