Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1978
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 07 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 5.0 6 26 5 5 2 7 0 1 9.00 L (0-1) HOU Apr 12 W, 11-10 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 7 23 6 6 1 4 0 0 11.00 HOU Apr 18 W, 5-1 at Padres Start 1 9.0 4 33 1 1 0 3 0 5 6.00 W (1-1) HOU Apr 23 L, 3-7 at Dodgers Start 3.0 8 18 6 4 1 0 0 0 6.86 L (1-2) HOU Apr 28 L, 3-6 vs Expos Start 3.0 3 15 4 4 0 4 0 0 7.50 L (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 05 L, 2-5 at Braves Start 6.0 5 27 4 3 1 3 0 2 6.90 L (1-4) HOU May 13 W, 7-4 at Mets Start 5.0 10 26 4 4 0 3 0 4 6.94 W (2-4) HOU May 18 L, 5-8 vs Phillies Start 0.0 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 7.97 HOU May 21 L, 4-6 vs Braves Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.78 HOU May 25 L, 1-9 at Giants Finish 1.0 3 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.05 HOU May 29 L, 1-8 vs Giants Middle 2.0 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 8.10 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 12 W, 6-5 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.71 HOU Jun 17 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Finish 6.2 2 23 2 1 0 0 0 5 6.84 W (3-4) HOU Jun 22 W, 4-3 at Dodgers Start 2 9.0 6 37 3 2 1 5 0 6 6.09 W (4-4) HOU Jun 27 W, 7-4 vs Reds Start 7.0 6 31 4 4 0 3 0 4 5.98 W (5-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 01 (2) L, 3-9 vs Padres Start 1.2 4 11 5 2 0 1 0 2 6.11 L (5-5) HOU Jul 05 L, 1-2 at Reds Start 3 8.0 7 34 2 2 0 3 0 4 5.69 L (5-6) HOU Jul 08 (2) L, 5-7 vs Dodgers Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.64 HOU Jul 13 L, 0-6 at Expos Start 5.2 7 25 4 4 0 1 0 3 5.69 L (5-7) HOU Jul 17 W, 2-1 vs Phillies Start 4 11.0 5 41 1 1 0 3 0 8 5.11 W (6-7) HOU Jul 21 (1) L, 1-6 at Phillies Start 5.0 7 24 5 5 1 3 0 2 5.31 L (6-8) HOU Jul 26 W, 5-0 vs Expos Start 5 1 9.0 4 30 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.85 W (7-8) HOU Jul 31 W, 4-1 vs Giants Start 6 9.0 2 32 1 1 0 2 0 1 4.55 W (8-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 05 (1) W, 5-3 at Braves Start 6.0 5 26 3 3 0 4 0 0 4.55 W (9-8) HOU Aug 11 L, 0-1 vs Braves Start 8.0 9 34 1 1 0 3 0 4 4.34 L (9-9) HOU Aug 16 W, 4-2 at Cardinals Start 7 9.0 6 34 2 2 1 1 0 5 4.18 W (10-9) HOU Aug 20 (2) L, 1-3 at Pirates Start 6.0 7 27 3 3 2 1 1 2 4.20 L (10-10) HOU Aug 25 W, 7-5 vs Pirates Start 6.0 9 27 4 4 0 1 0 7 4.27 W (11-10) HOU Aug 30 L, 2-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 7 34 4 4 1 3 0 2 4.28 L (11-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 04 L, 3-6 vs Reds Start 6.0 8 30 4 4 0 5 0 0 4.34 L (11-12) HOU Sep 09 W, 10-4 vs Padres Start 8 9.0 8 35 4 4 0 1 0 3 4.33 W (12-12) HOU Sep 14 L, 1-2 at Dodgers Start 9 8.0 5 32 2 2 2 3 0 6 4.23 L (12-13) HOU Sep 20 L, 2-3 vs Braves Start 10 9.0 9 36 3 2 0 0 0 11 4.13 L (12-14) HOU Sep 26 W, 2-0 at Braves Start 8.0 6 33 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.96 W (13-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Oct 01 W, 3-0 vs Giants Start 5.0 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.86 W (14-14)
| 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 13 14 3.87 29 29 10 0 0 1 188.1 177 803 89 81 13 70 1 91 14-15 3.69 runs/start
Middle relief 0 0 4.05 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 28 4 3 0 1 0 1 1-3
As closer 1 0 3.52 2 0 0 2 0 0 7.2 5 30 4 3 0 1 0 5 1-1
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 326 32 82 118 15 3 5 30 14 2 30 0 4 34 5 .252 .362 .321 .683
vs RHB 439 60 108 156 18 3 8 52 19 4 42 1 5 63 8 .246 .355 .316 .671
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 8 6 3.72 20 15 5 1 0 1 109.0 98 452 51 45 2 32 0 53 10-10 4.47 runs/start
Road 6 8 4.04 15 14 5 1 0 0 93.2 92 409 46 42 11 40 1 44 6-9 2.86 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 4 2 4.05 8 6 2 1 0 0 40.0 45 175 21 18 5 12 1 19 4-4 3.67 runs/start
Night 10 12 3.82 27 23 8 1 0 1 162.2 145 686 76 69 8 60 0 78 12-15 3.70 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 3 7.50 5 5 1 0 0 0 24.0 28 115 22 20 4 18 0 6 2-3 5.20 runs/start
May 1 1 9.00 6 3 0 1 0 0 16.0 28 81 17 16 1 8 0 7 1-5 4.67 runs/start
June 3 0 2.55 4 2 1 1 0 0 24.2 16 100 10 7 1 8 0 15 4-0 5.50 runs/start
July 3 4 2.70 8 7 4 0 0 1 50.0 36 199 18 15 1 14 0 23 3-5 2.29 runs/start
August 3 3 3.56 6 6 1 0 0 0 43.0 43 182 17 17 4 13 1 20 3-3 3.17 runs/start
September 2 3 2.70 5 5 3 0 0 0 40.0 36 166 13 12 2 11 0 24 2-3 3.60 runs/start
October 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-0 3.00 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Braves 2 3 2.31 6 5 1 0 0 0 39.0 36 164 12 10 1 13 0 21 2-4 2.20 runs/start
Cardinals 1 1 3.18 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.0 13 68 6 6 2 4 0 7 1-1 3.00 runs/start
Cubs 1 0 1.35 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.2 2 23 2 1 0 0 0 5 1-0
Dodgers 1 2 5.11 5 4 2 0 0 0 24.2 26 112 17 14 5 12 0 12 2-3 4.75 runs/start
Expos 1 2 4.08 3 3 1 0 0 1 17.2 14 70 8 8 0 6 0 6 1-2 2.67 runs/start
Giants 2 0 2.65 4 2 1 1 0 0 17.0 12 66 5 5 0 3 0 4 2-2 3.50 runs/start
Mets 1 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 26 4 4 0 3 0 4 1-0 7.00 runs/start
Padres 2 1 3.20 3 3 2 0 0 0 19.2 16 79 10 7 0 5 0 10 2-1 6.00 runs/start
Phillies 1 1 5.62 3 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 16 69 10 10 1 6 0 10 1-2 2.67 runs/start
Pirates 1 1 4.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 18 63 8 7 2 2 1 9 2-1 4.00 runs/start
Reds 1 3 5.19 4 4 1 0 0 0 26.0 27 121 15 15 2 18 0 9 1-3 3.75 runs/start
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