Joe Niekro

Bats R · Throws R · b. 1944, Martins Ferry, USA · d. 2006 · MLB debut 1967-04-16, final game 1988-04-29

Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	CHN	NL	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	1	13	.196	.204	.239
1968	CHN	NL	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100	.156	.100
1969	2TM	NL	42	56	1	7	2	0	0	4	0	6	18	.125	.206	.161
1970	DET	AL	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273
1971	DET	AL	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167
1972	DET	AL	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.308	.333
1973	ATL	NL	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333
1974	ATL	NL	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1975	HOU	NL	40	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.214	.312	.214
1976	HOU	NL	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370
1977	HOU	NL	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	13	.140	.173	.140
1978	HOU	NL	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	18	.138	.138	.169
1979	HOU	NL	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	2	21	.120	.140	.145
1980	HOU	NL	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	4	15	.275	.310	.338
1981	HOU	NL	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	10	.176	.208	.196
1982	HOU	NL	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	30	.090	.099	.112
1983	HOU	NL	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	.094	.105	.118
1984	HOU	NL	38	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	2	21	.133	.153	.133
1985	2TM		35	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	1	16	.250	.257	.265
1986	NYA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	2TM	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967–1988			706	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	38	262	.156	.188	.188

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO
1967	CHN	NL	10	7	3.34	36	22	7	2	0	169.2	171	63	15	32	77
1968	CHN	NL	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	1	2	177.0	204	85	18	59	65
1969	2TM	NL	8	18	3.70	41	34	8	3	0	221.1	237	91	18	51	62
1970	DET	AL	12	13	4.06	38	34	6	2	0	213.0	221	96	28	72	101
1971	DET	AL	6	7	4.49	31	15	0	0	1	122.1	136	61	13	49	43
1972	DET	AL	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	0	1	47.0	62	20	3	8	24
1973	ATL	NL	2	4	4.12	20	0	0	0	3	24.0	23	11	2	11	12
1974	ATL	NL	3	2	3.56	27	2	0	0	0	43.0	36	17	5	18	31
1975	HOU	NL	6	4	3.07	40	4	1	1	4	88.0	79	30	3	39	54
1976	HOU	NL	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	0	0	118.0	107	44	8	56	77
1977	HOU	NL	13	8	3.04	44	14	9	2	5	180.2	155	61	14	64	101
1978	HOU	NL	14	14	3.86	35	29	10	1	0	202.2	190	87	13	73	97
1979	HOU	NL	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	17	107	119
1980	HOU	NL	20	12	3.55	37	36	11	2	0	256.0	268	101	12	79	127
1981	HOU	NL	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	166.0	150	52	8	47	77
1982	HOU	NL	17	12	2.47	35	35	16	5	0	270.0	224	74	12	64	130
1983	HOU	NL	15	14	3.48	38	38	9	1	0	263.2	238	102	15	101	152
1984	HOU	NL	16	12	3.04	38	38	6	1	0	248.1	223	84	16	89	127
1985	2TM		11	13	3.83	35	35	4	1	0	225.1	211	96	24	107	121
1986	NYA	AL	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	0	0	125.2	139	68	15	63	59
1987	2TM	AL	7	13	5.33	27	26	1	0	0	147.0	155	87	15	64	84
1988	MIN	AL	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	13	2	9	7
1967–1988			221	204	3.59	702	500	107	29	16	3584.0	3466	1431	276	1262	1747

Awards

1979 Pitcher of the Month (NL)
1979 TSN All-Star (NL)
1979 TSN Pitcher of the Year (NL)

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Voted by	Votes	Ballots	Needed
1994	BBWAA	6	456	342