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Joe Niekro

Game Log for 1974
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 15 W, 7-1 vs Cardinals Finish 1.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 ATL Jun 16 L, 3-6 vs Cardinals Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 ATL Jun 23 (2) L, 1-2 at Reds Finish 1.0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.70 L (0-1) ATL Jun 26 L, 4-5 at Dodgers Middle 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.08 ATL Jun 28 (1) L, 5-6 vs Reds Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.42 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 02 L, 1-5 vs Astros Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.35 ATL Jul 03 W, 5-4 vs Astros Middle 1.2 2 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 3.24 ATL Jul 04 L, 3-4 vs Astros Middle 0.1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.15 ATL Jul 06 W, 3-2 at Cubs Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38 ATL Jul 12 (1) W, 7-3 at Cardinals Middle 1.1 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.00 W (1-1) ATL Jul 12 (2) L, 0-10 at Cardinals Middle 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.57 ATL Jul 15 L, 3-7 vs Cubs Middle 1.1 0 7 3 2 0 3 0 1 3.52 L (1-2) ATL Jul 16 L, 2-7 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.12 ATL Jul 20 L, 6-7 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.79 ATL Jul 21 L, 2-6 vs Pirates Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.66 ATL Jul 29 L, 2-10 vs Dodgers Middle 1.2 2 9 2 2 0 1 1 2 3.27 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 04 (2) L, 2-5 at Giants Middle 4.2 5 21 1 1 1 2 0 3 3.04 ATL Aug 07 L, 4-6 at Astros Start 4.0 5 18 3 3 0 0 0 3 3.52 ATL Aug 11 W, 6-5 at Phillies Start 0.1 4 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 4.35 ATL Aug 19 W, 11-6 vs Cardinals Middle 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.13 W (2-2) ATL Aug 27 L, 1-6 at Expos Middle 2.0 1 8 1 1 1 1 0 2 4.15 ATL Aug 31 L, 5-6 at Mets Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.04 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 07 L, 0-6 vs Giants Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.93 ATL Sep 12 (2) L, 2-6 at Reds Middle 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.69 ATL Sep 23 L, 3-4 at Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.60 ATL Sep 25 W, 5-2 at Dodgers Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.43 W (3-2) ATL Sep 28 (1) L, 0-5 vs Astros Finish 1.0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.56

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       0   0  12.46    2   2   0   0   0   0    4.1    9    24    6    6   0    1   0    3    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Middle relief    3   1   2.96   16   0   0   0   0   0   27.1   18   112   10    9   4   13   2   21    5-11
As closer        0   1   1.59    9   0   0   9   0   0   11.1    9    42    3    2   1    2   0    7    1-8 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               55    6   10   16   3   0   1    5   3   0    8   0   0   14   0  .182  .291  .286  .577
vs RHB               97   19   26   40   2   0   4   17   0   0    8   2   2   17   6  .268  .412  .342  .755

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             1   1   3.93   14   0   0   7   0   0   18.1   13    72   10    8   2    7   1   12    3-11
Road             2   1   3.28   13   2   0   2   0   0   24.2   23   106    9    9   3    9   1   19    4-9   5.00 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              0   1   3.77   10   1   0   3   0   0   14.1   18    65    6    6   3    4   1   10    2-8   6.00 runs/start
Night            3   1   3.45   17   1   0   6   0   0   28.2   18   113   13   11   2   12   1   21    5-12  4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
June             0   1   1.42    5   0   0   4   0   0    6.1    7    24    1    1   1    1   0    4    1-4 
July             1   1   4.02   11   0   0   2   0   0   15.2   10    67    8    7   2   10   2   13    3-8 
August           1   0   5.27    6   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   16    62    8    8   2    4   0    9    2-4   5.00 runs/start
September        1   0   1.23    5   0   0   3   0   0    7.1    3    25    2    1   0    1   0    5    1-4 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   0   8.59    5   1   0   1   0   0    7.1   11    34    8    7   2    1   0    6    1-4   4.00 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   0.00    5   0   0   2   0   0    7.1    4    28    0    0   0    4   0    4    3-2 
Cubs             0   1   3.38    3   0   0   1   0   0    5.1    3    22    3    2   0    3   1    3    1-2 
Dodgers          1   0   3.18    4   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    5    24    2    2   0    2   1    7    1-3 
Expos            0   0   4.50    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1     8    1    1   1    1   0    2    0-1 
Giants           0   0   1.59    2   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    5    24    1    1   1    2   0    3    0-2 
Mets             0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    1     4    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Phillies         0   0  81.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    0.1    4     6    3    3   0    1   0    0    1-0   6.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    0    10    0    0   0    1   0    2    0-2 
Reds             0   1   1.69    3   0   0   2   0   0    5.1    2    18    1    1   1    1   0    4    0-3 

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