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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 7th in WP
Positions: P-702
Full Name: Joseph Franklin Niekro
Born: Nov 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry,Ohio
Died: Oct 27, 2006 (61.354)

MLB Debut: Apr 16, 1967 (22.160)

Brother of Phil Niekro, Father of Lance Niekro

Control
50

K-Rating
32

Efficiency
49

vsPower
53

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 190 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport,OH)
College: West Liberty State College
Drafted: Cleveland Indians: 1966-7-84 (Jan-Reg)

Tags: 20-Win Season || Bizarre Plays || Knuckleballers || Major League All-Star Game || Opening Day Starts || Pitcher of Month All Tags

TBC Player ID: 15980
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1966	Treasure Valley	Pio	Rk	-	chc	21	-	0	0	--	1						4.0	4	0	0		1	7			1.25	9.00	--	2.25	15.75	0.14	--	--
1966	Quincy	Midw	A	-	chc	21	-	1	2	1.08	4						25.0	17	7	3		6	14			0.92	6.12	--	2.16	5.04	0.43	--	--
1966	Dallas-Fort Worth	Tex	AA	-	chc	21	-	5	4	2.51	12						79.0	71	28	22		15	50			1.09	8.09	--	1.71	5.70	0.30	--	--
1967	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	22	41	10	7	3.34	36	22	7	2	9	0	169.2	171	68	63	15	32	77	1	0	1.20	9.07	0.80	1.70	4.08	0.42	.272	1.24
1968	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	23	40	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	1	4	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	65	3	0	1.49	10.37	0.92	3.00	3.31	0.91	.304	1.14
1969	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	24	32	0	1	3.72	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	24	9	8	3	6	7	0	0	1.55	11.17	1.40	2.79	3.26	0.86	--	2.06
1969	San Diego	NL	MLB	37	sd	24	32	8	17	3.70	37	31	8	3	6	0	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	55	4	0	1.28	9.49	0.67	2.00	2.45	0.82	.278	1.23
1970	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	25	41	12	13	4.06	38	34	6	2	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	101	1	0	1.38	9.34	1.18	3.04	4.27	0.71	.275	0.82
1971	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	26	-	6	7	4.49	31	15	0	0	5	1	122.1	136	62	61	13	49	43	2	0	1.51	10.01	0.96	3.60	3.16	1.14	.290	1.30
1972	Toledo	IL	AAA	-	det	27	-	2	0	0.64	2						14.0	6	1	1		3	11			0.64	3.86	--	1.93	7.07	0.27	--	--
1972	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	27	-	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	0	4	1	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	24	2	0	1.49	11.87	0.57	1.53	4.60	0.33	.366	0.88
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	36	atl	28	-	2	4	4.13	20	0	0	0	11	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	12	3	0	1.42	8.63	0.75	4.13	4.50	0.92	.313	0.78
1974	Richmond	IL	AAA	-	atl	29	-	8	1	2.08	30						52.0	44	14	12		18	50			1.19	7.62	--	3.12	8.65	0.36	--	--
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	32	atl	29	-	3	2	3.56	27	2	0	0	9	0	43.0	36	19	17	5	18	31	3	0	1.26	7.53	1.05	3.77	6.49	0.58	.267	1.00
1975	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	hou	30	-	1	0	5.00	7						9.0	7	6	5		7	9			1.56	7.00	--	7.00	9.00	0.78	--	--
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	30	-	6	4	3.07	40	4	1	1	21	4	88.0	79	32	30	3	39	54	2	0	1.34	8.08	0.31	3.99	5.52	0.72	.279	0.94
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	31	-	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	0	5	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	77	8	0	1.38	8.16	0.61	4.27	5.87	0.73	.271	0.97
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	32	16	13	8	3.04	44	14	9	2	12	5	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	101	5	1	1.21	7.72	0.70	3.19	5.03	0.63	.263	1.08
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	33	34	14	14	3.86	35	29	10	1	2	0	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	97	9	0	1.30	8.44	0.58	3.24	4.31	0.75	.270	1.04
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	34	4	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	19	0	1.24	7.54	0.58	3.65	4.06	0.90	.245	0.89
