Joe Niekro

Joseph Franklin Niekro
Born: November 7, 1944
Martins Ferry, OH USA
Deceased: 2006
Tampa, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
College: West Liberty State College
Career: 1967-1988
Draft: Round 7 (1966 January Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
Draft: Round 3 (1966 June Secondary Draft, Chicago Cubs)
School: West Liberty
Minor League Statistics

Joe Niekro compiled a career record of 221 wins and 204 losses in his 706-game career with the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1988 campaign.

Chicago Cubs	San Diego Padres	Detroit Tigers	Atlanta Braves	Houston Astros	New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1967	NL	Chicago Cubs	10	7	.588	3.34	36	22	9	7	2	0	169.7	171	68	63	15	32	7	77	2	0	1	706
1968	NL	Chicago Cubs	14	10	.583	4.32	34	29	4	2	1	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	8	65	3	0	3	769
1969	NL	Chicago Cubs	0	1	.000	3.72	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.3	24	9	8	3	6	0	7	0	0	0	86
1969	NL	San Diego Padres	8	17	.320	3.70	37	31	6	8	3	0	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	9	55	0	0	4	842
1970	AL	Detroit Tigers	12	13	.480	4.06	38	34	2	6	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	4	101	3	0	1	914
1971	AL	Detroit Tigers	6	7	.462	4.49	31	15	5	0	0	1	122.3	136	62	61	13	49	3	43	2	0	2	540
1972	AL	Detroit Tigers	3	2	.600	3.83	18	7	4	1	0	1	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	1	24	1	0	2	199
1973	NL	Atlanta Braves	2	4	.333	4.13	20	0	11	0	0	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	1	12	0	0	3	99
1974	NL	Atlanta Braves	3	2	.600	3.56	27	2	9	0	0	0	43.0	36	19	17	5	18	2	31	2	0	3	178
1975	NL	Houston Astros	6	4	.600	3.07	40	4	21	1	1	4	88.0	79	32	30	3	39	4	54	2	0	2	378
1976	NL	Houston Astros	4	8	.333	3.36	36	13	5	0	0	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	1	77	1	0	8	515
1977	NL	Houston Astros	13	8	.619	3.04	44	14	12	9	2	5	180.7	155	66	61	14	64	3	101	1	1	5	737
1978	NL	Houston Astros	14	14	.500	3.86	35	29	2	10	1	0	202.7	190	97	87	13	73	1	97	9	0	9	861
1979	NL	Houston Astros	21	11	.656	3.00	38	38	0	11	5	0	263.7	221	102	88	17	107	1	119	7	0	19	1095
1980	NL	Houston Astros	20	12	.625	3.55	37	36	1	11	2	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	3	127	4	0	12	1096
1981	NL	Houston Astros	9	9	.500	2.82	24	24	0	5	2	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	4	77	0	0	7	676
1982	NL	Houston Astros	17	12	.586	2.47	35	35	0	16	5	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	1	130	5	0	19	1067
1983	NL	Houston Astros	15	14	.517	3.48	38	38	0	9	1	0	263.7	238	115	102	15	101	5	152	3	1	14	1113
1984	NL	Houston Astros	16	12	.571	3.04	38	38	0	6	1	0	248.3	223	104	84	16	89	4	127	4	1	12	1027
1985	NL	Houston Astros	9	12	.429	3.72	32	32	0	4	1	0	213.0	197	100	88	21	99	6	117	5	1	21	925
1985	AL	New York Yankees	2	1	.667	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.3	14	8	8	3	8	0	4	0	0	0	58
1986	AL	New York Yankees	9	10	.474	4.87	25	25	0	0	0	0	125.7	139	84	68	15	63	3	59	1	1	10	571
1987	AL	New York Yankees	3	4	.429	3.55	8	8	0	1	0	0	50.7	40	25	20	4	19	0	30	4	0	0	211
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	4	9	.308	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.3	115	76	67	11	45	0	54	6	0	13	444
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	1	1	.500	10.03	5	2	2	0	0	0	11.7	16	13	13	2	9	0	7	0	3	2	59
Totals			221	204	.520	3.59	702	500	93	107	29	16	3584.0	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	71	1747	65	8	172	15166

