JoeNiekro

Relief Pitcher

Birthdate
7/11/1944
BAT/THR
Right/Right
Birthplace
Martins Ferry, OH
College
West Liberty

pitching

season	Team
1967	CHI
1968	CHI
1969	CHI
1969	SD
1970	DET
1971	DET
1972	DET
1973	ATL
1974	ATL
1975	HOU
1976	HOU
1977	HOU
1978	HOU
1979	HOU
1980	HOU
1981	HOU
1982	HOU
1983	HOU
1984	HOU
1985	HOU
1985	NYY
1986	NYY
1987	NYY
1987	MIN
1988	MIN
Career
Season Averages

GP	GS	W	L	W%	WAR	ERA	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H	R	ER	SV	BLSV
36	22	10	7	.588	1.7	3.34	1.20	169.2	77	32	2.4	171	0	63	0	0
34	29	14	10	.583	-1.1	4.32	1.49	177.0	65	59	1.1	204	0	85	2	-2
4	3	0	1	.000	0.3	3.72	1.55	19.1	7	6	1.2	24	0	8	0	0
37	31	8	17	.320	2.2	3.70	1.28	202.0	55	45	1.2	213	0	83	0	0
38	34	12	13	.480	2.4	4.06	1.38	213.0	101	72	1.4	221	0	96	0	0
31	15	6	7	.462	0.3	4.49	1.51	122.1	43	49	0.9	136	0	61	1	-1
18	7	3	2	.600	0.3	3.83	1.49	47.0	24	8	3.0	62	0	20	1	-1
20	0	2	4	.333	0.1	4.13	1.42	24.0	12	11	1.1	23	0	11	3	-3
27	2	3	2	.600	0.2	3.56	1.26	43.0	31	18	1.7	36	0	17	0	0
40	4	6	4	.600	1.3	3.07	1.34	88.0	54	39	1.4	79	0	30	4	-4
36	13	4	8	.333	-0.4	3.36	1.38	118.0	77	56	1.4	107	0	44	0	0
44	14	13	8	.619	2.3	3.04	1.21	180.2	101	64	1.6	155	0	61	5	-5
35	29	14	14	.500	0.7	3.86	1.30	202.2	97	73	1.3	190	0	87	0	0
38	38	21	11	.656	3.2	3.00	1.24	263.2	119	107	1.1	221	0	88	0	0
37	36	20	12	.625	0.7	3.55	1.36	256.0	127	79	1.6	268	0	101	0	0
24	24	9	9	.500	1.7	2.82	1.19	166.0	77	47	1.6	150	0	52	0	0
35	35	17	12	.586	6.5	2.47	1.07	270.0	130	64	2.0	224	0	74	0	0
38	38	15	14	.517	1.4	3.48	1.29	263.2	152	101	1.5	238	0	102	0	0
38	38	16	12	.571	1.9	3.04	1.26	248.1	127	89	1.4	223	0	84	0	0
32	32	9	12	.429	1.3	3.72	1.39	213.0	117	99	1.2	197	0	88	0	0
3	3	2	1	.667	-0.1	5.84	1.78	12.1	4	8	0.5	14	0	8	0	0
25	25	9	10	.474	-0.7	4.87	1.61	125.2	59	63	0.9	139	0	68	0	0
8	8	3	4	.429	0.7	3.55	1.16	50.2	30	19	1.6	40	25	20	0	0
19	18	4	9	.308	-1.1	6.26	1.66	96.1	54	45	1.2	115	76	67	0	0
5	2	1	1	.500	-0.5	10.03	2.14	11.2	7	9	0.8	16	13	13	0	0
702	500	221	204	.520	--	3.59	1.32	3584.0	1747	1262	1.4	3466	1140	1431	16	-16
28	20	9	8	.520	-	3.59	1.32	143.4	70	50	1.4	139	46	57	1	-1

Postseason Pitching

season	Team
1980	HOU
1981	HOU
1987	MIN
Career

GP	W%	WHIP	IP	K	BB	K/BB	H
1	.000	0.70	10.0	2	1	2.0	6
1	.000	1.25	8.0	4	3	1.3	7
1	.000	1.00	2.0	1	1	1.0	1
3	.000	0.95	20.0	7	5	1.4	14

Opponent Batting

season	Team
1967	CHI
1968	CHI
1969	CHI
1969	SD
1970	DET
1971	DET
1972	DET
1973	ATL
1974	ATL
1975	HOU
1976	HOU
1977	HOU
1978	HOU
1979	HOU
1980	HOU
1981	HOU
1982	HOU
1983	HOU
1984	HOU
1985	HOU
1985	NYY
1986	NYY
1987	NYY
1987	MIN
1988	MIN
Career

