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Name	Team	Age
Bob Niekro	Retired (1989, Age 33)	Died (2028, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 47 (1977)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors)	0	1 years (98 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	A-	D-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	B-	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C-	C+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	F	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	11/7/1955
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

1977

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

3 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 2

7 / 7

1978

Minors

6.00

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 2

5 / 6

1979

Minors

17.00

1 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 3

3 / 4

0 / 1

3 / 4

0 / 0

9 / 17

1980

Minors

13.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

3 / 3

1 / 1

4 / 6

0 / 0

9 / 13

1981

Minors

10.00

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 1

5 / 10

1982

Minors

13.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 3

3 / 13

1983

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 2

3 / 8

1984

Majors

20.50

1 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 3

3 / 20

1985

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

1985

Majors

4.20

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 4

1988

Minors

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 4

Total

0

0

0

3 / 8

6 / 15

6 / 19

10 / 18

3 / 7

11 / 24

7 / 16

46 / 107

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Bob Niekro has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1989-04-01	The Baltimore Filibusters have waived Bob Niekro.
1988-06-15	The Baltimore Filibusters have acquired Bob Niekro from the waiver wire.
1988-06-05	The Detroit Smitties have waived Bob Niekro.
1988-04-11	The Detroit Smitties have promoted John Bennett to the major league team. The Detroit Smitties have designated Bob Niekro for assignment.
1988-04-01	The Detroit Smitties have promoted Bob Niekro to the major league team.
1988-04-01	The Detroit Smitties have acquired Bob Niekro from the waiver wire.
1985-09-05	The St. Louis Juggernauts have acquired Wayne Eyrich from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Juggernauts have waived Bob Niekro.
1985-07-13	The St. Louis Juggernauts have promoted George Black to the major league team. The St. Louis Juggernauts have designated Bob Niekro for assignment.
1984-04-01	The St. Louis Juggernauts have promoted Bob Niekro to the major league team.