Mike Nickeas
Michael James Nickeas
Born: February 13, 1983
Vancouver, BC CA
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, LF, OF, P, RF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210
Draft: Round 5 (2004 June Amateur Draft, Texas Rangers)
School: Georgia Tech
Career: 2004-2014
Major League Statistics
Mike Nickeas compiled a career batting average of .235 with 36 home runs and 254 RBI in his 683-game career with the Spokane Indians, Grand Canyon Rafters, Rangers, Frisco RoughRiders, Bakersfield Blaze, Binghamton Mets, Scottsdale Scorpions, St. Lucie Mets, New Orleans Zephyrs and Buffalo Bisons. He began playing during the 2004 season and last took the field during the 2014 campaign.
 Spokane Indians |
 Grand Canyon Rafters |
 Rangers |
 Frisco RoughRiders |
 Bakersfield Blaze |
 Binghamton Mets |
 Scottsdale Scorpions |
 St. Lucie Mets |
 New Orleans Zephyrs |
 Buffalo Bisons |
 Buffalo Bisons |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Short Season A | NORW | Spokane Indians | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Short Season A | NORW | Spokane Indians | 62 | 273 | 233 | 42 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 53 | .288 | .384 | .494 | .877 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | Fall | AZFL | Grand Canyon Rafters | 14 | 47 | 40 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .425 | .468 | .675 | 1.143 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | 68 | 268 | 242 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 43 | .202 | .263 | .302 | .565 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | R | ARIZ | Rangers | 6 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .286 | .400 | .476 | .876 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .267 | .167 | .433 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | 39 | 147 | 113 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 22 | .248 | .382 | .363 | .745 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2006 | Advanced A | CALL | Bakersfield Blaze | 17 | 76 | 64 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .297 | .395 | .359 | .754 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | 26 | 98 | 77 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 | .208 | .378 | .299 | .676 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | Fall | AZFL | Scottsdale Scorpions | 13 | 50 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .196 | .260 | .304 | .564 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 65 | 237 | 212 | 26 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 37 | .217 | .281 | .278 | .559 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | AAA | PCL | New Orleans Zephyrs | 54 | 184 | 163 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 42 | .215 | .275 | .307 | .581 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 17 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .196 | .288 | .275 | .563 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 18 | 67 | 55 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .182 | .292 | .200 | .492 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 7 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .241 | .250 | .491 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 82 | 318 | 265 | 27 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 43 | .283 | .403 | .396 | .799 | 105 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 60 | 192 | 168 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 27 | .214 | .286 | .304 | .589 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 22 | 75 | 66 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .364 | .405 | .500 | .905 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 58 | 200 | 175 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40 | .166 | .255 | .251 | .507 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 49 | 177 | 150 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 30 | .207 | .285 | .280 | .565 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 683 | 2544 | 2187 | 237 | 515 | 119 | 1 | 36 | 254 | 8 | 8 | 264 | 438 | .235 | .324 | .340 | .664 | 744 | 73 | 37 | 26 | 30 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Short Season A | NORW | Spokane Indians | C | 54 | 419 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .991 | 8.148 | 3 | |||
| 2004 | Short Season A | NORW | Spokane Indians | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 2005 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | C | 68 | 521 | 50 | 3 | 5 | .995 | 8.397 | 5 | 45 | 36 | 44.4 |
| 2005 | R | ARIZ | Rangers | C | 6 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.833 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| 2005 | Fall | AZFL | Grand Canyon Rafters | C | 13 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 7.538 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 28.6 |
| 2006 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | C | 4 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 5.750 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | C | 39 | 281 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .994 | 7.897 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 42.2 |
| 2006 | Advanced A | CALL | Bakersfield Blaze | C | 16 | 125 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 8.625 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 38.5 |
| 2007 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | C | 60 | 349 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 6.200 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 43.2 |
| 2007 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | C | 20 | 116 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .963 | 6.500 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 47.6 |
| 2007 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| 2007 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| 2007 | Fall | AZFL | Scottsdale Scorpions | C | 13 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.615 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12.5 |
| 2007 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | LF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| 2007 | Advanced A | FLOR | St. Lucie Mets | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2008 | AAA | PCL | New Orleans Zephyrs | C | 48 | 290 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .984 | 6.500 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 18.4 |
| 2008 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | C | 16 | 94 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.438 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 |
| 2008 | AAA | PCL | New Orleans Zephyrs | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 2008 | AAA | PCL | New Orleans Zephyrs | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 2009 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 2009 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | C | 18 | 137 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 8.222 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 35.7 |
| 2010 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | C | 77 | 533 | 44 | 8 | 2 | .986 | 7.494 | 4 | 49 | 27 | 35.5 |
| 2010 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 7 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.429 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 21.4 |
| 2010 | AA | EL | Binghamton Mets | 1B | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
| 2011 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 56 | 375 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .995 | 7.196 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 38.7 |
| 2011 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2012 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 22 | 172 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 8.545 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26.7 |
| 2013 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 57 | 433 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .998 | 8.105 | 5 | 57 | 17 | 23.0 |
| 2014 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | C | 47 | 368 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .995 | 8.170 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 23.8 |
| Totals | 656 | 4575 | 352 | 52 | 30 | .990 | 7.511 | 41 | 390 | 194 | 33.2 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Short Season A | Northwest League | Spokane Indians | TEX | June 22, 2004 | September 4, 2004 |
| 2005 | AA | Texas League | Frisco RoughRiders | TEX | April 7, 2005 | September 3, 2005 |
| 2005 | R | Arizona League | Rangers | TEX | July 6, 2005 | July 13, 2005 |
| 2005 | Fall | Arizona Fall League | Grand Canyon Rafters | October 4, 2005 | November 10, 2005 | |
| 2006 | Advanced A | California League | Bakersfield Blaze | TEX | April 7, 2006 | May 25, 2006 |
| 2006 | AA | Texas League | Frisco RoughRiders | TEX | May 28, 2006 | August 27, 2006 |
| 2006 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | August 31, 2006 | September 4, 2006 |
| 2007 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | April 10, 2007 | September 3, 2007 |
| 2007 | Advanced A | Florida State League | St. Lucie Mets | NYN | June 23, 2007 | July 30, 2007 |
| 2007 | Fall | Arizona Fall League | Scottsdale Scorpions | October 10, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | |
| 2008 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | New Orleans Zephyrs | NYN | April 6, 2008 | August 28, 2008 |
| 2008 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | June 20, 2008 | July 19, 2008 |
| 2009 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | April 13, 2009 | July 17, 2009 |
| 2009 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | NYN | April 29, 2009 | May 1, 2009 |
| 2010 | AA | Eastern League | Binghamton Mets | NYN | April 12, 2010 | August 24, 2010 |
| 2010 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | NYN | August 25, 2010 | September 1, 2010 |
| 2011 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | NYN | May 2, 2011 | August 23, 2011 |
| 2012 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | NYN | July 27, 2012 | August 31, 2012 |
| 2013 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | TOR | April 5, 2013 | September 1, 2013 |
| 2014 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | TOR | April 3, 2014 | September 1, 2014 |
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