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: 20-18 / in Starts: 20-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	535	1	Apr 5	HOU		LAD	L,7-16	GS-3		99	3.0	8	6	5	1	1	0	0	15.00	3.09	18	3	5	0	0	8	21			2	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	1	.66	-0.414	1.06	-0.40%	-4.72	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
2	536	5	Apr 9	HOU		PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(0-1)	3	9.0	3	1	0	5	6	0	0	3.75	3.09	36	14	8	1	0	3	80			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.273	.94	0.16%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	537	9	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-10		3	10.0	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.27	3.98	39	16	13	0	0	5	67			2	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.97	0.091	1.59	0.04%	1.53	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
4	538	13	Apr 19	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	GS-8		5	8.0	7	5	3	3	7	1	0	3.30	3.92	34	9	8	0	0	7	56			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.267	.43	-0.11%	-1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
5	539	17	Apr 23	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	GS-4	L(0-2)	3	3.2	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.54	3.91	21	2	8	1	2	8	20			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.581	.73	-0.17%	-5.02	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
6	540	21	Apr 29	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-7		5	6.1	4	3	0	7	7	0	0	3.83	3.91	31	10	4	0	3	3	59			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	-0.084	.88	-0.03%	0.53	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
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	541	25	May 3	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-7	W(1-2)	3	6.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	4.11	3.62	28	7	8	1	0	10	39			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.119	.67	-0.04%	-1.65	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
8	542	29	May 7	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-10	GS-3	L(1-3)	3	2.2	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.81	3.97	17	2	2	0	0	6	25			3	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.280	.89	-0.15%	-3.95	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d5
9	543	34	May 12	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.53	3.81	29	10	8	1	0	6	58			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.015	.86	-0.01%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	544	38	May 17	HOU	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	2.2	5	6	3	4	1	0	0	4.78	3.94	19	4	5	0	0	5	27			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	2	1	1.29	-0.315	.58	-0.09%	-5.19	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d6
11	545	42	May 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.41	3.93	25	7	10	0	0	3	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.336	.34	0.06%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
12	546	47	May 28	HOU		STL	W,9-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	1	4.12	3.82	38	14	6	0	0	9	63			0	1	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	0.059	.20	0.01%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
13	547	52	Jun 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-5)	5	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.15	3.70	25	11	4	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	22	5	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.100	.14	-0.01%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	548	56	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	GS-10		4	10.0	10	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.69	3.47	38	9	11	1	0	10	78			0	1	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.753	.40	0.12%	4.25	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
15	549	61	Jun 13	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.41	3.41	27	10	11	0	0	3	73			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.304	.41	0.08%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
16	550	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-10		4	10.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.18	3.44	35	13	12	0	1	6	78			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.328	.75	0.11%	3.44	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
17	551	71	Jun 24	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-6	L(4-6)	5	6.0	6	4	4	3	8	2	0	3.33	3.57	27	7	3	0	0	6	49			3	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.201	1.05	-0.12%	-1.28	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
18	552	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-11	GS-4	L(4-7)	4	3.2	9	8	8	4	1	0	0	3.84	3.63	24	6	4	0	1	9	8			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	.52	-0.322	.34	-0.13%	-4.79	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d6
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
19	553	79	Jul 3	HOU		LAD	W,8-1	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	3	1	1	5	5	1	0	3.63	3.71	34	13	8	1	0	3	77			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.284	.27	0.06%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	554	82	Jul 9	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-7)	5	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.67	3.78	26	8	6	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.016	.38	0.01%	-1.25	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a4
21	555	86	Jul 14	HOU		MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.44	3.67	29	13	10	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.413	.53	0.16%	3.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	556	90	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.35	3.71	38	13	10	0	0	7	61			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.232	.44	0.10%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	557	94	Jul 22	HOU	@	MON	W,11-8	GS-8		3	7.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.42	3.77	31	12	9	1	0	7	47			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.134	.77	0.07%	0.14	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
24	558	98	Jul 27	HOU		PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	L(8-8)	4	8.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.42	3.73	34	11	7	1	1	7	57			1	1	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	.53	-0.111	.23	-0.03%	0.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
25	559	102	Jul 31	HOU		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	9	1	1	3.35	3.69	34	10	6	0	0	7	73			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.312	.21	0.04%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
26	560	106	Aug 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-9)	3	7.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.42	3.75	31	10	8	1	0	8	44			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.222	.40	-0.04%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
27	561	110	Aug 9	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	GS-6	L(9-10)	4	5.2	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.46	3.71	21	8	6	1	0	3	53			2	1	1	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.188	.29	-0.04%	-0.65	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d1
28	562	114	Aug 13	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GS-8	W(10-10)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.38	3.66	27	4	12	0	0	5	65			2	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.185	.36	0.05%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
29	563	119	Aug 18	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.41	3.63	26	9	5	2	0	7	47			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.060	1.04	-0.04%	-0.23	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
30	564	124	Aug 23(2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-7	W(11-10)	4	6.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.36	3.62	26	5	6	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.49	0.183	.37	0.03%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
31	565	128	Aug 27	HOU		CHC	L,5-9	GS-7	L(11-11)	3	6.1	11	7	6	2	6	1	0	3.51	3.62	32	10	3	0	0	11	29			2	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.370	.29	-0.10%	-4.48	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d5
32	566	132	Aug 31	HOU		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	3.37	3.55	33	10	9	0	0	5	80			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.289	.36	0.05%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				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
33	567	137	Sep 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-7	GS-7	L(12-12)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.48	3.51	28	6	8	0	1	9	37			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.128	.77	-0.06%	-1.03	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
34	568	140	Sep 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	W(13-12)	3	7.2	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.52	3.56	31	7	11	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	2	0	.83	0.156	.31	0.04%	-0.85	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a3
35	569	144	Sep 14	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(14-12)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	1	3.46	3.50	36	9	11	2	2	8	68			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.253	.35	0.05%	1.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	570	149	Sep 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-9	GS-6	L(14-13)	4	5.1	6	6	5	4	8	1	0	3.57	3.52	26	3	5	1	0	6	38			4	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.265	1.04	-0.12%	-1.80	1b start a 2	6b 123 1 out d1
37	571	152	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	GS-5	L(14-14)	3	5.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.57	3.54	25	5	7	0	0	7	43			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.044	.06	0.00%	0.13	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
38	572	158	Sep 28(2)	HOU		ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(15-14)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.48	3.52	34	9	14	2	0	5	73			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.381	.00	0.00%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							20-18		W-L:15-14	3.8	263.2	238	115	102	101	152	15	3	3.48	3.52	1113	1.13		3%	2%	237	54		---%	45	9	1	987	35	7	5	15	9	10	1.05	0.896	.54	-0.47%	2.16

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