The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Joe Niekro

Joe Niekro

Joseph Franklin Niekro
Born: 11/7/1944 in Martins Ferry, OH USA      Died: 10/27/2006 in Tampa, FL USA
Weight: 185 lb.      Height: 6'1"
Bats: R                 Throws: R

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1967	22	CHN	NL	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	0	0	9	2	1	.196	.204	.239	.443
1968	23	CHN	NL	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	0	0	9	0	1	.100	.156	.100	.256
1969	24	SDN	NL	38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	0	0	5	1	3	.118	.207	.137	.344
1969	24	CHN	NL	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600
1970	25	DET	AL	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	0	0	15	0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547
1971	26	DET	AL	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	6	0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354
1972	27	DET	AL	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641
1973	28	ATL	NL	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1974	29	ATL	NL	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	HOU	NL	40	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.313	.214	.527
1976	31	HOU	NL	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	0	0	.185	.214	.370	.585
1977	32	HOU	NL	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	3	0	2	.140	.173	.140	.313
1978	33	HOU	NL	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	2	.138	.138	.169	.308
1979	34	HOU	NL	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	0	0	13	1	0	.120	.140	.145	.284
1980	35	HOU	NL	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	0	0	18	0	2	.275	.310	.338	.647
1981	36	HOU	NL	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	11	0	0	.176	.208	.196	.404
1982	37	HOU	NL	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	0	0	7	1	1	.090	.099	.112	.211
1983	38	HOU	NL	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	0	1	12	0	1	.094	.105	.118	.222
1984	39	HOU	NL	38	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	21	0	0	11	0	0	.133	.153	.133	.285
1985	40	NYA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1985	40	HOU	NL	32	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	16	0	0	10	1	4	.250	.257	.265	.522
1986	41	NYA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1987	42	NYA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1987	42	MIN	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1988	43	MIN	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
22 Seasons				706	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	0	1	147	6	17	.156	.188	.188	.376

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1972	27	DET	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	35	HOU	NLCS	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	36	HOU	NWDIV	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	42	MIN	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4 Post Seasons				4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1967	22	CHN	NL	10	7	36	22	7	2	0	169.2	171	63	15	32	77	3.34	7	1	2	0	706	9	68
1968	23	CHN	NL	14	10	34	29	2	1	2	177	204	85	18	59	65	4.32	8	3	3	0	769	4	93
1969	24	CHN	NL	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	19.1	24	8	3	6	7	3.72	0	0	0	0	86	0	9
1969	24	SDN	NL	8	17	37	31	8	3	0	202	213	83	15	45	55	3.70	9	4	0	0	842	6	91
1970	25	DET	AL	12	13	38	34	6	2	0	213	221	96	28	72	101	4.06	4	1	3	0	914	2	107
1971	26	DET	AL	6	7	31	15	0	0	1	122.1	136	61	13	49	43	4.49	3	2	2	0	540	5	62
1972	27	DET	AL	3	2	18	7	1	0	1	47	62	20	3	8	24	3.83	1	2	1	0	199	4	20
1973	28	ATL	NL	2	4	20	0	0	0	3	24	23	11	2	11	12	4.13	1	3	0	0	99	11	11
1974	29	ATL	NL	3	2	27	2	0	0	0	43	36	17	5	18	31	3.56	2	3	2	0	178	9	19
1975	30	HOU	NL	6	4	40	4	1	1	4	88	79	30	3	39	54	3.07	4	2	2	0	378	21	32
1976	31	HOU	NL	4	8	36	13	0	0	0	118	107	44	8	56	77	3.36	1	8	1	0	515	5	60
1977	32	HOU	NL	13	8	44	14	9	2	5	180.2	155	61	14	64	101	3.04	3	5	1	1	737	12	66
1978	33	HOU	NL	14	14	35	29	10	1	0	202.2	190	87	13	73	97	3.86	1	9	9	0	861	2	97
1979	34	HOU	NL	21	11	38	38	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	17	107	119	3.00	1	19	7	0	1095	0	102
1980	35	HOU	NL	20	12	37	36	11	2	0	256	268	101	12	79	127	3.55	3	12	4	0	1096	1	119
1981	36	HOU	NL	9	9	24	24	5	2	0	166	150	52	8	47	77	2.82	4	7	0	0	676	0	60
1982	37	HOU	NL	17	12	35	35	16	5	0	270	224	74	12	64	130	2.47	1	19	5	0	1067	0	79
1983	38	HOU	NL	15	14	38	38	9	1	0	263.2	238	102	15	101	152	3.48	5	14	3	1	1113	0	115
1984	39	HOU	NL	16	12	38	38	6	1	0	248.1	223	84	16	89	127	3.04	4	12	4	1	1027	0	104
1985	40	HOU	NL	9	12	32	32	4	1	0	213	197	88	21	99	117	3.72	6	21	5	1	925	0	100
1985	40	NYA	AL	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	12.1	14	8	3	8	4	5.84	0	0	0	0	58	0	8
1986	41	NYA	AL	9	10	25	25	0	0	0	125.2	139	68	15	63	59	4.87	3	10	1	1	571	0	84
1987	42	NYA	AL	3	4	8	8	1	0	0	50.2	40	20	4	19	30	3.55	0	0	4	0	211	0	25
1987	42	MIN	AL	4	9	19	18	0	0	0	96.1	115	67	11	45	54	6.26	0	13	6	0	444	0	76
1988	43	MIN	AL	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	13	2	9	7	10.03	0	2	0	3	59	2	13
22 Seasons				221	204	702	500	107	29	16	3584	3466	1431	276	1262	1747	3.59	71	172	65	8	15166	93	1620

