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Joe Niekro

Game Log for 1973
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 12 L, 2-5 at Pirates Middle 1.1 2 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.75 ATL Aug 16 W, 10-2 at Cubs Middle 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 W (1-0) ATL Aug 18 W, 3-1 at Expos Finish 1 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.08 ATL Aug 19 L, 1-3 at Expos Finish 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 ATL Aug 21 W, 11-7 vs Cardinals Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.69 ATL Aug 22 L, 4-6 vs Cardinals Finish 2.0 2 10 2 2 1 2 0 2 3.68 L (1-1) ATL Aug 25 L, 5-6 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.86 ATL Aug 28 L, 6-9 vs Cubs Middle 3.0 6 13 4 4 0 1 0 1 5.84 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 02 (2) L, 3-11 at Giants Middle 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.54 ATL Sep 04 W, 3-0 at Padres Finish 2 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.80 ATL Sep 05 L, 3-4 at Padres Finish 1.0 2 8 2 2 1 2 1 0 5.62 L (1-3) ATL Sep 08 W, 3-2 vs Reds Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.29 W (2-3) ATL Sep 09 (1) L, 6-14 vs Reds Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.19 ATL Sep 11 W, 6-5 vs Giants Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.82 ATL Sep 14 L, 6-7 at Reds Finish 0.1 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.21 L (2-4) ATL Sep 16 L, 3-4 at Reds Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 4.71 ATL Sep 18 L, 4-9 vs Padres Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.57 ATL Sep 19 L, 1-4 at Dodgers Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.43 ATL Sep 23 W, 10-2 at Astros Finish 3 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.24 ATL Sep 26 L, 8-9 vs Dodgers Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.12

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
Middle relief    1   1   4.38    9   0   0   0   0   0   12.1   12    50    6    6   0    4   0    6    3-6 
As closer        1   3   3.86   11   0   0  11   3   0   11.2   11    49    5    5   2    6   1    6    4-7 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               34    7   13   17   1   0   1    7   1   1    6   0   0    2   1  .382  .500  .475  .975
vs RHB               49   12   10   16   3   0   1   12   2   1    4   1   0   10   1  .204  .327  .263  .590

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             1   2   5.56    9   0   0   4   0   0   11.1   13    46    7    7   1    3   0    7    3-6 
Road             1   2   2.84   11   0   0   7   3   0   12.2   10    53    4    4   1    7   1    5    4-7 

                                                                                                        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   0   1.12    8   0   0   4   1   0    8.0    4    28    1    1   0    3   0    4    3-5 
Night            0   4   5.62   12   0   0   7   2   0   16.0   19    71   10   10   2    7   1    8    4-8 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
August           1   2   5.84    8   0   0   3   1   0   12.1   13    52    8    8   1    4   0    5    3-5 
September        1   2   2.31   12   0   0   8   2   0   11.2   10    47    3    3   1    6   1    7    4-8 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    1.0    0     2    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Cardinals        0   1   7.71    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.1    2    11    2    2   1    2   0    2    1-1 
Cubs             1   1   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    18    4    4   0    1   0    1    1-1 
Dodgers          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   0   0    1.1    2     6    0    0   0    1   0    0    0-2 
Expos            0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   1   0    2.2    1     8    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-1 
Giants           0   0   0.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2     8    0    0   0    0   0    2    1-1 
Padres           0   1   4.91    3   0   0   2   1   0    3.2    3    17    2    2   1    2   1    1    1-2 
Pirates          0   0   5.40    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    4    15    2    2   0    1   0    1    0-2 
Reds             1   1   2.45    4   0   0   3   0   0    3.2    3    14    1    1   0    3   0    3    1-3 

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