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Name	Team	Age
Larry Niekro	Retired (1973, Age 33)	65
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27 (1962)	C	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Molitor Delahanty League	0	5 years (123 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	C+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	11/7/1939
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1970

Majors

21.63

162

16

0

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

2 / 4

0 / 1

2 / 21

1971

Minors

16.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 16

1971

Majors

22.84

102

32

0

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 8

1 / 5

0 / 2

2 / 22

1972

Minors

12.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 12

1972

Majors

8.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 8

1973

Minors

17.00

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 3

2 / 17

1973

Majors

6.65

21

9

0

-2 / 0

-7 / 1

-5 / 1

-4 / 1

-7 / 1

-2 / 0

-4 / 2

-31 / 6

Total

285

57

0

-2 / 14

-7 / 13

-5 / 16

-4 / 15

-6 / 20

2 / 14

-3 / 10

-25 / 102

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Larry Niekro has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1973-07-05	The Cincinnati Tricolour have waived Larry Niekro.
1973-05-19	The Cincinnati Tricolour have designated Larry Niekro for assignment.
1973-05-01	The Cincinnati Tricolour have promoted Larry Niekro to the major league team.
1973-05-01	The Cincinnati Tricolour have acquired Larry Niekro from the waiver wire.
1973-04-08	The Texas Cowboys have waived Larry Niekro.
1973-03-31	The Texas Cowboys have promoted Larry Niekro to the major league team.
1973-03-31	The Texas Cowboys have acquired Larry Niekro from the waiver wire.
1972-05-15	The Baltimore Pirates have waived Larry Niekro.
1971-07-27	The Baltimore Pirates have promoted Tim Metzler to the major league team. The Baltimore Pirates have promoted Tony Smith to the major league team. The Baltimore Pirates have promoted Taro Kobayashi to the major league team. The Baltimore Pirates have designated Dewey Mack for assignment. The Baltimore Pirates have designated Larry Niekro for assignment.