Joe Niekro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV) and the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV).

High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)

School: West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV)

Debut: April 16, 1967 (Age 22-160d, 12,568th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 29, 1988 (Age 43-174d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Bruce Church

Full Name: Joseph Franklin Niekro

Pronunciation: \KNEE-kro\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro; Father of Lance Niekro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.7

221

204

ERA

3.59

702

500

3584.1

1747

WHIP

1.319

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-29 / in Starts: 12-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	71	4	Apr 11	CHC		MON	W,1-0	GS-9		99	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.40	35	16	9	0	3	7	74			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.695	2.59	0.79%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	72	8	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	GS-5		3	4.1	5	4	3	3	0	1	0	2.03	4.08	21	10	3	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.125	1.98	-0.17%	-2.39	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out a2
3	73	13	Apr 20(2)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.12	4.24	21	4	2	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.185	1.51	-0.27%	-1.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
4	74	15	Apr 22(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	1-2		1	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.72	4.73	9	3	2	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	.46	-0.187	1.25	-0.30%	-2.30	1b 123 0 out tie	2b 3 out d5
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to San Diego Padres
5	75	17	Apr 25	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.52	6	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.05	0.01%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
6	76	21	Apr 28	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GS-8		2	7.2	6	2	1	4	0	0	0	2.79	4.41	33	15	8	1	3	6	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.19	0.143	1.46	0.11%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	77	26	May 3	SDP	@	CIN	W,13-5	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	10	5	2	0	1	1	0	2.75	4.34	33	7	15	2	1	10	44			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	2	.10	0.011	.09	0.01%	-1.67	1b start a 9	7b 3 out a8
8	78	32	May 10	SDP	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-3		6	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.23	4.43	14	5	1	0	0	6	37			1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.189	.55	-0.08%	-1.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
9	79	34	May 12	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-2	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.07	4.41	7	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.039	.29	0.02%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	80	35	May 13	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-19	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	4.44	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d19	8b end d19
11	81	38	May 17	SDP		STL	L,1-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	4.39	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.03	0.00%	1.04	9t -2- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
12	82	40	May 20	SDP		PIT	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	6.0	8	5	4	0	2	0	0	3.31	4.08	26	7	9	2	1	8	40			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.256	.24	-0.06%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
13	83	46	May 25(2)	SDP		CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(1-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.95	4.06	34	11	13	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.194	.26	0.02%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	84	50	May 31	SDP	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.82	4.12	35	14	11	1	1	5	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.299	.13	0.03%	2.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	85	55	Jun 6	SDP		NYM	L,3-5	GS-6		5	5.2	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.97	3.89	23	10	5	1	4	4	49			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.142	.54	-0.04%	-0.68	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out tie
16	86	60	Jun 12	SDP		MON	L,1-4	GS-7		5	7.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.82	3.85	23	11	7	0	2	2	72			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.170	.16	0.02%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	87	66	Jun 17(2)	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-11	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	3.2	9	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.24	3.78	22	6	4	1	1	9	22			0	0	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	.73	-0.286	.09	-0.02%	-3.61	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
18	88	68	Jun 19	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.77	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
19	89	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-5)	2	7.0	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.96	3.67	25	9	9	1	1	2	72			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.03	0.158	.02	0.00%	2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	90	76	Jun 27	SDP		LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.69	3.58	32	10	14	3	0	6	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.249	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	91	81	Jul 2	SDP		SFG	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	5.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.91	3.67	20	7	5	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
22	92	86	Jul 7	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	GS-3		4	3.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.99	3.81	16	4	4	1	1	6	37			1	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
23	93	88	Jul 9	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	3.78	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
24	94	92	Jul 13	SDP		ATL	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	3.65	33	11	14	1	1	6	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.694	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	95	97	Jul 19	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	W(5-6)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.62	3.58	34	11	13	0	1	8	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.228	.00	0.00%	3.12	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
26	96	100	Jul 25	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(6-6)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.57	3.59	34	23	1	0	1	9	62			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.48	0.489	.00	0.00%	2.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
27	97	105	Jul 30	SDP	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	6.1	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.78	3.58	26	10	9	1	2	5	41			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-1.73	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	98	108	Aug 3	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-8)	3	7.1	10	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.88	3.64	31	9	15	4	3	6	41			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.43	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
29	99	112	Aug 8	SDP		PIT	L,1-7	GS-2	L(6-9)	4	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.09	3.63	12	4	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
30	100	116	Aug 13	SDP		CHC	L,2-4	GS-4	L(6-10)	4	3.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.60	13	2	4	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d2
31	101	119	Aug 17(1)	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-11)	3	7.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.28	3.60	25	9	9	3	1	5	57			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.095	.00	0.00%	0.23	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
32	102	123	Aug 21	SDP	@	MON	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(7-11)	3	10.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.09	3.52	37	11	13	0	1	6	83			0	1	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.47	0.838	.00	0.00%	4.53	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
33	103	128	Aug 26(2)	SDP		NYM	L,0-3	GS-8	L(7-12)	4	8.0	11	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.06	3.52	38	8	11	1	3	11	50			0	0	0	30	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.43	0.061	.00	0.00%	1.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
34	104	132	Aug 31(2)	SDP		MON	L,1-6	GS-7	L(7-13)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.04	3.53	29	6	9	1	0	7	58			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	105	137	Sep 5	SDP		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(8-13)	4	9.0	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.94	3.49	39	18	10	3	0	9	63			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.317	.00	0.00%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	106	141	Sep 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-9	GS-5	L(8-14)	3	4.0	6	6	6	4	1	1	0	3.16	3.59	21	10	0	0	0	6	23			1	0	0	14	1	0	2	0	2	0	.81	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-4.22	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d6
37	107	145	Sep 13	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-15)	3	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.19	3.65	27	5	8	0	0	7	45			0	2	0	22	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.60	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
38	108	149	Sep 17	SDP		CIN	L,5-10	GS-4	L(8-16)	3	3.1	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	3.32	3.62	18	2	7	1	0	8	27			1	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d4
39	109	153	Sep 21	SDP		ATL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(8-17)	3	6.2	10	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.46	3.60	29	11	7	1	2	10	29			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
40	110	157	Sep 26	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-10	GS-3	L(8-18)	4	2.1	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.63	3.66	14	3	4	0	1	6	24			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.456	.00	0.00%	-3.87	1b start a 2	3b --- 1 out d2
41	111	161	Oct 1	SDP	@	SFG	W,9-4	GS-4		4	3.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.70	3.70	19	5	3	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
							12-29		W-L:8-18	3.3	221.1	237	100	91	51	62	18	0	3.70	3.70	928	1.22		5%	6%	229	49	4	75%	6	8	1	860	24	7	9	16	5	13	1.02	0.482	.29	0.07%	0.63

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