#49 Jonathon Niese, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Texas Rangers

#49 Jonathon Niese, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, Texas Rangers
Saturday, 2/20/2021

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Jonathon Niese

10/27/1986
34
United States
6"3
225

Starting Pitcher
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L

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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Very inconsistent
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Prone
2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,420,000
2021
10 Year(s), 144 Days (1864 total Days)
0 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 157 Days (1877 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	7	7	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	10	8	7
Versus RHB	10	7	7
Talent	10	8	7

Pitching Ratings
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7
50
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Sinker
Slider
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	4	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	3	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	4	3	1	1	2
Talent	3	3	1	1	2

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3
3
2
1
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Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Opp.

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Start

Dec

Pitching Stats 2021

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	.0	.0	.0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	0.00

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Road	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month

ERA

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2010	28	28	11	7	0	3.59	180.2	162	74	72	22	47	201	1	1	1.16	.311	NYM
2011	38	38	14	13	0	4.51	213.1	207	123	107	39	59	234	0	0	1.25	.304	NYM PIT
2012	41	39	6	23	0	6.35	208.1	262	163	147	36	81	245	0	0	1.65	.386	PIT
2013	70	7	5	8	2	4.54	115.0	94	61	58	11	45	135	0	0	1.21	.294	PIT
2014	28	23	13	7	0	4.00	148.2	139	69	66	19	43	184	0	0	1.22	.324	PIT
2015	34	34	14	11	0	4.01	208.2	199	95	93	27	65	218	0	0	1.27	.308	PIT
2016	44	18	7	9	4	4.56	175.2	175	95	89	32	47	159	0	0	1.26	.293	CLE CAL
2017	36	10	6	5	1	5.12	96.2	91	58	55	21	37	113	0	0	1.32	.297	CAL LAD
2018	40	40	16	12	0	3.76	258.1	232	112	108	29	61	233	2	1	1.13	.284	LAD TEX
2019	40	40	11	18	0	5.32	240.1	267	149	142	48	66	215	1	1	1.39	.315	TEX
2020	41	41	7	25	0	5.31	228.2	230	145	135	47	79	213	0	0	1.35	.287	TEX
Total	440	318	110	138	7	4.65	2074.1	2058	1144	1072	331	630	2150	4	3	1.30	.310

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2005, A	28	28	12	8	0	3.78	171.1	144	78	72	22	70	128	0	0	1.25	.249
2006, AA	21	21	6	7	0	5.05	114.0	107	65	64	16	52	84	1	0	1.39	.272
2007, A	12	12	8	1	0	1.22	88.2	65	12	12	4	22	56	1	1	0.98	.238
2007, AA	17	17	9	4	0	2.94	113.1	87	38	37	5	52	85	0	0	1.23	.255
2008, A	3	3	1	1	0	2.95	18.1	12	8	6	0	9	14	0	0	1.15	.222
2008, AA	21	21	9	6	0	3.88	125.1	124	57	54	12	51	105	0	0	1.40	.307
2008, AAA	5	5	2	2	0	4.34	29.0	30	14	14	5	13	27	0	0	1.48	.301
2009, AAA	28	28	11	9	0	3.26	160.0	142	72	58	26	64	234	0	0	1.29	.327
2010, AAA	6	6	1	1	0	1.63	38.2	22	7	7	4	11	53	0	0	0.85	.225
2017, AAA	11	0	4	0	0	2.79	29.0	19	9	9	2	7	35	0	0	0.90	.258

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2010	28	56	11	1	0	0	5	5	2	29	0	1	.196	.224	.214	.438	NYM
2011	38	69	8	2	0	0	8	4	9	33	0	2	.116	.228	.145	.373	NYM PIT
2012	41	69	8	0	0	0	2	3	2	35	1	0	.116	.141	.116	.257	PIT
2013	70	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	PIT
2014	28	53	8	1	0	0	7	3	1	28	0	0	.151	.167	.170	.336	PIT
2015	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PIT
2016	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE CAL
2017	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CAL LAD
2018	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	LAD TEX
2019	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
2020	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
Total	440	274	38	5	0	0	22	16	14	142	1	3	.139	.183	.157	.340

Fielding Stats 2021

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Player History

Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/3/2005 to a minor league contract.
Traded from Seattle to Baltimore on 5/6/2005 (Going to SEA: 1B David Ortiz. Going to BAL: P Jonathon Niese, P Eric O'Flaherty)...
Traded from Baltimore to New York (M) on 7/31/2005 (Going to NYM: P Jonathon Niese, P Luis Garcia, C Johnny Estrada. Going to BAL: P Hideki Okajima, 1B J.T. Snow)...
Injured on 4/7/2006 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 5/23/2006 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week...
Had first career hit on 5/9/2010, off Anibal Sanchez (SD)...
Earned first career win on 5/9/2010...
Traded from New York (M) to Pittsburgh on 6/5/2011 (Going to PIT: P Wade Miley, P Jonathon Niese. Going to NYM: P Javy Guerra, LF Starling Marte)...
2/2/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $662,857 through salary arbitration...
2/2/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,285,714 through salary arbitration...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,242,857 through salary arbitration...
6/16/2016: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,280,000 per year, for 4 years.
Traded from Cleveland to California on 7/9/2016 (Going to CAL: P Cole Ragans, P Kevin Ginkel, 1B Eddie Rosario, 2B Luis Guillorme, P Jonathon Niese. Going to CLE: P Ryne Harper, P Burke Badenhop
)...
Was claimed off waivers by Los Angeles on 8/17/2017.
Traded from Los Angeles to Texas on 4/20/2018 (Going to LAD: P Tylor Megill. Going to TEX: P Jonathon Niese, LF Lorenzo Cain)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/20/2018, winning 2 games with a 1.32 ERA...
10/2/2020: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $4,420,000 per year, for 1 years.

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

WHIP 2018 - 1.13 - 10th	Losses 2012 - 23 - 1st 2019 - 18 - 7th 2020 - 25 - 1st	IP 2011 - 213.1 - 9th 2018 - 258.1 - 6th	K's 2011 - 234 - 8th 2012 - 245 - 4th 2018 - 233 - 4th	CG 2018 - 2 - 10th
SHO 2010 - 1 - 6th

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