Joe Niekro Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics

P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 190 lbs | Age: 61

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
1986	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	125.2	59	1.61
1987	7	13	5.33	27	26	0	147	84	1.48
1988	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	11.2	7	2.14
22 Seasons	221	204	3.59	702	500	16	3,584	1,747	1.32

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
1986	25	9-10	4.87	125.2	59	1.61
1987	27	7-13	5.33	147	84	1.48
1988	5	1-1	10.03	11.2	7	2.14
22 Seasons	702	221-204	3.59	3,584	1,747	1.32

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	1967	CHC	NL	36	58	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	13	1	0	.196	.204	.239	.443
	1968	CHC	NL	34	73	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	4	23	0	0	.100	.156	.100	.256
	1969	CHC	NL	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600
	1969	SD	NL	38	63	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	6	17	0	0	.118	.207	.137	.344
	1969	2 Teams		42	69	56	1	7	2	0	0	4	6	18	0	0	.125	.206	.161	.367
	1970	DET	AL	39	88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	7	17	0	0	.197	.274	.273	.547
	1971	DET	AL	32	38	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	2	9	0	0	.133	.188	.167	.355
	1972	DET	AL	18	14	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641
	1973	ATL	NL	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666
	1974	ATL	NL	27	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	1975	HOU	NL	40	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.214	.313	.214	.527
	1976	HOU	NL	36	32	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	.185	.214	.370	.584
	1977	HOU	NL	44	55	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	2	13	0	0	.140	.173	.140	.313
	1978	HOU	NL	36	74	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	18	0	0	.138	.138	.169	.307
*	1979	HOU	NL	38	99	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	2	21	0	0	.120	.140	.145	.285
	1980	HOU	NL	37	102	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	4	15	0	0	.275	.310	.338	.648
	1981	HOU	NL	24	64	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	2	10	0	0	.176	.208	.196	.404
	1982	HOU	NL	35	98	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	1	30	0	0	.090	.099	.112	.211
	1983	HOU	NL	38	98	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	22	0	1	.094	.105	.118	.223
	1984	HOU	NL	38	96	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	2	21	0	0	.133	.153	.133	.286
	1985	HOU	NL	32	80	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	1	16	0	0	.250	.257	.265	.522
	19 Seasons	5 Teams		646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	38	262	1	1	.156	.188	.188	.376

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	SF	BABIP	XBH	GIDP	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE	WO
1967	CHC	NL	58	11		9	2	.257	2	1				.224	.000	.077	.043
1968	CHC	NL	73	6		9	0	.162	0	1				.315	.000	.174	.000
1969	CHC	NL	6	2		1	0	.250	1	0				.167	.000	.---	.200
1969	SD	NL	63	7		5	1	.171	1	3				.270	.000	.353	.020
1969	2 Teams		69	9		6	1	.179	2	3				.261	.000	.333	.036
1970	DET	AL	88	18		15	0	.265	4	0				.193	.000	.412	.076
1971	DET	AL	38	5		6	0	.190	1	0				.237	.000	.222	.033
1972	DET	AL	14	4		1	0	.375	1	0				.286	.000	.250	.083
1973	ATL	NL	3	1		0	0	.500	0	0				.333	.000	.---	.000
1974	ATL	NL	6	0	4	1	0	.000	0	0	0	8	1.333	.167	.000	.---	.000	0	0
1975	HOU	NL	18	3	7	2	0	.250	0	0	3	28	1.556	.111	.000	1.000	.000	0	0
1976	HOU	NL	32	10	7	4	0	.222	3	0	6	51	1.594	.250	.031	.125	.185	0	0
1977	HOU	NL	55	7	27	3	0	.189	0	2	8	87	1.582	.236	.000	.154	.000	1	0
1978	HOU	NL	74	11	33	9	0	.191	2	2	12	110	1.486	.243	.000	.---	.031	0	0
1979	HOU	NL	99	12	35	13	1	.159	2	0	16	150	1.515	.212	.000	.095	.024	1	0
1980	HOU	NL	102	27	36	18	0	.338	5	2	23	144	1.412	.147	.000	.267	.063	0	1
1981	HOU	NL	64	10	27	11	0	.220	1	0	14	90	1.406	.156	.000	.200	.020	1	0
1982	HOU	NL	98	10	43	7	1	.133	2	1	13	161	1.643	.306	.000	.033	.022	0	0
1983	HOU	NL	98	10	38	12	0	.127	2	1	16	142	1.449	.224	.000	.---	.024	0	0
1984	HOU	NL	96	11	34	11	0	.177	0	0	14	144	1.500	.219	.000	.095	.000	2	0
1985	HOU	NL	80	18	43	10	1	.321	1	4	19	115	1.438	.200	.000	.063	.015	4	0
19 Seasons	5 Teams		1165	183	334	147	6	.211	28	17	144	1230	1.056	.225	.001	.145	.032	9	1

