Joe Niekro
Born: 11/7/1944 Bats/Throws: R/R

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Pitching
Year	Team	G	BFP	OUTS	ER	ERA	ERi	ERpm	eWL
1967	CHC	36	706	509	63	3.34	106	3.7	10-9
1968	CHC	34	769	531	85	4.32	73	-21.4	7-13
1969	CHC	4	86	58	8	3.72	108	0.6	1-1
1969	SDP	37	842	606	83	3.70	95	-3.9	10-12
1970	DET	38	914	639	96	4.06	93	-7.0	11-13
1971	DET	31	540	367	61	4.49	81	-10.9	6-8
1972	DET	18	199	141	20	3.83	83	-3.4	2-3
1973	ATL	20	99	72	11	4.12	96	-0.4	1-2
1974	ATL	27	178	129	17	3.56	106	1.0	3-2
1975	HOU	40	378	264	30	3.07	110	3.2	6-4
1976	HOU	36	515	354	44	3.36	95	-2.3	6-7
1977	HOU	44	737	542	61	3.04	117	11.5	12-8
1978	HOU	35	861	608	87	3.86	85	-13.9	10-13
1979	HOU	38	1095	791	88	3.00	117	16.0	17-12
1980	HOU	37	1096	768	101	3.55	93	-8.3	13-15
1981	HOU	24	676	498	52	2.82	116	9.1	10-8
1982	HOU	35	1067	810	74	2.47	135	27.9	20-10
1983	HOU	38	1113	791	102	3.48	97	-3.0	14-15
1984	HOU	38	1027	745	84	3.04	108	7.8	15-13
1985	HOU	32	925	639	88	3.72	93	-6.5	11-13
1985	NYY	3	58	37	8	5.84	69	-2.6	0-1
1986	NYY	25	571	377	68	4.87	84	-10.9	6-8
1987	NYY	8	211	152	20	3.55	125	5.0	4-2
1987	MIN	19	444	289	67	6.26	74	-17.2	4-7
1988	MIN	5	59	35	13	10.03	40	-7.6	0-1
	Totals	702	15166	10752	1431	3.59		-33.5

Pitching - Basic
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER
1967	CHC	10	7	3.34	36	22	7	2	0	170	171	15	32	77	68	63
1968	CHC	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	1	2	177	204	18	59	65	93	85
1969	CHC	0	1	3.72	4	3	0	0	0	19	24	3	6	7	9	8
1969	SDP	8	17	3.70	37	31	8	3	0	202	213	15	45	55	91	83
1970	DET	12	13	4.06	38	34	6	2	0	213	221	28	72	101	107	96
1971	DET	6	7	4.49	31	15	0	0	1	122	136	13	49	43	62	61
1972	DET	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	0	1	47	62	3	8	24	20	20
1973	ATL	2	4	4.12	20	0	0	0	3	24	23	2	11	12	11	11
1974	ATL	3	2	3.56	27	2	0	0	0	43	36	5	18	31	19	17
1975	HOU	6	4	3.07	40	4	1	1	4	88	79	3	39	54	32	30
1976	HOU	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	0	0	118	107	8	56	77	60	44
1977	HOU	13	8	3.04	44	14	9	2	5	181	155	14	64	101	66	61
1978	HOU	14	14	3.86	35	29	10	1	0	203	190	13	73	97	97	87
1979	HOU	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	264	221	17	107	119	102	88
1980	HOU	20	12	3.55	37	36	11	2	0	256	268	12	79	127	119	101
1981	HOU	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	166	150	8	47	77	60	52
1982	HOU	17	12	2.47	35	35	16	5	0	270	224	12	64	130	79	74
1983	HOU	15	14	3.48	38	38	9	1	0	264	238	15	101	152	115	102
1984	HOU	16	12	3.04	38	38	6	1	0	248	223	16	89	127	104	84
1985	HOU	9	12	3.72	32	32	4	1	0	213	197	21	99	117	100	88
1985	NYY	2	1	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	12	14	3	8	4	8	8
1986	NYY	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	0	0	126	139	15	63	59	84	68
1987	NYY	3	4	3.55	8	8	1	0	0	51	40	4	19	30	25	20
1987	MIN	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	96	115	11	45	54	76	67
1988	MIN	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	0	0	12	16	2	9	7	13	13

