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, 12,575th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1966	21	CHC-min	AA,A,Rk	6	6	.500	2.08	17	14		4	2		108.0	92	35	25	2	22	3	71	0	1	1				1.056	7.7	0.2	1.8	5.9	3.23	DFW,QUI,CDW TL,MIDW,PION
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	3.38	1.196	9.1	0.8	1.7	4.1	2.41
1968	23	CHC	NL	14	10	.583	4.31	34	29	4	2	1	2	177.1	204	93	85	18	59	8	65	3	0	3	769	74	4.02	1.483	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	97	3.70	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	110	4.73	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	96	3.60	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	4.45	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	4.38	1.512	10.0	1.0	3.6	3.2	0.88
1972	27	DET-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.64	2	2		2	1	0	14.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	11	0	0	1				0.643	3.9	0.0	1.9	7.1	3.67	TOL IL
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	2.78	1.489	11.9	0.6	1.5	4.6	3.00
1973	28	DET-min	AAA	7	10	.412	3.71	26	20		8	0	0	143.0	148	74	59	10	47	2	77	9	0	2				1.364	9.3	0.6	3.0	4.8	1.64	TOL IL
1973	28	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	4.13	20	0	11	0	0	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	1	12	0	0	3	99	98	4.02	1.417	8.6	0.8	4.1	4.5	1.09
1974	29	ATL-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.08	30	0		0	0	7	52.0	44	14	12	2	18	2	50	0	0	0				1.192	7.6	0.3	3.1	8.7	2.78	RMD IL
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	107	4.04	1.256	7.5	1.0	3.8	6.5	1.72
1975	30	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.00	7	0		0	0	1	9.0	7	6	5	1	7	0	9	0	0	0				1.556	7.0	1.0	7.0	9.0	1.29	IWA AA
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	111	3.20	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	3.66	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	3.71	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	3.68	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	3.96	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	93	3.34	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	117	3.15	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	3.10	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	3.52	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	3.71	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	4.49	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	4.33	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	71	7.14	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	4.91	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	86	4.56	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	4.07	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	4.82	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	42	6.11	2.143	12.3	1.5	6.9	5.4	0.78
22 Yrs				221	204	.520	3.59	702	500	93	107	29	16	3584.1	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	71	1747	65	8	172	15166	98	3.79	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	98	3.79	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	3.59	1.264	8.1	0.6	3.2	4.7	1.44
CHC (3 yrs)				24	18	.571	3.83	74	54	13	9	3	2	366.1	399	170	156	36	97	15	149	5	0	4	1561	89	3.76	1.354	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	92	4.83	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	4.23	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	69	4.96	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	103	4.04	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	96	3.60	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	2905.1	2723	1225	1078	197	989	60	1425	48	4	142	12170	102	3.63	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	4.51	1.496	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.3	1.18

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