Joe Niekro
Joseph Franklin Niekro
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
School: West Liberty State College
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1967
Final Game: April 29, 1988
Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL
Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro and Father of Lance Niekro
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 CHC NL 22 P 36 22 169.2 36 10 26 0 1 1.000 1.91 1.00 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 CHC NL 23 P 34 29 177.1 42 9 33 0 2 1.000 2.13 1.24 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 TOT NL 24 P 41 34 221.1 60 21 34 5 2 .917 2.24 1.34 .960 1.95 0.78
1969 CHC NL 24 P 4 3 19.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.26 1.75 .957 1.96 0.78
1969 SDP NL 24 P 37 31 202.0 53 19 29 5 1 .906 2.14 1.30 .960 1.95 0.78
1970 DET AL 25 P 38 34 213.0 53 17 35 1 1 .981 2.20 1.37 .949 1.86 0.67
1971 DET AL 26 P 31 15 122.1 35 9 25 1 1 .971 2.50 1.10 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 DET AL 27 P 18 7 47.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.50 .944 1.86 0.75
1973 ATL NL 28 P 20 0 24.0 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 2.62 0.35 .943 1.88 0.73
1974 ATL NL 29 P 27 2 43.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.51 0.44 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 HOU NL 30 P 40 4 88.0 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.50 .945 1.86 0.72
1976 HOU NL 31 P 36 13 118.0 25 9 13 3 1 .880 1.68 0.61 .952 1.88 0.72
1977 HOU NL 32 P 44 14 180.2 42 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.09 0.95 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 HOU NL 33 P 35 29 202.2 39 18 21 0 3 1.000 1.73 1.11 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 HOU NL 34 P 38 38 263.2 53 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.81 1.39 .949 1.80 0.66 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980 HOU NL 35 P 37 36 256.0 56 17 37 2 2 .964 1.90 1.46 .952 1.91 0.69 CYA-4,MVP-19
1981 HOU NL 36 P 24 24 166.0 34 11 23 0 1 1.000 1.84 1.42 .956 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 37 P 35 35 270.0 67 22 42 3 2 .955 2.13 1.83 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 38 P 38 38 263.2 49 9 36 4 0 .918 1.54 1.18 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 39 P 38 38 248.1 60 19 39 2 5 .967 2.10 1.53 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 TOT MLB 40 P 35 35 225.1 54 17 36 1 1 .981 2.12 1.51 .952 1.91 0.68
1985 HOU NL 40 P 32 32 213.0 49 14 34 1 1 .980 2.03 1.50 .951 1.92 0.68
1985 NYY AL 40 P 3 3 12.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.65 1.67 .960 1.82 0.70
1986 NYY AL 41 P 25 25 125.2 23 9 13 1 2 .957 1.58 0.88 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT AL 42 P 27 26 147.0 29 11 16 2 1 .931 1.65 1.00 .955 1.84 0.67
1987 NYY AL 42 P 8 8 50.2 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.78 1.25 .955 1.85 0.68
1987 MIN AL 42 P 19 18 96.1 18 6 11 1 1 .944 1.59 0.89 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 MIN AL 43 P 5 2 11.2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 1.00 .960 1.77 0.68
22 Seasons P 702 500 3584.1 810 253 532 25 41 .969 1.97 1.12 .953 1.91 0.71
22 Seasons TOT 702 500 3584.1 810 253 532 25 41 .969 1.97 1.12 .922 1.91 0.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 CHC NL 22 36 22 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 23 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 24 38 31 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 CHC NL 24 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 25 39 34 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 DET AL 26 32 15 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 DET AL 27 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 28 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 ATL NL 29 27 2 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 30 40 4 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 31 36 13 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 32 44 14 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 33 36 29 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 HOU NL 34 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 35 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 36 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 37 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 38 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 39 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 40 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 40 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 41 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 42 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 42 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 43 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 706 444 646 705 702 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1967 CHC NL 22 719 85% 32% 30 97% 0 9 2 7 27 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1968 CHC NL 23 784 84% 30% 38 95% 1 9 2 6 35 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1969 SDP NL 24 784 87% 28% 39 87% 3 16 3 9 30 26 2 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1969 CHC NL 24 86 85% 38% 6 100% 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1970 DET AL 25 931 81% 25% 32 100% 0 17 1 14 34 24 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1971 DET AL 26 551 83% 32% 29 93% 0 9 3 6 24 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1972 DET AL 27 204 84% 24% 5 60% 0 5 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1973 ATL NL 28 105 78% 22% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 100%
1974 ATL NL 29 189 73% 23% 10 100% 0 4 2 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1975 HOU NL 30 400 76% 25% 11 100% 1 7 1 4 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 HOU NL 31 557 76% 24% 18 89% 0 10 1 5 15 10 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1977 HOU NL 32 773 78% 27% 34 97% 0 12 3 6 31 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 5 2 7 86%
1978 HOU NL 33 922 80% 26% 23 78% 2 19 0 14 20 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 25%
1979 HOU NL 34 1164 80% 26% 46 93% 1 14 4 5 39 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 5 100%
1980 HOU NL 35 1162 82% 26% 46 87% 1 19 5 10 35 29 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 3 67%
1981 HOU NL 36 719 83% 27% 24 100% 1 9 1 5 21 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1982 HOU NL 37 1144 83% 29% 52 94% 0 23 6 12 44 37 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 11 100%
1983 HOU NL 38 1204 79% 26% 39 87% 1 10 1 9 33 28 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1984 HOU NL 39 1104 80% 27% 40 98% 0 18 0 11 37 28 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 3 5 0 1 0%
1985 HOU NL 40 1013 78% 23% 36 97% 1 16 1 13 35 29 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1985 NYY AL 40 61 80% 28% 2 100% 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 41 615 80% 26% 16 88% 2 8 3 5 13 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1987 MIN AL 42 489 79% 27% 12 100% 0 5 0 4 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1987 NYY AL 42 226 77% 26% 7 86% 0 5 0 3 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 MIN AL 43 69 77% 32% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
22 Seasons 15975 81% 27% 603 93% 16 252 41 159 527 410 41 25 1 9 15 8 41 19 32 9 79 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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