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: 13-22 / in Starts: 13-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	611	2	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	L,4-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.50	3.52	28	10	6	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.072	1.82	-0.07%	-0.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
2	612	7	Apr 15	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.1	5	4	2	4	3	1	0	3.65	4.63	29	7	10	0	0	5	50			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.46	-0.315	2.22	-0.29%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
3	613	11	Apr 20	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	6.0	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	2.45	4.70	25	9	8	1	0	2	62			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.288	1.25	0.23%	1.02	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a7
4	614	16	Apr 25	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.2	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.08	4.18	32	11	10	3	3	2	64			3	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.70	0.132	2.71	0.13%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out tie
5	615	20	Apr 30	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.23	3.92	24	5	8	0	0	4	58			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.010	2.02	0.01%	1.00	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 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
6	616	24	May 5	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	7	3	2	5	4	0	0	2.29	3.88	32	8	8	0	0	7	52			3	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.101	2.09	0.08%	0.26	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
7	617	27	May 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-8		4	7.1	4	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.31	3.80	28	9	5	0	0	4	62			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.333	1.98	0.34%	2.88	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
8	618	32	May 15	HOU		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.79	4.00	22	6	4	0	0	6	39			1	1	0	17	0	1	1	0	2	0	.84	-0.248	1.46	-0.26%	-1.81	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
9	619	37	May 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.91	3.79	31	7	8	0	0	7	54			1	1	0	26	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.096	2.04	-0.11%	0.13	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
10	620	41	May 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	0	5	3	0	3.02	4.12	27	10	7	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.040	2.13	-0.04%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
11	621	46	May 31	HOU		CHC	L,2-6	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	1	3	9	0	1	2.85	3.90	30	7	6	0	0	4	69			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.030	2.26	0.03%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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	622	50	Jun 4	HOU	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(2-6)	3	4.0	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.29	3.91	23	6	5	0	0	10	20			4	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.306	1.28	-0.28%	-3.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
13	623	54	Jun 9	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.94	3.72	30	15	10	0	2	0	86			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.350	1.09	0.35%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	624	58	Jun 14	HOU		LAD	L,2-10	GS-5	L(3-7)	4	4.1	6	5	5	4	2	2	0	3.30	4.05	23	3	8	0	0	6	29			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.391	2.59	-0.49%	-3.04	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
15	625	63	Jun 19	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(4-7)	4	7.2	12	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.23	3.92	33	6	9	0	0	12	49			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.217	1.43	0.20%	1.48	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a4
16	626	68	Jun 24	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	5	4	4	6	3	1	3	3.29	4.14	41	10	14	0	0	5	58			3	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.056	1.41	-0.05%	-0.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
17	627	72	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(6-7)	3	6.2	10	1	1	2	2	0	1	3.18	4.10	34	13	15	4	3	1	50			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.166	1.10	0.09%	1.29	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 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
18	628	77	Jul 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-7)	3	7.0	6	2	1	4	6	0	0	3.07	4.01	30	7	7	0	0	6	61			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.137	1.99	0.12%	1.13	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
19	629	81	Jul 7	HOU		MON	L,3-6	GS-8		4	8.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.95	3.92	31	9	8	0	0	8	62			2	1	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.35	0.221	1.76	0.17%	1.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	630	86	Jul 12	HOU		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	5	4	1	0	2.93	4.00	34	6	11	2	0	8	52			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.065	1.16	0.04%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	631	89	Jul 18	HOU	@	MON	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-8)	5	7.0	3	3	1	3	4	0	0	2.85	3.94	27	6	11	2	0	3	64			4	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	.71	-0.050	.46	-0.02%	0.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
22	632	93	Jul 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	3	4	4	3	4	1	0	2.97	3.99	23	6	7	1	4	3	51			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.158	.25	-0.04%	-1.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	633	99	Jul 28	HOU	@	NYM	W,12-4	CG	W(8-8)	5	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.03	4.08	36	7	17	1	0	7	56			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.065	.04	0.00%	0.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
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	634	103	Aug 2	HOU		SDP	W,12-9	GS-6	W(9-8)	4	5.1	10	6	5	1	3	0	0	3.21	4.01	27	4	9	0	0	10	28			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.095	.04	0.00%	-2.70	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a6
25	635	107	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.1	3	2	2	2	0	2	0	3.18	4.14	27	11	11	2	1	3	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.204	.14	0.02%	1.10	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
26	636	111	Aug 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-9)	4	8.0	6	4	4	3	6	3	0	3.24	4.28	33	10	8	1	0	6	57			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.201	.04	-0.01%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
27	637	115	Aug 17	HOU		CIN	L,0-8	GS-6	L(9-10)	3	5.1	8	8	7	4	3	2	0	3.49	4.41	29	6	8	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	.65	-0.356	.02	-0.01%	-5.84	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d8
28	638	119	Aug 22	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GS-9		4	8.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.34	4.28	30	11	7	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.430	.01	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
29	639	124	Aug 27	HOU		CHC	W,11-4	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.41	4.31	28	8	6	1	0	8	41			4	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 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
30	640	128	Sep 1	HOU	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(9-11)	4	5.1	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.55	4.33	28	9	4	0	0	10	29			4	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.152	.01	0.00%	-1.80	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
31	641	133	Sep 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.56	4.33	32	14	7	0	0	4	54			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.097	.01	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	642	137	Sep 11(1)	HOU		SFG	L,4-11	GS-3	L(9-12)	4	3.0	5	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.72	4.33	18	3	4	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.26	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-3.69	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
				Player went from Houston Astros to New York Yankees
33	643	146	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	L,3-10	GS-2	L(9-13)	7	1.2	7	6	6	2	1	2	0	3.94	4.46	14	2	2	0	0	7	16			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.346	1.44	-0.29%	-5.22	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d6
34	644	151	Sep 25	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GS-6	W(10-13)	5	5.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.89	4.45	22	7	5	0	0	4	53			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.102	.20	0.01%	1.12	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a4
35	645	156	Oct 1	NYY		MIL	W,6-1	GS-6	W(11-13)	5	5.2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.83	4.49	22	8	8	0	0	3	58			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.208	.47	0.06%	1.78	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a2
							13-22		W-L:11-13	4.1	225.1	211	108	96	107	121	24	5	3.83	4.49	983	0.98		3%	2%	193	51		---%	47	7	1	849	22	2	6	15	12	8	1.07	-0.349	1.13	-0.07%	-6.06

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