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1967	NL	Chicago Cubs	36	58	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	1	13	.196	.204	.239	.443	11	1	0	9	2
1968	NL	Chicago Cubs	34	73	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100	.156	.100	.256	6	1	0	9	0
1969	NL	Chicago Cubs	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	1	0
1969	NL	San Diego Padres	38	63	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	6	17	.118	.207	.137	.344	7	3	0	5	1
1970	AL	Detroit Tigers	39	88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273	.547	18	0	0	15	0
1971	AL	Detroit Tigers	32	38	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167	.354	5	0	0	6	0
1972	AL	Detroit Tigers	18	14	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333	.641	4	0	0	1	0
1973	NL	Atlanta Braves	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
1974	NL	Atlanta Braves	27	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
1975	NL	Houston Astros	40	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.313	.214	.527	3	0	0	2	0
1976	NL	Houston Astros	36	32	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370	.585	10	0	0	4	0
1977	NL	Houston Astros	44	55	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	13	.140	.173	.140	.313	7	2	0	3	0
1978	NL	Houston Astros	36	74	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	18	.138	.138	.169	.308	11	2	0	9	0
1979	NL	Houston Astros	38	99	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	2	21	.120	.140	.145	.284	12	0	0	13	1
1980	NL	Houston Astros	37	102	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	4	15	.275	.310	.338	.647	27	2	0	18	0
1981	NL	Houston Astros	24	64	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	10	.176	.208	.196	.404	10	0	0	11	0
1982	NL	Houston Astros	35	98	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112	.211	10	1	0	7	1
1983	NL	Houston Astros	38	98	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	.094	.105	.118	.222	10	1	1	12	0
1984	NL	Houston Astros	38	96	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	2	21	.133	.153	.133	.285	11	0	0	11	0
1985	NL	Houston Astros	32	80	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	1	16	.250	.257	.265	.522	18	4	0	10	1
1985	AL	New York Yankees	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1986	AL	New York Yankees	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1987	AL	New York Yankees	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals			706	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	183	17	1	147	6

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1967	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	36	22	169.7	10	26	0	1	1.000	1.910	1.000
1968	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	34	29	177.3	9	33	0	2	1.000	2.132	1.235
1969	NL	San Diego Padres	P	37	31	202.0	19	29	5	1	.906	2.139	1.297
1969	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	4	3	19.3	2	5	0	1	1.000	3.259	1.750
1970	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	38	34	213.0	17	35	1	1	.981	2.197	1.368
1971	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	31	15	122.0	9	25	1	1	.971	2.508	1.097
1972	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	18	7	47.0	5	4	0	1	1.000	1.723	.500
1973	NL	Atlanta Braves	P	20	0	24.0	2	5	0	2	1.000	2.625	.350
1974	NL	Atlanta Braves	P	27	2	43.0	4	8	0	1	1.000	2.512	.444
1975	NL	Houston Astros	P	40	4	88.0	7	13	0	0	1.000	2.045	.500
1976	NL	Houston Astros	P	36	13	118.0	9	13	3	1	.880	1.678	.611
1977	NL	Houston Astros	P	44	14	180.7	11	31	0	7	1.000	2.092	.955
1978	NL	Houston Astros	P	35	29	202.7	18	21	0	3	1.000	1.732	1.114
1979	NL	Houston Astros	P	38	38	263.7	14	39	0	4	1.000	1.809	1.395
1980	NL	Houston Astros	P	37	36	256.0	17	37	2	2	.964	1.898	1.459
1981	NL	Houston Astros	P	24	24	166.0	11	23	0	1	1.000	1.843	1.417
1982	NL	Houston Astros	P	35	35	270.0	22	42	3	2	.955	2.133	1.829
1983	NL	Houston Astros	P	38	38	263.7	9	36	4	0	.918	1.536	1.184
1984	NL	Houston Astros	P	38	38	248.3	19	39	2	5	.967	2.102	1.526
1985	NL	Houston Astros	P	32	32	213.0	14	34	1	1	.980	2.028	1.500
1985	AL	New York Yankees	P	3	3	12.3	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.649	1.667
1986	AL	New York Yankees	P	25	25	125.7	9	13	1	2	.957	1.576	.880
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	19	18	96.3	6	11	1	1	.944	1.588	.895
1987	AL	New York Yankees	P	8	8	50.7	5	5	1	0	.909	1.776	1.250
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	5	2	11.7	2	3	0	1	1.000	3.857	1.000
Totals				702	500	3584.0	253	532	25	41	.969	1.971	1.118

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	G	GS	IP	H	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
1980	NL	Houston Astros	NLCS	1	1	10.0	6	1	1	2	1	39
1981	NL	Houston Astros	NWDIV	1	1	8.0	7	3	0	4	0	34
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	9
Totals				3	2	20.0	14	5	1	7	2	82

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1972	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	1	0	0	0
1980	NL	Houston Astros	NLCS	1	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1981	NL	Houston Astros	NWDIV	1	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	1	0	0	0
Totals				4	5	5	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1980	NL	Houston Astros	NLCS	P	1	1	10.0	1	0	1.000	.900	1.000
1981	NL	Houston Astros	NWDIV	P	1	1	8.0	0	1	1.000	1.125	1.000
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	1.000	4.500	1.000
Totals					3	2	20.0	1	2	1.000	1.350	1.000

Awards

1979 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1979 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

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