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
	1967	CHC	NL	706	10	7	3.34	36	22	0	169.2	171	68	63	15	32	77	1.20
	1968	CHC	NL	769	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	65	1.49
	1969	CHC	NL	86	0	1	3.72	4	3	0	19.1	24	9	8	3	6	7	1.55
	1969	SD	NL	842	8	17	3.70	37	31	0	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	55	1.28
	1969	2 Teams		928	8	18	3.70	41	34	0	221.1	237	100	91	18	51	62	1.30
	1970	DET	AL	914	12	13	4.06	38	34	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	101	1.38
	1971	DET	AL	540	6	7	4.49	31	15	1	122.1	136	62	61	13	49	43	1.51
	1972	DET	AL	199	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	24	1.49
	1973	ATL	NL	99	2	4	4.13	20	0	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	12	1.42
	1974	ATL	NL	178	3	2	3.56	27	2	0	43.0	36	19	17	5	18	31	1.26
	1975	HOU	NL	378	6	4	3.07	40	4	4	88.0	79	32	30	3	39	54	1.34
	1976	HOU	NL	516	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	77	1.38
	1977	HOU	NL	737	13	8	3.04	44	14	5	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	101	1.21
	1978	HOU	NL	861	14	14	3.86	35	29	0	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	97	1.30
*	1979	HOU	NL	1095	21	11	3.00	38	38	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	1.24
	1980	HOU	NL	1096	20	12	3.55	37	36	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	127	1.36
	1981	HOU	NL	676	9	9	2.82	24	24	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	1.19
	1982	HOU	NL	1067	17	12	2.47	35	35	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	130	1.07
	1983	HOU	NL	1113	15	14	3.48	38	38	0	263.2	238	115	102	15	101	152	1.29
	1984	HOU	NL	1027	16	12	3.04	38	38	0	248.1	223	104	84	16	89	127	1.26
	1985	HOU	NL	925	9	12	3.72	32	32	0	213.0	197	100	88	21	99	117	1.39
	1985	NYY	AL	58	2	1	5.84	3	3	0	12.1	14	8	8	3	8	4	1.78
	1985	2 Teams		983	11	13	3.83	35	35	0	225.1	211	108	96	24	107	121	1.41
	1986	NYY	AL	571	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	125.2	139	84	68	15	63	59	1.61
	1987	NYY	AL	211	3	4	3.55	8	8	0	50.2	40	25	20	4	19	30	1.16
	1987	MIN	AL	443	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	44	54	1.65
	1987	2 Teams		654	7	13	5.33	27	26	0	147.0	155	101	87	15	63	84	1.48
	1988	MIN	AL	59	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	11.2	16	13	13	2	9	7	2.14
	22 Seasons	7 Teams		15166	221	204	3.59	702	500	16	3584.0	3466	1620	1431	276	1261	1747	1.32

