Lance Niekro stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 2007

First Baseman · #28

Age 47 · 6' 3"

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Lance Niekro played 4 MLB seasons, 2003 to 2007.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
195
AB
499
R
61
H
123
HR
17
RBI
79
SB
0
AVG
.246
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2003SF5521020.200
2005SF113278327012460.252
2006SF6619927495310.246
2007SF111703000.176

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
535
TB
210
XBH
48
HBP
2
IBB
0
GIDP
19
P/PA
3.50
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2003SF5210004.6
2005SF3021283120113.4
2006SF21077160073.5
2007SF18300013.8

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
0.1
RC
55.0
RC/27
3.70
ISOP
.174
SECA
.228
BB/K
0.32
AB/HR
29.4
GO/FO
0.70
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2003SF0.00.42.7.2000.2000
2005SF0.534.64.1.2090.30.323.20.7
2006SF-0.119.93.4.1410.20.339.80.8
2007SF-0.30.10.2.0000.10.202

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
47 yearsJan 29, 1979
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2003
Birthplace
Lakeland, FL
College
Florida Southern

Latest performance

Lance Niekro

May 02 · vs COL · W 5-3

AB
3
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.176

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Wed, May 02vsCOLW 5-330000
Tue, May 01vsCOLL 9-710000
Sun, Apr 29atARIL 5-430100
Wed, Apr 25atLADW 6-440000
Sat, Apr 21vsARIW 1-010100
Wed, Apr 18vsSTLW 6-5 F/1210000

What were Lance Niekro's career stats?

Lance Niekro played 4 seasons for the Giants. He was a career .246 hitter with 123 hits, 17 home runs and 79 RBI. His best season was 2005: a .252 batting average, 12 home runs and 46 RBI.

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