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: 24-13 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	439	2	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	W,10-6	GS-5		99	5.0	6	6	1	3	4	0	0	1.80	2.95	27	6	8	1	2	6	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	3	1.33	-0.541	2.18	-0.54%	-3.94	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
2	440	6	Apr 15	HOU		ATL	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	0	1.93	1.97	31	9	10	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.36	0.153	.60	0.15%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	441	10	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	5	4	2	3	3	0	1	2.05	2.52	33	11	10	0	0	5	60			3	0	0	25	1	1	2	1	2	1	.84	-0.269	1.58	-0.31%	-0.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	442	15	Apr 26	HOU		NYM	W,6-0	GS-8	W(2-1)	5	7.2	4	0	0	6	4	0	0	1.52	2.92	32	9	9	1	0	4	69			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.342	2.12	0.31%	2.59	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a2
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
5	443	19	May 1	HOU	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	1.86	2.88	37	11	10	2	1	6	65			3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.097	1.90	-0.15%	1.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	444	24	May 6	HOU	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	7	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.08	2.86	35	15	8	1	0	7	60			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	1	0	.66	0.072	1.37	0.09%	0.03	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
7	445	28	May 11	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.0	9	7	6	1	2	0	0	2.91	2.83	26	8	6	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.374	1.97	-0.50%	-3.67	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d3
8	446	32	May 17	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.17	2.95	30	11	5	2	2	9	46			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.177	1.47	-0.19%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	447	36	May 22	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-5	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.2	11	5	4	3	3	0	0	3.39	2.98	32	9	7	0	0	10	34			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.030	1.49	-0.03%	-2.26	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a3
10	448	41	May 27	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GS-5		4	4.2	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.55	3.01	23	7	3	0	0	7	38			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.304	3.14	-0.35%	-1.65	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d1
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
11	449	45	Jun 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.72	3.05	21	7	5	1	0	6	37			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.40	-0.292	2.83	-0.36%	-2.23	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d1
12	450	50	Jun 7	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.32	2.89	32	10	12	1	0	5	82			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.400	2.05	0.49%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	451	55	Jun 13	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-5	L(6-5)	5	4.1	9	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.67	3.19	23	9	3	0	0	9	25			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.281	1.59	-0.41%	-3.19	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
14	452	60	Jun 18	HOU		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.33	3.08	33	8	13	2	1	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.370	2.13	0.56%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	453	64	Jun 22	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	8.0	8	2	2	5	5	1	0	3.25	3.23	34	6	10	1	0	8	58			1	2	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.13	0.089	2.83	0.14%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	454	68	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-6)	4	8.0	13	4	4	1	6	0	0	3.34	3.11	37	10	7	4	1	13	45			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.117	2.37	-0.23%	-0.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
17	455	72	Jul 1	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-13	GS-6	L(8-7)	3	5.2	12	11	10	3	4	1	0	3.93	3.21	31	6	6	0	1	12	4			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.441	2.70	-0.74%	-6.65	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d7
18	456	78	Jul 6	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-7)	4	8.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.81	3.28	34	8	15	0	1	6	65			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.421	3.88	0.79%	1.97	1b start a 1	9b --- 2 out a1
19	457	81	Jul 12	HOU		ATL	W,9-5	GS-9	W(10-7)	5	8.2	12	5	5	5	2	1	0	3.89	3.43	41	8	14	1	4	12	37			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	3	1	1	.44	0.101	1.14	0.16%	-1.68	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a4
20	458	87	Jul 17	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(10-8)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.78	3.32	35	12	10	2	1	8	68			3	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.051	2.47	0.09%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	459	93	Jul 22	HOU		NYM	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.1	7	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.93	3.30	19	3	4	1	0	7	29			2	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.481	4.23	-0.87%	-3.45	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d1
22	460	97	Jul 27	HOU	@	MON	W,6-3	GS-5	W(11-8)	4	5.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.92	3.32	19	5	6	1	0	3	52			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.012	3.20	-0.02%	0.24	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
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
23	461	102	Aug 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS-8	L(11-9)	5	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.98	3.32	32	8	12	2	2	9	43			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.58	-0.245	4.97	-0.46%	-0.57	1b start a 1	8b -2- 0 out tie
24	462	107	Aug 7	HOU		SDP	L,1-5	GS-6	L(11-10)	4	5.2	6	4	4	7	5	0	0	4.06	3.37	30	6	6	1	0	6	39			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.243	4.74	-0.47%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d3
25	463	112	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-11)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.00	3.34	29	9	7	0	0	8	54			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.016	3.59	0.03%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
26	464	117	Aug 17(2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.90	3.34	37	13	10	2	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	.35	0.076	1.24	0.16%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
27	465	120	Aug 21	HOU		PIT	W,12-5	GS-5		3	4.0	11	5	4	1	1	0	0	4.01	3.34	25	8	4	1	0	11	22			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.274	3.89	-0.61%	-3.31	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a4
28	466	122	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	16-GF(17)	W(13-11)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.33	6	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.237	6.30	0.54%	0.82	16t --- 0 out tie	17t end tie
29	467	125	Aug 26	HOU	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	W(14-11)	2	9.0	7	2	1	1	1	1	0	3.83	3.38	32	11	12	4	0	7	67			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.60	0.033	2.31	0.08%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
30	468	130	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	3	2	7	0	0	3.83	3.31	31	8	6	2	0	8	52			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.025	4.51	0.06%	-0.03	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a3
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
31	469	135	Sep 6(1)	HOU		STL	W,9-5	GS-6	W(15-11)	5	6.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.89	3.32	27	7	8	2	2	9	38			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	1	0	.44	0.127	1.62	0.28%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
32	470	140	Sep 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	GS-8	W(16-11)	5	7.1	12	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.89	3.28	32	10	6	0	0	12	44			0	1	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.087	4.94	0.25%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
33	471	145	Sep 17	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-7	GS-4	L(16-12)	4	4.0	5	5	5	2	2	2	0	4.02	3.40	18	5	4	0	0	5	32			1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.238	4.35	-0.74%	-3.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
34	472	150	Sep 22	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	4	2	0	3	3	0	1	3.86	3.40	35	10	14	1	0	4	75			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.27	0.282	6.96	0.93%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	473	155	Sep 27	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	GS-8	W(18-12)	4	7.2	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.74	3.40	30	10	8	1	1	4	71			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.398	7.30	1.47%	2.98	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a2
36	474	159	Oct 2	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(19-12)	4	8.2	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.68	3.39	31	10	10	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.312	5.75	1.13%	2.42	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a2
37	475	163	Oct 6	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	W(20-12)	3	9.0	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	3.55	3.34	36	13	14	2	4	1	77			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.169	19.00	4.23%	2.99	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
							24-13		W-L:20-12	3.9	256.0	268	119	101	79	127	12	4	3.55	3.34	1096	1.06		6%	4%	262	51	0	---%	34	7	0	993	35	7	3	21	11	14	.95	-0.655	3.49	4.94%	-7.70

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