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: 11-16 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	671	6	Apr 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	7	6	5	2	2	0	1	10.38	4.02	23	10	8	2	0	0	27			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.307	1.81	-0.24%	-2.44	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
2	672	14	Apr 21	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	8	6.0	2	1	0	4	2	0	0	4.35	4.13	23	7	9	0	0	1	64			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	0.174	1.82	0.19%	1.87	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
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
3	673	26	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	13	8.0	2	2	2	3	5	0	2	3.44	3.85	31	7	14	3	0	0	72			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.097	1.09	0.09%	2.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	674	32	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8		6	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	1	3.20	3.50	28	8	10	5	0	4	60			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.247	2.01	0.28%	2.18	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a2
5	675	37	May 17	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-3	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.2	5	3	3	6	8	0	0	3.27	3.42	33	5	9	1	0	5	59			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.142	2.47	0.18%	1.15	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a3
6	676	42	May 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(3-2)	5	7.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.66	3.07	28	9	9	2	0	5	74			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.402	2.06	0.55%	3.93	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a3
7	677	48	May 30	NYY		OAK	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-3)	6	5.2	7	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.11	3.65	25	7	7	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.227	2.32	-0.32%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t -2- 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
8	678	53	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-9	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.1	6	7	4	1	2	2	0	3.55	4.07	20	6	5	0	0	6	30			0	2	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	2	.66	-0.173	2.02	-0.32%	-3.42	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d5
				Player went from New York Yankees to Minnesota Twins
9	679	57	Jun 9	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.1	9	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.32	3.89	30	9	12	9	0	0	52			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.074	3.39	0.12%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a2
10	680	62	Jun 14	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	W(5-4)	4	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.43	3.78	25	3	9	4	0	5	52			1	1	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.083	2.20	0.12%	0.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
11	681	73	Jun 27(1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-11	GS-4		12	3.2	4	6	5	5	3	0	0	3.92	3.86	20	6	5	3	1	1	29			3	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.278	3.48	-0.48%	-2.33	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 2 out a2
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
12	682	79	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-10	GS-4	L(5-5)	4	3.2	7	5	3	0	1	0	0	4.09	3.78	19	7	11	5	0	0	32			2	0	0	19	4	1	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.212	3.11	-0.46%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d5
13	683	84	Jul 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-12	GS-7		4	6.1	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.87	3.86	25	6	11	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.309	2.77	0.52%	2.52	1b start a 2	7b --- 1 out a6
14	684	89	Jul 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(5-6)	4	6.0	6	5	5	3	4	3	0	4.14	4.27	26	8	5	0	0	6	41			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.206	1.47	-0.37%	-1.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
15	685	92	Jul 18	MIN		TOR	L,5-7	GS-7	L(5-7)	5	6.0	7	7	6	3	2	2	2	4.47	4.60	29	12	6	3	0	4	31			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.429	3.18	-0.79%	-4.23	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d4
16	686	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.2	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.39	4.56	31	9	8	1	0	5	60			4	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.175	3.92	0.33%	1.24	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 2 out tie
17	687	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	TOR	W,13-9	7-8	H(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	4.52	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.078	3.31	0.15%	0.68	7b --- 2 out a2	8b 3 out a3
18	688	102	Jul 28	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-6	GS-7	L(5-8)	2	6.0	11	5	5	0	2	1	0	4.51	4.51	28	10	5	0	0	11	32			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.151	2.56	-0.32%	-0.93	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d3
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
19	689	107	Aug 3	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-3	GS-4		5	3.1	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.54	4.55	18	7	6	2	2	0	41			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.022	5.54	-0.06%	-0.15	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out tie
20	690	111	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	GS-9	W(6-8)	3	8.0	5	4	2	4	3	0	1	4.38	4.51	33	14	11	4	0	0	59			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	1	.48	0.114	2.33	0.33%	-0.48	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
21	691	123	Aug 20	MIN	@	DET	L,0-8	GS-4	L(6-9)	12	3.1	7	6	6	1	3	0	1	4.72	4.47	19	6	8	4	0	0	24			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.258	2.73	-0.57%	-5.10	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d6
22	692	128	Aug 25	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GS-6	L(6-10)	4	5.2	4	5	5	7	4	0	1	4.86	4.52	29	6	11	2	0	0	38			3	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.072	5.42	-0.18%	-0.42	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
23	693	133	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	L,0-9	GS-5	L(6-11)	6	4.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	1	5.06	4.73	22	3	13	6	0	2	25			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.218	4.36	-0.63%	-3.08	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d4
24	694	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-12)	13	6.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	5.10	4.60	25	10	4	2	0	8	41			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	.90	-0.021	3.41	-0.05%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d3
25	695	151	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,6-4	GS-6	W(7-12)	6	5.1	6	4	2	0	4	1	0	5.04	4.57	23	9	9	5	0	1	48			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.180	2.90	-0.29%	-1.59	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out a1
26	696	157	Sep 28	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-7		5	6.1	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.00	4.51	27	8	15	4	1	0	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.00	0.014	.15	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
27	697	162	Oct 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-10	GS-2	L(7-13)	5	1.1	3	6	6	3	1	0	0	5.33	4.54	10	4	2	1	0	0	22			2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d3
							11-16		W-L:7-13,Hld:1	4.5	147.0	155	101	87	63	84	15	10	5.33	4.54	654	0.88		16%	1%	77	44	0	---%	32	6	0	574	33	4	0	10	5	7	.97	-1.103	2.67	-2.23%	-16.68

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