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
1967	CHC	NL	P	36	22	169.2	36	9	27	0	1	1.000
1968	CHC	NL	P	34	29	177.1	43	9	34	0	2	1.000
1969	CHC	NL	P	4	3	19.1	7	1	6	0	1	1.000
1969	SD	NL	P	37	31	202.0	54	18	31	5	1	.907
1969	2 Teams		P	41	34	221.1	61	19	37	5	2	.918
1970	DET	AL	P	38	34	213.0	52	17	34	1	1	.981
1971	DET	AL	P	31	15	122.1	34	9	24	1	1	.971
1972	DET	AL	P	18	7	47.0	8	5	3	0	1	1.000
1973	ATL	NL	P	20	0	24.0	7	2	5	0	2	1.000
1974	ATL	NL	P	27	2	43.0	11	4	7	0	1	1.000
1975	HOU	NL	P	40	4	88.0	19	7	12	0	0	1.000
1976	HOU	NL	P	36	13	118.0	27	9	15	3	1	.889
1977	HOU	NL	P	44	14	180.2	43	12	31	0	7	1.000
1978	HOU	NL	P	35	29	202.2	39	19	20	0	3	1.000
1979	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	53	14	39	0	4	1.000
1980	HOU	NL	P	37	36	256.0	55	18	35	2	2	.964
1981	HOU	NL	P	24	24	166.0	30	9	21	0	0	1.000
1982	HOU	NL	P	35	35	270.0	70	23	44	3	2	.957
1983	HOU	NL	P	38	38	263.2	47	10	33	4	0	.915
1984	HOU	NL	P	38	38	248.1	57	18	37	2	5	.965
1985	HOU	NL	P	32	32	213.0	52	16	35	1	1	.981
1985	NYY	AL	P	3	3	12.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000
1985	2 Teams		P	35	35	225.1	57	19	37	1	1	.982
1986	NYY	AL	P	25	25	125.2	22	8	13	1	2	.955
1987	NYY	AL	P	8	8	50.2	11	5	5	1	0	.909
1987	MIN	AL	P	19	18	96.1	17	5	11	1	1	.941
1987	2 Teams		P	27	26	147.0	28	10	16	2	1	.929
1988	MIN	AL	P	5	2	11.2	5	2	3	0	1	1.000
22 Seasons	7 Teams		P	702	500	3584.1	804	252	527	25	40	.969

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Rankings

Doubles

Year	2B	Rank
1984	38	6th in NL
1983	35	13th in NL
1981	21	18th in NL
1980	35	16th in NL
1968		20th in NL
1967		10th in NL

Triples

Year	3B	Rank
1983	7	15th in NL
1982	6	15th in NL
1980	7	15th in NL
1979	7	13th in NL
1978	6	21st in NL
1971		23rd in AL
1969		14th in
1969		14th in NL
1969		14th in NL
1968		17th in NL
1967		2nd in NL

Home Runs

Year	HR	Rank
1984	16	17th in NL
1979	17	18th in NL
1970	28	8th in AL
1969	18	19th in
1969	15	19th in NL
1969	3	19th in NL
1968	18	5th in NL
1967	15	24th in NL

Total Bases

Year	TB	Rank
1984	317	10th in NL
1983	332	8th in NL
1982	297	19th in NL
1981	203	10th in NL
1980	353	4th in NL
1979	312	20th in NL
1970		19th in AL
1969		17th in
1969		17th in NL
1969		17th in NL
1968		15th in NL
1967		22nd in NL

Runs

Year	R	Rank
1984	104	5th in NL
1983	115	4th in NL
1981	60	14th in NL
1980	119	3rd in NL
1979	102	12th in NL
1978	97	15th in NL
1970	107	17th in AL
1969	100	19th in
1969	91	19th in NL
1969	9	19th in NL
1968	93	12th in NL

Hits

Year	H	Rank
1984	223	6th in NL
1983	238	5th in NL
1982	224	11th in NL
1981	150	7th in NL
1980	268	2nd in NL
1979	221	15th in NL
1970	221	19th in AL
1969	237	13th in
1969	213	13th in NL
1969	24	13th in NL
1968	204	20th in NL

Wins

Year	Wins	Rank
1984	16	4th in NL
1983	15	6th in NL
1982	17	5th in NL
1981	9	13th in NL
1980	20	2nd in NL
1979	21	1st in NL
1978	14	14th in NL
1977	13	18th in NL
1970	12	21st in AL
1968	14	13th in NL

At Bats

Year	AB	Rank
1984	925	3rd in NL
1983	987	4th in NL
1982	980	5th in NL
1981	617	4th in NL
1980	993	4th in NL
1979	970	4th in NL
1970	830	23rd in AL
1969	860	23rd in
1969	781	23rd in NL
1969	79	23rd in NL