P-TBF	OBA	OOBP	OSLUG	OOPS	HR	TB
0/0	-5.344	.000	-6.750	-6.750	15	216
0/0	-3.458	.000	-4.373	-4.373	18	258
0/0	-4.000	.000	-5.500	-5.500	3	33
0/0	-4.733	.000	-5.733	-5.733	15	258
0/0	-3.069	.000	-4.236	-4.236	28	305
0/0	-2.776	.000	-3.571	-3.571	13	175
0/0	-7.750	.000	-8.875	-8.875	3	71
0/0	-2.091	.000	-2.636	-2.636	2	29
0/0	-2.000	.000	-2.833	-2.833	5	51
0/0	-2.026	.000	-2.256	-2.256	3	88
0/0	-1.911	.000	-2.339	-2.339	8	131
0/0	-2.422	.000	-3.078	-3.078	14	197
0/0	-2.603	.000	-3.137	-3.137	13	229
0/0	-2.065	.000	-2.542	-2.542	17	272
0/0	-3.392	.000	-3.848	-3.848	12	304
0/0	-3.191	.000	-3.702	-3.702	8	174
0/0	-3.500	.000	-4.063	-4.063	12	260
0/0	-2.356	.000	-2.802	-2.802	15	283
0/0	-2.506	.000	-3.045	-3.045	16	271
0/0	-1.990	.000	-2.626	-2.626	21	260
0/0	-1.750	.000	-2.875	-2.875	3	23
0/0	-2.206	.000	-2.921	-2.921	15	184
0/0	-2.105	.000	-2.737	-2.737	4	52
0/0	-2.556	.000	-3.289	-3.289	11	148
0/0	-1.778	.000	-2.444	-2.444	2	22
0/0	-2.746	.000	-3.403	-3.403	276	4294

Expanded Pitching

season	Team
1967	CHI
1968	CHI
1969	CHI
1969	SD
1970	DET
1971	DET
1972	DET
1973	ATL
1974	ATL
1975	HOU
1976	HOU
1977	HOU
1978	HOU
1979	HOU
1980	HOU
1981	HOU
1982	HOU
1983	HOU
1984	HOU
1985	HOU
1985	NYY
1986	NYY
1987	NYY
1987	MIN
1988	MIN
Career

K/9	CG	SHO
4.1	7	2
3.3	2	1
3.3	0	0
2.5	8	3
4.3	6	2
3.2	0	0
4.6	1	0
4.5	0	0
6.5	0	0
5.5	1	1
5.9	0	0
5.0	9	2
4.3	10	1
4.1	11	5
4.5	11	2
4.2	5	2
4.3	16	5
5.2	9	1
4.6	6	1
4.9	4	1
2.9	0	0
4.2	0	0
5.3	1	0
5.0	0	0
5.4	0	0
4.4	107	29

WAR data provided by Baseball-Reference

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K/9	CG	SHO
4.1	7	2
3.3	2	1
3.3	0	0
2.5	8	3
4.3	6	2
3.2	0	0
4.6	1	0
4.5	0	0
6.5	0	0
5.5	1	1
5.9	0	0
5.0	9	2
4.3	10	1
4.1	11	5
4.5	11	2
4.2	5	2
4.3	16	5
5.2	9	1
4.6	6	1
4.9	4	1
2.9	0	0
4.2	0	0
5.3	1	0
5.0	0	0
5.4	0	0
4.4	107	29

K/9	CG	SHO
4.1	7	2
3.3	2	1
3.3	0	0
2.5	8	3
4.3	6	2
3.2	0	0
4.6	1	0
4.5	0	0
6.5	0	0
5.5	1	1
5.9	0	0
5.0	9	2
4.3	10	1
4.1	11	5
4.5	11	2
4.2	5	2
4.3	16	5
5.2	9	1
4.6	6	1
4.9	4	1
2.9	0	0
4.2	0	0
5.3	1	0
5.0	0	0
5.4	0	0
4.4	107	29

K/9	CG	SHO
4.1	7	2
3.3	2	1
3.3	0	0
2.5	8	3
4.3	6	2
3.2	0	0
4.6	1	0
4.5	0	0
6.5	0	0
5.5	1	1
5.9	0	0
5.0	9	2
4.3	10	1
4.1	11	5
4.5	11	2
4.2	5	2
4.3	16	5
5.2	9	1
4.6	6	1
4.9	4	1
2.9	0	0
4.2	0	0
5.3	1	0
5.0	0	0
5.4	0	0
4.4	107	29