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: 13-23 / in Starts: 12-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 4

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	1	5	Apr 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(1)	99	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.54	2	0	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.84	-0.693	17.74	-1.08%	-1.85	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end d 1
2	2	8	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	3-5		4	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.24	13	6	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.023	.87	0.03%	0.95	3t -2- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
3	3	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	13-GF(13)	L(0-1)	6	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.27	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2.34	-0.382	5.02	-0.49%	-0.80	13b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
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
4	4	16	May 3	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	2.29	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.19	0.00%	0.45	8b 1-3 2 out d4	8b end d 4
5	5	18	May 6	CHC		STL	L,3-5	3-6		2	2.2	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.70	1.79	13	2	4	2	0	5		0	0	2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.006	1.67	-0.01%	-0.04	3t --- 2 out d2	6t 1-- 1 out d3
6	6	20	May 8	CHC		SFG	L,2-9	6-8		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	2.02	9	4	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.008	.09	0.01%	1.34	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
7	7	30	May 19	CHC		LAD	L,0-8	4-5		10	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.38	1.92	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.019	.35	-0.03%	-0.32	4t --- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d6
8	8	35	May 24(2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	2.95	2.81	31	11	6	0	2	6	56			1	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.07	-0.031	2.60	-0.05%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	9	37	May 26	CHC		HOU	L,4-17	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	2.78	7	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d14	9t end d13
10	10	40	May 30(2)	CHC		ATL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.42	3.26	28	8	11	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	2	.74	-0.180	1.56	-0.23%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
11	11	48	Jun 6(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS-5		6	4.2	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.06	3.73	21	5	5	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.028	1.47	0.03%	-1.93	1b start a 1	5b --- 2 out a4
12	12	56	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	5-9	W(1-2)	9	4.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.57	3.42	17	6	5	2	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	0.395	2.88	0.42%	1.87	5b 1-- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
13	13	61	Jun 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-5		3	4.1	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.86	3.62	19	6	4	1	1	6	40			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.118	2.17	-0.16%	-1.33	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out a1
14	14	66	Jun 25(2)	CHC		HOU	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.14	3.36	32	18	7	1	1	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.80	0.407	2.23	0.68%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
15	15	71	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	3	5.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.02	3.43	24	6	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	20	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.39	0.066	6.07	0.17%	0.87	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
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
16	16	76	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-8	GS-3	L(3-3)	4	3.0	4	4	3	1	3	2	0	3.34	3.79	15	3	4	0	2	4	39			1	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	.94	-0.343	5.06	-1.11%	-2.73	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
17	17	78	Jul 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.43	3.87	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.10	-0.011	.56	-0.04%	-0.58	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
18	18	82	Jul 9	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.85	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
19	19	85	Jul 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		5	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	3.36	4.01	11	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.003	.32	0.01%	0.16	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
20	20	90	Jul 19	CHC		ATL	W,7-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.18	3.70	35	10	13	2	0	5	74			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	3	.49	0.245	2.82	0.84%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	21	95	Jul 23(2)	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	GS-6	W(5-3)	3	5.2	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.18	3.82	24	8	5	0	0	5	51			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	0	.89	0.199	5.66	0.76%	0.38	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a4
22	22	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.22	3.76	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.036	2.16	-0.20%	-0.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
23	23	102	Jul 30(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.31	3.58	24	7	6	0	0	7	50			1	1	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.106	4.48	-0.37%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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	24	107	Aug 3	CHC		ATL	L,3-10	GS-2	L(5-5)	3	1.2	5	4	4	0	1	4	0	3.66	4.14	10	2	2	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.310	1.51	-0.68%	-3.31	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
25	25	110	Aug 6	CHC		ATL	L,4-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	4.13	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.07	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
26	26	113	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	CG	W(6-5)	1	9.0	11	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.99	38	15	10	1	0	11	49			2	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	0	.65	0.053	.78	0.04%	0.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	27	118	Aug 12	CHC		PHI	L,0-9	GS-5	L(6-6)	3	4.1	8	6	6	2	4	2	0	4.04	4.16	23	4	5	0	3	8	25			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.311	.65	-0.25%	-4.62	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
28	28	123	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.98	4.18	23	8	6	1	1	6	53			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.005	.63	0.00%	0.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	29	129	Aug 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.75	3.95	37	8	12	0	0	11	67			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	.29	0.154	.06	0.02%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
30	30	133	Aug 29	CHC		HOU	L,3-5	GS-8		6	7.1	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.74	3.80	29	9	8	0	0	8	54			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.173	.17	0.02%	1.45	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a2
Sept				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
31	31	138	Sep 2(1)	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.49	3.67	33	21	5	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.77	0.401	.03	0.01%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	32	146	Sep 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	L(8-7)	5	8.2	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	3.40	3.59	36	13	10	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	33	1	2	1	0	1	1	1.55	-0.471	.02	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
33	33	150	Sep 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	8	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.40	3.51	35	8	10	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	32	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
34	34	153	Sep 17	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	6.1	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.38	3.48	25	6	9	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.64	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a4
35	35	156	Sep 22	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(10-7)	4	10.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.28	3.41	35	12	15	4	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	3	0	2	1.39	0.527	.00	0.00%	2.47	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
36	36	159	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,8-7	GS-5		3	5.0	8	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.34	3.38	24	8	5	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
							13-23		W-L:10-7,BSv:1	3.5	169.2	171	68	63	32	77	15	2	3.34	3.38	706	1.24		5%	3%	171	52	7	57%	11	1	0	665	33	11	7	12	5	15	.86	-0.474	1.52	-1.66%	4.78

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