Joe Niekro
Born: November 7, 1944, Martins Ferry, OH Died: October 27, 2006, Tampa, FLHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: West Liberty State
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1967 Chicago NL 22 10 7 3.34 36 22 7 5 9 0 2 169.2 171 706 68 63 15 25 7 2 77 1968 Chicago NL 23 14 10 4.31 34 29 2 1 4 2 1 177.1 204 769 93 85 18 51 8 3 65 1969 Chicago NL 24 0 1 3.72 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.1 24 86 9 8 3 6 0 0 7 1969 San Diego NL 24 8 17 3.70 37 31 8 0 6 0 3 202.0 213 842 91 83 15 36 9 0 55 1970 Detroit AL 25 12 13 4.06 38 34 6 2 2 0 2 213.0 221 914 107 96 28 68 4 3 101 1971 Detroit AL 26 6 7 4.49 31 15 0 11 5 1 0 122.1 136 540 62 61 13 46 3 2 43 1972 Detroit AL 27 3 2 3.83 18 7 1 7 4 1 0 47.0 62 199 20 20 3 7 1 1 24 1973 Atlanta NL 28 2 4 4.12 20 0 0 9 11 3 0 24.0 23 99 11 11 2 10 1 0 12 1974 Atlanta NL 29 3 2 3.56 27 2 0 16 9 0 0 43.0 36 178 19 17 5 16 2 2 31 1975 Houston NL 30 6 4 3.07 40 4 1 15 21 4 1 88.0 79 378 32 30 3 35 4 2 54 1976 Houston NL 31 4 8 3.36 36 13 0 18 5 0 0 118.0 107 515 60 44 8 55 1 1 77 1977 Houston NL 32 13 8 3.04 44 14 9 18 12 5 2 180.2 155 737 66 61 14 61 3 1 101 1978 Houston NL 33 14 14 3.86 35 29 10 4 2 0 1 202.2 190 861 97 87 13 72 1 9 97 1979 Houston NL 34 21 11 3.00 38 38 11 0 0 0 5 263.2 221 1095 102 88 17 106 1 7 119 1980 Houston NL 35 20 12 3.55 37 36 11 0 1 0 2 256.0 268 1096 119 101 12 76 3 4 127 1981 Houston NL 36 9 9 2.82 24 24 5 0 0 0 2 166.0 150 676 60 52 8 43 4 0 77 1982 Houston NL 37 17 12 2.47 35 35 16 0 0 0 5 270.0 224 1067 79 74 12 63 1 5 130 1983 Houston NL 38 15 14 3.48 38 38 9 0 0 0 1 263.2 238 1113 115 102 15 96 5 3 152 1984 Houston NL 39 16 12 3.04 38 38 6 0 0 0 1 248.1 223 1027 104 84 16 85 4 4 127 1985 Houston NL 40 9 12 3.72 32 32 4 0 0 0 1 213.0 197 925 100 88 21 93 6 5 117 1985 New York AL 40 2 1 5.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 58 8 8 3 8 0 0 4 1986 New York AL 41 9 10 4.87 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 125.2 139 571 84 68 15 60 3 1 59 1987 New York AL 42 3 4 3.55 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 50.2 40 211 25 20 4 19 0 4 30 1987 Minnesota AL 42 4 9 6.26 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 96.1 115 444 76 67 11 45 0 6 54 1988 Minnesota AL 43 1 1 10.03 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 11.2 16 59 13 13 2 9 0 0 7 TOTALS 221 204 3.59 702 500 107 109 93 16 29 3584.1 3466 15166 1620 1431 276 1191 71 65 1747
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 Chicago NL 36 665 68 171 271 33 11 15 2 5 11 1 25 7 2 77 12 .257 .408 .291 1968 Chicago NL 34 695 93 204 297 29 5 18 6 6 4 6 51 8 3 65 24 .294 .427 .349 1969 Chicago NL 4 79 9 24 38 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 2 .304 .481 .349 1969 San Diego NL 37 781 91 213 291 21 6 15 12 4 6 8 36 9 0 55 14 .273 .373 .311 1970 Detroit AL 38 830 107 221 341 30 3 28 4 5 3 9 68 4 3 101 14 .266 .411 .325 1971 Detroit AL 31 480 62 136 207 24 4 13 6 3 5 3 46 3 2 43 11 .283 .431 .350 1972 Detroit AL 18 188 20 62 81 8 1 3 2 0 2 1 7 1 1 24 5 .330 .431 .360 1973 Atlanta NL 20 83 11 23 33 4 0 2 2 3 3 2 10 1 0 12 2 .277 .398 .351 1974 Atlanta NL 27 152 19 36 56 5 0 5 4 2 3 0 16 2 2 31 6 .237 .368 .322 1975 Houston NL 40 329 32 79 103 15 0 3 3 5 8 2 35 4 2 54 4 .240 .313 .320 1976 Houston NL 36 449 60 107 