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NICK TANIELU
IF
BORN September 4, 1992 in Huntsville, AL
OPENING DAY AGE 25
HEIGHT 5’11 WEIGHT 215
BATS Right THROWS Right
HOMETOWN Federal Way, WA
COLLEGE Washington State University
ACQUIRED Selected in the 14th round of the June 2014 draft
Career Highlights: 2017 – Underwent ACL surgery in late 2016 and missed majority of season. Made rehab appearances in 2 games with GCL
Astros in late August, going 2-5 with a double and RBI. Played in 2 games with Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, going 0-5 with a pair
of strikeouts.
2016 – Hit .285 with 58 runs, 24 doubles, 3 triples, 11 home runs and 76 RBIs in 130 games between Lancaster and Corpus Christi. Tied for 2nd in
the Astros system in RBIs, and slotted 8th in batting average. Named JetHawks Player of the Month for April, batting .301 with 6 doubles, 1 triple,
2 homers, and 11 RBIs in 19 games. With Lancaster, maintained a .435 average and 1.076 OPS in 15 May contests. At the time of his promotion
to Corpus Christi, led the California League with a .372 batting average. Made AA debut at Midland on May 20 and hit a game-tying 2-run homer
in Corpus Christi’s 4-3 victory. Plated 4 runs on a double and a 3-run poke June 13 vs. San Antonio. Put together a season-best 8-game hit streak
from July 7-July 16. Had a 7-game hit surge July 19-25: .333 (2 HR, 3 RBI). Registered 22 multi-hit games with Corpus Christi and 10 games
with at least a pair of RBIs. Best month at AA level was July (.287-2-11). Went 7-for-18 (.389) with 2 doubles, 1 long ball and 2 RBIs in the Texas
League South Division Series. With Lancaster, batted .345 vs. LHP (29 AB) and .380 vs. RHP (108 AB). Hit .276 vs. LHP (87 AB) and .246 vs.
RHP (284 AB) with Corpus Christi. Committed 11 errors in 44 games played a third base between Lancaster and Corpus Christi. Batted .352 with
5 doubles, 1 homer and 5 RBIs in 14 assignments for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.
2015 – A Midseason and Postseason Midwest League All-Star, tied for 4th in the league in batting average and slotted 5th in RBIs. Led Quad
Cities in average, hits, doubles, RBIs, total bases (182), on-base percentage (.354) and slugging percentage (.434). Also ranked among the
club’s top 5 in at-bats (2nd), games (3rd), home runs (T-3rd), triples (5th) and walks (5th). Hit safely in 13 of 17 games May 2 – May 20, batting
.400 with 15 runs, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 15 RBIs and a .437 OBP. Posted a pair of 4 RBI games (June 7 at South Bend & July 28 at Beloit). Named
River Bandits Player of the Month for July, batting .340 with 11 doubles, 2 homers and 24 RBIs. Slugged .510 and reached base at a .378 clip.
Cracked a base hit in 31 of final 36 regular-season contests. Featured a .326 average, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 33 RBIs and a .908
OPS during this period. Performed better on the road (.328-4-34) than at home (.289-2-36), and all 6 home runs were off right-handers.
2014 – Batting average ranked 4th in the Houston system and tied for 4th in the New York-Penn League. A NYPL All-Star, paced the Valley Cats
in average, hits, RBIs and total bases (99), while placing 2nd on the club in games, at-bats and doubles. Batted .325 in first 42 games, featuring
14 extra-base hits and 33 RBIs. Posted a .272-1-7 line in the remaining 21 games. Featured 4 RBIs on 2 occasions (July 1 at Vermont & July
24 vs. Staten Island). Also carved out a season-high 4 hits July 1, making the most out of 2 doubles and a 3-run homer. Batted .314 with all 3
dingers against right-handed pitching.
Career Notes: Has played in 179 games at third base, 104 at second and 12 at first.
College Notes: As a redshirt sophomore, started 53 of 54 games for Washington State in 2014 and hit a team-best .340, slotting 6th in the
Pac-12. Also tied for 3rd in the conference with 16 doubles and tied for 5th with 70 hits. Career .364 batting average is 3rd all-time by a Cougar.
YEAR CLUB
2014 Tri-City (A)
2015
Quad Cities (A)
2016 Lancaster (A)

Corpus Christi (AA)
2017
GCL Astros (R)

Career Totals
AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
.300 62 233
29 70 16
2 3 40
.308
110 419 55
129 27 4
6
70
.372 35 137
23 51 2 2 4 29
.253
95
371 35
94
15 1
7
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.400
2 5 0 2 1
0 0 1
.297 304 1165 142 346 68 9 20 187
BB K SB
16 48 2
30
65
2
7 22 5
22
60
1
0 0 0
75 195 10
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