Joe Niekro

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Year	Age	Lvl	Lg	Org	W	L	Win%	SV	G	GS	GF	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HB	GIDP	ERA	WHIP
1967	22	MLB	NL	CHN	10	7	.588	0	36	22	9	7	2	169.2	171	68	63	15	32	7	77	2	0	3.34	1.20
1968	23	MLB	NL	CHN	14	10	.583	2	34	29	4	2	1	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	8	65	3	0	4.32	1.49
1969	24	MLB	NL	CHN	0	1	.000	0	4	3	0	0	0	19.1	24	9	8	3	6	0	7	0	0	3.72	1.55
1969	24	MLB	NL	SD	8	17	.320	0	37	31	6	8	3	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	9	55	0	0	3.70	1.28
1969	24	MLB	NL	TOT	8	18	.308	0	41	34	6	8	3	221.1	237	100	91	18	51	9	62	0	0	3.70	1.30
1970	25	MLB	AL	DET	12	13	.480	0	38	34	2	6	2	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	4	101	3	0	4.06	1.38
1971	26	MLB	AL	DET	6	7	.462	1	31	15	5	0	0	122.1	136	62	61	13	49	3	43	2	0	4.49	1.51
1972	27	MLB	AL	DET	3	2	.600	1	18	7	4	1	0	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	1	24	1	0	3.83	1.49
1973	28	MLB	NL	ATL	2	4	.333	3	20	0	11	0	0	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	1	12	0	0	4.13	1.42
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL	3	2	.600	0	27	2	9	0	0	43.0	36	19	17	5	18	2	31	2	6	3.56	1.26
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU	6	4	.600	4	40	4	21	1	1	88.0	79	32	30	3	39	4	54	2	4	3.07	1.34
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU	4	8	.333	0	36	13	5	0	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	1	77	1	5	3.36	1.38
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU	13	8	.619	5	44	14	12	9	2	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	3	101	1	20	3.04	1.21
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU	14	14	.500	0	35	29	2	10	1	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	1	97	9	13	3.86	1.30
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU	21	11	.656	0	38	38	0	11	5	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	1	119	7	27	3.00	1.24
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU	20	12	.625	0	37	36	1	11	2	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	3	127	4	21	3.55	1.36
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU	9	9	.500	0	24	24	0	5	2	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	4	77	0	10	2.82	1.19
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU	17	12	.586	0	35	35	0	16	5	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	1	130	5	21	2.47	1.07
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU	15	14	.517	0	38	38	0	9	1	263.2	238	115	102	15	101	5	152	3	15	3.48	1.29
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU	16	12	.571	0	38	38	0	6	1	248.1	223	104	84	16	89	4	127	4	21	3.04	1.26
1985	40	MLB	NL	HOU	9	12	.429	0	32	32	0	4	1	213.0	197	100	88	21	99	6	117	5	15	3.72	1.39
1985	40	MLB	AL	NYA	2	1	.667	0	3	3	0	0	0	12.1	14	8	8	3	8	0	4	0	0	5.84	1.78
1985	40	MLB		TOT	11	13	.458	0	35	35	0	4	1	225.1	211	108	96	24	107	6	121	5	15	3.83	1.41
1986	41	MLB	AL	NYA	9	10	.474	0	25	25	0	0	0	125.2	139	84	68	15	63	3	59	1	9	4.87	1.61
1987	42	MLB	AL	NYA	3	4	.429	0	8	8	0	1	0	50.2	40	25	20	4	19	0	30	4	2	3.55	1.16
1987	42	MLB	AL	MIN	4	9	.308	0	19	18	0	0	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	45	0	54	6	8	6.26	1.66
1987	42	MLB	AL	TOT	7	13	.350	0	27	26	0	1	0	147.0	155	101	87	15	64	0	84	10	10	5.33	1.49
1988	43	MLB	AL	MIN	1	1	.500	0	5	2	2	0	0	11.2	16	13	13	2	9	0	7	0	1	10.03	2.14
Totals					W	L	Win%	SV	G	GS	GF	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HB	GIDP	ERA	WHIP
Career			CHN		24	18	.571	2	74	54	13	9	3	366.0	399	170	156	36	97	15	149	5	0	3.84	1.36
Career			SD		8	17	.320	0	37	31	6	8	3	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	9	55	0	0	3.70	1.28
Career			DET		21	22	.488	2	87	56	11	7	2	382.1	419	189	177	44	129	8	168	6	0	4.17	1.43
Career			ATL		5	6	.455	3	47	2	20	0	0	67.0	59	30	28	7	29	3	43	2	6	3.76	1.31
Career			HOU		144	116	.554	9	397	301	41	82	21	2270.0	2052	934	811	139	818	33	1178	41	172	3.22	1.26
Career			NYA		14	15	.483	0	36	36	0	1	0	188.2	193	117	96	22	90	3	93	5	11	4.58	1.50
Career			MIN		5	10	.333	0	24	20	2	0	0	108.0	131	89	80	13	54	0	61	6	9	6.67	1.71
Career			Majors		221	204	.520	16	702	500	93	107	29	3584.0	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	71	1747	65	198	3.59	1.32