150 11 4 8 6 3 20 2 55 1 1 77 5 .238 .334 .322 1977 Houston NL 44 653 66 155 230 29 2 14 13 6 16 6 61 3 1 101 20 .237 .352 .304 1978 Houston NL 35 766 97 190 274 33 6 13 5 8 33 6 72 1 9 97 13 .248 .358 .318 1979 Houston NL 38 970 102 221 312 26 7 17 6 5 31 9 106 1 7 119 27 .228 .322 .308 1980 Houston NL 37 993 119 268 353 35 7 12 9 11 34 7 76 3 4 127 21 .270 .355 .323 1981 Houston NL 24 617 60 150 203 21 4 8 6 6 25 8 43 4 0 77 10 .243 .329 .294 1982 Houston NL 35 980 79 224 297 25 6 12 13 5 27 13 63 1 5 130 21 .229 .303 .278 1983 Houston NL 38 987 115 238 332 35 7 15 13 9 45 9 96 5 3 152 15 .241 .336 .311 1984 Houston NL 38 925 104 223 317 38 4 16 1 8 34 16 85 4 4 127 21 .241 .343 .308 1985 Houston NL 32 799 100 197 285 21 2 21 10 12 44 7 93 6 5 117 15 .247 .357 .329 1985 New York AL 3 50 8 14 24 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 4 0 .280 .480 .379 1986 New York AL 25 506 84 139 218 26 4 15 1 0 23 1 60 3 1 59 9 .275 .431 .356 1987 New York AL 8 186 25 40 60 6 1 4 1 1 7 3 19 0 4 30 2 .215 .323 .300 1987 Minnesota AL 19 388 76 115 181 27 3 11 1 4 25 3 45 0 6 54 8 .296 .466 .375 1988 Minnesota AL 5 50 13 16 24 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 7 1 .320 .480 .424
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 Chicago NL 22 36 46 5 9 11 2 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 1 .196 .239 .204 1968 Chicago NL 23 34 60 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 23 1 .100 .100 .156 1969 Chicago NL 24 4 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .400 .200 1969 San Diego NL 24 38 51 1 6 7 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 17 3 .118 .137 .207 1970 Detroit AL 25 39 66 8 13 18 3 1 0 7 15 0 0 0 7 0 0 17 0 .197 .273 .274 1971 Detroit AL 26 32 30 5 4 5 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 .133 .167 .188 1972 Detroit AL 27 18 12 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .250 .333 .308 1973 Atlanta NL 28 20 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 1974 Atlanta NL 29 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Houston NL 30 40 14 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .214 .214 .313 1976 Houston NL 31 36 27 1 5 10 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .185 .370 .214 1977 Houston NL 32 44 50 2 7 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 2 .140 .140 .173 1978 Houston NL 33 36 65 6 9 11 2 0 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 .138 .169 .138 1979 Houston NL 34 38 83 1 10 12 2 0 0 4 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 21 0 .120 .145 .140 1980 Houston NL 35 37 80 7 22 27 5 0 0 10 18 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 2 .275 .338 .310 1981 Houston NL 36 24 51 1 9 10 1 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 .176 .196 .208 1982 Houston NL 37 35 89 2 8 10 2 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 1 .090 .112 .099 1983 Houston NL 38 38 85 1 8 10 2 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 1 .094 .118 .105 1984 Houston NL 39 38 83 4 11 11 0 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 0 .133 .133 .153 1985 Houston NL 40 32 68 6 17 18 1 0 0 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 4 .250 .265 .257 1985 New York AL 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 New York AL 41 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 New York AL 42 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Minnesota AL 42 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Minnesota AL 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 706 973 55 152 183 26 1 1 72 147 6 1 0 38 0 1 262 17 .156 .188 .188
