Joe Niekro

Detroit · #19 · P
$12,000 (1 yr)
HT/WT6'0", 190 lbs
BIRTHDATE11/7/1944 (25)
BAT/THRR/R
BIRTHPLACEMartins Ferry, Ohio
STATUS ● Active

1970 Season Stats

W-L

3-5

ERA

4.05

K

52

97th

WHIP

1.45

Stats

Career Pitching — MLB

Season Team GPGS WL W% WAR ERAWHIP IP KBB K/BB HR ER SVHLD BLSV
1967 CHC 36 22 10 7 0.588 1.5 3.34 1.20 169.2 77 32 2.4 171 68 63 0 1 1
1968 CHC 34 29 14 10 0.583 -0.9 4.32 1.49 177.0 65 59 1.1 204 93 85 2 0 1
1969 CHC 4 3 0 1 0.000 -0.1 3.72 1.55 19.1 7 6 1.2 24 9 8 0 0 0
1969 SD 37 31 8 17 0.320 1.8 3.70 1.28 202.0 55 45 1.2 213 91 83 0 0 1
1969 Combined 41 34 8 18 0.308 1.7 3.70 1.30 221.1 62 51 1.2 237 100 91 0 0 1
1970 DET 21 9 2 5 0.286 0.0 4.07 1.48 90.2 48 46 1.0 88 55 41 0 0 0
Total 132 94 34 40 0.459 2.2 3.83 1.35 658.2 252 188 1.3 700 316 280 2 1 3

Opponent Batting

Season Team P TBF P-TBF OBA OOBP OSLG OOPS 2B 3B HR TB SH SF IBB
1967 CHC 2,465 706 3.492 0.257 0.292 0.325 0.617 0 0 15 216 9 4 7
1968 CHC 2,764 769 3.594 0.292 0.347 0.369 0.716 0 0 18 258 9 5 8
1969 CHC 304 86 3.535 0.300 0.345 0.413 0.758 0 0 3 33 1 1 0
1969 SD 2,936 842 3.487 0.270 0.308 0.327 0.635 0 0 15 258 10 5 9
1970 DET 1,672 411 4.068 0.247 0.333 0.402 0.735 17 1 12 143 6 2 1
Career 10,141 2814 3.604 0.270 0.319 0.351 0.670 17 1 63 908 35 17 25

Expanded Pitching

Season Team P/S P/I K/9 QS CG SHO GB% GB FB G/F IR IRS WP BK SB CS RSUP
1967 CHC 112.0 14.5 4.1 15 7 2 53.6 225 195 1.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
1968 CHC 95.3 15.6 3.3 13 2 1 53.6 237 205 1.2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0
1969 CHC 101.3 15.7 3.3 0 0 0 69.4 34 15 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1969 SD 94.7 14.5 2.5 12 8 3 49.0 263 274 1.0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0
1970 DET 185.8 18.4 4.8 4 1 0 44.3 93 117 0.8 4 0 2 0 4 1 3.1
Career 107.9 15.4 3.4 44 18 6 51.4 852 806 1.1 4 0 10 0 4 1 0.3

Glossary

2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
BB: Walks
BK: Balks
BLSV: Blown Saves
CG: Complete Games
CS: Caught Stealing
ER: Earned Runs
ERA: Earned Run Average
FB: Fly Balls
G/F: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio
GB: Ground Balls
GB%: Ground Ball Percentage
GP: Games Played
GS: Games Started
H: Hits
HLD: Holds
HR: Home Runs
IBB: Intentional Walks
IP: Innings Pitched
IR: Inherited Runners
IRS: Inherited Runners Scored
K: Strikeouts
K/9: Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
K/BB: Strikeout To Walk Ratio
L: Losses
OBA: Opponent Batting Average
OOBP: Opponent's On-Base Pct
OOPS: Opponent's OBP + SLG Pct
OSLUG: Opponent's Slugging Pct
P: Pitches
P-TBF: Pitches Per Batter Faced
P/I: Pitches Per Inning
P/S: Pitches Per Start
QS: Quality Starts
R: Runs
RSUP: Run Support
SB: Stolen Bases
SF: Sacrifice Flies
SH: Sacrifice Bunts
SHO: Shutouts
SV: Saves
TB: Total Bases
TBF: Batters Faced
W: Wins
W%: Win Percentage
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
WHIP: Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched
WP: Wild Pitches