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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\

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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: 20-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	500	2	Apr 7	HOU		STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.16	3.68	31	9	10	2	2	7	64			3	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.370	1.24	0.27%	1.53	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
2	501	7	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	1.65	3.51	31	11	10	0	0	5	68			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.218	1.36	0.18%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	502	11	Apr 17	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.1	6	2	2	6	3	0	0	1.99	3.82	28	8	5	1	0	6	50			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.006	1.34	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
4	503	16	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	6.2	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.45	3.77	30	8	8	0	1	7	47			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.158	.44	0.07%	0.47	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a5
5	504	21	Apr 28	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.86	3.67	21	9	4	1	0	4	48			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.097	1.01	0.05%	0.88	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 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
6	505	25	May 2	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	3	6.0	4	2	2	2	6	2	0	2.88	4.02	24	12	0	0	0	4	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.067	.50	0.03%	0.21	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a3
7	506	29	May 8	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-2)	5	7.0	5	3	1	1	6	0	0	2.64	3.64	28	8	9	1	1	4	64			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	.69	-0.083	.55	-0.04%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	507	33	May 13	HOU		CHC	L,0-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.12	3.45	23	6	4	0	1	10	30			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.239	.80	-0.11%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
9	508	38	May 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-10		4	10.0	10	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.76	3.20	43	14	10	0	0	10	73			2	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.646	1.34	0.31%	3.66	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
10	509	42	May 23	HOU		NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	1	2.74	3.34	30	11	8	1	1	5	56			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.006	.80	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	510	47	May 29	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	5	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.65	3.20	32	9	9	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.301	.53	0.14%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	511	51	Jun 4	HOU		PHI	W,8-3	GS-6		5	5.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.69	3.12	21	10	3	0	1	6	51			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.134	.64	0.06%	0.95	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a2
13	512	55	Jun 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.53	3.11	31	15	9	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.307	.53	0.13%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
14	513	60	Jun 14	HOU		ATL	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.30	3.01	34	12	8	0	2	6	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.321	.24	0.09%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
15	514	64	Jun 19	HOU		SDP	L,1-7	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	6.1	8	5	5	2	5	0	0	2.58	2.96	28	10	3	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.34	-0.345	.43	-0.07%	-2.96	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d4
16	515	69	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(6-6)	4	10.0	8	4	3	3	8	1	0	2.59	2.99	42	12	11	0	0	8	67			1	0	0	39	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.15	-0.211	.21	-0.02%	0.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
17	516	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	2.61	2.99	24	7	8	0	1	5	55			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.197	.15	0.02%	0.83	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
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
18	517	79	Jul 5	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	9	4	4	1	6	2	0	2.71	3.10	36	7	13	0	2	9	58			2	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	0.245	.05	0.01%	0.24	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
19	518	84	Jul 10	HOU		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.66	3.15	33	16	6	1	0	7	67			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.390	.02	0.00%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	519	88	Jul 17	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(9-6)	6	10.0	10	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.66	3.10	42	11	12	3	1	10	63			2	1	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.315	.06	0.01%	1.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	520	93	Jul 23	HOU	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(9-7)	5	2.1	6	6	6	4	1	0	0	2.97	3.16	17	6	0	0	0	6	18			1	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.365	.03	-0.01%	-5.12	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
22	521	97	Jul 28	HOU		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.92	3.16	35	14	10	0	1	6	64			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.201	.02	0.00%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 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
23	522	103	Aug 2	HOU		SDP	W,6-4	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	8.0	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.99	3.13	28	9	10	3	1	5	58			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.200	.03	0.00%	-0.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
24	523	108	Aug 7	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-9	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	6.2	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	2.98	3.14	31	8	10	0	3	8	47			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.021	.03	0.00%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
25	524	114	Aug 13	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-9)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.02	3.13	28	10	10	1	1	6	53			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.076	.01	0.00%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
26	525	119	Aug 18	HOU		PHI	L,3-5	GS-9		4	8.1	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	2.98	3.15	31	12	10	1	1	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.357	.03	0.01%	2.30	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
27	526	124	Aug 23	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.85	3.09	31	9	14	0	2	4	83			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.601	.03	0.01%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	527	129	Aug 28	HOU	@	MON	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.73	3.06	31	9	10	0	1	6	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.48	0.634	.03	0.01%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
29	528	134	Sep 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(13-10)	5	8.2	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.70	3.09	31	11	10	0	0	5	69			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.020	.01	0.00%	2.10	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
30	529	139	Sep 8	HOU		SFG	W,8-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.63	3.04	35	8	10	0	2	8	72			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	0.224	.00	0.00%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	530	144	Sep 13	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	3	1	0	2.61	3.07	36	11	11	1	3	10	59			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.04	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	531	148	Sep 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-10)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.51	3.03	29	15	9	1	1	2	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.592	.00	0.00%	4.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
33	532	153	Sep 24	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(16-11)	5	8.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.51	3.04	33	11	11	2	2	9	54			2	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
34	533	158	Sep 29	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-6	L(16-12)	4	6.0	10	3	3	1	5	2	0	2.55	3.11	27	6	5	0	2	10	44			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	534	162	Oct 3	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.47	3.10	32	10	12	1	3	3	82			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.406	.00	0.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							20-15		W-L:17-12	4.3	270.0	224	79	74	64	130	12	5	2.47	3.10	1067	1.21		3%	6%	222	61		---%	27	13	1	980	25	6	1	21	5	8	1.04	5.245	.35	1.12%	40.68

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