Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1976
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 11 L, 3-9 at Reds Start 3.1 6 21 6 6 0 5 0 2 16.20 L (0-1) HOU Apr 16 W, 4-1 vs Padres Start 8.0 7 33 1 1 1 2 0 7 5.56 W (1-1) HOU Apr 20 L, 3-6 vs Dodgers Start 5.0 6 22 3 3 0 1 0 4 5.51 L (1-2) HOU Apr 25 L, 2-4 vs Mets Start 7.2 9 34 4 3 0 3 0 0 4.88 L (1-3) HOU Apr 30 L, 1-3 at Mets Start 6.0 5 26 2 1 0 1 0 3 4.20 L (1-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 05 L, 3-6 at Phillies Start 5.0 5 24 4 4 1 4 0 3 4.63 L (1-5) HOU May 11 W, 5-3 vs Expos Start 2.2 5 14 2 2 0 2 0 1 4.78 HOU May 16 L, 2-12 vs Phillies Middle 3.2 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.35 HOU May 17 (2) W, 3-2 vs Braves Middle 2.1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.12 HOU May 20 W, 5-4 at Padres Start 6.0 3 24 3 1 0 4 0 3 3.81 W (2-5) HOU May 23 L, 5-6 at Dodgers Middle 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 3 3.83 HOU May 25 L, 6-7 at Giants Middle 2.0 1 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 3.69 HOU May 29 W, 4-3 at Braves Start 8.0 4 33 3 1 1 3 0 6 3.36 W (3-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 02 L, 7-8 vs Reds Start 2.1 5 15 5 2 0 2 0 4 3.52 HOU Jun 07 L, 6-7 vs Cardinals Start 3.0 7 17 5 0 0 1 0 1 3.36 L (3-6) HOU Jun 13 L, 3-8 at Cubs Middle 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26 HOU Jun 21 L, 9-11 at Braves Middle 0.1 1 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 3.63 HOU Jun 22 W, 9-7 at Braves Middle 2.1 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.77 HOU Jun 30 L, 2-10 at Giants Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.72 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 03 L, 8-9 at Reds Middle 2.0 3 12 2 2 1 3 0 3 3.86 L (3-7) HOU Jul 05 W, 7-3 vs Mets Start 6.2 7 32 3 1 0 4 0 4 3.65 W (4-7) HOU Jul 18 (1) W, 7-6 at Expos Start 6.0 3 25 2 2 1 4 0 3 3.61 HOU Jul 21 (1) L, 1-5 at Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.57 HOU Jul 21 (2) L, 1-4 at Pirates Finish 5.0 5 20 2 2 1 1 0 5 3.57 HOU Jul 31 (2) W, 9-6 vs Braves Middle 1.0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.53 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 06 L, 3-9 at Padres Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.46 HOU Aug 07 L, 2-3 at Padres Middle 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.42 HOU Aug 10 L, 1-8 at Cardinals Middle 3.0 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.41 HOU Aug 13 L, 5-8 vs Pirates Finish 4.0 5 15 4 4 2 0 0 5 3.62 L (4-8) HOU Aug 22 L, 1-5 at Phillies Middle 3.0 2 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.61 HOU Aug 25 L, 1-5 at Cubs Middle 5.0 4 21 0 0 0 2 0 2 3.45 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 05 L, 0-4 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.49 HOU Sep 06 L, 8-9 at Reds Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.48 HOU Sep 14 (2) L, 3-4 at Braves Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.42 HOU Sep 21 L, 2-6 vs Braves Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 HOU Sep 25 L, 0-10 at Giants Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.36
| 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 6 3.49 13 13 0 0 0 0 69.2 72 320 43 27 4 36 0 41 6-7 4.38 runs/start
Middle relief 0 1 2.48 18 0 0 0 0 0 36.1 23 149 10 10 1 17 1 24 3-15
As closer 0 1 5.25 5 0 0 5 0 0 12.0 12 47 7 7 3 2 0 12 0-5
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 211 27 56 76 7 2 3 25 10 1 29 1 0 31 0 .265 .360 .354 .714
vs RHB 239 29 51 74 4 2 5 23 10 1 26 0 1 46 5 .213 .310 .292 .602
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 2 4 3.10 13 7 0 2 0 0 49.1 54 219 28 17 3 20 0 31 5-8 4.86 runs/start
Road 2 4 3.54 23 6 0 3 0 0 68.2 53 297 32 27 5 35 1 46 4-19 3.83 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 1 2 3.13 12 3 0 2 0 0 37.1 30 156 16 13 0 18 0 15 2-10 3.33 runs/start
Night 3 6 3.46 24 10 0 3 0 0 80.2 77 360 44 31 8 37 1 62 7-17 4.70 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 4 4.20 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 33 136 16 14 1 12 0 16 1-4 2.60 runs/start
May 2 1 2.56 8 4 0 0 0 0 31.2 21 134 13 9 2 18 1 20 4-4 4.25 runs/start
June 0 1 5.73 6 2 0 1 0 0 11.0 18 57 15 7 0 6 0 7 1-5 6.50 runs/start
July 1 1 2.91 6 2 0 2 0 0 21.2 19 98 9 7 3 14 0 19 3-3 7.00 runs/start
August 0 1 3.00 6 0 0 1 0 0 18.0 13 70 6 6 2 4 0 12 0-6
September 0 0 1.59 5 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 3 21 1 1 0 1 0 3 0-5
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Braves 1 0 3.00 7 1 0 0 0 0 18.0 11 76 8 6 1 9 0 13 4-3 4.00 runs/start
Cardinals 0 1 1.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 27 6 1 0 2 0 3 0-2 6.00 runs/start
Cubs 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 27 0 0 0 2 0 2 0-2
Dodgers 0 1 5.62 3 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 9 36 5 5 0 3 0 7 0-3 3.00 runs/start
Expos 0 0 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 39 4 4 1 6 0 4 2-0 6.00 runs/start
Giants 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.1 2 15 0 0 0 2 1 4 0-3
Mets 1 2 2.21 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 21 92 9 5 0 8 0 7 1-2 3.33 runs/start
Padres 2 0 1.06 4 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 12 70 4 2 1 7 0 12 2-2 4.50 runs/start
Phillies 0 1 3.86 3 1 0 0 0 0 11.2 8 47 5 5 1 5 0 5 0-3 3.00 runs/start
Pirates 0 1 5.40 3 0 0 3 0 0 10.0 10 38 6 6 3 1 0 11 0-3
Reds 0 2 11.25 4 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 49 13 10 1 10 0 9 0-4 5.00 runs/start
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