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Joe Niekro

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Apr 09 L, 5-6 at Orioles Start 7.1 8 32 6 6 2 2 1 4 7.36 L (0-1) DET Apr 13 L, 2-5 at Yankees Start 5.0 5 21 4 4 1 3 0 0 7.30 L (0-2) DET Apr 16 L, 3-5 vs Red Sox Start 6.0 6 27 3 3 1 5 0 1 6.38 L (0-3) DET Apr 20 W, 7-6 vs Orioles Start 7.0 8 35 4 4 0 5 0 4 6.04 DET Apr 24 L, 4-5 at A's Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.60 DET Apr 26 W, 8-3 at Royals Start 8.0 10 35 3 3 0 3 0 5 5.09 W (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 05 L, 0-5 vs A's Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.82 DET May 09 L, 2-6 vs Royals Start 3.0 6 17 5 5 0 3 0 0 5.58 L (1-4) DET May 18 L, 3-5 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.44 DET May 23 (2) W, 11-0 vs Senators Finish 1 3.0 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.08 DET May 30 W, 9-5 at Brewers Middle 3.2 3 16 1 1 0 2 0 3 4.88 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 06 L, 2-8 at White Sox Middle 3.0 4 13 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.94 DET Jun 15 L, 1-6 vs White Sox Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.75 DET Jun 19 W, 5-3 at Indians Middle 6.0 3 23 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.27 W (2-4) DET Jun 22 (1) W, 7-4 at Yankees Middle 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.28 DET Jun 29 L, 6-15 at Orioles Middle 2.2 7 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 4.81 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 03 L, 1-8 vs Orioles Middle 0.1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.92 DET Jul 07 L, 3-5 vs Yankees Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.90 DET Jul 18 (2) L, 3-4 at Royals Start 7.0 8 30 3 3 0 1 0 3 4.79 DET Jul 24 L, 2-7 vs A's Middle 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 4.91 DET Jul 25 (2) L, 1-6 vs A's Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.86 DET Jul 30 W, 4-3 vs Angels Start 1.2 6 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 5.11 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 01 W, 4-3 vs Angels Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.98 W (3-4) DET Aug 03 L, 2-4 vs Senators Start 8.0 6 34 3 3 1 5 0 3 4.83 L (3-5) DET Aug 07 W, 12-8 at Red Sox Start 5.0 5 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.86 W (4-5) DET Aug 11 W, 2-1 at Brewers Start 7.0 7 29 1 1 1 2 0 2 4.61 W (5-5) DET Aug 20 W, 3-2 vs Brewers Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 1 1 0 4 4.42 W (6-5) DET Aug 24 L, 1-3 vs Twins Start 6.2 8 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 4.31 L (6-6) DET Aug 31 (2) L, 3-6 vs Indians Start 4.0 8 24 6 6 2 3 0 2 4.63 L (6-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 09 L, 6-12 vs Red Sox Middle 5.1 2 17 1 1 1 0 0 2 4.50 DET Sep 13 (2) W, 10-5 at Orioles Start 0.1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.49

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       4   7   5.12   15  15   0   0   0   0   84.1  100   380   49   48  10   36   1   29    7-8   4.47 runs/start
Middle relief    1   0   3.94   11   0   0   0   0   0   29.2   29   127   13   13   3    8   2   12    3-8 
As closer        1   0   0.00    5   0   0   5   1   0    8.1    7    33    0    0   0    2   0    2    2-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              188   21   53   84   8   1   7   21   1   1   20   2   1   21   7  .282  .447  .358  .805
vs RHB              292   31   83  123  16   3   6   31   4   2   26   1   1   22   4  .284  .421  .345  .766

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   5   4.62   17   8   0   3   1   0   62.1   71   279   33   32   7   27   1   20    5-12  3.12 runs/start
Road             4   2   4.35   14   7   0   2   0   0   60.0   65   261   29   29   6   19   2   23    7-7   6.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   3   4.44   15   5   0   3   1   0   50.2   53   221   25   25   4   19   2   13    6-9   4.40 runs/start
Night            3   4   4.52   16  10   0   2   0   0   71.2   83   319   37   36   9   27   1   30    6-10  4.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   3   5.09    6   5   0   1   0   0   35.1   38   158   20   20   4   19   1   14    2-4   5.00 runs/start
May              0   1   4.26    5   1   0   2   1   0   12.2   14    56    6    6   0    6   0    5    2-3   2.00 runs/start
June             1   0   4.60    5   0   0   0   0   0   15.2   18    70    8    8   2    4   1    6    2-3 
July             0   0   6.75    6   2   0   1   0   0   12.0   19    59    9    9   1    3   1    4    1-5   3.50 runs/start
August           4   3   3.73    7   6   0   1   0   0   41.0   44   176   18   17   5   12   0   12    4-3   3.83 runs/start
September        0   0   1.59    2   1   0   0   0   0    5.2    3    21    1    1   1    2   0    2    1-1   10.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   7.36    2   1   0   1   0   0    3.2    8    19    3    3   1    0   0    2    2-0   4.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   2.70    4   0   0   1   0   0    6.2    5    28    2    2   0    3   0    1    0-4 
Brewers          2   0   1.89    3   2   0   0   0   0   19.0   18    78    4    4   2    5   0    9    3-0   2.50 runs/start
Indians          1   1   5.40    2   1   0   0   0   0   10.0   11    47    6    6   2    4   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   8.15    5   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   26    92   16   16   2   11   2   10    2-3   7.33 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   3.63    4   2   0   1   0   0   17.1   14    68    7    7   2    5   0    3    1-3   7.50 runs/start
Royals           1   1   5.50    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.0   24    82   11   11   0    7   0    8    1-2   4.33 runs/start
Senators         0   1   2.45    2   1   0   1   1   0   11.0    9    46    3    3   1    6   0    4    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1   2.70    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.2    8    28    3    2   0    1   0    0    0-1   1.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   3.60    2   0   0   0   0   0    5.0    6    21    2    2   2    1   0    1    0-2 
Yankees          0   1   6.14    3   1   0   1   0   0    7.1    7    31    5    5   1    3   1    1    1-2   2.00 runs/start

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