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: 12-19 / in Starts: 7-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 5

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	150	2	Apr 9	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.1	8	6	6	3	4	2	0	7.36	6.13	32	8	9	1	1	8	39			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.279	1.98	-0.29%	-2.41	1b start a 2	8b 12- 1 out tie
2	151	6	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	5.0	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	7.30	6.42	21	12	3	0	0	3	38			1	1	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	1	.74	-0.159	1.07	-0.14%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d2
3	152	9	Apr 16	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-3)	2	6.0	6	3	3	5	1	1	0	6.38	6.54	27	11	7	5	0	3	44			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.096	1.10	-0.07%	-0.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	153	12	Apr 20	DET		BAL	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.0	8	4	4	5	4	0	0	6.04	5.69	35	11	9	1	2	6	44			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.210	1.32	0.17%	0.35	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a5
5	154	15	Apr 24	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.60	5.56	8	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.060	.84	0.04%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	155	17	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	GS-9	W(1-3)	1	8.0	10	3	3	3	5	0	0	5.09	4.83	35	9	8	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.101	1.33	0.07%	-0.57	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a5
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	156	24	May 5	DET		OAK	L,0-5	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.82	4.65	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.012	.11	0.01%	0.91	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
8	157	27	May 9	DET		KCR	L,2-6	GS-4	L(1-4)	3	3.0	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.58	4.71	17	4	4	1	0	6	24			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.285	1.02	-0.20%	-3.25	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d4
9	158	35	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	4.65	4	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.24	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	159	41	May 23(2)	DET		WSA	W,11-0	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.08	4.53	12	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.005	.06	0.00%	1.36	7t --- 0 out a7	9t end a11
11	160	47	May 30	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	5-8	H(1)	6	3.2	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.88	4.37	16	5	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.245	3.40	0.23%	1.24	5b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-3 2 out a1
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	161	53	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	5-7		6	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.94	4.73	13	3	5	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.005	.05	0.00%	-0.67	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
13	162	61	Jun 15	DET		CHW	L,1-6	7-8		8	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.70	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.11	0.01%	0.91	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d5
14	163	65	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	3-9	W(2-4)	3	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.27	4.50	23	10	6	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.448	2.14	0.48%	3.36	3b 123 2 out d2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
15	164	68	Jun 22(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	5-6		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.28	4.45	9	3	3	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	-0.207	2.61	-0.21%	-0.83	5b 1-- 0 out a1	6b 3 out d1
16	165	76	Jun 29	DET	@	BAL	L,6-15	3-5		6	2.2	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.81	4.40	17	2	4	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.018	.20	-0.03%	-3.01	3b --- 0 out d6	5b -2- 2 out d10
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	166	80	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,1-8	7-7		3	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.92	4.44	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.26	-0.031	.61	-0.04%	-1.68	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 1-3 1 out d5
18	167	83	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-5	11-GF(11)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	4.43	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.013	.52	0.01%	0.34	11t --3 2 out d2	11t end d 2
19	168	92	Jul 18(2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-8		10	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.79	4.19	30	9	9	1	1	8	51			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.135	.77	-0.06%	-0.65	1b start a 1	8b -2- 0 out tie
20	169	98	Jul 24	DET		OAK	L,2-7	4-5		5	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.91	4.18	10	2	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.043	.07	-0.01%	-1.09	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d6
21	170	100	Jul 25(2)	DET		OAK	L,1-6	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.86	4.21	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.012	.10	0.00%	0.69	7t 12- 0 out d4	7t 123 2 out d4
22	171	104	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,4-3	GS-2		4	1.2	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.11	4.31	11	1	3	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.251	.37	-0.07%	-2.56	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 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
23	172	106	Aug 1	DET		CAL	W,4-3	15-GF(16)	W(3-4)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.98	4.24	8	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.256	.51	0.04%	0.91	15t --- 0 out tie	16t end tie
24	173	108	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,2-4	GS-9	L(3-5)	1	8.0	6	3	3	5	3	1	0	4.83	4.33	34	12	8	2	2	6	56			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.042	.60	-0.01%	1.16	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a1
25	174	112	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	GS-5	W(4-5)	3	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.86	4.23	20	7	8	1	0	5	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.164	.80	-0.06%	-0.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
26	175	116	Aug 11	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-5)	3	7.0	7	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.61	4.25	29	14	4	1	0	7	59			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.226	.83	0.09%	1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
27	176	124	Aug 20	DET		MIL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-5)	8	8.1	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.42	4.19	33	14	6	2	1	8	62			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.420	.21	0.04%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
28	177	128	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	6.2	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.31	4.11	28	9	10	0	2	8	47			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	2	1	1.14	-0.087	.17	-0.01%	-0.13	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
29	178	134	Aug 31(2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	GS-4	L(6-7)	6	4.0	8	6	6	3	2	2	1	4.63	4.35	24	7	3	0	2	8	21			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.368	.07	-0.02%	-4.19	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
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
30	179	143	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,6-12	2-7		8	5.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.50	4.34	17	7	7	3	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.076	.09	0.01%	1.48	2t 1-- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
31	180	148	Sep 13(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	GS-1		3	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.49	4.38	4	0	1	0	0	1	47			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.104	.01	0.00%	-1.05	1b start a 3	1b 123 1 out a3
							12-19		W-L:6-7,Sv:1,Hld:1	4.0	122.1	136	62	61	49	43	13	2	4.49	4.38	540	1.34		8%	4%	126	44	8	13%	5	3	0	480	24	4	3	11	3	3	.99	-0.171	.88	-0.02%	-5.82

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