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

+12

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.7

221

204

ERA

3.59

702

500

3584.1

1747

WHIP

1.319

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 16-19 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 2

1978 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1978 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	366	2	Apr 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	5	5	7	1	2	0	9.00	11.59	26	9	3	0	0	6	29			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.468	2.13	-0.40%	-2.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
2	367	7	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10	GS-5		4	4.0	7	6	6	4	0	1	0	11.00	10.36	23	4	8	0	0	7	20			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.306	.92	-0.21%	-3.82	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out a4
3	368	11	Apr 18	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	6.00	6.42	33	9	12	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.386	1.46	0.28%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	369	16	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	3.0	8	6	4	0	0	1	0	6.86	6.49	18	6	5	0	0	7	23			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	.75	-0.423	1.18	-0.40%	-4.68	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
5	370	20	Apr 28	HOU		MON	L,3-6	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	3.0	3	4	4	4	0	0	1	7.50	6.63	15	5	2	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.280	1.40	-0.21%	-2.77	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
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
6	371	24	May 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-4)	6	6.0	5	4	3	3	2	1	0	6.90	6.42	27	6	11	0	0	5	47			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.235	1.19	-0.15%	-1.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
7	372	29	May 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-4)	7	5.0	10	4	4	3	4	0	0	6.94	5.90	26	2	7	1	0	10	32			1	0	1	23	1	1	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.044	.83	-0.02%	-2.22	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out a3
8	373	33	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8	GS-1		4	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	7.97	5.90	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.314	1.35	-0.20%	-3.36	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d3
9	374	36	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.78	5.80	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	.21	-0.019	.23	-0.01%	-0.18	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
10	375	39	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	8.05	5.80	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.57	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
11	376	43	May 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	6-7		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.10	5.59	9	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.056	.21	-0.03%	-1.18	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
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
12	377	55	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	W,6-5	6-7		13	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	5.44	9	3	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	.24	-0.031	.10	-0.01%	-0.18	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
13	378	59	Jun 17	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	3-GF	W(3-4)	4	6.2	2	2	1	0	5	0	0	6.84	4.85	23	9	7	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.156	.27	0.02%	1.28	3t 12- 1 out tie	9t end a 1
14	379	63	Jun 22	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	6	3	2	5	6	1	0	6.09	4.77	37	11	9	0	1	6	66			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	0.172	.40	0.03%	0.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	380	69	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	W,7-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	1	5.98	4.60	31	8	9	0	3	6	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.063	.09	0.01%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
16	381	74	Jul 1(2)	HOU		SDP	L,3-9	GS-2	L(5-5)	3	1.2	4	5	2	1	2	0	1	6.11	4.57	11	2	1	0	0	4	34			3	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.327	.20	-0.03%	-3.57	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
17	382	78	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-6)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	5.69	4.37	34	12	9	1	0	6	61			3	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	.92	0.061	.15	0.01%	1.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
18	383	81	Jul 8(2)	HOU		LAD	L,5-7	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.64	4.36	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.020	.07	0.00%	0.10	6t 1-3 1 out d1	6t 3 out d2
19	384	83	Jul 13	HOU	@	MON	L,0-6	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	1	5.69	4.23	25	6	7	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.122	.03	0.00%	-1.67	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
20	385	88	Jul 17	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(6-7)	3	11.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	5.11	3.96	41	10	14	1	0	5	88			3	0	2	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.596	.02	0.01%	3.52	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
21	386	94	Jul 21(1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-8)	3	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	1	5.31	4.11	24	5	6	0	2	7	32			2	1	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-4.21	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d4
22	387	100	Jul 26	HOU		MON	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.85	3.95	30	12	10	3	2	4	81			0	0	2	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.377	.00	0.00%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	388	104	Jul 31	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.55	3.90	32	13	13	0	0	2	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.382	.01	0.00%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
24	389	108	Aug 5(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	0	0	0	4.55	3.94	26	10	7	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.16	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out a4
25	390	113	Aug 11	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(9-9)	5	8.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.34	3.86	34	8	10	0	0	9	61			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.16	0.204	.00	0.00%	2.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	391	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.18	3.82	34	11	12	2	2	5	71			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.375	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	392	124	Aug 20(2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6	L(10-10)	3	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.20	3.96	27	9	7	0	2	7	46			5	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
28	393	128	Aug 25	HOU		PIT	W,7-5	GS-6	W(11-10)	4	6.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	0	4.27	3.83	27	5	5	1	0	9	44			0	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
29	394	132	Aug 30	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-11)	4	8.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.28	3.89	34	11	13	1	2	5	51			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-0.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
30	395	137	Sep 4	HOU		CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	L(11-12)	4	6.0	8	4	4	5	0	0	0	4.34	3.93	30	11	6	2	1	8	35			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
31	396	141	Sep 9	HOU		SDP	W,10-4	CG	W(12-12)	4	9.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.33	3.84	35	14	9	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	1	1	.57	0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	397	146	Sep 14	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-13)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	6	2	1	4.23	3.93	32	13	4	2	1	5	67			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	398	151	Sep 20	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	L(12-14)	5	9.0	9	3	2	0	11	0	0	4.13	3.75	36	9	7	0	0	9	70			2	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.50	-0.118	.00	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	399	157	Sep 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(13-14)	5	8.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	2	3.96	3.72	33	10	9	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.444	.00	0.00%	3.62	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
35	400	162	Oct 1	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	GS-5	W(14-14)	4	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.86	3.68	18	5	8	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.218	.00	0.00%	2.06	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
							16-19		W-L:14-14	3.9	202.2	190	97	87	73	97	13	9	3.86	3.68	861	1.04		3%	3%	185	52	4	25%	33	6	5	765	33	6	1	13	8	11	1.05	-0.231	.30	-1.31%	-9.73

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Niekro Pages

Joe Niekro Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Joe Niekro Pages at Baseball Reference