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: 16-22 / in Starts: 15-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 2

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	112	3	Apr 8	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	0.00	2.64	36	14	6	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.461	2.21	0.45%	3.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	113	6	Apr 12	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	3	8.2	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	1.02	3.15	34	11	11	2	0	5	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.49	0.189	.81	0.19%	2.00	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 2 out a5
3	114	9	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	1.40	3.46	28	9	12	3	0	4	67			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.179	1.54	0.20%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	115	13	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-4		6	3.1	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	2.79	3.67	19	5	5	1	0	6	25			0	0	0	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.403	2.71	-0.47%	-4.01	1b start a 2	4b --3 1 out a1
5	116	16	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	8	3	0	0	3	2	0	2.13	3.95	34	9	14	7	0	8	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.170	.77	0.19%	1.14	1b start tie	9b 3 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
6	117	20	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-1)	3	7.2	10	3	2	1	5	0	0	2.17	3.58	33	11	6	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.51	-0.006	2.62	-0.01%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out tie
7	118	24	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.1	7	4	3	0	4	1	0	2.63	3.64	14	2	1	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.307	1.39	-0.31%	-3.75	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
8	119	28	May 11	DET		CHW	L,5-9	GS-3	L(3-3)	3	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.18	3.85	16	6	2	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.256	1.55	-0.22%	-2.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
9	120	32	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-3		7	3.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.50	3.93	14	1	4	2	0	4	42			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.176	.80	-0.13%	-1.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
10	121	36	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-3)	2	7.0	7	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.39	4.06	31	8	8	1	4	7	55			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.166	1.59	0.11%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
11	122	41	May 27	DET		NYY	L,2-4	GS-4	L(4-4)	4	3.1	7	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.64	4.07	18	3	3	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.290	.83	-0.19%	-2.78	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d3
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	123	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(4-5)	5	9.2	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	3.53	3.92	38	10	15	2	0	7	64			0	0	0	34	2	1	2	0	1	0	1.78	-0.107	1.26	-0.05%	1.05	1b start a 1	10b 12- 2 out d1
13	124	49	Jun 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-5)	3	7.1	4	4	2	2	4	1	0	3.43	3.94	29	9	10	0	0	4	60			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	0.064	.83	0.03%	-0.64	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
14	125	53	Jun 11	DET		MIL	W,6-2	GS-9	W(6-5)	4	8.1	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.31	3.71	33	7	9	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.07	0.154	.85	0.07%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
15	126	57	Jun 15	DET		OAK	L,7-12	GS-3	L(6-6)	3	2.0	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	3.63	3.70	13	3	2	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.435	1.17	-0.23%	-3.89	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out a1
16	127	60	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	3.68	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.013	.32	0.01%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	128	62	Jun 21(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	4-7	W(7-6)	1	3.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.63	13	1	6	1	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	0.385	1.43	0.17%	2.34	4b 12- 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
18	129	64	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3.49	3.78	7	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.003	.11	0.00%	0.07	7b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
19	130	67	Jun 26	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.28	3.64	32	13	10	1	3	4	78			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.252	.39	0.13%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
20	131	73	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-6)	5	9.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.03	3.59	30	17	9	1	2	1	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.340	.95	0.31%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	132	79	Jul 7(2)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.2	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.06	3.73	31	8	14	3	0	3	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.149	1.30	-0.12%	0.33	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
22	133	83	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-8	L(9-7)	3	7.0	7	5	5	5	1	2	0	3.24	3.97	31	4	14	1	0	7	39			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	-0.159	3.15	-0.29%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
23	134	89	Jul 19(1)	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS-9	W(10-7)	7	8.0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.05	3.96	31	11	12	3	0	3	73			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.313	2.82	0.40%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
24	135	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(10-8)	3	6.0	6	2	1	0	1	1	0	2.99	3.99	24	9	8	2	0	6	55			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.049	2.35	-0.06%	0.87	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d1
25	136	99	Jul 28	DET		KCR	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.1	10	5	5	3	5	1	0	3.14	4.00	35	14	3	0	0	10	40			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.401	2.35	-0.38%	-2.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
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
26	137	104	Aug 2	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS-5	L(10-9)	4	4.1	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.28	4.12	21	4	8	2	0	8	32			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.272	.90	-0.16%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
27	138	109	Aug 6(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-2		3	1.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.42	4.23	11	2	2	1	0	3	35			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.299	.59	-0.12%	-2.68	1b start a 2	2b -23 2 out a1
28	139	113	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS-3	L(10-10)	3	2.1	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.65	4.21	15	3	8	5	0	2	23			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.353	.39	-0.07%	-3.07	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out tie
29	140	118	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.51	4.14	36	10	14	1	2	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.243	.10	0.02%	3.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
30	141	122	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	L,0-7	3-7		3	5.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.46	4.11	22	5	8	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.019	.07	0.00%	1.25	3b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
31	142	127	Aug 25(2)	DET		CAL	L,6-10	GS-8		5	7.0	7	4	4	2	5	2	1	3.52	4.19	31	4	12	0	3	7	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.345	.10	-0.02%	-0.72	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d1
32	143	131	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	10	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.56	4.23	28	2	10	2	3	10	40			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
33	144	136	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-3	L(11-11)	3	2.2	6	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.74	4.33	14	6	4	1	0	3	27			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-3.60	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d5
34	145	140	Sep 7	DET		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-11)	3	7.1	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.69	4.34	32	6	11	0	1	8	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.334	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
35	146	144	Sep 11	DET		WSA	L,2-4	GS-5	L(12-12)	3	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.79	4.35	21	4	6	0	1	7	35			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
36	147	149	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	L(12-13)	5	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.96	4.40	16	0	7	0	0	7	25			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.385	.00	0.00%	-3.47	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d2
37	148	153	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	4	3	3	6	5	1	0	3.94	4.43	32	6	11	0	0	4	61			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
38	149	157	Sep 25(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-1		3	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.06	4.45	6	1	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
							16-22		W-L:12-13	3.6	213.0	221	107	96	72	101	28	3	4.06	4.45	914	0.83		8%	4%	208	49	3	0%	3	9	1	830	30	3	4	14	5	9	1.05	-1.905	1.10	-0.54%	-9.22

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