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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 22 CHC NL 10 7 .588 3.34 36 22 9 7 2 0 169.2 171 68 63 15 32 7 77 2 0 1 706 106 1.196 9.1 0.8 1.7 4.1 2.41
1968 23 CHC NL 14 10 .583 4.32 34 29 4 2 1 2 177.0 204 93 85 18 59 8 65 3 0 3 769 73 1.486 10.4 0.9 3.0 3.3 1.10
1969 24 TOT NL 8 18 .308 3.70 41 34 6 8 3 0 221.1 237 100 91 18 51 9 62 0 0 4 928 96 1.301 9.6 0.7 2.1 2.5 1.22
1969 24 CHC NL 0 1 .000 3.72 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 9 8 3 6 0 7 0 0 0 86 108 1.552 11.2 1.4 2.8 3.3 1.17
1969 24 SDP NL 8 17 .320 3.70 37 31 6 8 3 0 202.0 213 91 83 15 45 9 55 0 0 4 842 95 1.277 9.5 0.7 2.0 2.5 1.22
1970 25 DET AL 12 13 .480 4.06 38 34 2 6 2 0 213.0 221 107 96 28 72 4 101 3 0 1 914 93 1.376 9.3 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.40
1971 26 DET AL 6 7 .462 4.49 31 15 5 0 0 1 122.1 136 62 61 13 49 3 43 2 0 2 540 81 1.512 10.0 1.0 3.6 3.2 0.88
1972 27 DET AL 3 2 .600 3.83 18 7 4 1 0 1 47.0 62 20 20 3 8 1 24 1 0 2 199 83 1.489 11.9 0.6 1.5 4.6 3.00
1973 28 ATL NL 2 4 .333 4.12 20 0 11 0 0 3 24.0 23 11 11 2 11 1 12 0 0 3 99 96 1.417 8.6 0.8 4.1 4.5 1.09
1974 29 ATL NL 3 2 .600 3.56 27 2 9 0 0 0 43.0 36 19 17 5 18 2 31 2 0 3 178 106 1.256 7.5 1.0 3.8 6.5 1.72
1975 30 HOU NL 6 4 .600 3.07 40 4 21 1 1 4 88.0 79 32 30 3 39 4 54 2 0 2 378 110 1.341 8.1 0.3 4.0 5.5 1.38
1976 31 HOU NL 4 8 .333 3.36 36 13 5 0 0 0 118.0 107 60 44 8 56 1 77 1 0 8 515 95 1.381 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
1977 32 HOU NL 13 8 .619 3.04 44 14 12 9 2 5 180.2 155 66 61 14 64 3 101 1 1 5 737 117 1.212 7.7 0.7 3.2 5.0 1.58
1978 33 HOU NL 14 14 .500 3.86 35 29 2 10 1 0 202.2 190 97 87 13 73 1 97 9 0 9 861 85 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.33
1979 34 HOU NL 21 11 .656 3.00 38 38 0 11 5 0 263.2 221 102 88 17 107 1 119 7 0 19 1095 117 1.244 7.5 0.6 3.7 4.1 1.11 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980 35 HOU NL 20 12 .625 3.55 37 36 1 11 2 0 256.0 268 119 101 12 79 3 127 4 0 12 1096 92 1.355 9.4 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.61 CYA-4,MVP-19
1981 36 HOU NL 9 9 .500 2.82 24 24 0 5 2 0 166.0 150 60 52 8 47 4 77 0 0 7 676 116 1.187 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.2 1.64
1982 37 HOU NL 17 12 .586 2.47 35 35 0 16 5 0 270.0 224 79 74 12 64 1 130 5 0 19 1067 135 1.067 7.5 0.4 2.1 4.3 2.03
1983 38 HOU NL 15 14 .517 3.48 38 38 0 9 1 0 263.2 238 115 102 15 101 5 152 3 1 14 1113 97 1.286 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.2 1.51
1984 39 HOU NL 16 12 .571 3.04 38 38 0 6 1 0 248.1 223 104 84 16 89 4 127 4 1 12 1027 109 1.256 8.1 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.43
