#66 Joe Niekro, Starting Pitcher, 39 yrs, No Team
Thursday, 11/2/1998 |
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| Joe Niekro
11/7/1944
39
USA,OH,MARTINS FERRY
6"1
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Starting Pitcher
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5 / 6 (Very Popular)
4 / 6 (Popular)
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1.0 Stars
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17 Year(s), 0 Days (2924 total Days)
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17 Year(s), 0 Days (2924 total Days)
17 Year(s)
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3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 2 | 5 | 3 | 86-89 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Versus RHB | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Talent | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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5
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1967 | 33 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4.34 | 238.1 | 260 | 130 | 115 | 31 | 53 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 1.31 | .283 | PIT |
| 1968 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.52 | 300.1 | 347 | 160 | 151 | 33 | 58 | 168 | 20 | 1 | 1.35 | .314 | PIT,NL |
| 1969 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3.55 | 286.2 | 288 | 130 | 113 | 30 | 60 | 134 | 22 | 4 | 1.21 | .273 | PIT |
| 1970 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4.06 | 270.2 | 284 | 134 | 122 | 29 | 66 | 128 | 23 | 3 | 1.29 | .281 | PIT |
| 1971 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3.41 | 256.0 | 259 | 106 | 97 | 21 | 45 | 151 | 24 | 4 | 1.19 | .290 | PIT |
| 1972 | 34 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3.43 | 267.2 | 268 | 107 | 102 | 26 | 53 | 167 | 17 | 2 | 1.20 | .284 | PIT |
| 1973 | 43 | 43 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 3.12 | 360.1 | 319 | 141 | 125 | 24 | 86 | 214 | 31 | 4 | 1.12 | .263 | ATL,NL |
| 1974 | 44 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2.90 | 379.0 | 330 | 148 | 122 | 29 | 74 | 239 | 35 | 3 | 1.07 | .258 | ATL,NL |
| 1975 | 47 | 47 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 3.39 | 396.0 | 388 | 163 | 149 | 25 | 78 | 220 | 33 | 5 | 1.18 | .289 | ATL,NL |
| 1976 | 46 | 46 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3.02 | 394.0 | 380 | 140 | 132 | 15 | 75 | 223 | 31 | 3 | 1.15 | .289 | ATL,NL |
| 1977 | 41 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3.78 | 338.0 | 337 | 151 | 142 | 25 | 57 | 220 | 29 | 1 | 1.17 | .295 | ATL,NL |
| 1978 | 45 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3.07 | 378.2 | 337 | 140 | 129 | 35 | 80 | 239 | 31 | 3 | 1.10 | .264 | SF,NL |
| 1979 | 45 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3.31 | 378.0 | 353 | 153 | 139 | 37 | 66 | 241 | 29 | 6 | 1.11 | .269 | SF,NL |
| 1980 | 38 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2.54 | 304.2 | 271 | 107 | 86 | 19 | 58 | 178 | 24 | 5 | 1.08 | .268 | SF |
| 1981 | 45 | 45 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3.49 | 361.0 | 347 | 158 | 140 | 24 | 89 | 239 | 23 | 2 | 1.21 | .286 | SF |
| 1982 | 44 | 44 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 3.83 | 342.2 | 361 | 173 | 146 | 24 | 88 | 174 | 21 | 5 | 1.31 | .294 | NYY,AL |
| 1983 | 46 | 46 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 6.10 | 333.1 | 444 | 250 | 226 | 45 | 129 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 1.72 | .333 | NYY |
| Total | 688 | 679 | 354 | 239 | 1 | 3.60 | 5585.1 | 5573 | 2491 | 2236 | 472 | 1215 | 3176 | 421 | 51 | 1.22 | .284 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1967, AAA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.38 | 23.2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.06 | .262 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1967 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.94 | 16.0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.12 | 17.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 17.0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.78 | 35.2 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3.15 | 85.2 | 78 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 45 | 8 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1967 | 33 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .169 | .167 | .335 | PIT |
| 1968 | 37 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .173 | .181 | .192 | .373 | PIT,NL |
| 1969 | 36 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .177 | .204 | .381 | PIT |
| 1970 | 34 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .144 | .159 | .304 | PIT |
| 1971 | 30 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .131 | .146 | .277 | PIT |
| 1972 | 34 | 96 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .196 | .240 | .435 | PIT |
| 1973 | 43 | 130 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .173 | .208 | .381 | ATL,NL |
| 1974 | 44 | 142 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .182 | .218 | .400 | ATL,NL |
| 1975 | 47 | 131 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .180 | .206 | .387 | ATL,NL |
| 1976 | 46 | 131 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .168 | .160 | .328 | ATL,NL |
| 1977 | 41 | 119 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .194 | .261 | .454 | ATL,NL |
| 1978 | 45 | 129 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | .233 | .265 | .349 | .614 | SF,NL |
| 1979 | 45 | 139 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .157 | .180 | .337 | SF,NL |
| 1980 | 38 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .191 | .191 | .382 | SF |
| 1981 | 45 | 122 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | .131 | .137 | .148 | .285 | SF |
| 1982 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY,AL |
| 1983 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY |
| Total | 688 | 1700 | 275 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 93 | 116 | 34 | 660 | 3 | 4 | .162 | .178 | .205 | .383 | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1967...
