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	20-18 / in Starts: 20-18
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	31 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	58 (33-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (29-20-10)

Most Driven In
J Cruz	1
A Ashby	1
B Doran	0
P Garner	0

Most Driven In By
T Puhl	1

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 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	539	1	Apr 5	HOU		LAD	L,7-16	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.90	-0.021	1.45	-0.02%	-0.26	P
2	540	5 (3)	Apr 9	HOU		PIT	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.94	-0.044	.90	-0.03%	-0.27	P
3	541	9 (3)	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.14	-0.112	.92	-0.06%	-0.79	P
4	542	13 (3)	Apr 19	HOU		CIN	W,6-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.85	-0.040	.60	-0.02%	-0.34	P
5	543	17 (3)	Apr 23	HOU		PHI	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.35	-0.009	.17	0.00%	-0.09	P
6	544	21 (3)	Apr 29	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	2.62	0.228	1.62	0.09%	1.19	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
7	545	25 (3)	May 3	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.90	-0.047	.51	-0.02%	-0.65	P
8	546	29 (3)	May 7	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	1.03	-0.026	.94	-0.01%	-0.23	P
9	547	34 (4)	May 12	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	1.81	-0.087	1.25	-0.04%	-0.92	P
10	548	38 (3)	May 17	HOU	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.72	0.030	.32	0.01%	0.25	P
11	549	42 (3)	May 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.21	-0.121	.38	-0.02%	-1.25	P
12	550	47 (4)	May 28	HOU		STL	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.087	.087	.174	9	.28	-0.028	.06	0.00%	-0.95	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
13	551	52 (4)	Jun 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.18	-0.049	.21	-0.01%	-0.41	P
14	552	56 (3)	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	GS-11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.074	.074	.148	9	.87	-0.062	.23	-0.01%	-0.36	P
15	553	61 (4)	Jun 13	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.74	-0.056	.31	-0.01%	-0.86	P
16	554	66 (4)	Jun 18	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.79	-0.078	.45	-0.03%	-0.58	P
17	555	71 (4)	Jun 24	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.111	.194	9	1.23	0.038	1.18	0.02%	0.43	P
18	556	75 (3)	Jun 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.081	.081	.108	.189	9	.44	-0.011	.29	0.00%	-0.16	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
19	557	79 (3)	Jul 3	HOU		LAD	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.098	.122	.220	9	.37	-0.030	.13	-0.01%	-0.17	P
20	558	82 (2)	Jul 9	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.114	.205	9	.35	-0.027	.17	-0.01%	-0.95	P
21	559	86 (3)	Jul 14	HOU		MON	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.087	.109	.196	9	.41	-0.022	.26	-0.01%	-0.39	P
22	560	90 (3)	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.078	.078	.098	.176	9	.59	-0.082	.43	-0.04%	-1.82	P
23	561	94 (3)	Jul 22	HOU	@	MON	W,11-8	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.091	.093	.184	9	.53	0.002	.43	0.00%	-0.53	P
24	562	98 (3)	Jul 27	HOU		PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.105	.107	.212	9	.77	0.032	.34	0.01%	0.28	P
25	563	102 (3)	Jul 31	HOU		CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.100	.102	.202	9	.74	-0.060	.17	-0.01%	-0.90	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	564	106 (3)	Aug 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.113	.115	.228	9	.72	0.031	.23	0.01%	0.28	P
27	565	110 (3)	Aug 9	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.111	.113	.224	9	.90	-0.033	.28	-0.01%	-0.37	P
28	566	114 (3)	Aug 13	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.108	.109	.217	9	.79	-0.046	.32	-0.01%	-0.70	P
29	567	119 (4)	Aug 18	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.104	.106	.211	9	.96	-0.047	.93	-0.03%	-0.37	P
30	568	124 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.101	.103	.204	9	.70	-0.034	.18	-0.01%	-0.30	P
31	569	128 (3)	Aug 27	HOU		CHC	L,5-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.099	.100	.199	9	1.51	-0.082	.70	-0.02%	-0.69	P
32	570	132 (3)	Aug 31	HOU		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.095	.096	.190	9	.81	-0.057	.22	-0.01%	-0.41	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	571	137 (4)	Sep 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-7	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.095	.096	.190	9	1.67	-0.044	1.28	-0.02%	-0.40	P
34	572	140 (2)	Sep 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.104	.105	.209	9	.56	0.014	.21	0.00%	-0.23	P
35	573	144 (3)	Sep 14	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.100	.101	.201	9	.82	-0.065	.24	-0.01%	-0.58	P
36	574	149 (4)	Sep 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.098	.099	.196	9	.71	-0.036	.52	-0.02%	-0.36	P
37	575	152 (2)	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.108	.122	.230	9	1.04	0.074	.05	0.00%	0.61	P
38	576	158 (5)	Sep 28 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.105	.118	.222	9	1.51	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
							20-18		98	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	1	12	0	0	1	0	0	.094	.105	.118	.222		.87	-1.120	.45	-0.33%	-14.91

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