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: 7-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 11

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	199	122	Aug 12	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-5	5-6		99	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.75	4.82	7	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-1.34	5b 1-- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d3
2	200	125	Aug 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,10-2	7-7	W(1-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.85	5	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.63	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
3	201	127	Aug 18	ATL	@	MON	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.80	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.169	.00	0.00%	0.95	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
4	202	128	Aug 19	ATL	@	MON	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.77	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.88	8b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
5	203	129	Aug 21	ATL		STL	W,11-7	3-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.75	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.10	3t --- 2 out d7	3t 3 out d7
6	204	130	Aug 22	ATL		STL	L,4-6	8-GF	L(1-1)	0	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.68	4.75	10	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-1.00	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
7	205	132	Aug 25	ATL		PIT	L,5-6	9-10	BS(1)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.07	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.00	9t --- 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
8	206	134	Aug 28	ATL		CHC	L,6-9	6-9	L(1-2)	2	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.84	3.78	13	5	5	2	2	1		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.40	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-0.66	6t 123 0 out tie	9t 12- 0 out d1
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
9	207	139	Sep 2(2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-11	7-7		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	3.72	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.17	7b 1-3 1 out d6	7b 3 out d7
10	208	141	Sep 4	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-0	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.80	3.43	7	0	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.84	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
11	209	142	Sep 5	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(1-3)	0	1.0	2	2	2	3	0	1	0	5.63	4.75	8	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	-0.610	.00	0.00%	-3.38	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
12	210	144	Sep 8	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	W(2-3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	4.62	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
13	211	145	Sep 9(1)	ATL		CIN	L,6-14	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	4.47	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.77	9t 123 2 out d11	9t end d11
14	212	148	Sep 11	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	9-10		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.82	4.12	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.201	.00	0.00%	0.73	9t 1-- 2 out tie	10t 3 out tie
15	213	150	Sep 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(2-4)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.21	4.25	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	-0.819	.00	0.00%	-2.56	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
16	214	152	Sep 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-10		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.19	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.249	.00	0.00%	0.88	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
17	215	154	Sep 18	ATL		SDP	L,4-9	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	4.14	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.40	6t -23 1 out d4	6t 3 out d4
18	216	155	Sep 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.43	4.22	3	0	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.44	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.50	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 3
19	217	158	Sep 23	ATL	@	HOU	W,10-2	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.07	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.006	.00	0.00%	2.28	9b 123 0 out a8	9b end a 8
20	218	160	Sep 26	ATL		LAD	L,8-9	9-GF	BS(4)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	4.02	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.67	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-0.43	9t 123 1 out a1	9t end d 1
							7-13		W-L:2-4,Sv:3,BSv:4	1.4	24.0	23	11	11	11	12	2	0	4.13	4.02	99	0.90		7%	8%	17		25	36%	3	2	0	83	4	0	1	2	3	2	1.78	-1.776	.00	0.00%	-0.90

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