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Name	Team	Age
Duke Niland	Retired (2017, Age 34)	Died (2051, Age 68)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 68 (2005)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (A)	0	0 years (65 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	D+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B-	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	B-	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	4/14/1983
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.6 %)	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

2005

Minors

21.00

3 / 3

2 / 2

2 / 4

5 / 6

2 / 2

3 / 3

1 / 1

18 / 21

2005

Majors

2.48

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

2006

Minors

25.00

0 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 6

0 / 0

3 / 5

5 / 5

3 / 6

13 / 25

2007

Minors

23.00

2 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

4 / 5

5 / 6

3 / 5

14 / 23

2008

Minors

25.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

4 / 7

4 / 4

1 / 3

1 / 2

10 / 25

2009

Minors

13.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 1

6 / 13

2010

Minors

6.00

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

3 / 6

2010

Majors

16.00

0 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 3

5 / 16

2011

Majors

16.00

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 16

2012

Majors

19.00

2 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 19

2013

Majors

12.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 12

2014

Minors

23.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 2

3 / 23

2015

Majors

8.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 8

2016

Majors

11.00

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 11

2017

Majors

8.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 8

Total

0

0

0

10 / 30

6 / 25

8 / 37

13 / 33

17 / 35

18 / 36

8 / 32

80 / 228

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2017-11-01	Duke Niland has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2015-04-01	The Kansas City Smitties have waived Duke Niland.
2014-04-05	The Kansas City Smitties have designated Duke Niland for assignment.
2014-04-01	The Kansas City Smitties have promoted Johnny Burich to the major league team. The Kansas City Smitties have promoted Wally Morrison to the major league team. The Kansas City Smitties have promoted Duke Niland to the major league team. The Kansas City Smitties have promoted Jim Ballenger to the major league team.
2014-04-01	The Kansas City Smitties have acquired Duke Niland from the waiver wire.
2010-06-21	The Pittsburgh SimD-Mets have waived Duke Niland.
2006-03-25	The Pittsburgh SimD-Mets have promoted Bobby Santorini to the major league team. The Pittsburgh SimD-Mets have sent Duke Niland to the minors.
2005-07-25	The Pittsburgh SimD-Mets have promoted Duke Niland to the major league team. The Pittsburgh SimD-Mets have designated Tom Ward for assignment.