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Eric Niesen

Pitcher

Born: September 4, 1985
Wyandotte, MI
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 3rd round, 2007 by NYM
How Acquired: Purchased contract from Long Island of the Atlantic League and signed to a minor league deal (July 2013)
College: Wake Forest
High School: Huron (MI)

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Signed with Long Island (Jan. 2014)

couting Report: Small lefty can reach the mid-90s with his fastball. Also throws an inconsistent slider. Has been effective against lefties in his minor league career, but struggles with righties. Works quickly.

Career Stats

year

team

lg

level

org

age

w

l

%

era

g

gs

sv

ip

h

r

er

hr

bb

so

whip

k/bb

k/9

2005

Wake Forest

NCAA

Coll

-

19

5

2

0.714

7.43

33

3

1

49.7

59

48

41

9

28

55

1.75

1.96

9.97

2006

Wake Forest

NCAA

Coll

-

20

3

2

0.600

4.68

22

9

0

57.7

49

37

30

5

35

50

1.46

1.43

7.80

2007

Wake Forest

NCAA

Coll

-

21

6

5

0.545

3.00

30

7

0

84.0

66

33

28

3

38

83

1.24

2.18

8.89

2007

Brooklyn

NYPL

A-

NYM

21

0

3

0.000

3.30

9

9

0

30.0

30

19

11

1

25

27

1.83

1.08

8.10

2008

St. Lucie

FSL

A+

NYM

22

6

12

0.333

4.64

26

24

0

118.3

136

75

61

10

46

77

1.54

1.67

5.86

2009

St. Lucie

FSL

A+

NYM

23

3

4

0.429

3.28

11

11

0

57.7

52

25

21

5

16

49

1.18

3.06

7.65

2009

Binghamton

East

AA

NYM

23

4

7

0.364

4.66

16

16

0

83.0

75

46

43

6

41

85

1.40

2.07

9.22

2010

Binghamton

East

AA

NYM

24

4

6

0.400

5.14

33

13

0

77.0

80

52

44

8

60

59

1.82

0.98

6.90

2011

St. Lucie

FSL

A+

NYM

25

3

3

0.500

3.00

24

0

1

36.0

30

18

12

2

6

32

1.00

5.33

8.00

2011

Binghamton

East

AA

NYM

25

0

5

0.000

7.94

27

0

0

28.3

31

25

25

4

31

22

2.19

0.71

6.99

2012

Long Island

Atl

Ind

-

26

3

2

0.600

4.05

55

2

0

66.7

68

38

30

9

28

61

1.44

2.18

8.23

2013

Long Island

Atl

Ind

-

27

4

0

1.000

3.23

35

0

1

39.0

34

17

14

2

12

39

1.18

3.25

8.31

2013

Portland

EL

AA

Bos

27

1

3

0.250

4.34

12

0

1

18.7

18

12

9

1

12

22

1.61

1.83

10.61

2013

Pawtucket

IL

AAA

Bos

27

0

0

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6.75

2

0

0

1.3

2

1

1

0

1

1

2.25

1.00

6.75

	Additional Player Info
	Pronunciation: --- First Pro Contract: June 19, 2007 (NY Mets) Signing Bonus: $351,000 MiLB Debut: July 3, 2007 (Brooklyn)	Added to 40-man: - MLB Debut: -

	Awards 2009 Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star	SoxProspects.com Awards -

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