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| Name | Team | Age |
| Ed Niland | Retired (2008, Age 34) | Died (2040, Age 66) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 26 (1997) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Billy Williams League | 0 | 3 years (14 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 4/14/1974 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1997 | Minors | 66.00 | 0 / 2 | 4 / 33 | 6 / 31 | 10 / 66 |
| 1998 | Minors | 58.00 | 1 / 2 | 5 / 22 | 3 / 34 | 9 / 58 |
| 1998 | Majors | 2.53 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 |
| 1999 | Minors | 32.00 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 19 | 0 / 12 | 4 / 32 |
| 1999 | Majors | 16.44 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 2 / 16 |
| 2000 | Minors | 58.00 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 28 | 3 / 26 | 7 / 58 |
| 2001 | Minors | 34.00 | 0 / 2 | 3 / 18 | 3 / 14 | 6 / 34 |
| 2002 | Minors | 18.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 9 | 2 / 18 |
| 2002 | Majors | 3.14 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 |
| 2003 | Majors | 42.46 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 17 | 1 / 19 | 1 / 42 |
| 2004 | Majors | 42.90 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 19 | 1 / 42 |
| 2005 | Minors | 4.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 |
| 2005 | Majors | 16.31 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 16 |
| 2006 | Minors | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 |
| 2006 | Majors | 1.33 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 |
| 2007 | Majors | 6.03 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 6 |
| 2008 | Majors | 1.08 | 0 / 0 | -4 / 1 | -6 / 0 | -10 / 1 |
| Total | 3 / 25 | 16 / 183 | 14 / 192 | 33 / 400 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2008-11-01 | Ed Niland has retired from the Kansas City Cowboys |
| 2008-09-29 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Cy Palmer to the minors. |
| 2008-09-29 | The Kansas City Cowboys have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2008-06-26 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Ryan Lind to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Bert Fieber to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2008-06-26 | The Kansas City Cowboys have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2008-03-31 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Jim Marquard to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have waived Mark Courtright. The Kansas City Cowboys have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2007-09-02 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 2007-09-02 | The Kansas City Cowboys have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2007-03-31 | The Montreal Orioles have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2006-10-03 | The Montreal Orioles have designated Matt Tabor for assignment. The Montreal Orioles have designated Ed Hall for assignment. The Montreal Orioles have designated Willie Howell for assignment. The Montreal Orioles have designated Eric Sutton for assignment. The Montreal Orioles have designated Ed Niland for assignment. |
| 2006-09-27 | The Montreal Orioles have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 2006-09-26 | The Montreal Orioles have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2006-04-11 | The Boston Haffenreffers have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2005-08-19 | The Boston Haffenreffers have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2005-07-16 | The Kansas City Cowboys have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2005-06-10 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 2005-06-10 | The Kansas City Cowboys have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2005-05-25 | The Minnesota Black Squirrels have acquired Jose Deduno from the waiver wire. The Minnesota Black Squirrels have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2005-05-19 | The Minnesota Black Squirrels have promoted Ron Sales to the major league team. The Minnesota Black Squirrels have designated Ed Niland for assignment. |
| 2003-04-25 | The Minnesota Black Squirrels have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. The Minnesota Black Squirrels have designated Randy Kusick for assignment. |
| 2003-04-21 | The Minnesota Black Squirrels have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2003-04-12 | The Kansas City Cowboys have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2002-06-25 | The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Frank Geiger to the minors. The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Ed Niland to the minors. |
| 2002-06-05 | The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 2002-05-26 | The Kansas City Cowboys have acquired Ed Niland from the waiver wire. |
| 2002-04-04 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have waived Ed Niland. |
| 2000-03-31 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Jeff Fletcher to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Ed Niland to the minors. The Baltimore Wildcatters have designated Bobby Perry for assignment. |
| 1999-09-18 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 1999-05-27 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Jerry Benavides to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Ed Niland to the minors. |
| 1999-05-19 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |
| 1999-05-19 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Tony Diehl to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Ed Niland to the minors. |
| 1998-09-22 | The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted John Downing to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Ed Niland to the major league team. |