. . . where the 1970s live forever!


Joe Niekro

Game Log for 1982
Previous Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 07 W, 3-2 vs Cardinals Start 8.1 7 31 2 2 1 1 0 4 2.16 W (1-0) HOU Apr 12 W, 2-1 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 5 31 1 1 0 2 0 2 1.65 HOU Apr 17 L, 1-2 vs Braves Start 6.1 6 28 2 2 0 6 0 3 1.99 L (1-1) HOU Apr 23 W, 7-3 vs Reds Start 6.2 7 30 3 3 0 4 0 3 2.45 W (2-1) HOU Apr 28 L, 4-5 at Cardinals Start 5.1 4 21 3 3 0 2 0 2 2.86 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 02 W, 6-2 at Pirates Start 6.0 4 24 2 2 2 2 0 6 2.88 W (3-1) HOU May 08 L, 2-3 at Cubs Start 7.0 5 28 3 1 0 1 0 6 2.64 L (3-2) HOU May 13 L, 0-5 vs Cubs Start 4.1 10 23 4 4 0 0 0 3 3.12 L (3-3) HOU May 18 W, 2-1 at Phillies Start 10.0 10 43 1 1 0 2 0 7 2.76 HOU May 23 L, 0-2 vs Mets Start 7.0 5 30 2 2 0 4 0 1 2.74 L (3-4) HOU May 29 W, 5-2 at Mets Start 1 9.0 5 32 2 2 1 0 0 9 2.65 W (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 04 W, 8-3 vs Phillies Start 5.2 6 21 2 2 0 0 0 2 2.69 HOU Jun 09 W, 6-1 at Giants Start 2 9.0 3 31 1 1 0 2 0 2 2.53 W (5-4) HOU Jun 14 W, 9-0 vs Braves Start 3 1 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.30 W (6-4) HOU Jun 19 L, 1-7 vs Padres Start 6.1 8 28 5 5 0 1 1 5 2.58 L (6-5) HOU Jun 24 L, 3-4 vs Giants Start 4 10.0 8 42 4 3 1 3 0 8 2.59 L (6-6) HOU Jun 29 L, 5-6 at Braves Start 6.0 5 24 2 2 0 1 0 2 2.61 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 05 W, 6-4 at Pirates Start 5 9.0 9 36 4 4 2 1 0 6 2.71 W (7-6) HOU Jul 10 W, 4-2 vs Cardinals Start 6 9.0 7 33 2 2 1 1 0 3 2.66 W (8-6) HOU Jul 17 W, 4-3 vs Pirates Start 7 10.0 10 42 3 3 0 3 0 6 2.66 W (9-6) HOU Jul 23 L, 2-6 at Cardinals Start 2.1 6 17 6 6 0 4 0 1 2.97 L (9-7) HOU Jul 28 W, 4-2 vs Reds Start 8 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 3 0 2 2.92 W (10-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 02 W, 6-4 vs Padres Start 8.0 5 28 4 4 0 1 0 3 2.99 W (11-7) HOU Aug 07 L, 2-9 at Giants Start 6.2 8 31 3 2 0 3 0 2 2.98 L (11-8) HOU Aug 13 L, 0-3 at Reds Start 7.0 6 28 3 3 0 1 0 1 3.02 L (11-9) HOU Aug 18 L, 3-5 vs Phillies Start 8.1 5 31 2 2 0 1 0 1 2.98 HOU Aug 23 W, 2-0 vs Mets Start 9 2 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.85 W (12-9) HOU Aug 28 W, 2-0 at Expos Start 10 3 9.0 6 31 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.73 W (13-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 03 L, 1-2 at Phillies Start 11 8.2 5 31 2 2 1 1 0 4 2.70 L (13-10) HOU Sep 08 W, 8-1 vs Giants Start 12 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 2 0 7 2.63 W (14-10) HOU Sep 13 W, 5-3 at Braves Start 13 9.0 10 36 3 2 1 1 0 3 2.61 W (15-10) HOU Sep 18 W, 2-0 at Dodgers Start 14 4 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.51 W (16-10) HOU Sep 24 L, 0-2 at Reds Start 15 8.0 9 33 2 2 0 2 0 0 2.51 L (16-11) HOU Sep 29 L, 1-6 at Giants Start 6.0 10 27 3 3 2 1 0 5 2.55 L (16-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Oct 03 W, 3-0 vs Reds Start 16 5 9.0 3 32 0 0 0 3 0 4 2.47 W (17-12)

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
As starter      17  12   2.47   35  35  16   0   0   5  270.0  224  1067   79   74  12   63   1  130   20-15  3.40 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              478   38  101  138  13   3   6   31  19   7   41   1   1   69   6  .211  .289  .275  .564
vs RHB              502   36  123  159  12   3   6   31   8   6   22   0   4   61  15  .245  .317  .281  .598

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   5   2.39   18  18   8   0   0   3  143.0  117   565   39   38   3   37   1   67   12-6   3.78 runs/start
Road             7   7   2.55   17  17   8   0   0   2  127.0  107   502   40   36   9   26   0   63    8-9   3.00 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              5   2   1.92    8   8   4   0   0   2   61.0   42   234   16   13   4   16   0   32    5-3   3.88 runs/start
Night           12  10   2.63   27  27  12   0   0   3  209.0  182   833   63   61   8   47   1   98   15-12  3.26 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   2.86    5   5   0   0   0   0   34.2   29   141   11   11   1   15   0   14    3-2   3.40 runs/start
May              2   3   2.49    6   6   1   0   0   0   43.1   39   180   14   12   3    9   0   32    3-3   2.50 runs/start
June             2   2   2.54    6   6   3   0   0   1   46.0   36   180   14   13   1    9   1   25    3-3   5.33 runs/start
July             4   1   3.89    5   5   4   0   0   0   39.1   39   163   17   17   3   12   0   18    4-1   4.00 runs/start
August           3   2   2.06    6   6   2   0   0   2   48.0   34   180   12   11   0    8   0   15    3-3   2.50 runs/start
September        3   3   1.81    6   6   5   0   0   1   49.2   44   191   11   10   4    7   0   22    3-3   2.83 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    3    32    0    0   0    3   0    4    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   1   1.78    4   4   2   0   0   1   30.1   27   122    7    6   1   10   0   14    2-2   5.00 runs/start
Cardinals        2   1   4.68    4   4   1   0   0   0   25.0   24   102   13   13   2    8   0   10    2-2   3.25 runs/start
Cubs             0   2   3.97    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   15    51    7    5   0    1   0    9    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   0.53    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.0    7    60    1    1   0    2   0    5    2-0   2.00 runs/start
Expos            1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    6    31    0    0   0    2   0    4    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Giants           2   3   2.21    5   5   3   0   0   0   40.2   37   166   12   10   3   11   0   24    2-3   4.00 runs/start
Mets             2   1   1.44    3   3   2   0   0   1   25.0   14    93    4    4   1    4   0   14    2-1   2.33 runs/start
Padres           1   1   5.65    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   13    56    9    9   0    2   1    8    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   1.93    4   4   1   0   0   0   32.2   26   126    7    7   1    4   0   14    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Pirates          3   0   3.24    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.0   23   102    9    9   4    6   0   18    3-0   5.33 runs/start
Reds             3   2   2.27    5   5   3   0   0   1   39.2   32   158   10   10   0   13   0   10    3-2   2.80 runs/start

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report