Niko Vasquez

Ernest Vasquez
Born: February 26, 1989
Oxnard, CA US
Primary Position: Third base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, LF, OF, RF, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170
Draft: Round 3 (2008 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Durango HS
Career: 2008-2025

Niko Vasquez compiled a career batting average of .266 with 156 home runs and 699 RBI in his 1339-game career with the Johnson City Cardinals, Quad Cities River Bandits, Batavia Muckdogs, Palm Beach Cardinals, Springfield Cardinals, Bakersfield Blaze, Joliet Slammers, Southern Illinois Miners, Gateway Grizzlies, Laguna Vaqueros, Kansas City T-Bones, Leon Bravos, Durango Generales, Tijuana Toros, Guadalajara Mariachis and Veracruz El Aguila. He began playing during the 2008 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Johnson City Cardinals	Quad Cities River Bandits	Batavia Muckdogs	Palm Beach Cardinals	Springfield Cardinals	Bakersfield Blaze
Joliet Slammers	Gateway Grizzlies	Southern Illinois Miners	Laguna Vaqueros	Leon Bravos	Kansas City T-Bones
Tijuana Toros	Tijuana Toros	Durango Generales	Guadalajara Mariachis	Veracruz El Aguila

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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
2008	R	APPY	Johnson City Cardinals	55	246	208	42	66	16	1	4	25	8	2	29	52	.317	.416	.462	.877	96	8	6	3	0	0
2008	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	11	45	39	6	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	17	.128	.205	.154	.358	6	0	0	1	1	0
2009	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	61	244	208	27	41	6	1	1	14	2	2	28	58	.197	.295	.250	.545	52	6	2	3	3	0
2009	Short Season A	NYPL	Batavia Muckdogs	70	279	249	19	52	11	2	2	21	1	1	26	56	.209	.283	.293	.576	73	6	1	0	3	0
2010	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	73	319	252	36	61	17	1	9	42	1	3	55	71	.242	.381	.425	.805	107	1	5	1	6	0
2010	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	59	236	206	26	54	15	2	3	28	0	1	27	49	.262	.349	.398	.747	82	7	1	1	1	0
2011	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	39	154	138	17	31	10	0	6	20	0	0	13	32	.225	.294	.428	.722	59	7	1	1	1	1
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	86	331	287	40	65	14	0	7	35	3	2	31	70	.226	.308	.348	.656	100	6	5	3	5	1
2012	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	7	28	23	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5	.217	.357	.261	.618	6	0	1	0	0	0
2012	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	17	53	48	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	17	.146	.226	.167	.393	8	2	0	0	0	0
2012	Advanced A	CALL	Bakersfield Blaze	66	272	238	35	56	18	2	4	22	1	0	30	40	.235	.323	.378	.702	90	6	1	3	0	1
2013	Ind	FRON	Joliet Slammers	59	274	241	38	59	13	1	8	29	2	1	26	39	.245	.317	.407	.724	98		1	3	3	1
2014	Ind	FRON	Gateway Grizzlies	51	225	181	37	52	11	1	7	34	5	0	37	39	.287	.409	.475	.884	86		3	0	4	1
2014	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	39	184	152	39	51	11	0	6	33	1	0	29	26	.336	.446	.526	.972	80		2	0	1	2
2015	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	96	408	348	49	95	21	2	16	62	1	1	47	77	.273	.369	.483	.851	168		8	1	4	0
2016	AAA	MEX	Laguna Vaqueros	100	391	345	64	95	23	1	17	61	3	2	36	81	.275	.346	.496	.842	171	11	3	4	3	1
2017	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	69	272	239	46	69	14	0	9	36	6	2	22	59	.289	.359	.460	.820	110	6	6	2	3	2
2017	Ind	AA	Kansas City T-Bones	12	53	49	8	10	4	0	4	12	0	0	3	10	.204	.264	.531	.795	26		1	0	0	0
2018	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	49	206	168	36	48	7	1	7	33	1	1	31	32	.286	.397	.464	.861	78	3	2	2	3	0
2018	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	51	216	179	35	61	12	0	10	36	0	2	27	36	.341	.447	.575	1.022	103	5	8	1	1	1
2019	AAA	MEX	Tijuana Toros	51	156	129	27	30	6	0	5	13	1	2	20	42	.233	.344	.395	.740	51	2	3	2	2	1
2019	AAA	MEX	Durango Generales	19	78	72	14	23	1	0	4	11	1	0	4	18	.319	.372	.500	.872	36	1	2	0	0	0
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	60	244	212	51	82	11	1	11	51	1	3	30	49	.387	.459	.604	1.063	128	6	0	0	2	1
2022	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	23	92	78	17	23	4	0	4	16	1	2	13	21	.295	.402	.500	.902	39	1	1	0	0	0
2023	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	6	28	22	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.091	.286	.136	.422	3	2	0	0	0	0
2023	Ind	MEX	Leon Bravos	80	345	285	55	90	18	1	14	59	2	0	54	57	.316	.417	.533	.951	152	8	0	0	6	0
2024	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	79	338	286	43	80	15	1	8	44	0	0	48	66	.280	.383	.423	.806	121	5	1	1	2	0
2025	Ind	MEX	Veracruz El Aguila	37	133	111	15	27	5	0	4	13	0	1	18	25	.243	.359	.396	.755	44	6	2	2	0	0
Totals				1339	5477	4686	771	1248	268	17	156	699	39	28	643	1087	.266	.360	.431	.790	2018	95	66	34	48	13

