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\

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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	7 (4)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (3)	Apr 18	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
4	16 (4)	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	20 (3)	Apr 28	HOU		MON	L,3-6	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	24 (3)	May 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
7	29 (4)	May 13	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	33 (3)	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	36 (2)	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39 (2)	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-8		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	55 (11)	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	W,6-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	59 (3)	Jun 17	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	GF	23	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	63 (3)	Jun 22	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	69 (5)	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	74 (4)	Jul 1 (2)	HOU		SDP	L,3-9	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	78 (3)	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	81 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,5-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	83 (1)	Jul 13	HOU	@	MON	L,0-6	GS	25	5.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	88 (4)	Jul 17	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
21	94 (5)	Jul 21 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	100 (5)	Jul 26	HOU		MON	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
23	104 (3)	Jul 31	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	108 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
25	113 (4)	Aug 11	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	118 (4)	Aug 16	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
27	124 (5)	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	128 (3)	Aug 25	HOU		PIT	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	132 (3)	Aug 30	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	137 (4)	Sep 4	HOU		CIN	L,3-6	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
31	141 (3)	Sep 9	HOU		SDP	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	146 (4)	Sep 14	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	151 (4)	Sep 20	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	157 (5)	Sep 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-0	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	162 (4)	Oct 1	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							35gm		202.2	18	21	0	39	3