joe niekro career pitching stats

Joe Niekro played 22 seasons for 7 teams, including the Astros and Yankees. He had 221 wins, 204 losses, an ERA of 3.59 and 1,747 strikeouts. He won 1 World Series.

NAMESEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1967
36
10
7
.588
22
3.34
77
7
2
0
169.2
171
63
68
15
32
2
9
7
706
1
4.08
1.70
2.41
0.80
10.9
4.5
1.20
.269
3.61
95
3.38
100
9.07
0.4
2Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1968
34
14
10
.583
29
4.31
65
2
1
2
177.1
204
85
93
18
59
3
4
8
769
3
3.30
2.99
1.10
0.91
8.5
7.7
1.48
.298
4.72
135
4.02
133
10.35
-17.8
3Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1969
TOT
41
8
18
.308
34
3.70
62
8
3
0
221.1
237
91
100
18
51
0
6
9
928
4
2.52
2.07
1.22
0.73
6.7
5.5
1.30
.275
4.07
106
3.69
110
9.64
-8.9
4Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1970
38
12
13
.480
34
4.06
101
6
2
0
213.0
221
96
107
28
72
3
2
4
914
1
4.27
3.04
1.40
1.18
11.1
7.9
1.38
.272
4.52
106
4.45
110
9.34
-9.1
5Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1971
31
6
7
.462
15
4.49
43
0
0
1
122.1
136
61
62
13
49
2
5
3
540
2
3.16
3.60
0.88
0.96
8.0
9.1
1.51
.284
4.56
127
4.38
121
10.01
-9.9
6Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1972
18
3
2
.600
7
3.83
24
1
0
1
47.0
62
20
20
3
8
1
4
1
199
2
4.60
1.53
3.00
0.57
12.1
4.0
1.49
.362
3.83
121
2.78
84
11.87
2.7
7Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1973
20
2
4
.333
0
4.13
12
0
0
3
24.0
23
11
11
2
11
0
11
1
99
3
4.50
4.13
1.09
0.75
12.1
11.1
1.42
.284
4.13
106
4.02
103
8.63
-0.2
8Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1974
27
3
2
.600
2
3.56
31
0
0
0
43.0
36
17
19
5
18
2
9
2
178
3
6.49
3.77
1.72
1.05
17.4
10.1
1.26
.254
3.98
93
4.03
104
7.53
-0.6
9Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1975
40
6
4
.600
4
3.07
54
1
1
4
88.0
79
30
32
3
39
2
21
4
378
2
5.52
3.99
1.38
0.31
14.3
10.3
1.34
.271
3.27
90
3.19
92
8.08
2.4
10Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1976
36
4
8
.333
13
3.36
77
0
0
0
118.0
107
44
60
8
56
1
5
1
515
8
5.87
4.27
1.38
0.61
15.0
10.9
1.38
.265
4.58
102
3.65
109
8.16
-4.5
11Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1977
44
13
8
.619
14
3.04
101
9
2
5
180.2
155
61
66
14
64
1
12
3
737
5
5.03
3.19
1.58
0.70
13.7
8.7
1.21
.253
3.29
85
3.70
100
7.72
-0.2
12Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1978
35
14
14
.500
29
3.86
97
10
1
0
202.2
190
87
97
13
73
9
2
1
861
9
4.31
3.24
1.33
0.58
11.3
8.5
1.30
.265
4.31
117
3.66
109
8.44
-7.9
13Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1979
38
21
11
.656
38
3.00
119
11
5
0
263.2
221
88
102
17
107
7
0
1
1,095
19
4.06
3.65
1.11
0.58
10.9
9.8
1.24
.241
3.48
87
3.95
112
7.54
-13.7
14Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1980
37
20
12
.625
36
3.55
127
11
2
0
256.0
268
101
119
12
79
4
1
3
1,096
12
4.46
2.78
1.61
0.42
11.6
7.2
1.36
.293
4.18
105
3.33
96
9.42
3.3
15Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1981
24
9
9
.500
24
2.82
77
5
2
0
166.0
150
52
60
8
47
0
0
4
676
7
4.17
2.55
1.64
0.43
11.4
7.0
1.19
.261
3.25
87
3.14
97
8.13
1.6
16Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1982
35
17
12
.586
35
2.47
130
16
5
0
270.0
224
74
79
12
64
5
0
1
1,067
19
4.33
2.13
2.03
0.40
12.2
6.0
1.07
.248
2.63
73
3.09
92
7.47
7.6
17Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1983
38
15
14
.517
38
3.48
152
9
1
0
263.2
238
102
115
15
101
3
0
5
1,113
14
5.19
3.45
1.50
0.51
13.7
9.1
1.29
.265
3.93
102
3.51
101
8.12
-1.8
18Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1984
38
16
12
.571
38
3.04
127
6
1
0
248.1
223
84
104
16
89
4
0
4
1,027
12
4.60
3.23
1.43
0.58
12.4
8.7
1.26
.262
3.77
88
3.70
109
8.08
-9.9
19Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1985
TOT
35
11
13
.458
35
3.83
121
4
1
0
225.1
211
96
108
24
107
5
0
6
983
21
4.83
4.27
1.13
0.96
12.3
10.9
1.41
.258
4.31
111
4.48
129
8.43
-27.3
20Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1986
25
9
10
.474
25
4.87
59
0
0
0
125.2
139
68
84
15
63
1
0
3
571
10
4.23
4.51
0.94
1.07
10.3
11.0
1.61
.286
6.02
120
4.90
119
9.95
-11.2
21Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1987
TOT
27
7
13
.350
26
5.33
84
1
0
0
147.0
155
87
101
15
64
10
0
0
655
13
5.14
3.92
1.31
0.92
12.8
9.8
1.49
.290
6.18
116
4.55
102
9.49
-1.6
22Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
1988
5
1
1
.500
2
10.03
7
0
0
0
11.2
16
13
13
2
9
0
2
0
59
2
5.40
6.94
0.78
1.54
11.9
15.3
2.14
.341
10.03
243
6.10
154
12.34
-2.8
Total702221204.5205003.591,74710729163584.13,4661,4311,6202761,26265937115,1661724.393.171.380.6911.58.31.32.2704.071023.791078.70-109.2

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72
.556
Astros Astros
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81
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76
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66
.593
83
79
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13.0
79
83
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.469
20.0
66
96
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
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Cubs Cubs - w
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14.0
78
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71
91
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NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
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