Joe Niekro was 10-7 with an ERA of 3.34 and 77 strikeouts in 36 appearances in his rookie season in 1967.
CHC| NAME | DATE | SEASON | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Niekro | 9/26/1967 | 1967 | vs | 1 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | J. Niekro | 9/22/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Niekro | 9/17/1967 | 1967 | @ | W | 1 | 2.84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J. Niekro | 9/12/1967 | 1967 | @ | 1 | 3.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | J. Niekro | 9/8/1967 | 1967 | @ | L | 1 | 2.08 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J. Niekro | 9/2/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | J. Niekro | 8/29/1967 | 1967 | vs | 1 | 3.68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | J. Niekro | 8/22/1967 | 1967 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | J. Niekro | 8/16/1967 | 1967 | @ | 1 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | J. Niekro | 8/12/1967 | 1967 | vs | L | 1 | 12.46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Niekro | 8/8/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J. Niekro | 8/6/1967 | 1967 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | J. Niekro | 8/3/1967 | 1967 | vs | L | 1 | 21.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | J. Niekro | 7/30/1967 | 1967 | @ | L | 1 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Niekro | 7/26/1967 | 1967 | @ | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | J. Niekro | 7/23/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 3.18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Niekro | 7/19/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J. Niekro | 7/15/1967 | 1967 | @ | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | J. Niekro | 7/9/1967 | 1967 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | J. Niekro | 7/5/1967 | 1967 | @ | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | J. Niekro | 7/4/1967 | 1967 | @ | L | 1 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | J. Niekro | 6/29/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | J. Niekro | 6/25/1967 | 1967 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Niekro | 6/20/1967 | 1967 | @ | 1 | 6.23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | J. Niekro | 6/16/1967 | 1967 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 3.34 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 169.2 | 171 | 63 | 68 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 706 | 1 | ||||||||
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