Joe Niekro -- P
W L ERA
10 /
7 /
3.34
WHIP K/9 WAR
1.20 /
4.1 /
| Year | Name | Team | T | W | L | IP | G | GS | CG | ShO | SV | BS | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | K/9 | ERA | WHIP | WAR | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Joe Niekro | CHC | R | 10 | 7 | 169.7 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 68 | 63 | 15 | 32 | 77 | 4.1 | 3.34 | 1.20 | 2.0 | |
| 1968 | Joe Niekro | CHC | R | 14 | 10 | 177.0 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 93 | 85 | 18 | 59 | 65 | 3.3 | 4.32 | 1.49 | -0.1 | |
| 1969 | Joe Niekro | CHC | R | 0 | 1 | 19.3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3.3 | 3.72 | 1.55 | 0.0 | |
| 1969 | Joe Niekro | SDP | R | 8 | 17 | 202.0 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 91 | 83 | 15 | 45 | 55 | 2.5 | 3.70 | 1.28 | 1.6 | |
| 1970 | Joe Niekro | DET | R | 12 | 13 | 213.0 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 107 | 96 | 28 | 72 | 101 | 4.3 | 4.06 | 1.38 | 1.6 | |
| 1971 | Joe Niekro | DET | R | 6 | 7 | 122.3 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 62 | 61 | 13 | 49 | 43 | 3.2 | 4.49 | 1.51 | 0.2 | |
| 1972 | Joe Niekro | DET | R | 3 | 2 | 47.0 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 4.6 | 3.83 | 1.49 | 0.8 | |
| 1973 | Joe Niekro | ATL | R | 2 | 4 | 24.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4.5 | 4.13 | 1.42 | 0.0 | |
| 1974 | Joe Niekro | ATL | R | 3 | 2 | 43.0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 6.5 | 3.56 | 1.26 | 0.1 | |
| 1975 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 6 | 4 | 88.0 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 54 | 5.5 | 3.07 | 1.34 | 0.8 | |
| 1976 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 4 | 8 | 118.0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 60 | 44 | 8 | 56 | 77 | 5.9 | 3.36 | 1.38 | 0.4 | |
| 1977 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 13 | 8 | 180.7 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 155 | 66 | 61 | 14 | 64 | 101 | 5.0 | 3.04 | 1.21 | 1.6 | |
| 1978 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 14 | 14 | 202.7 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 97 | 87 | 13 | 73 | 97 | 4.3 | 3.86 | 1.30 | 1.4 | |
| 1979 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 21 | 11 | 263.7 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 102 | 88 | 17 | 107 | 119 | 4.1 | 3.00 | 1.24 | 1.8 | AS, CY-2, MVP-6 |
| 1980 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 20 | 12 | 256.0 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 119 | 101 | 12 | 79 | 127 | 4.5 | 3.55 | 1.36 | 3.4 | CY-4, MVP-19 |
| 1981 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 9 | 9 | 166.0 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 47 | 77 | 4.2 | 2.82 | 1.19 | 2.2 | |
| 1982 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 17 | 12 | 270.0 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 79 | 74 | 12 | 64 | 130 | 4.3 | 2.47 | 1.07 | 4.2 | |
| 1983 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 15 | 14 | 263.7 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 115 | 102 | 15 | 101 | 152 | 5.2 | 3.48 | 1.29 | 3.1 | |
| 1984 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 16 | 12 | 248.3 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 104 | 84 | 16 | 89 | 127 | 4.6 | 3.04 | 1.26 | 2.0 | |
| 1985 | Joe Niekro | HOU | R | 9 | 12 | 213.0 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 100 | 88 | 21 | 99 | 117 | 4.9 | 3.72 | 1.39 | 0.2 | |
| 1985 | Joe Niekro | NYY | R | 2 | 1 | 12.3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2.9 | 5.84 | 1.78 | -0.2 | |
| 1986 | Joe Niekro | NYY | R | 9 | 10 | 125.7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 84 | 68 | 15 | 63 | 59 | 4.2 | 4.87 | 1.61 | 0.5 | |
| 1987 | Joe Niekro | MIN | R | 4 | 9 | 96.3 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 76 | 67 | 11 | 45 | 54 | 5.0 | 6.26 | 1.66 | 0.8 | |
| 1987 | Joe Niekro | NYY | R | 3 | 4 | 50.7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 5.3 | 3.55 | 1.16 | 0.8 | |
| 1988 | Joe Niekro | MIN | R | 1 | 1 | 11.7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5.4 | 10.03 | 2.14 | -0.2 | |
| Totals | 221 | 204 | 3,584.0 | 702 | 500 | 107 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 3466 | 1620 | 1431 | 276 | 1262 | 1747 | 4.4 | 3.59 | 1.32 | 29 | ||||
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