1985 40 TOT MLB 11 13 .458 3.83 35 35 0 4 1 0 225.1 211 108 96 24 107 6 121 5 1 21 983 91 1.411 8.4 1.0 4.3 4.8 1.13
1985 40 HOU NL 9 12 .429 3.72 32 32 0 4 1 0 213.0 197 100 88 21 99 6 117 5 1 21 925 93 1.390 8.3 0.9 4.2 4.9 1.18
1985 40 NYY AL 2 1 .667 5.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 8 8 3 8 0 4 0 0 0 58 69 1.784 10.2 2.2 5.8 2.9 0.50
1986 41 NYY AL 9 10 .474 4.87 25 25 0 0 0 0 125.2 139 84 68 15 63 3 59 1 1 10 571 84 1.607 10.0 1.1 4.5 4.2 0.94
1987 42 TOT AL 7 13 .350 5.33 27 26 0 1 0 0 147.0 155 101 87 15 64 0 84 10 0 13 655 85 1.490 9.5 0.9 3.9 5.1 1.31
1987 42 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.55 8 8 0 1 0 0 50.2 40 25 20 4 19 0 30 4 0 0 211 125 1.164 7.1 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.58
1987 42 MIN AL 4 9 .308 6.26 19 18 0 0 0 0 96.1 115 76 67 11 45 0 54 6 0 13 444 74 1.661 10.7 1.0 4.2 5.0 1.20
1988 43 MIN AL 1 1 .500 10.03 5 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 13 13 2 9 0 7 0 3 2 59 40 2.143 12.3 1.5 6.9 5.4 0.78
22 Seasons 221 204 .520 3.59 702 500 93 107 29 16 3584.0 3466 1620 1431 276 1262 71 1747 65 8 172 15166 97 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .520 3.59 40 28 5 6 2 1 203 196 92 81 16 71 4 99 4 0 10 858 97 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
HOU (11 yrs) 144 116 .554 3.22 397 301 41 82 21 9 2270.0 2052 934 811 139 818 33 1178 41 4 128 9490 105 1.264 8.1 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44
CHC (3 yrs) 24 18 .571 3.84 74 54 13 9 3 2 366.0 399 170 156 36 97 15 149 5 0 4 1561 88 1.355 9.8 0.9 2.4 3.7 1.54
NYY (3 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.58 36 36 0 1 0 0 188.2 193 117 96 22 90 3 93 5 1 10 840 91 1.500 9.2 1.0 4.3 4.4 1.03
DET (3 yrs) 21 22 .488 4.17 87 56 11 7 2 2 382.1 419 189 177 44 129 8 168 6 0 5 1653 88 1.433 9.9 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.30
MIN (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 6.67 24 20 2 0 0 0 108.0 131 89 80 13 54 0 61 6 3 15 503 68 1.713 10.9 1.1 4.5 5.1 1.13
ATL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.76 47 2 20 0 0 3 67.0 59 30 28 7 29 3 43 2 0 6 277 102 1.313 7.9 0.9 3.9 5.8 1.48
SDP (1 yr) 8 17 .320 3.70 37 31 6 8 3 0 202.0 213 91 83 15 45 9 55 0 0 4 842 95 1.277 9.5 0.7 2.0 2.5 1.22
NL (16 yrs) 181 157 .536 3.34 555 388 80 99 27 14 2905.0 2723 1225 1078 197 989 60 1425 48 4 142 12170 102 1.278 8.4 0.6 3.1 4.4 1.44
AL (7 yrs) 40 47 .460 4.68 147 112 13 8 2 2 679.0 743 395 353 79 273 11 322 17 4 30 2996 84 1.496 9.8 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.18

