Joe Niekro was 7-13 with an ERA of 5.33 and 84 strikeouts in 27 appearances in 1987. He won his first World Series.
| 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 | 10/4/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2 | | J. Niekro | 9/28/1987 | 1987 | @ | 1 | 4.26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 3 | | J. Niekro | 9/22/1987 | 1987 | vs | W | 1 | 3.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J. Niekro | 9/15/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 5 | | J. Niekro | 9/1/1987 | 1987 | vs | L | 1 | 11.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | J. Niekro | 8/25/1987 | 1987 | vs | L | 1 | 7.94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 7 | | J. Niekro | 8/20/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 16.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 8 | | J. Niekro | 8/7/1987 | 1987 | vs | W | 1 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | J. Niekro | 8/3/1987 | 1987 | @ | 1 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | J. Niekro | 7/28/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 7.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Niekro | 7/25/1987 | 1987 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | J. Niekro | 7/23/1987 | 1987 | @ | 1 | 3.52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | J. Niekro | 7/18/1987 | 1987 | vs | L | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 14 | | J. Niekro | 7/12/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 7.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Niekro | 7/7/1987 | 1987 | @ | 1 | 1.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | J. Niekro | 7/2/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 7.36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Niekro | 6/27/1987 | 1987 | @ | 1 | 12.27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| 18 | | J. Niekro | 6/14/1987 | 1987 | @ | W | 1 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 19 | | J. Niekro | 6/9/1987 | 1987 | vs | W | 1 | 1.42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | J. Niekro | 6/4/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 8.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | J. Niekro | 5/30/1987 | 1987 | vs | L | 1 | 6.35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | J. Niekro | 5/23/1987 | 1987 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | J. Niekro | 5/17/1987 | 1987 | @ | W | 1 | 3.52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Niekro | 5/12/1987 | 1987 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | J. Niekro | 5/5/1987 | 1987 | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 5.33 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147.0 | 155 | 87 | 101 | 15 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 655 | 13 | ||||||||
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