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: 14-10 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	476	1	Apr 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.57	2.74	29	6	13	1	1	8	53			2	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	1	0	.88	0.014	.71	0.01%	0.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	477	5	Apr 14	HOU		ATL	W,8-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.25	2.54	35	13	9	0	0	7	67			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.127	.39	0.04%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	478	9	Apr 19	HOU		PIT	L,0-2	CG	L(1-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.16	2.72	34	11	12	1	2	4	72			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.103	.48	0.03%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	479	14	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	GS-9	L(1-3)	4	8.2	10	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.41	2.57	36	10	11	1	2	8	55			0	1	0	34	2	1	1	1	0	0	.86	0.115	.32	0.03%	0.26	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d3
5	480	19	Apr 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.11	2.55	33	8	17	0	0	5	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.58	0.240	.24	0.06%	3.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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	481	24	May 5	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.39	2.58	27	15	5	4	0	0	52			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.150	.65	0.04%	1.64	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
7	482	29	May 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-5	W(3-3)	4	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.50	2.80	22	4	9	0	2	6	46			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.024	.62	-0.01%	0.20	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
8	483	34	May 15	HOU		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.14	2.81	32	11	13	0	3	4	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.309	.22	0.07%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	484	38	May 20	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-10	W(5-3)	4	10.0	10	3	3	3	8	0	0	2.22	2.68	42	11	10	2	2	10	65			4	0	0	39	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.50	0.459	.58	0.11%	1.45	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
10	485	43	May 25	HOU		SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.2	9	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.26	2.76	31	6	12	0	0	9	44			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.21	0.024	.38	0.01%	-0.57	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a3
11	486	47	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-8	GS-9		4	8.1	7	5	0	1	5	0	0	2.05	2.67	35	15	7	1	0	7	63			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.56	-0.116	.61	-0.03%	-1.08	1b start a 2	9b --3 1 out a1
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	487	51	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-7	GS-4	L(6-4)	4	3.1	8	6	6	3	0	1	0	2.56	2.91	20	6	3	0	0	8	17			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.299	.53	-0.09%	-2.83	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d1
13	488	56	Jun 9	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-10	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	4.0	6	6	4	2	6	0	0	2.83	2.83	20	4	2	0	0	6	34			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.399	.37	-0.10%	-4.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
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
14	489	59	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-6)	62	6.1	10	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.92	2.74	31	7	5	0	0	10	46			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.183	1.24	-0.15%	-1.52	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out d2
15	490	64	Aug 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-0	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.73	2.74	24	8	12	3	0	2	73			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.404	1.45	0.37%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	491	69	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-4	L(7-7)	5	4.0	7	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.04	2.99	18	2	8	1	0	7	27			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.256	1.13	-0.24%	-3.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
17	492	73	Aug 27	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.00	2.93	27	8	9	1	0	5	63			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.308	1.52	0.23%	1.93	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
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
18	493	79	Sep 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.99	2.88	23	9	4	1	0	3	62			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.140	1.96	0.16%	1.27	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
19	494	84	Sep 6	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.99	3.02	26	11	4	0	0	7	48			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.128	2.63	-0.18%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
20	495	89	Sep 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	GS-7	W(8-7)	5	6.2	4	1	1	5	4	1	0	2.91	3.14	29	7	9	1	0	4	61			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.189	3.09	0.38%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a4
21	496	94	Sep 17	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-0	SHO	W(9-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	3.08	31	10	14	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.077	.41	0.13%	3.66	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a9
22	497	99	Sep 23	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-8)	5	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.81	3.08	27	10	5	0	0	6	48			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.135	1.77	-0.18%	-0.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
23	498	104	Sep 28	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.72	3.14	27	13	4	0	0	5	69			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.07	0.246	3.99	0.55%	2.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
24	499	109	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-4	L(9-9)	4	4.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.82	3.15	17	4	6	0	0	4	41			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.159	3.28	-0.32%	-1.33	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
							14-10		W-L:9-9	4.2	166.0	150	60	52	47	77	8	0	2.82	3.15	676	1.03		4%	3%	140	56		---%	25	8	0	617	21	4	4	10	6	5	.98	1.206	1.11	0.91%	12.18

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