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 35 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 39 0.700 5.4 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
1981 36 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1987 42 MIN AL WS W STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.0 14 0 0 0 5 1 7 2 0 0 82 0.950 6.3 0.0 2.3 3.2 1.40
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 39 0.700 5.4 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 22 CHC NL 36 58 46 5 9 2 0 0 11 1 0 1 13 .196 .204 .239 .443 24 11 1 0 9 2 0 1
1968 23 CHC NL 34 73 60 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .100 .156 .100 .256 -24 6 1 0 9 0 0 1
1969 24 TOT NL 42 69 56 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 18 .125 .206 .161 .367 6 9 3 0 6 1 0 1
1969 24 CHC NL 4 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 56 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1969 24 SDP NL 38 63 51 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 17 .118 .207 .137 .344 0 7 3 0 5 1 0 1
1970 25 DET AL 39 88 66 8 13 3 1 0 7 0 0 7 17 .197 .274 .273 .547 51 18 0 0 15 0 0 1
1971 26 DET AL 32 38 30 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .133 .188 .167 .354 -1 5 0 0 6 0 0 1
1972 27 DET AL 18 14 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .333 .641 89 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 28 ATL NL 20 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 ATL NL 27 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 30 HOU NL 40 18 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .214 .313 .214 .527 53 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1976 31 HOU NL 36 32 27 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .185 .214 .370 .585 71 10 0 0 4 0 0 1
1977 32 HOU NL 44 55 50 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .140 .173 .140 .313 -11 7 2 0 3 0 0 1
1978 33 HOU NL 36 74 65 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .138 .138 .169 .308 -11 11 2 0 9 0 0 1
1979 34 HOU NL 38 99 83 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 21 .120 .140 .145 .284 -20 12 0 0 13 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980 35 HOU NL 37 102 80 7 22 5 0 0 10 0 0 4 15 .275 .310 .338 .647 88 27 2 0 18 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-19
1981 36 HOU NL 24 64 51 1 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 .176 .208 .196 .404 18 10 0 0 11 0 0 1
1982 37 HOU NL 35 98 89 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 30 .090 .099 .112 .211 -39 10 1 0 7 1 0 1
1983 38 HOU NL 38 98 85 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 .094 .105 .118 .222 -36 10 1 1 12 0 0 1
1984 39 HOU NL 38 96 83 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 21 .133 .153 .133 .285 -16 11 0 0 11 0 0 1
1985 40 HOU NL 32 80 68 6 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .250 .257 .265 .522 49 18 4 0 10 1 0 1
24 Seasons 646 1165 973 55 152 26 1 1 72 1 0 38 262 .156 .188 .188 .376 8 183 17 1 147 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 292 244 14 38 7 0 0 18 0 0 10 66 .156 .188 .188 .376 8 46 4 0 37 2 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
HOU (11 yrs) 398 816 695 32 109 17 0 1 47 0 0 17 176 .157 .177 .186 .363 5 129 12 1 100 3 0
CHC (3 yrs) 74 137 111 7 16 3 0 0 13 1 0 5 37 .144 .178 .171 .349 1 19 2 0 19 2 0
DET (3 yrs) 89 140 108 15 20 5 1 0 10 0 0 10 30 .185 .254 .250 .504 41 27 0 0 22 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 47 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 1 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 38 63 51 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 17 .118 .207 .137 .344 0 7 3 0 5 1 0
NL (16 yrs) 557 1025 865 40 132 21 0 1 62 1 0 28 232 .153 .179 .180 .359 4 156 17 1 125 6 0
AL (7 yrs) 89 140 108 15 20 5 1 0 10 0 0 10 30 .185 .254 .250 .504 41 27 0 0 22 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 27 DET AL ALCS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 35 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 36 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 42 MIN AL WS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1979

