Jon Niese

Infobox MLB player
name = Jonathon Niese


width = 150
caption =
team = New York Mets
number = 49
position = Starting pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|10|27
birthplace = city-state|Lima|Ohio
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = September 2
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = New York Mets
statyear = September 27, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 1-1
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 7.07
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 11
teams =
*New York Mets (by|2008-present)

Jonathon Joseph Niese (born October 27, 1986 in Lima, Ohio) is an American left-handed pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Biography

Niese was born in Lima, Ohio on October 27, 1986 (coincidentally on the same night that his future team, the New York Mets, won Game 7 of the 1986 World Series). He was brought up in Defiance, Ohio where he attended Defiance High School. In Little League (and later in high school), Niese was a teammate of Los Angeles Dodger starting pitcher Chad Billingsley. In the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, the Mets chose Niese 209th overall (ninth pick of the seventh round). [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2005/tracker/search.jsp?sc=round&sp=7 2005 First-Year Player Draft Tracker | MLB.com: Events ] ] .

Professional career

Minor leagues

Niese began his career in the minors in by|2005 pitching for the Gulf Coast Mets of the Gulf Coast League. Where he pitched in 7 games including 5 starts while earning one win and zero losses. [ [http://www.nyfuturestars.com/pitchers.php?player=jon_niese Jon Niese - stats photos pics mets - NYFS nyfuturestars.com ] ] In by|2006, Niese was moved up to Single-A where he split time between the St. Lucie Mets in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the Hagerstown Suns. In by|2007, he pitched the entire season for the St. Lucie Mets where he went 11-7 with a 4.39 ERA [ [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=25404 Jonathan Niese Statistics (Minor Leagues) - Baseball-Reference.com ] ] In by|2008, Niese gained another level beginning the year with the Double-A Binghamton Mets.

Niese was promoted to the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs in July 2008. He made his debut for the Zephyrs on July 30, 2008, striking out seven and allowing only one run in seven innings.

Major Leagues

Niese made his major league debut on September 2, mlby|2008, against the Milwaukee Brewers. He gave up a home run to the first batter he faced, Rickie Weeks. It was the first time in Mets history that a pitcher gave up a home run to the first batter he faced in his career. He ended the day giving up five runs in three innings.cite news|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080902&content_id=3407133&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|title=Murphy scores in 10th to give Mets win|last=Noble|first=Marty|date=2008-09-02|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-09-03] In his second start, on September 13, mlby|2008, he earned his first Major League victory pitching eight shutout innings against the Atlanta Braves in a 5-0 victory. cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080913&content_id=3467699&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|title=Wright, Reyes power Niese to first win|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=2008-09-14|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=2008-09-14]

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