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Joe Niekro

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 10 L, 0-7 at White Sox Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DET May 15 L, 2-3 vs Orioles Middle 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DET May 16 L, 3-8 vs Orioles Finish 0.1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DET May 24 W, 5-3 vs Brewers Finish 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 DET May 25 L, 0-2 vs Brewers Middle 0.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DET May 29 (2) L, 2-4 at Yankees Start 2.0 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 03 W, 5-3 vs Twins Start 8.0 8 32 3 3 1 1 0 1 1.88 W (1-0) DET Jun 07 L, 1-5 vs Angels Start 4.1 6 18 4 4 0 0 0 4 3.38 L (1-1) DET Jun 12 W, 2-1 at Twins Start 6.0 9 26 1 1 0 1 0 6 2.92 W (2-1) DET Jun 19 L, 4-7 at A's Start 4.0 5 17 3 3 2 1 0 4 3.45 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 03 L, 3-15 vs Orioles Middle 0.1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.03 DET Jul 08 L, 2-5 at White Sox Finish 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.77 DET Jul 09 (1) L, 4-5 at White Sox Middle 0.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.06 L (2-2) DET Jul 30 (2) W, 7-2 vs Red Sox Start 1 9.0 11 38 2 2 0 2 0 3 3.60 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 02 L, 1-13 vs Brewers Middle 0.0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.83 DET Aug 06 (2) W, 6-5 at Indians Start 4.0 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.68 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 07 L, 0-9 at Orioles Middle 3.0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.45 DET Sep 19 (2) L, 4-6 at Indians Middle 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.83

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       3   1   3.38    7   7   1   0   0   0   37.1   47   155   14   14   3    6   0   21    4-3   3.86 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   9.53    7   0   0   0   0   0    5.2   12    29    6    6   0    1   1    2    0-7 
As closer        0   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   1   0    4.0    3    15    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               74    9   24   34   4   0   2    9   1   1    5   0   0    9   1  .324  .459  .367  .827
vs RHB              114   11   38   47   4   1   1   10   1   0    2   1   1   15   4  .333  .412  .356  .768

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   1   4.26    9   3   1   2   1   0   25.1   34   108   12   12   1    3   0    9    3-6   4.33 runs/start
Road             1   1   3.32    9   4   0   2   0   0   21.2   28    91    8    8   2    4   1   15    2-7   3.50 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              2   1   2.45    7   4   1   2   0   0   25.2   30   105    7    7   1    4   1    7    3-4   5.00 runs/start
Night            1   1   5.48   11   3   0   2   1   0   21.1   32    94   13   13   2    3   0   17    2-9   2.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
May              0   0   0.00    6   1   0   3   1   0    6.1    7    24    0    0   0    1   0    1    1-5   2.00 runs/start
June             2   1   4.43    4   4   0   0   0   0   22.1   28    93   11   11   3    3   0   15    2-2   3.00 runs/start
July             1   1   3.97    4   1   1   1   0   0   11.1   17    51    5    5   0    2   1    3    1-3   7.00 runs/start
August           0   0   4.50    2   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    7    18    2    2   0    0   0    3    1-1   6.00 runs/start
September        0   0   6.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    13    2    2   0    1   0    2    0-2 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   8.31    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.1    6    18    4    4   0    0   0    4    0-1   1.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   6.75    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    17    3    3   2    1   0    4    0-1   4.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   0   5.40    3   0   0   1   1   0    1.2    4     8    1    1   0    0   0    1    1-2 
Indians          0   0   6.75    2   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    17    3    3   0    1   0    3    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   0   3.37    4   0   0   1   0   0    5.1    7    23    2    2   0    0   0    2    0-4 
Red Sox          1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0   11    38    2    2   0    2   0    3    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Twins            2   0   2.57    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   17    58    4    4   1    2   0    7    2-0   3.50 runs/start
White Sox        0   1   3.37    3   0   0   2   0   0    2.2    3    11    1    1   0    0   1    0    0-3 
Yankees          0   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4     9    0    0   0    1   0    0    0-1   2.00 runs/start

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