Pitching

Niklas Stephenson

Kansas City Royals (A)

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Age: 31

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'2" / 195

DOB: 11/16/1993

(31 years, 6 months, 13 days)

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Stats

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2012	KCR	R	18	0	0	0	7	0	8.0		3.38	3.38	1.13	.323	63.5%	37.9%	7.7%				5.63		6.37	5.88
2013	KCR	R	19	0	0	0	12	0	23.1		5.79	4.63	0.77	.422	61.0%	40.0%	5.6%				8.10		5.19	5.29
2014	KCR	R	20	3	3	0	11	6	59.0		7.17	1.37	0.31	.247	59.0%	45.7%	3.2%				2.14		3.03	3.36
2014	KCR	A	20	1	0	0	2	2	9.0		4.00	3.00	0.00	.344	64.3%	61.3%	0.0%				4.00		3.70	4.59
2014	KCR	MiLB	20	4	3	0	13	8	68.0		6.75	1.59	0.26	.262	60.1%	48.2%	2.8%				2.38		3.11	3.52
2015	KCR	A	21	4	9	2	29	10	103.2		5.30	4.43	1.13	.287	61.2%	42.8%	11.4%				5.73		5.67	4.90
2016	KCR	A	22	1	4	2	20	0	31.2		7.39	6.25	0.57	.388	49.2%	42.2%	5.3%				8.24		5.14	5.45

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2012	KCR	R	18	0	0	0	7	0	8.0		3.38	3.38	1.13	.323	63.5%	37.9%	7.7%				5.63		6.37	5.88
2013	KCR	R	19	0	0	0	12	0	23.1		5.79	4.63	0.77	.422	61.0%	40.0%	5.6%				8.10		5.19	5.29
2014	KCR	R	20	3	3	0	11	6	59.0		7.17	1.37	0.31	.247	59.0%	45.7%	3.2%				2.14		3.03	3.36
2014	KCR	A	20	1	0	0	2	2	9.0		4.00	3.00	0.00	.344	64.3%	61.3%	0.0%				4.00		3.70	4.59
2014	KCR	MiLB	20	4	3	0	13	8	68.0		6.75	1.59	0.26	.262	60.1%	48.2%	2.8%				2.38		3.11	3.52
2015	KCR	A	21	4	9	2	29	10	103.2		5.30	4.43	1.13	.287	61.2%	42.8%	11.4%				5.73		5.67	4.90
2016	KCR	A	22	1	4	2	20	0	31.2		7.39	6.25	0.57	.388	49.2%	42.2%	5.3%				8.24		5.14	5.45

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2012	KCR	R	0	0	5.63	7	0		0	0	0	0	0	8.0	38	11	6	5	1	3	0	0	2	0	3
2013	KCR	R	0	0	8.10	12	0		0	0	0	0	0	23.1	115	37	22	21	2	12	0	3	0	1	15
2014	KCR	R	3	3	2.14	11	6		0	0	0	0	0	59.0	235	45	25	14	2	9	0	3	6	0	47
2014	KCR	A	1	0	4.00	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	9.0	39	11	5	4	0	3	0	0	4	0	4
2014	KCR	MiLB	4	3	2.38	13	8		0	0	0	0	0	68.0	274	56	30	18	2	12	0	3	10	0	51
2015	KCR	A	4	9	5.73	29	10		0	0	2	1	1	103.2	462	107	76	66	13	51	0	9	11	0	61
2016	KCR	A	1	4	8.24	20	0		0	0	2	0	3	31.2	171	47	39	29	2	22	0	5	12	0	26

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2012	KCR	R	0	0	5.63	7	0		0	0	0	0	0	8.0	38	11	6	5	1	3	0	0	2	0	3
2013	KCR	R	0	0	8.10	12	0		0	0	0	0	0	23.1	115	37	22	21	2	12	0	3	0	1	15
2014	KCR	R	3	3	2.14	11	6		0	0	0	0	0	59.0	235	45	25	14	2	9	0	3	6	0	47
2014	KCR	A	1	0	4.00	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	9.0	39	11	5	4	0	3	0	0	4	0	4
2014	KCR	MiLB	4	3	2.38	13	8		0	0	0	0	0	68.0	274	56	30	18	2	12	0	3	10	0	51
2015	KCR	A	4	9	5.73	29	10		0	0	2	1	1	103.2	462	107	76	66	13	51	0	9	11	0	61
2016	KCR	A	1	4	8.24	20	0		0	0	2	0	3	31.2	171	47	39	29	2	22	0	5	12	0	26

Minor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2012	KCR	R	3.38	3.38	1.00	1.13		7.9%	7.9%	0.0%		.314	1.75	.323	63.5%		116	132		6.37
2013	KCR	R	5.79	4.63	1.25	0.77		13.0%	10.4%	2.6%		.370	2.10	.422	61.0%		220	139		5.19
2014	KCR	R	7.17	1.37	5.22	0.31		20.0%	3.8%	16.2%		.202	0.92	.247	59.0%		58	80		3.03
2014	KCR	A	4.00	3.00	1.33	0.00		10.3%	7.7%	2.6%		.306	1.56	.344	64.3%		101	89		3.70
2014	KCR	MiLB	6.75	1.59	4.25	0.26		18.6%	4.4%	14.2%		.216	1.00	.262	60.1%		63	81		3.11
2015	KCR	A	5.30	4.43	1.20	1.13		13.2%	11.0%	2.2%		.266	1.52	.287	61.2%		151	144		5.67
2016	KCR	A	7.39	6.25	1.18	0.57		15.2%	12.9%	2.3%		.326	2.18	.388	49.2%		220	134		5.14

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2012	KCR	R	3.38	3.38	1.00	1.13		7.9%	7.9%	0.0%		.314	1.75	.323	63.5%		116	132		6.37
2013	KCR	R	5.79	4.63	1.25	0.77		13.0%	10.4%	2.6%		.370	2.10	.422	61.0%		220	139		5.19
2014	KCR	R	7.17	1.37	5.22	0.31		20.0%	3.8%	16.2%		.202	0.92	.247	59.0%		58	80		3.03
2014	KCR	A	4.00	3.00	1.33	0.00		10.3%	7.7%	2.6%		.306	1.56	.344	64.3%		101	89		3.70
2014	KCR	MiLB	6.75	1.59	4.25	0.26		18.6%	4.4%	14.2%		.216	1.00	.262	60.1%		63	81		3.11
2015	KCR	A	5.30	4.43	1.20	1.13		13.2%	11.0%	2.2%		.266	1.52	.287	61.2%		151	144		5.67
2016	KCR	A	7.39	6.25	1.18	0.57		15.2%	12.9%	2.3%		.326	2.18	.388	49.2%		220	134		5.14