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: 21-17 / in Starts: 21-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	573	1	Apr 3	HOU		MON	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	4	4	3	1	0	1	5.14	4.20	32	9	11	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.107	1.64	-0.08%	-0.41	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
2	574	5	Apr 8	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.21	3.27	26	7	8	0	0	7	61			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.156	1.45	0.11%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	575	8	Apr 13	HOU		CIN	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-2)	4	7.2	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	2.95	29	7	13	0	0	5	71			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.417	1.41	0.27%	2.94	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
4	576	12	Apr 17	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS-6	L(1-3)	3	6.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.95	3.02	23	8	3	1	0	6	56			2	3	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.142	1.55	0.11%	1.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	577	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-5	W(2-3)	4	5.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	1.93	3.20	18	6	7	0	0	2	62			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.158	1.17	0.12%	1.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
6	578	20	Apr 27	HOU		ATL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	6	3	3	4	6	2	0	2.33	3.80	30	11	3	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.138	.57	-0.08%	-0.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
7	579	24	May 2	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.1	6	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.20	3.50	24	4	8	1	0	6	59			1	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.098	.90	-0.04%	0.64	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
8	580	28	May 7	HOU	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	4.2	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	2.72	3.45	22	6	7	0	0	7	35			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.272	.74	-0.11%	-2.28	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
9	581	32	May 12	HOU		CHC	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.1	3	3	1	6	3	0	0	2.48	3.56	33	12	9	0	0	3	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.202	.80	0.09%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
10	582	37	May 18	HOU	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-4		5	4.0	6	5	5	3	2	2	0	3.05	4.01	21	6	4	0	0	6	29			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	.78	-0.319	.64	-0.16%	-3.04	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	583	41	May 22	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.18	4.09	26	10	8	2	0	8	44			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.080	.80	-0.03%	-0.34	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
12	584	45	May 27	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	5.2	6	2	1	5	2	0	0	3.05	4.14	24	8	3	0	0	6	48			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.061	.95	-0.03%	-0.22	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
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
13	585	50	Jun 2	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-3	GS-8	W(3-7)	5	7.2	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.88	4.01	30	9	10	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.203	.33	0.07%	2.09	1b start a 4	8b 1-3 2 out a5
14	586	55	Jun 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-5	GS-7	W(4-7)	4	7.0	6	5	4	2	5	2	0	3.06	4.16	29	9	7	0	0	6	50			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.048	.12	0.01%	-1.92	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a9
15	587	60	Jun 12	HOU		CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.77	3.98	32	8	16	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	0.173	.10	0.04%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	588	64	Jun 16	HOU		LAD	W,7-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.15	3.99	14	3	2	0	0	6	25			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.331	.60	-0.11%	-3.95	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
17	589	68	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	W,11-5	GS-5	W(6-7)	4	5.0	5	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.00	3.93	22	8	4	0	0	5	54			1	1	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	-0.043	.55	-0.01%	0.08	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
18	590	74	Jun 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,10-5	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	6.2	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	2.98	3.82	27	7	8	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	-0.057	.89	-0.02%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b -23 2 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
19	591	79	Jul 1	HOU	@	PHI	W,13-1	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.83	3.74	35	11	13	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.154	.16	0.06%	3.16	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
20	592	84	Jul 6(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.78	3.65	31	11	11	0	0	5	71			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.101	.82	0.06%	1.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	593	88	Jul 12	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(9-8)	5	5.0	11	5	5	1	5	2	0	3.01	3.76	27	5	5	0	0	11	29			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.475	1.13	-0.26%	-3.52	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d3
22	594	93	Jul 17	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	0	5	5	0	0	2.86	3.74	31	7	8	0	0	6	63			2	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.270	.72	0.08%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
23	595	98	Jul 22	HOU		MON	W,6-1	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.75	3.74	32	12	8	0	0	5	76			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.198	.21	0.06%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	596	103	Jul 28(1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(11-8)	5	9.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.59	3.66	32	14	8	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.472	.64	0.17%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
25	597	108	Aug 1	HOU		ATL	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	4	4	2	4	3	0	0	2.59	3.66	28	10	7	0	0	4	56			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.15	-0.218	.18	-0.02%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
26	598	111	Aug 5	HOU		SDP	L,5-9	GS-4	L(11-9)	3	4.0	4	4	3	4	4	0	0	2.69	3.66	19	4	3	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.42	-0.343	.10	-0.01%	-2.33	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
27	599	116	Aug 10(1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	9	4	4	3	4	2	0	2.79	3.78	31	7	8	1	0	9	41			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.296	.07	-0.01%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
28	600	121	Aug 14	HOU		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5		3	5.0	5	3	3	6	4	0	0	2.86	3.80	26	6	5	0	0	5	43			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.224	.14	-0.02%	-0.92	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
29	601	125	Aug 19	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	W(12-9)	4	7.0	5	3	3	4	6	0	0	2.90	3.77	27	9	3	0	1	5	57			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.082	.31	0.02%	0.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
30	602	130	Aug 24	HOU		STL	W,7-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	5	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.81	3.69	33	13	9	0	0	5	75			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.177	.13	0.04%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	603	133	Aug 28	HOU		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.81	3.66	27	5	13	0	0	5	59			1	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.006	.23	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
32	604	137	Sep 2	HOU	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(13-10)	4	4.2	5	4	3	3	4	1	0	2.87	3.71	23	7	4	0	0	5	41			3	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.274	.23	-0.06%	-2.51	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
33	605	142	Sep 7	HOU	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	7.1	6	4	3	0	3	1	1	2.90	3.73	29	9	10	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.091	.48	0.02%	-1.02	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a2
34	606	146	Sep 12	HOU		ATL	L,1-4	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.86	3.72	24	5	8	0	0	3	62			2	1	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	0.155	.12	0.01%	1.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
35	607	150	Sep 17	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7	W(15-10)	4	6.2	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.90	3.70	26	7	8	0	0	5	52			2	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.041	.03	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
36	608	154	Sep 21	HOU		CIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(15-11)	3	6.0	11	4	4	1	2	1	0	2.97	3.73	28	7	7	0	0	11	35			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
37	609	158	Sep 25	HOU	@	LAD	W,12-6	GS-9	W(16-11)	3	8.1	11	6	3	1	6	0	1	2.98	3.67	36	11	6	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	3	0	1	.71	-0.370	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a6
38	610	161	Sep 29	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(16-12)	3	4.0	5	4	3	4	0	0	0	3.04	3.71	20	3	8	0	0	5	34			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.12	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
							21-17		W-L:16-12	3.8	248.1	223	104	84	89	127	16	4	3.04	3.71	1027	1.06		1%	0%	223	54		---%	34	16	0	925	38	4	4	21	8	8	.93	-1.000	.54	0.29%	0.69

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