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2008	R	APPY	Johnson City Cardinals	SS	52	81	157	9	34	.964	4.577
2008	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	SS	11	12	25	2	8	.949	3.364
2009	Short Season A	NYPL	Batavia Muckdogs	SS	9	17	24	1	5	.976	4.556
2009	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	SS	58	77	164	24	25	.909	4.155
2009	Short Season A	NYPL	Batavia Muckdogs	3B	37	23	49	8	5	.900	1.946
2009	Short Season A	NYPL	Batavia Muckdogs	2B	13	23	39	1	6	.984	4.769
2010	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	SS	7	8	22	1	5	.968	4.286
2010	A	MIDW	Quad Cities River Bandits	3B	66	30	107	8	12	.945	2.076
2010	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	3B	57	31	110	10	8	.934	2.474
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	3B	83	49	150	5	14	.975	2.398
2011	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	3B	38	19	76	5	12	.950	2.500
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2011	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2012	Advanced A	FLOR	Palm Beach Cardinals	3B	7	4	13	1	2	.944	2.429
2012	Advanced A	CALL	Bakersfield Blaze	SS	4	5	8	0	2	1.000	3.250
2012	Advanced A	CALL	Bakersfield Blaze	2B	38	65	101	7	13	.960	4.368
2012	Advanced A	CALL	Bakersfield Blaze	3B	18	20	29	1	5	.980	2.722
2012	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	3B	17	16	29	2	5	.957	2.647
2013	Ind	FRON	Joliet Slammers	2B	29	51	80	3	19	.978	4.517
2013	Ind	FRON	Joliet Slammers	SS	29	47	78	5	16	.962	4.310
2013	Ind	FRON	Joliet Slammers	3B	2	5	4	0	0	1.000	4.500
2014	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	SS	9	11	14	1	2	.962	2.778
2014	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	3B	8	4	16	2	4	.909	2.500
2014	Ind	FRON	Gateway Grizzlies	3B	44	28	76	8	11	.929	2.364
2014	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	2B	26	43	67	6	14	.948	4.231
2015	Ind	FRON	Southern Illinois Miners	SS	68	88	183	14	23	.951	3.985
2016	AAA	MEX	Laguna Vaqueros	SS	95	146	278	21	68	.953	4.463
2017	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	SS	64	96	196	14	53	.954	4.562
2017	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	2B	5	12	18	0	8	1.000	6.000
2017	Ind	AA	Kansas City T-Bones	SS	12	18	19	4	3	.902	3.083
2018	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	2B	51	111	149	7	36	.974	5.098
2018	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	2B	32	85	87	1	22	.994	5.375
2018	AAA	MEX	Leon Bravos	SS	17	38	49	1	15	.989	5.118
2019	AAA	MEX	Tijuana Toros	2B	6	9	9	0	3	1.000	3.000
2019	AAA	MEX	Tijuana Toros	SS	24	26	61	3	9	.967	3.625
2019	AAA	MEX	Durango Generales	SS	18	20	42	3	12	.954	3.444
2019	AAA	MEX	Tijuana Toros	3B	16	5	18	1	0	.958	1.438
2019	AAA	MEX	Tijuana Toros	1B	1	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.000
2019	AAA	MEX	Durango Generales	1B	1	11	0	0	3	1.000	11.000
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	RF	9	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	LF	8	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	3B	41	23	78	7	12	.935	2.463
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	1B	2	8	0	0	4	1.000	4.000
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	OF	16	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2021	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	SS	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
2022	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	OF	6	6	0	1	0	.857	1.000
2022	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	LF	5	6	0	1	0	.857	1.200
2022	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	3B	16	7	28	4	2	.897	2.188
2022	Ind	MEX	Guadalajara Mariachis	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2023	Ind	MEX	Leon Bravos	3B	73	55	150	13	21	.940	2.808
2023	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	LF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2023	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
2023	Ind	MEX	Leon Bravos	2B	2	3	4	0	1	1.000	3.500
2023	Ind	MEX	Leon Bravos	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2023	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2024	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	3B	64	50	104	13	10	.922	2.406
2024	Ind	MEX	Tijuana Toros	1B	15	83	4	2	13	.978	5.800
2025	Ind	MEX	Veracruz El Aguila	3B	35	23	63	5	4	.945	2.457
2025	Ind	MEX	Veracruz El Aguila	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals					1266	1579	2797	206	527	.955	3.457