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1980	35	HOU	NLCS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	6	0	0	1	2	0.00	1	0	1	0	39	0	0
1981	36	HOU	NWDIV	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	3	4	0.00	0	0	0	0	34	0	0
1987	42	MIN	WS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	9	0	0
3 Post Seasons				0	0	3	2	0	0	0	20	14	0	0	5	7	0.00	1	0	2	0	82	0	0

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1967	22	CHN	NL	P	36	22	169.2	10	26	0	1		1.000

1968	23	CHN	NL	P	34	29	177.1	9	33	0	2		1.000

1969	24	CHN	NL	P	4	3	19.1	2	5	0	1		1.000
1969	24	SDN	NL	P	37	31	202	19	29	5	1		0.906

1970	25	DET	AL	P	38	34	213	17	35	1	1		0.981

1971	26	DET	AL	P	31	15	122	9	25	1	1		0.971

1972	27	DET	AL	P	18	7	47	5	4	0	1		1.000

1973	28	ATL	NL	P	20	0	24	2	5	0	2		1.000

1974	29	ATL	NL	P	27	2	43	4	8	0	1		1.000

1975	30	HOU	NL	P	40	4	88	7	13	0	0		1.000

1976	31	HOU	NL	P	36	13	118	9	13	3	1		0.880

1977	32	HOU	NL	P	44	14	180.2	11	31	0	7		1.000

1978	33	HOU	NL	P	35	29	202.2	18	21	0	3		1.000

1979	34	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	14	39	0	4		1.000

1980	35	HOU	NL	P	37	36	256	17	37	2	2		0.964

1981	36	HOU	NL	P	24	24	166	11	23	0	1		1.000

1982	37	HOU	NL	P	35	35	270	22	42	3	2		0.955

1983	38	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	9	36	4	0		0.918

1984	39	HOU	NL	P	38	38	248.1	19	39	2	5		0.967

1985	40	HOU	NL	P	32	32	213	14	34	1	1		0.980
1985	40	NYA	AL	P	3	3	12.1	3	2	0	0		1.000

1986	41	NYA	AL	P	25	25	125.2	9	13	1	2		0.957

1987	42	NYA	AL	P	8	8	50.2	5	5	1	0		0.909
1987	42	MIN	AL	P	19	18	96.1	6	11	1	1		0.944

1988	43	MIN	AL	P	5	2	11.2	2	3	0	1		1.000
22 Seasons					702	500	3584	253	532	25	41		0.969

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1980	35	HOU	NLCS	P	1	1	10	1	0	0	0		1.000

1981	36	HOU	NWDIV	P	1	1	8	0	1	0	0		1.000

1987	42	MIN	WS	P	1	0	2	0	1	0	0		1.000
3 Post Seasons					3	2	20	1	2	0	0		1.000

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
1985	40	HOU	NL	$825,000
1986	41	NYA	AL	$750,000
1988	43	MIN	AL	$800,000
Total for 3 Records				$2,375,000
Average for 3 Records				$791,667

Year	Age	League	Award
1979	34	NL	TSN All-Star - RHP
1979	34	NL	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1979	34	NL	Pitcher of the Month - May

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
1994	49	BBWAA	456	342	6.0	0.01316	N	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
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