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Joe Niekro
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Birthdate: 11/7/1944
Died: 10/27/2006
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 190 lbs.
Place of Birth: Martins Ferry, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1967 CHC (NL) 36 22 10 7 0 7 2 169.2 171 68 63 15 32 7 77 1 2 0 3.34
1968 CHC (NL) 34 29 14 10 2 2 1 177.0 204 93 85 18 59 8 65 3 3 0 4.32
1969 CHC (NL) 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.1 24 9 8 3 6 0 7 0 0 0 3.72
1969 SDP (NL) 37 31 8 17 0 8 3 202.0 213 91 83 15 45 9 55 4 0 0 3.70
1970 DET (AL) 38 34 12 13 0 6 2 213.0 221 107 96 28 72 4 101 1 3 0 4.06
1971 DET (AL) 31 15 6 7 1 0 0 122.1 136 62 61 13 49 3 43 2 2 0 4.49
1972 DET (AL) 18 7 3 2 1 1 0 47.0 62 20 20 3 8 1 24 2 1 0 3.83
1973 ATL (NL) 20 0 2 4 3 0 0 24.0 23 11 11 2 11 1 12 3 0 0 4.12
1974 ATL (NL) 27 2 3 2 0 0 0 43.0 36 19 17 5 18 2 31 3 2 0 3.56
1975 HOU (NL) 40 4 6 4 4 1 1 88.0 79 32 30 3 39 4 54 2 2 0 3.07
1976 HOU (NL) 36 13 4 8 0 0 0 118.0 107 60 44 8 56 1 77 8 1 0 3.36
1977 HOU (NL) 44 14 13 8 5 9 2 180.2 155 66 61 14 64 3 101 5 1 1 3.04
1978 HOU (NL) 35 29 14 14 0 10 1 202.2 190 97 87 13 73 1 97 9 9 0 3.86
1979 HOU (NL) 38 38 21 11 0 11 5 263.2 221 102 88 17 107 1 119 19 7 0 3.00
1980 HOU (NL) 37 36 20 12 0 11 2 256.0 268 119 101 12 79 3 127 12 4 0 3.55
1981 HOU (NL) 24 24 9 9 0 5 2 166.0 150 60 52 8 47 4 77 7 0 0 2.82
1982 HOU (NL) 35 35 17 12 0 16 5 270.0 224 79 74 12 64 1 130 19 5 0 2.47
1983 HOU (NL) 38 38 15 14 0 9 1 263.2 238 115 102 15 101 5 152 14 3 1 3.48
1984 HOU (NL) 38 38 16 12 0 6 1 248.1 223 104 84 16 89 4 127 12 4 1 3.04
1985 NYY (AL) 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 14 8 8 3 8 0 4 0 0 0 5.84
1985 HOU (NL) 32 32 9 12 0 4 1 213.0 197 100 88 21 99 6 117 21 5 1 3.72
1986 NYY (AL) 25 25 9 10 0 0 0 125.2 139 84 68 15 63 3 59 10 1 1 4.87
1987 NYY (AL) 8 8 3 4 0 1 0 50.2 40 25 20 4 19 0 30 0 4 0 3.55
1987 MIN (AL) 19 18 4 9 0 0 0 96.1 115 76 67 11 45 0 54 13 6 0 6.26
1988 MIN (AL) 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.2 16 13 13 2 9 0 7 2 0 3 10.03
25 years   702 500 221 204 16 107 29 3584.0 3466 1620 1431 276 1262 71 1747 172 65 8 3.59
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1967 CHC (NL) 36 46 5 9 2 0 0 11 1 13 1 0 0 0 9 2 .196 .204 SLG
1968 CHC (NL) 34 60 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 23 0 0 0 0 9 0 .100 .156 SLG
1969 CHC (NL) 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .200 SLG
1969 SDP (NL) 38 51 1 6 1 0 0 2 6 17 0 0 0 0 5 1 .118 .207 SLG
1970 DET (AL) 39 66 8 13 3 1 0 7 7 17 0 0 0 0 15 0 .197 .274 SLG
1971 DET (AL) 32 30 5 4 1 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 .133 .188 SLG
1972 DET (AL) 18 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 SLG
1973 ATL (NL) 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 SLG
1974 ATL (NL) 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1975 HOU (NL) 40 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .313 SLG
1976 HOU (NL) 36 27 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 .185 .214 SLG
1977 HOU (NL) 44 50 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 .140 .173 SLG
1978 HOU (NL) 36 65 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 9 0 .138 .138 SLG
1979 HOU (NL) 38 83 1 10 2 0 0 4 2 21 0 0 0 0 13 1 .120 .140 SLG
1980 HOU (NL) 37 80 7 22 5 0 0 10 4 15 0 0 0 0 18 0 .275 .310 SLG
1981 HOU (NL) 24 51 1 9 1 0 0 6 2 10 0 0 0 0 11 0 .176 .208 SLG
1982 HOU (NL) 35 89 2 8 2 0 0 5 1 30 0 0 0 0 7 1 .90 .99 SLG
1983 HOU (NL) 38 85 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 22 0 0 0 1 12 0 .94 .105 SLG
1984 HOU (NL) 38 83 4 11 0 0 0 6 2 21 0 0 0 0 11 0 .133 .153 SLG
1985 HOU (NL) 32 68 6 17 1 0 0 6 1 16 0 0 0 0 10 1 .250 .257 SLG
1985 NYY (AL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1986 NYY (AL) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1987 NYY (AL) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1987 MIN (AL) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1988 MIN (AL) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
25 years   706 973 55 152 26 1 1 72 38 262 1 0 0 1 147 6 .156 .188 .SLG



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