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	35	11	20	12	3.55	37	36	11	2	1	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	127	12	0	1.36	9.42	0.42	2.78	4.46	0.62	.300	1.05
1981	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	36	12	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	7	0	1.19	8.13	0.43	2.55	4.17	0.61	.267	1.00
1982	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	37	7	17	12	2.47	35	35	16	5	0	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	130	19	0	1.07	7.47	0.40	2.13	4.33	0.49	.253	1.21
1983	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	38	10	15	14	3.48	38	38	9	1	0	0	263.2	238	115	102	15	101	152	14	1	1.29	8.12	0.51	3.45	5.19	0.66	.272	1.13
1984	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	39	11	16	12	3.04	38	38	6	1	0	0	248.1	223	104	84	16	89	127	12	1	1.26	8.08	0.58	3.23	4.60	0.70	.265	1.06
1985	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	40	50	9	12	3.72	32	32	4	1	0	0	213.0	197	100	88	21	99	117	21	1	1.39	8.32	0.89	4.18	4.94	0.85	.266	0.97
1985	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	31	nyy	40	-	2	1	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	14	8	8	3	8	4	0	0	1.78	10.22	2.19	5.84	2.92	2.00	--	1.13
1986	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	39,47	nyy	41	-	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	0	0	0	125.2	139	84	68	15	63	59	10	1	1.61	9.95	1.07	4.51	4.23	1.07	.288	0.89
1987	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	39	nyy	42	72	3	4	3.55	8	8	1	0	0	0	50.2	40	25	20	4	19	30	0	0	1.16	7.11	0.71	3.37	5.33	0.63	--	0.82
1987	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	42	72	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	45	54	13	0	1.66	10.74	1.03	4.20	5.04	0.83	.322	0.91
1988	Minnesota	AL	MLB	36	min	43	-	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	0	2	0	11.2	16	13	13	2	9	7	2	3	2.14	12.34	1.54	6.94	5.40	1.29	.341	1.10
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MLB Totals (22 years) Career Ranks								221	204	3.59	702	500	107	29	93	16	3585	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	1747	172	8	1.32	8.70	0.69	3.17	4.39	0.72	.283	1.04
Minor League Totals (4 years)								17	7	2.11	56	0	0	0	0	0	183	149	56	43	0	50	141	0	0	1.09	7.33	0.00	2.46	6.93	0.35	--	--
AAA Totals (3 years)								11	1	2.16	39	0	0	0	0	0	75	57	21	18	0	28	70	0	0	1.13	6.84	0.00	3.36	8.40	0.40	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								5	4	2.51	12	0	0	0	0	0	79	71	28	22	0	15	50	0	0	1.09	8.09	0.00	1.71	5.70	0.30	--	--
A Totals (1 year)								1	2	1.08	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	17	7	3	0	6	14	0	0	0.92	6.12	0.00	2.16	5.04	0.43	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.25	9.00	0.00	2.25	15.75	0.14	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1967	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	22	p	57	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	1	13	0	0	9	2	1	.196	.204	.239	443	22	61	11	58	49	1	0.7	.257
1968	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	23	p	72	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	0	0	9	0	1	.100	.156	.100	256	27	79	6	73	64	-3	-1.4	.162
1969	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	48	chc	24	p	-	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	600	3	75	2	6	5	1	3.0	.250
1969	San Diego	NL	MLB	37	sd	24	p	-	38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	17	0	0	5	1	3	.118	.207	.137	344	29	76	7	63	54	-2	-0.8	.171
1970	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	25	p	55	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	0	0	15	0	0	.197	.274	.273	547	31	79	18	88	68	5	2.1	.265
1971	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	26	p	-	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	6	0	0	.133	.187	.167	354	14	44	5	38	32	0	-0.1	.190
1972	Detroit	AL	MLB	19	det	27	p	-	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.333	641	7	39	4	14	10	1	3.2	.375
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	36	atl	28	p	-	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	-	-	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	32	atl	29	p	-	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	7	0	6	6	--	--	.000