Year	Age	Lvl	Lg	Org	W	L	Win%	SV	G	GS	GF	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HB	GIDP	ERA	WHIP
1969	24	MLB		TOT										0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---
1969	24	MLB		TOT										0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL										15.1	10	6	4	1	8	0	14	0	0	2.35	1.17
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL										27.2	26	13	13	4	10	2	17	2	6	4.23	1.30
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU										37.1	44	21	20	1	24	4	21	1	2	4.82	1.82
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU										50.2	35	11	10	2	15	0	33	1	2	1.78	0.99
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU										52.0	56	33	23	3	30	1	31	0	0	3.98	1.65
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU										66.0	51	27	21	5	26	0	46	1	5	2.86	1.17
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU										75.1	68	24	23	6	26	1	38	0	9	2.75	1.25
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU										105.1	87	42	38	8	38	2	63	1	11	3.25	1.19
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU										85.0	82	43	40	5	30	0	34	4	5	4.24	1.32
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU										117.2	108	54	47	8	43	1	63	5	8	3.59	1.28
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU										113.1	88	35	30	3	46	0	50	4	10	2.38	1.18
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU										150.1	133	67	58	14	61	1	69	3	17	3.47	1.29
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU										114.1	120	52	42	5	39	1	51	2	8	3.31	1.39
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU										141.2	148	67	59	7	40	2	76	2	13	3.75	1.33
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU										76.2	75	25	23	3	31	4	30	0	6	2.70	1.38
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU										89.1	75	35	29	5	16	0	47	0	4	2.92	1.02
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU										133.0	101	43	42	6	42	1	69	1	6	2.84	1.08
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU										137.0	123	36	32	6	22	0	61	4	15	2.10	1.06
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU										126.1	120	59	52	8	47	4	60	0	9	3.70	1.32
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU										137.1	118	56	50	7	54	1	92	3	6	3.28	1.25
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU										117.1	118	56	47	9	51	4	57	2	9	3.61	1.44
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU										131.0	105	48	37	7	38	0	70	2	12	2.54	1.09
1985	40	MLB		TOT										109.0	112	56	48	12	66	4	39	3	8	3.96	1.63
1985	40	MLB		TOT										116.1	99	52	48	12	41	2	82	2	7	3.71	1.20
1986	41	MLB	AL	NYA										58.0	65	43	36	5	39	3	25	1	3	5.59	1.79
1986	41	MLB	AL	NYA										67.2	74	41	32	10	24	0	34	0	6	4.26	1.45
1987	42	MLB		TOT										77.2	88	53	47	11	38	0	41	2	5	5.45	1.62
1987	42	MLB		TOT										69.1	67	48	40	4	26	0	43	8	5	5.19	1.34
1988	43	MLB	AL	MIN										3.1	5	3	3	1	5	0	2	0	1	8.10	3.00
1988	43	MLB	AL	MIN										8.1	11	10	10	1	4	0	5	0	0	10.80	1.80
Totals					W	L	Win%	SV	G	GS	GF	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HB	GIDP	ERA	WHIP
Career			vs LH											1194.0	1152	552	480	79	522	27	562	20	81	3.62	1.40
Career			vs RH											1415.2	1260	607	524	100	458	11	801	34	117	3.33	1.21

