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Joe Niekro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV) and the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV).

High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)

School: West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV)

Debut: April 16, 1967 (Age 22-160d, 12,568th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 29, 1988 (Age 43-174d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Bruce Church

Full Name: Joseph Franklin Niekro

Pronunciation: \KNEE-kro\

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Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro; Father of Lance Niekro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.7

221

204

ERA

3.59

702

500

3584.1

1747

WHIP

1.319

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-27 / in Starts: 6-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 7

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	286	3	Apr 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.1	6	6	6	5	2	0	0	16.20	5.93	21	6	2	0	1	6	21			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.247	1.41	-0.22%	-3.33	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
2	287	7	Apr 16	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	5.56	4.04	33	10	7	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	0.202	1.47	0.19%	2.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
3	288	12	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	5.51	3.31	22	5	6	2	0	6	46			2	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.175	1.57	-0.19%	-0.98	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
4	289	17	Apr 25	HOU		NYM	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-3)	4	7.2	9	4	3	3	0	0	0	4.88	3.47	34	14	8	0	0	9	44			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.70	-0.343	2.37	-0.29%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d2
5	290	21	Apr 30	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-4)	4	6.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.20	3.20	26	10	8	0	0	4	58			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	.96	-0.003	1.48	0.00%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	291	25	May 5	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-5)	4	5.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	1	4.63	3.75	24	4	7	0	2	5	40			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.360	2.29	-0.31%	-1.72	1b start a 2	6b --- 0 out d1
7	292	29	May 11	HOU		MON	W,5-3	GS-3		5	2.2	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.78	3.77	14	4	2	1	0	5	39			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.024	1.50	-0.02%	-1.11	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out a3
8	293	33	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-12	2-5		4	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.35	3.70	12	4	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	.14	0.010	.14	0.01%	1.31	2t 1-3 1 out d5	5t 3 out d6
9	294	35	May 17(2)	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	6-8		0	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.12	3.66	8	2	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.236	1.24	0.12%	1.19	6t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
10	295	38	May 20	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS-6	W(2-5)	2	6.0	3	3	1	4	3	0	0	3.81	3.66	24	10	7	1	0	0	57			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.003	1.45	0.00%	-0.55	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
11	296	41	May 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	7-8		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.83	3.56	9	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.020	1.09	0.01%	-0.13	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
12	297	43	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.69	3.62	10	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.064	.60	0.02%	0.90	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d1
13	298	45	May 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	8.0	4	3	1	3	6	1	0	3.36	3.65	33	11	9	0	0	4	69			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.140	.58	0.04%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	299	50	Jun 2	HOU		CIN	L,7-8	GS-3		3	2.1	5	5	2	2	4	0	0	3.52	3.59	15	2	2	0	0	5	35			3	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.354	1.33	-0.22%	-3.24	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
15	300	56	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,6-7	GS-3	L(3-6)	4	3.0	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	3.36	3.56	17	3	6	2	1	6	35			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.370	.60	-0.18%	-3.79	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
16	301	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-8	6-7		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.53	6	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.027	.13	0.01%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
17	302	66	Jun 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,9-11	4-4		7	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.63	3.61	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.236	1.09	-0.06%	-2.09	4b 12- 0 out a1	4b 123 1 out d1
18	303	67	Jun 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-7	4-6		0	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.77	3.60	11	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.131	.53	-0.03%	-0.96	4b --- 0 out tie	6b -23 1 out d1
19	304	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.56	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	305	78	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	6-8	L(3-7)	2	2.0	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.86	3.74	12	3	0	0	0	3		3	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.10	-0.271	1.35	-0.11%	-1.10	6b 123 1 out tie	8b 123 1 out d1
21	306	80	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-7)	1	6.2	7	3	1	4	4	0	0	3.65	3.70	32	5	12	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	1	.83	0.181	.20	0.03%	-0.37	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a4
22	307	90	Jul 18(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-6	GS-6		12	6.0	3	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.61	3.85	25	8	7	2	0	3	57			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.086	.33	0.02%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
23	308	95	Jul 21(1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.81	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
24	309	96	Jul 21(2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	4-GF(8)		-1	5.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.57	3.81	20	3	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.025	.14	-0.01%	0.22	4b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
25	310	106	Jul 31(2)	HOU		ATL	W,9-6	5-6		9	1.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.53	3.80	6	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.005	.22	0.00%	-0.02	5t -2- 2 out tie	6t 123 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	311	112	Aug 6	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-9	5-6		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	3.75	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	0.015	.01	0.00%	0.82	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
27	312	113	Aug 7	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.75	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.017	.01	0.00%	0.41	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
28	313	116	Aug 10	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	2-4		2	3.0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.41	3.71	10	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.37	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.34	2b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d4
29	314	118	Aug 13	HOU		PIT	L,5-8	6-GF	BL(4-8)	2	4.0	5	4	4	0	5	2	0	3.62	3.82	15	2	3	1	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.450	.01	0.00%	-2.06	6t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end d 3
30	315	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	5-7		8	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.77	11	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.37	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
31	316	129	Aug 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	3-7		2	5.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.45	3.74	21	6	10	5	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.040	.00	0.00%	2.39	3b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	317	139	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	9-GF		10	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.49	3.75	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.60	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
33	318	140	Sep 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	3-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	3.75	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.09	3b --- 2 out d8	3b 3 out d8
34	319	147	Sep 14(2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	5-6		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.42	3.70	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.94	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
35	320	153	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	4-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	3.68	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.81	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
36	321	156	Sep 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-10	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.36	3.66	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.73	7b 123 2 out d10	7b 3 out d10
							9-27		W-L:4-8,BSv:1	3.3	118.0	107	60	44	56	77	8	1	3.36	3.66	516	0.99		6%	2%	97	48	15	27%	20	2	0	450	11	4	1	5	3	11	.99	-1.865	.91	-1.17%	-6.40

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