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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-22 / in Starts: 15-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	66 (36-19-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
C GutiÃ©rrez	2
B Freehan	1
W Horton	1
N Cash	1
M Stanley	1
E Maddox	1

Most Driven In By
D McAuliffe	2
A Kaline	1
I Brown	1
G Brown	1
J Northrup	1
M Stanley	1

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	113	3 (2)	Apr 8	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.88	-0.074	1.43	-0.07%	-0.88	P
2	114	6 (2)	Apr 12	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	9	.42	0.058	.70	0.06%	1.65	P
3	115	9 (2)	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.375	.500	9	2.21	-0.173	4.20	-0.20%	-1.12	P
4	116	13 (3)	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.38	0.003	.74	0.00%	-0.10	P
5	117	16 (2)	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.429	.643	9	.33	0.059	.59	0.06%	-0.81	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	118	20 (3)	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.375	.653	9	1.86	0.179	3.25	0.19%	1.06	P
7	119	24 (3)	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.375	.653	9						P
8	120	28 (3)	May 11	DET		CHW	L,5-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.375	.653	9						P
9	121	32 (3)	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.412	.728	9	.84	0.036	1.00	0.03%	0.38	P
10	122	36 (3)	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.368	.654	9	1.02	-0.065	1.16	-0.04%	-0.70	P
11	123	41 (4)	May 27	DET		NYY	L,2-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.350	.623	9	2.28	-0.060	2.47	-0.04%	-0.57	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	124	45 (3)	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.333	.603	9	1.43	-0.025	1.01	-0.01%	-0.20	P
13	125	49 (3)	Jun 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.308	.558	9	.92	-0.057	.66	-0.02%	-0.54	P
14	126	53 (3)	Jun 11	DET		MIL	W,6-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.286	.519	9	1.13	-0.061	.90	-0.03%	-0.44	P
15	127	57 (3)	Jun 15	DET		OAK	L,7-12	GS-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.286	.544	9	1.93	0.030	1.69	0.02%	0.27	P
16	128	60 (2)	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.258	.286	.544	9						P
17	129	62 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	4-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	9	.82	-0.041	.60	-0.02%	-0.38	P
18	130	64 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	L,2-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	9						P
19	131	67 (2)	Jun 26	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.303	.553	9	.12	0.005	.10	0.00%	-0.30	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	132	73 (5)	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.256	.306	.562	9	1.04	0.162	1.55	0.15%	0.94	P
21	133	79 (5)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.244	.289	.533	9	1.14	-0.054	1.53	-0.04%	-0.38	P
22	134	83 (3)	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.227	.268	.496	9	1.22	-0.058	3.70	-0.11%	-0.37	P
23	135	89 (5)	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.217	.256	.473	9	1.05	-0.064	2.26	-0.08%	-0.68	P
24	136	94 (4)	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.208	.244	.453	9	1.99	-0.125	3.91	-0.15%	-1.10	P
25	137	99 (4)	Jul 28	DET		KCR	L,6-7	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.220	.239	.459	9	1.06	0.023	1.69	0.02%	0.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	138	104 (4)	Aug 2	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.216	.234	.450	9	1.24	-0.034	1.22	-0.02%	-0.31	P
27	139	109 (4)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	.67	0.027	.43	0.01%	0.24	P
28	140	113 (3)	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.226	.245	.471	9	1.08	-0.031	.38	-0.01%	-0.32	P
29	141	118 (4)	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.246	.235	.481	9	.68	0.015	.09	0.00%	-0.42	P
30	142	122 (3)	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	L,0-7	3-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.259	.250	.509	9	.70	0.021	.09	0.00%	0.20	P
31	143	127 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-10	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.241	.491	9	.93	-0.022	.07	0.00%	-0.60	P
32	144	131 (3)	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.268	.526	9	1.15	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.62	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	145	134 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.270	.281	.551	9	1.34	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
34	146	136 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.266	.276	.541	9	.97	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
35	147	140 (3)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.269	.279	.547	9	.52	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
36	148	144 (3)	Sep 11	DET		WSA	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.270	.531	9	1.92	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
37	149	149 (4)	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.271	.281	.553	9	1.03	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
38	150	153 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547	9	1.01	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
39	151	157 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547	9						P
							17-22		88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	7	0	17	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547		1.03	-0.286	1.20	-0.30%	-5.45

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