Injured on 4/15/1967 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days...
Earned first career win on 5/6/1967...
Had first career hit (double) on 5/22/1967, off Jim Ray (HOU)...
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game...
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1969...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1971, going 5-0, 2.40...
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/19/1973 to a 5-year deal worth $22,000,000 per year...
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1973, winning 2 games with a 2.50 ERA...
Injured on 8/29/1973 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1974, going 5-2, 1.55...
Won Cy Young Award in 1974, going 30-12, 2.90 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1975, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1975, going 7-1, 2.13...
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1975, winning one game with a 1.00 ERA...
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1976, winning one game with a 1.50 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1976, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1976, winning 2 games with a 0.95 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1976, going 5-2, 1.62...
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1977, off Don Gullett (HOU)...
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/10/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year...
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game...
Won Cy Young Award in 1978, going 26-12, 3.07 ERA...
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game...
Injured on 4/25/1980 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1980, going 6-1, 1.74...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1980, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1980, going 7-0, 1.74...
Pitched NO-HITTER against San Diego on 8/25/1980, striking out 2...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1980, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1980, going 6-1, 1.91...
Won Cy Young Award in 1980, going 25-9, 2.54 ERA...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1981, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/10/1982 to a 2-year deal worth $6,200,000 per year...
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game...
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1982...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1984.
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1973 - 3.12 - 7th
1974 - 2.90 - 4th
1975 - 3.39 - 7th
1976 - 3.02 - 6th
1978 - 3.07 - 4th
1979 - 3.31 - 6th
1980 - 2.54 - 1st
| WHIP
1973 - 1.12 - 4th
1974 - 1.07 - 3rd
1975 - 1.18 - 8th
1976 - 1.15 - 6th
1977 - 1.17 - 5th
1978 - 1.10 - 2nd
1979 - 1.11 - 2nd
1980 - 1.08 - 2nd
1981 - 1.21 - 8th
| Wins
1967 - 17 - 9th
1973 - 26 - 3rd
1974 - 30 - 1st
1975 - 29 - 1st
1976 - 22 - 2nd
1977 - 20 - 6th
1978 - 26 - 1st
1979 - 24 - 4th
1980 - 25 - 2nd
1981 - 18 - 10th
1982 - 22 - 4th
| Losses
1981 - 21 - 3rd
1983 - 24 - 1st
| IP
1973 - 360.1 - 4th
1974 - 379.0 - 1st
1975 - 396.0 - 1st
1976 - 394.0 - 1st
1977 - 338.0 - 3rd
1978 - 378.2 - 1st
1979 - 378.0 - 1st
1981 - 361.0 - 2nd
1982 - 342.2 - 4th
1983 - 333.1 - 7th
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K's
1973 - 214 - 8th
1974 - 239 - 9th
1975 - 220 - 9th
1977 - 220 - 5th
1978 - 239 - 3rd
1979 - 241 - 4th
1981 - 239 - 6th
| BB
1983 - 129 - 10th
| CG
1968 - 20 - 8th
1970 - 23 - 10th
1971 - 24 - 3rd
1973 - 31 - 2nd
1974 - 35 - 1st
1975 - 33 - 1st
1976 - 31 - 1st
1977 - 29 - 1st
1978 - 31 - 1st
1979 - 29 - 1st
1980 - 24 - 5th
1981 - 23 - 5th
| SHO
1969 - 4 - 7th
1970 - 3 - 9th
1971 - 4 - 4th
1973 - 4 - 3rd
1974 - 3 - 9th
1975 - 5 - 1st
1976 - 3 - 5th
1978 - 3 - 7th
1979 - 6 - 1st
1980 - 5 - 2nd
1982 - 5 - 2nd
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