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.

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Joe Niekro MLB stats in his career

	NAME	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1967	CHC	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
2	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1968	CHC	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
3	Joe 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
4	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1970	DET	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
5	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1971	DET	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
6	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1972	DET	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
7	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1973	ATL	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
8	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1974	ATL	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
9	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1975	HOU	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
10	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1976	HOU	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
11	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1977	HOU	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
12	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1978	HOU	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
13	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1979	HOU	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
14	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1980	HOU	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
15	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1981	HOU	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
16	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1982	HOU	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
17	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1983	HOU	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
18	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1984	HOU	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
19	Joe 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
20	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1986	NYY	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
21	Joe 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
22	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	1988	MIN	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
	Total			702	221	204	.520	500	3.59	1,747	107	29	16	3584.1	3,466	1,431	1,620	276	1,262	65	93	71	15,166	172	4.39	3.17	1.38	0.69	11.5	8.3	1.32	.270	4.07	102	3.79	107	8.70	-109.2