Batting - RS27

Park Adjust Rates

Year

Team

G

PA

OUTS

RCsbr

RS

eRS

RS27

RSi

RSpm

1967

CHC

36

58

49

2.5

8.0

3.0

4.41

120

1.4

1968

CHC

34

73

64

0.9

1.0

2.0

0.42

13

-6.8

1969

CHC

4

6

5

0.4

1.0

0.5

5.40

138

0.3

1969

SDP

38

63

54

1.4

1.5

2.5

0.75

19

-6.3

1970

DET

39

88

68

4.8

7.5

5.4

2.98

74

-2.6

1971

DET

32

38

32

0.9

3.5

1.5

2.95

79

-0.9

1972

DET

18

14

10

1.2

1.5

1.1

4.05

121

0.3

1973

ATL

20

3

2

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.00

0

-0.3

1974

ATL

27

6

6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0

-0.9

1975

HOU

40

18

13

0.9

0.5

1.0

1.04

26

-1.4

1976

HOU

36

32

26

2.1

1.0

3.0

1.04

27

-2.7

1977

HOU

44

55

48

1.2

2.0

2.0

1.12

27

-5.5

1978

HOU

36

74

67

1.5

5.5

2.8

2.22

57

-4.1

1979

HOU

38

99

87

1.6

2.5

3.3

0.78

19

-10.6

1980

HOU

37

102

78

8.1

8.5

7.3

2.94

76

-2.7

1981

HOU

24

64

53

2.0

3.5

2.8

1.78

48

-3.8

1982

HOU

35

98

90

1.0

3.5

2.6

1.05

27

-9.6

1983

HOU

38

98

90

1.0

1.5

2.6

0.45

11

-11.7

1984

HOU

38

96

83

1.6

5.0

3.0

1.63

42

-7.0

1985

HOU

32

80

66

4.5

6.0

4.6

2.45

63

-3.6

1985

NYY

3

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1986

NYY

25

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1987

NYY

8

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1987

MIN

19

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1988

MIN

5

0

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Totals

706

1165

991

37.8

63.5

1.73

-78.5

Batting - Basic
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG
1967	CHC	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	.196
1968	CHC	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100
1969	CHC	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200
1969	SDP	38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	.118
1970	DET	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	.197
1971	DET	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.133
1972	DET	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250
1973	ATL	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
1974	ATL	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1975	HOU	40	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214
1976	HOU	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.185
1977	HOU	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.140
1978	HOU	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	.138
1979	HOU	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.120
1980	HOU	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	.275
1981	HOU	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.176
1982	HOU	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	.090
1983	HOU	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	.094
1984	HOU	38	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	21	.133
1985	HOU	32	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	16	.250
1985	NYY	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	NYY	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NYY	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	706	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156
162	GP		223	13	35	6	0	0	17	0	0	9	60	.156
648	PA		541	31	85	14	1	1	40	1	0	21	146	.156

Fielding
Year	Team	POS	G	IO	OUTS	OPM	E	E27	Ei	Epm
1967	CHC	P	36	509	36	-2	0	0.00		1.5
1968	CHC	P	34	532	42	2	0	0.00		1.8
1969	CHC	P	4	58	7	3	0	0.00		0.3
1969	SDP	P	37	606	48	4	5	2.81	42	-2.9
1970	DET	P	38	639	52	8	1	0.52	269	1.7
1971	DET	P	31	366	34	7	1	0.79	148	0.5
1972	DET	P	18	141	9	-1	0	0.00		0.5
1973	ATL	P	20	72	7	2	0	0.00		0.4
1974	ATL	P	27	129	12	3	0	0.00		0.7
1975	HOU	P	40	264	20	2	0	0.00		1.1
1976	HOU	P	36	354	22	-3	3	3.68	38	-1.9
1977	HOU	P	44	542	42	5	0	0.00		2.2
1978	HOU	P	35	608	39	-4	0	0.00		2.0
1979	HOU	P	38	791	53	0	0	0.00		2.7
1980	HOU	P	37	768	54	0	2	1.00	137	0.7
1981	HOU	P	24	498	34	-2	0	0.00		1.5
1982	HOU	P	35	810	64	5	3	1.27	107	0.2
1983	HOU	P	38	791	45	-11	4	2.40	57	-1.7
1984	HOU	P	38	745	58	6	2	0.93	139	0.8
1985	HOU	P	32	639	48	3	1	0.56	235	1.3
1985	NYY	P	3	37	5	2	0	0.00		0.2
1986	NYY	P	25	377	22	-4	1	1.23	99	0.0
1987	NYY	P	8	152	10	0	1	2.70	47	-0.5
1987	MIN	P	19	289	17	-3	1	1.59	80	-0.2
1988	MIN	P	5	35	5	3	0	0.00		0.2
		Totals	702	10752	785	25	25	0.86		13.1

RSpm By Position
Year	Team	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	DH	Total
1967	CHC	4.7										4.7
1968	CHC	-2.6										-2.6
1969	CHC	0.6										0.6
1969	SDP	-1.8										-1.8
1970	DET	2.8										2.8
1971	DET	1.3										1.3
1972	DET	0.9										0.9
1974	ATL	-0.4										-0.4
1975	HOU	-0.3										-0.3
1976	HOU	-0.5										-0.5
1977	HOU	-0.9										-0.9
1978	HOU	1.9										1.9
1979	HOU	-2.7										-2.7
1980	HOU	4.4										4.4
1981	HOU	0.5										0.5
1982	HOU	-1.6										-1.6
1983	HOU	-3.5										-3.5
1984	HOU	0.7										0.7
1985	HOU	2.5										2.5

GS By Position
Year	Team	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	DH
1967	CHC	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	CHC	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	CHC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	SDP	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	DET	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	DET	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	DET	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	ATL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	HOU	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	HOU	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	HOU	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	HOU	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	HOU	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	HOU	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	HOU	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	HOU	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	HOU	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	HOU	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	HOU	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

GS By Lineup Spot
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1967	CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
1968	CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
1969	CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1969	SDP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
1970	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
1971	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
1972	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
1974	ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1975	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1976	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
1977	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
1978	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
1979	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
1980	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
1981	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
1982	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
1983	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
1984	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
1985	HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32