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: 14-11 / in Starts: 14-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	646	3	Apr 10	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GS-5		99	4.2	9	5	5	2	1	0	0	9.64	3.63	25	8	7	0	0	7	25			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.212	1.13	-0.15%	-2.77	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d5
2	647	7	Apr 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.1	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.50	2.69	27	10	9	1	0	3	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.366	1.86	0.39%	2.52	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
3	648	11	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.19	3.18	26	8	16	3	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.108	1.57	0.10%	1.04	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a2
4	649	16	Apr 25	NYY		CLE	W,10-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	3	0	6	5	0	0	3.20	3.40	28	11	6	3	1	0	57			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.41	-0.078	3.05	-0.10%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	650	20	Apr 30	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.16	3.63	27	4	10	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.102	2.16	0.11%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
6	651	25	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2.54	3.26	27	8	11	0	0	4	73			3	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.424	1.83	0.41%	3.06	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
7	652	29	May 11(1)	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-1)	5	6.0	9	5	3	0	3	1	0	2.80	3.35	27	10	14	7	0	0	41			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.319	2.15	-0.39%	-1.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	653	35	May 16	NYY		SEA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.2	8	7	3	6	2	0	0	2.96	3.55	33	7	11	2	0	7	34			1	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.218	1.38	-0.24%	-2.66	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d6
9	654	39	May 21	NYY		OAK	W,10-4	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.91	3.37	27	8	9	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.268	1.10	0.27%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
10	655	44	May 26	NYY		CAL	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.1	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.09	3.61	21	7	8	2	0	4	46			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.097	2.06	0.12%	0.87	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a3
11	656	47	May 30	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-4	L(5-3)	3	3.2	7	5	5	2	4	2	1	3.59	3.97	21	3	4	1	0	7	29			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.333	1.37	-0.39%	-3.58	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 2 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
12	657	52	Jun 4	NYY	@	CAL	W,11-0	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	8.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.21	3.83	29	8	12	3	0	1	82			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.52	0.242	.81	0.23%	4.09	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a10
13	658	57	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	5	6.2	5	1	1	6	2	1	0	3.06	4.07	30	9	12	3	0	1	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.142	1.37	0.14%	2.17	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a5
14	659	64	Jun 17	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	GS-3	L(7-4)	6	2.1	7	7	7	2	0	3	0	3.72	4.57	16	3	4	0	0	7	13			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.450	1.25	-0.69%	-6.00	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
15	660	69	Jun 22	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-15	GS-6	L(7-5)	4	5.0	7	7	5	5	1	0	0	4.01	4.61	27	14	7	7	0	0	25			2	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.273	1.83	-0.25%	-3.83	1b start a 1	6b -23 0 out d4
16	661	74	Jun 28	NYY		TOR	L,4-7	GS-2	L(7-6)	5	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.34	4.80	12	1	3	1	0	4	29			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.303	1.44	-0.28%	-3.76	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
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
17	662	91	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	GS-5	W(8-6)	19	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.39	4.81	24	6	5	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	-0.064	1.87	-0.07%	-0.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
18	663	96	Jul 23	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.34	4.68	22	7	8	0	0	6	49			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.134	2.20	-0.16%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out tie
19	664	100	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-2	L(8-7)	4	1.2	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	4.62	4.59	11	4	4	1	0	0	28			0	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.267	2.35	-0.37%	-3.31	1b start tie	2b --3 2 out d4
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
20	665	104	Aug 1(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-5		3	4.2	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.67	4.60	22	8	4	0	0	5	39			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	-0.214	3.02	-0.24%	-1.24	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out tie
21	666	110	Aug 7	NYY		MIL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(8-8)	5	4.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.82	4.56	20	6	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	-0.170	1.81	-0.18%	-1.30	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
22	667	115	Aug 12	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS-3		4	2.0	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	4.89	4.61	15	5	1	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	-0.322	2.92	-0.35%	-3.33	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out a1
23	668	125	Aug 25	NYY		CAL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(8-9)	12	4.1	7	4	3	2	3	2	0	4.94	4.77	21	1	8	1	0	7	36			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.236	1.02	-0.16%	-1.86	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d1
24	669	130	Aug 30(2)	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	GS-5	W(9-9)	4	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.74	4.75	19	7	3	0	0	3	57			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.298	1.52	0.20%	2.58	1b start tie	5b 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
25	670	136	Sep 6	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-9	GS-3	L(9-10)	6	2.1	3	4	3	4	0	1	0	4.87	4.91	14	2	5	0	0	3	33			3	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.227	.38	-0.05%	-2.88	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out d3
							14-11		W-L:9-10	4.3	125.2	139	84	68	63	59	15	1	4.87	4.91	571	0.90		11%	0%	98	44		---%	23	1	0	505	26	4	3	9	0	8	1.03	-1.773	1.74	-2.10%	-20.10

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