Year	Age	Lvl	Lg	Org	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SH	SF	HB	GIDP	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS
1967	22	MLB	NL	CHN	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	0	13	1	0	9	2	0	1	.196	.204	.239	.443
1968	23	MLB	NL	CHN	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	23	0	0	9	0	0	1	.100	.156	.100	.256
1969	24	MLB	NL	CHN	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600
1969	24	MLB	NL	SD	38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	6	0	17	0	0	5	1	0	3	.118	.207	.137	.344
1969	24	MLB	NL	TOT	42	56	1	7	2	0	0	4	6	0	18	0	0	6	1	0	3	.125	.206	.161	.367
1970	25	MLB	AL	DET	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	7	0	17	0	0	15	0	0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547
1971	26	MLB	AL	DET	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	9	0	0	6	0	0	0	.133	.188	.167	.354
1972	27	MLB	AL	DET	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641
1973	28	MLB	NL	ATL	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU	11	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.214	.313	.214	.527
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU	19	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	4	0	0	0	.185	.214	.370	.585
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU	26	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	13	0	0	3	0	0	2	.140	.173	.140	.313
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU	28	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	0	2	.138	.138	.169	.308
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU	37	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	2	0	21	0	0	13	1	0	0	.120	.140	.145	.284
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	4	0	15	0	0	18	0	0	2	.275	.310	.338	.647
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	2	0	10	0	0	11	0	0	0	.176	.208	.196	.404
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	1	0	30	0	0	7	1	0	1	.090	.099	.112	.211
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	0	0	12	0	1	1	.094	.105	.118	.222
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU	37	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	2	0	21	0	0	11	0	0	0	.133	.153	.133	.285
1985	40	MLB	NL	HOU	31	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	1	0	16	0	0	10	1	0	4	.250	.257	.265	.522
Totals					G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SH	SF	HB	GIDP	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS
Career			CHN		74	111	7	16	3	0	0	13	5	0	37	1	0	19	2	0	2	.144	.178	.171	.349
Career			SD		38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	6	0	17	0	0	5	1	0	3	.118	.207	.137	.344
Career			DET		89	108	15	20	5	1	0	10	10	0	30	0	0	22	0	0	0	.185	.254	.250	.504
Career			ATL		26	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Career			HOU		323	695	32	109	17	0	1	47	17	0	176	0	0	100	3	1	12	.157	.177	.186	.363
Career			Majors		550	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	38	0	262	1	0	147	6	1	17	.156	.188	.188	.376

Year	Age	Lvl	Lg	Org	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SH	SF	HB	GIDP	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS
1969	24	MLB		TOT		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1969	24	MLB		TOT		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	29	MLB	NL	ATL		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU		6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1975	30	MLB	NL	HOU		8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
1976	31	MLB	NL	HOU		19	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	.263	.263	.526	.789
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU		15	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321
1977	32	MLB	NL	HOU		35	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	0	0	3	0	0	2	.143	.167	.143	.310
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU		20	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	.200	.200	.300	.500
1978	33	MLB	NL	HOU		45	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	0	0	5	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU		30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	4	0	0	0	.033	.065	.033	.098
1979	34	MLB	NL	HOU		53	0	9	2	0	0	3	1	0	10	0	0	9	1	0	0	.170	.182	.208	.389
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU		28	6	8	3	0	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	7	0	0	1	.286	.355	.393	.748
1980	35	MLB	NL	HOU		52	1	14	2	0	0	7	1	0	9	0	0	11	0	0	1	.269	.283	.308	.591
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU		12	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801
1981	36	MLB	NL	HOU		39	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	8	0	0	7	0	0	0	.128	.150	.128	.278
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU		23	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	2	1	0	0	.043	.042	.043	.085
1982	37	MLB	NL	HOU		66	1	7	2	0	0	3	1	0	21	0	0	5	0	0	1	.106	.119	.136	.256
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU		37	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	5	0	0	1	.081	.081	.081	.162
1983	38	MLB	NL	HOU		48	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	7	0	1	0	.104	.122	.146	.268
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU		24	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237
1984	39	MLB	NL	HOU		59	2	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	17	0	0	10	0	0	0	.153	.153	.153	.305
1985	40	MLB	NL	HOU		23	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	.304	.292	.348	.639
1985	40	MLB	NL	HOU		45	4	10	0	0	0	4	1	0	13	0	0	5	0	0	4	.222	.239	.222	.461
Totals					G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SH	SF	HB	GIDP	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS
Career			vs LH			229	15	34	7	0	0	14	9	0	55	0	0	33	2	0	3	.148	.179	.179	.358
Career			vs RH			471	17	75	10	0	1	33	8	0	122	0	0	68	1	1	9	.159	.175	.187	.361

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