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (6, 22%)
1980 NL (19, 1%)
0.23 Career Shares (680th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (2, 55%)
1980 NL (4, 9%)
0.64 Career Shares (77th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 NL  3.039 (8th)
1979 NL  3.004 (5th)
1982 NL  2.467 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  21 (1st)
1980 NL  20 (2nd)
1982 NL  17 (5th)
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  16 (4th)
Career  221 (74th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 NL  .656 (3rd)
1980 NL  .625 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 NL  1.212 (9th)
1982 NL  1.067 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 NL  7.721 (6th)
1979 NL  7.544 (3rd)
1982 NL  7.467 (5th)
1983 NL  8.124 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  1.697 (4th)
1969 NL  2.074 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  702 (88th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1979 NL  263.7 (3rd)
1980 NL  256.0 (5th)
1981 NL  166.0 (5th)
1982 NL  270.0 (4th)
1983 NL  263.7 (4th)
1984 NL  248.3 (3rd)
Career  3584.0 (63rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 NL  152 (9th)
Career  1747 (91st)

Games Started s c a p y
1979 NL  38 (3rd)
1980 NL  36 (6th)
1981 NL  24 (4th)
1982 NL  35 (6th)
1983 NL  38 (1st)
1984 NL  38 (1st)
Career  500 (45th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (8th)
1979 NL  11 (6th)
1980 NL  11 (3rd)
1981 NL  5 (9th)
1982 NL  16 (3rd)
1983 NL  9 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1979 NL  5 (1st)
1981 NL  2 (10th)
1982 NL  5 (2nd)
Career  29 (124th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (5th)
1970 AL  28 (8th)
1985 NL  21 (7th)
Career  276 (66th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  107 (3rd)
1980 NL  79 (10th)
1983 NL  101 (4th)
1984 NL  89 (7th)
1985 NL  99 (5th)
Career  1262 (39th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  268 (2nd)
1981 NL  150 (7th)
1983 NL  238 (5th)
1984 NL  223 (6th)
Career  3466 (65th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL  .580 (7th)
1980 NL  .422 (4th)
1982 NL  .400 (7th)
1983 NL  .512 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1969 NL  18 (3rd)
1978 NL  14 (8th)
1981 NL  9 (6th)
1983 NL  14 (4th)
1987 AL  13 (10th)
Career  204 (42nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  85 (8th)
1980 NL  101 (5th)
1983 NL  102 (4th)
1985 NL  88 (10th)
Career  1431 (50th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (8th)
1979 NL  19 (1st)
1980 NL  12 (2nd)
1981 NL  7 (4th)
1982 NL  19 (1st)
1983 NL  14 (1st)
1984 NL  12 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (10th)
1987 AL  13 (4th)
Career  172 (14th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (3rd)
1979 NL  7 (5th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1982 NL  5 (7th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  5 (10th)
1987 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  65 (198th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 NL  1095 (3rd)
1980 NL  1096 (4th)
1981 NL  676 (4th)
1982 NL  1067 (4th)
1983 NL  1113 (4th)
1984 NL  1027 (3rd)
Career  15166 (54th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 NL  135 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  9 (8th)
1970 AL  15 (2nd)
1979 NL  13 (7th)
1980 NL  18 (2nd)
1981 NL  11 (4th)
1983 NL  12 (4th)
1984 NL  11 (7th)
Career  147 (176th)

Oldest s c a p y
1984 NL  born 1944-11-07 (7th)
1985 NL  born 1944-11-07 (6th)
1985 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1986 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1987 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1988 AL  born 1944-11-07 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 95 (224), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 47 (283), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  17. Phil Niekro (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

January 29, 1966: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

April 25, 1969: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Frankie Libran and Gary Ross to the San Diego Padres for Dick Selma.

December 4, 1969: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Campbell and Pat Dobson.

August 7, 1973: Selected off waivers by the Atlanta Braves from the Detroit Tigers.

April 6, 1975: Purchased by the Houston Astros from the Atlanta Braves for $35,000.

September 15, 1985: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Jim Deshaies. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 7, 1987: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Minnesota Twins for Mark Salas.

January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 4, 1988: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$825,000
1986New York Yankees$750,000
1988Minnesota Twins$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,375,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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