Innings Pitched

Year	IP	Rank
1984	248.1	3rd in NL
1983	263.2	4th in NL
1982	270.0	4th in NL
1981	166.0	5th in NL
1980	256.0	5th in NL
1979	263.2	3rd in NL
1970	213.0	25th in AL
1969	221.1	25th in
1969	202.0	25th in NL
1969	19.1	25th in NL

Losses

Year	Losses	Rank
1987	13	10th in
1987	9	10th in AL
1987	4	10th in AL
1984	12	17th in NL
1983	14	4th in NL
1982	12	20th in NL
1981	9	6th in NL
1980	12	16th in NL
1979	11	22nd in NL
1978	14	8th in NL
1970	13	13th in AL
1969	18	3rd in
1969	17	3rd in NL
1969	1	3rd in NL

Hit By Pitch

Year	HBP	Rank
1987	10	2nd in
1987	6	2nd in AL
1987	4	2nd in AL
1984	4	10th in NL
1983	3	25th in NL
1982	5	7th in NL
1980	4	10th in NL
1979	7	5th in NL
1978	9	3rd in NL

Strikeouts

Year	SO	Rank
1984	127	23rd in NL
1983	152	9th in NL
1982	130	20th in NL
1981	77	18th in NL
1980	127	14th in NL
1979	119	17th in NL

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Awards

World Series Championship

Year	Team
1987

Astros Most Valuable Player

Year	Team
1979

NL All-Star

Year	Team
1979

NL Pitcher of the Month

Month	Team
05/1979

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	vs Left				4			3.2	21	6			1	5	3	3.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	vs Right				5			8.0	38	10			1	4	4	1.75

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	April	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	11.2	59	16	13	13	2	9	7	2.14
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Pre All-Star	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	11.2	59	16	13	13	2	9	7	2.14

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Bases Empty	5	5.0	23	5	0	2	2	1.40
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Bases Loaded	2	0.2	4	2	0	0	0	3.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 1st	3	2.0	9	3	1	0	2	1.50
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 1st & 2nd	3	1.0	4	0	0	2	0	2.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 1st & 3rd	1	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	1.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 2nd	3	1.0	7	2	0	2	1	4.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	3	0.2	5	3	1	0	0	4.50
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 3rd	2	0.1	4	1	0	2	1	9.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Scoring Position	3	4.2	27	8	1	7	3	3.21

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Home Games	0	1	10.80	3	1	0	6.2	32	10	8	8	2	3	4	1.95
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Away Games	1	0	9.00	2	1	0	5.0	27	6	5	5	0	6	3	2.40
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Night Games	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	11.2	59	16	13	13	2	9	7	2.14
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Leading Off Inning				5			2.0	12	3			0	2	2	2.50
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Late / Close				1			2.0	6	0			0	0	0	0.00

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	No Outs	5	4.0	20	5	0	2	4	1.75
Minnesota Twins	MLB	One Out	5	4.2	25	9	0	4	1	2.79
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Two Outs	5	3.0	14	2	2	3	2	1.67

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	First Inning	4.50	2	2.0	9	3	1	1	0	1	2	2.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Second Inning	32.40	2	1.2	13	5	6	6	1	3	2	4.80
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Third Inning	27.00	1	1.0	9	2	3	3	0	4	0	6.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Fourth Inning	-.--	1	0.0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	-.--
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Sixth Inning	9.00	1	1.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Seventh Inning	0.00	2	2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Eighth Inning	0.00	2	2.0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Ninth Inning	0.00	2	2.0	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.50

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1988-04-12	Cleveland Indians	Minnesota Twins	1	0	0.00	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1988-04-19	Minnesota Twins	New York Yankees	0	1	17.18	1	1	1.2	7	7	7	1	2	1	2.45
1988-04-22	Minnesota Twins	Cleveland Indians	0	0	13.50	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.93
1988-04-23	Minnesota Twins	Cleveland Indians	0	0	8.31	1	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	2	1.50
1988-04-29	Boston Red Sox	Minnesota Twins	0	0	10.03	1	1	3.0	6	5	5	0	6	3	2.14
April	Minnesota Twins		1	1	10.03	5	2	11.2	16	13	13	2	9	7	2.14

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