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2008	R	Appalachian League	Johnson City Cardinals	SLN	June 19, 2008	August 19, 2008
2008	A	Midwest League	Quad Cities River Bandits	SLN	August 21, 2008	September 1, 2008
2009	A	Midwest League	Quad Cities River Bandits	SLN	April 9, 2009	June 14, 2009
2009	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Batavia Muckdogs	SLN	June 19, 2009	September 6, 2009
2010	A	Midwest League	Quad Cities River Bandits	SLN	April 8, 2010	July 2, 2010
2010	Advanced A	Florida State League	Palm Beach Cardinals	SLN	July 4, 2010	September 5, 2010
2011	AA	Texas League	Springfield Cardinals	SLN	April 7, 2011	May 21, 2011
2011	Advanced A	Florida State League	Palm Beach Cardinals	SLN	May 27, 2011	September 4, 2011
2012	AA	Texas League	Springfield Cardinals	SLN	April 5, 2012	May 2, 2012
2012	Advanced A	Florida State League	Palm Beach Cardinals	SLN	May 5, 2012	May 14, 2012
2012	Advanced A	California League	Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	May 26, 2012	September 3, 2012
2013	Ind	Frontier League	Joliet Slammers		June 28, 2013	September 5, 2013
2014	Ind	Frontier League	Gateway Grizzlies		May 16, 2014	July 13, 2014
2014	Ind	Frontier League	Southern Illinois Miners		July 24, 2014	September 4, 2014
2015	Ind	Frontier League	Southern Illinois Miners		May 15, 2015	September 6, 2015
2016	AAA	Mexican League	Laguna Vaqueros		April 2, 2016	August 12, 2016
2017	AAA	Mexican League	Leon Bravos		March 31, 2017	August 9, 2017
2017	Ind	American Association	Kansas City T-Bones		August 23, 2017	September 4, 2017
2018	AAA	Mexican League (Spring)	Leon Bravos		March 23, 2018	May 26, 2018
2018	AAA	Mexican League (Autumn)	Leon Bravos		July 3, 2018	September 6, 2018
2019	AAA	Mexican League	Tijuana Toros		April 7, 2019	July 28, 2019
2019	AAA	Mexican League	Durango Generales		August 3, 2019	August 29, 2019
2021	Ind	Mexican	Guadalajara Mariachis		May 22, 2021	August 5, 2021
2022	Ind	Mexican League	Guadalajara Mariachis		April 22, 2022	June 1, 2022
2023	Ind	Mexican League	Leon Bravos		April 20, 2023	July 30, 2023
2023	Ind	Mexican League	Tijuana Toros		July 31, 2023	August 6, 2023
2024	Ind	Mexican League	Tijuana Toros		April 12, 2024	July 31, 2024
2025	Ind	Mexican League	Veracruz El Aguila		May 28, 2025	August 7, 2025

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