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: 5-13 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 6

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	181	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.40	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.30	8b -23 1 out d6	8b end d 7
2	182	22	May 15	DET		BAL	L,2-3	7-8		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.40	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.085	1.67	0.12%	0.83	7t 1-- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
3	183	23	May 16	DET		BAL	L,3-8	9-GF		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3.52	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.020	.33	-0.03%	-1.62	9t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 5
4	184	30	May 24	DET		MIL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.67	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.058	1.46	0.06%	0.40	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
5	185	31	May 25	DET		MIL	L,0-2	7-8		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.63	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.016	1.33	0.02%	0.20	7t 12- 1 out d2	8t -2- 0 out d2
6	186	36	May 29(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-3		3	2.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.03	9	2	2	0	0	4	47			0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.045	2.18	0.06%	0.40	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 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
7	187	40	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	0	1.88	3.65	32	9	13	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.052	1.59	0.07%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
8	188	44	Jun 7	DET		CAL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	3	4.1	6	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.38	2.93	18	6	2	0	1	6	39			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.155	2.33	-0.23%	-1.31	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d2
9	189	48	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.92	2.44	26	2	8	1	2	9	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.225	3.56	0.30%	1.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
10	190	54	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS-4		6	4.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.45	3.17	17	1	6	1	0	5	43			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.202	1.42	-0.30%	-1.53	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
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
11	191	67	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-15	8-8		13	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.03	3.16	4	1	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.02	-0.01%	-2.00	8t 1-- 1 out d7	8t 1-3 2 out d9
12	192	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.11	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.012	.28	0.02%	0.80	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	193	73	Jul 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-9	L(2-2)	0	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.06	3.21	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	-0.315	6.92	-0.50%	-1.79	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 123 0 out tie
14	194	94	Jul 30(2)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	20	9.0	11	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.60	3.02	38	10	17	7	0	6	58			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.055	4.31	0.13%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
15	195	97	Aug 2	DET		MIL	L,1-13	3-3		2	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.83	3.02	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.063	1.57	-0.12%	-2.71	3t 1-3 1 out d4	3t 12- 1 out d7
16	196	102	Aug 6(2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-4		3	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.68	2.83	15	4	4	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.088	3.01	0.18%	0.61	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
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
17	197	132	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	3-5		31	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.45	2.72	11	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.006	.18	0.02%	1.19	3b --- 0 out d7	5b 3 out d7
18	198	143	Sep 19(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	7-7		11	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.83	2.78	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.048	2.53	-0.17%	-1.32	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 1-3 0 out d2
							5-13		W-L:3-2,Sv:1	3.1	47.0	62	20	20	8	24	3	1	3.83	2.78	199	0.88		10%	3%	57	50	10	60%	2	1	0	188	8	1	1	5	0	0	.87	-0.163	2.41	-0.37%	-4.36

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