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	30	p	-	40	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.312	.214	527	5	13	3	18	13	1	2.3	.250
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	31	p	-	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	0	0	.185	.214	.370	585	13	36	10	32	26	2	2.3	.222
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	32	p	-	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	3	0	2	.140	.173	.140	313	16	36	7	55	48	-2	-1.0	.189
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	33	p	-	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	2	.138	.138	.169	308	26	72	11	74	67	-2	-0.8	.191
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	34	p	59	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	0	0	13	1	0	.120	.140	.145	284	37	97	12	99	87	-2	-0.6	.159
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	35	p	55	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	0	4	15	0	0	18	0	2	.275	.310	.337	647	36	97	27	102	78	9	3.0	.338
1981	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	36	p	64	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	11	0	0	.176	.208	.196	404	24	100	10	64	53	1	0.6	.220
1982	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	37	p	-	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	0	0	7	1	1	.090	.099	.112	211	35	100	10	98	90	-6	-1.8	.133
1983	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	38	p	71	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	1	0	12	0	1	.094	.105	.118	222	38	100	10	98	90	-4	-1.3	.127
1984	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	39	p	54	38	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	21	0	0	11	0	0	.133	.153	.133	285	37	97	11	96	83	-2	-0.8	.177
1985	Houston	NL	MLB	36	hou	40	p	79	32	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	16	0	0	10	1	4	.250	.257	.265	522	31	97	18	80	66	2	1.0	.321
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MLB Totals (19 years) Career Ranks									646	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	1	0	147	6	17	.156	.188	.188	376	433	67	183	1165	991	-0.7	0	.211
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1967	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	36		36	10	26	0	1	169	1.000	1.00	1.92
1968	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	34		42	9	33	0	2	177	1.000	1.24	2.14
1969	San Diego	NL	MLB	P	37		53	19	29	5	1	202	.906	1.30	2.14
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	4		7	2	5	0	1	19	1.000	1.75	3.32
1970	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	38		53	17	35	1	1	213	.981	1.37	2.20
1971	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	31		35	9	25	1	1	122	.971	1.10	2.51
1972	Detroit	AL	MLB	P	18		9	5	4	0	1	47	1.000	0.50	1.72
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	20		7	2	5	0	2	24	1.000	0.35	2.63
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	27		12	4	8	0	1	43	1.000	0.44	2.51
1975	Houston	NL	MLB	P	40		20	7	13	0	0	88	1.000	0.50	2.05
1976	Houston	NL	MLB	P	36		25	9	13	3	1	118	.880	0.61	1.68
1977	Houston	NL	MLB	P	44		42	11	31	0	7	180	1.000	0.95	2.10
1978	Houston	NL	MLB	P	35		39	18	21	0	3	202	1.000	1.11	1.74
1979	Houston	NL	MLB	P	38		53	14	39	0	4	263	1.000	1.39	1.81
1980	Houston	NL	MLB	P	37		56	17	37	2	2	256	.964	1.46	1.90
1981	Houston	NL	MLB	P	24		34	11	23	0	1	166	1.000	1.42	1.84
1982	Houston	NL	MLB	P	35		67	22	42	3	2	270	.955	1.83	2.13
1983	Houston	NL	MLB	P	38		49	9	36	4	0	263	.918	1.18	1.54
1984	Houston	NL	MLB	P	38		60	19	39	2	5	248	.967	1.53	2.10
1985	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	3		5	3	2	0	0	12	1.000	1.67	3.75
	Houston	NL	MLB	P	32		49	14	34	1	1	213	.980	1.50	2.03
1986	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	25		23	9	13	1	2	125	.957	0.88	1.58
1987	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	8		11	5	5	1	0	50	.909	1.25	1.80
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	19		18	6	11	1	1	96	.944	0.89	1.59
1988	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	5		5	2	3	0	1	11	1.000	1.00	4.09

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