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1967 Chicago NL P 169.2 22 36 10 26 0 1 1.000 1.91 11 1 0 1968 Chicago NL P 177.1 29 34 9 33 0 2 1.000 2.13 4 6 0 1969 Chicago NL P 19.1 3 4 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.26 0 0 0 1969 San Diego NL P 202.0 31 37 19 29 5 1 .906 2.14 6 8 2 1970 Detroit AL P 213.0 34 38 17 35 1 1 .981 2.20 3 9 1 1971 Detroit AL P 122.1 15 31 9 25 1 1 .971 2.50 5 3 0 1972 Detroit AL P 47.0 7 18 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.72 2 1 0 1973 Atlanta NL P 24.0 0 20 2 5 0 2 1.000 2.62 3 2 0 1974 Atlanta NL P 43.0 2 27 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.51 3 0 0 1975 Houston NL P 88.0 4 40 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.05 8 2 2 1976 Houston NL P 118.0 13 36 9 13 3 1 .880 1.68 20 2 0 1977 Houston NL P 180.2 14 44 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.09 16 6 1 1978 Houston NL P 202.2 29 35 18 21 0 3 1.000 1.73 33 6 5 1979 Houston NL P 263.2 38 38 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.81 31 9 1 1980 Houston NL P 256.0 36 37 17 37 2 2 .964 1.90 34 7 0 1981 Houston NL P 166.0 24 24 11 23 0 1 1.000 1.84 25 8 0 1982 Houston NL P 270.0 35 35 22 42 3 2 .955 2.13 27 13 1 1983 Houston NL P 263.2 38 38 9 36 4 0 .918 1.54 45 9 1 1984 Houston NL P 248.1 38 38 19 39 2 5 .967 2.10 34 16 0 1985 Houston NL P 213.0 32 32 14 34 1 1 .980 2.03 44 7 1 1985 New York AL P 12.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.65 3 0 0 1986 New York AL P 125.2 25 25 9 13 1 2 .957 1.58 23 1 0 1987 New York AL P 50.2 8 8 5 5 1 0 .909 1.78 7 3 0 1987 Minnesota AL P 96.1 18 19 6 11 1 1 .944 1.59 25 3 0 1988 Minnesota AL P 11.2 2 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 3 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 29, 1966).
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Gary Ross and Frankie Libran to San Diego Padres in exchange for Dick Selma (April 25, 1969).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Pat Dobson and Dave Campbell (December 4, 1969).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers (September 14, 1971)
- Activated by Detroit Tigers (October 1, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers (August 7, 1972)
- Activated by Detroit Tigers (September 1, 1972)
- Claimed on waivers by Atlanta Braves from Detroit Tigers (August 7, 1973).
- Sold by Atlanta Braves to Houston Astros for $35,000 (April 6, 1975).
- Traded by Houston Astros to New York Yankees in exchange for Jim Deshaies and 2 players to be named later (September 15, 1985); Houston Astros received Neder Horta (September 24, 1985) and DodyRather (January 11, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 8, 1986).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Mark Salas (June 7, 1987).
- Granted free agency (January 22, 1988).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (February 9, 1988).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (May 4, 1988).
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