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Historical player · 1967–1988

Joe Niekro

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 185 · Born 11/7/1944 · From Martins Ferry, OH USA · Debut 1967-04-16 · Final 1988-04-29

Career · batting

706

973

152

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.156 · 0.376

Career · pitching

702

500

3,584.0

W-L

221-204

1,747

ERA

3.59

WHIP

1.32

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Houston Astros · 1975–1985

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#317 on the Astros

↑ 1 R. Abercrombie

Hits

109

#166 on the Astros

↑ 1 M. Martinez

↓ 1 P. Runnels

RBI

#167 on the Astros

↑ 1 B. Barnes

↓ 1 J. Villar

Runs

#216 on the Astros

↑ 1 H. Smith

↓ 1 A. Huff

#258 on the Astros

↑ 1 D. Adlesh

↓ 1 T. Agee

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1970–1972

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Hits

#664 on the Tigers

↑ 1 B. Baldwin

↓ 1 G. Thurman

RBI

#635 on the Tigers

↑ 1 A. Benton

↓ 1 J. Wood

Runs

#585 on the Tigers

↑ 1 T. Barnhart

↓ 1 B. Bell

#583 on the Tigers

↑ 1 E. Aybar

↓ 1 M. Aviles

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1967–1969

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Hits

#947 on the Cubs

↑ 1 M. Ballesteros

↓ 1 L. Sweetland

RBI

#768 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 G. Varsho

#648 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Adams

Runs

#951 on the Cubs

↑ 1 M. Brumley

↓ 1 J. Asbell

#930 on the Cubs

↑ 1 G. Bradley

↓ 1 B. Abbey

Career with the San Diego Padres · 1969–1969

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Hits

#567 on the Padres

↑ 1 R. Byers

↓ 1 R. Wolf

RBI

#565 on the Padres

↑ 1 S. Alcantara

↓ 1 L. Zawadzki

Runs

#658 on the Padres

↑ 1 M. Aldrete

#444 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Ambres

↓ 1 M. Alou

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1973–1974

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Hits

#1,452 on the Braves

↑ 1 K. Abbott

Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1987–1988

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1985–1987

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

152

#5,274 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Barger

↓ 1 B. Tooley

RBI

#5,038 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 C. Zambrano

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	Cubs	NL	36	46	5	9	2	0	0	11	1	1	13	0.196	0.204	0.239
1968	Cubs	NL	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	0.100	0.156	0.100
1969	Cubs	NL	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.200	0.200	0.400
1969	Padres	NL	38	51	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	6	17	0.118	0.207	0.137
1970	Tigers	AL	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	7	17	0.197	0.274	0.273
1971	Tigers	AL	32	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	9	0.133	0.188	0.167
1972	Tigers	AL	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.250	0.308	0.333
1973	Braves	NL	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333
1974	Braves	NL	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1975	Astros	NL	40	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.214	0.313	0.214
1976	Astros	NL	36	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	8	0.185	0.214	0.370
1977	Astros	NL	44	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	13	0.140	0.173	0.140
1978	Astros	NL	36	65	6	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	18	0.138	0.138	0.169
1979	Astros	NL	38	83	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	2	21	0.120	0.140	0.145
1980	Astros	NL	37	80	7	22	5	0	0	10	0	4	15	0.275	0.310	0.338
1981	Astros	NL	24	51	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	10	0.176	0.208	0.196
1982	Astros	NL	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	30	0.090	0.099	0.112
1983	Astros	NL	38	85	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	0.094	0.105	0.118
1984	Astros	NL	38	83	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	2	21	0.133	0.153	0.133
1985	Astros	NL	32	68	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	1	16	0.250	0.257	0.265
1985	Yankees	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Yankees	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Yankees	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Twins	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Twins	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			706	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	38	262	0.156	0.188	0.188

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1967	Cubs	NL	10	7	36	22	0	169.7	171	63	32	77	3.34	1.20
1968	Cubs	NL	14	10	34	29	2	177.0	204	85	59	65	4.32	1.49
1969	Cubs	NL	0	1	4	3	0	19.3	24	8	6	7	3.72	1.55
1969	Padres	NL	8	17	37	31	0	202.0	213	83	45	55	3.70	1.28
1970	Tigers	AL	12	13	38	34	0	213.0	221	96	72	101	4.06	1.38
1971	Tigers	AL	6	7	31	15	1	122.3	136	61	49	43	4.49	1.51
1972	Tigers	AL	3	2	18	7	1	47.0	62	20	8	24	3.83	1.49
1973	Braves	NL	2	4	20	0	3	24.0	23	11	11	12	4.13	1.42
1974	Braves	NL	3	2	27	2	0	43.0	36	17	18	31	3.56	1.26
1975	Astros	NL	6	4	40	4	4	88.0	79	30	39	54	3.07	1.34
1976	Astros	NL	4	8	36	13	0	118.0	107	44	56	77	3.36	1.38
1977	Astros	NL	13	8	44	14	5	180.7	155	61	64	101	3.04	1.21
1978	Astros	NL	14	14	35	29	0	202.7	190	87	73	97	3.86	1.30
1979	Astros	NL	21	11	38	38	0	263.7	221	88	107	119	3.00	1.24
1980	Astros	NL	20	12	37	36	0	256.0	268	101	79	127	3.55	1.36
1981	Astros	NL	9	9	24	24	0	166.0	150	52	47	77	2.82	1.19
1982	Astros	NL	17	12	35	35	0	270.0	224	74	64	130	2.47	1.07
1983	Astros	NL	15	14	38	38	0	263.7	238	102	101	152	3.48	1.29
1984	Astros	NL	16	12	38	38	0	248.3	223	84	89	127	3.04	1.26
1985	Astros	NL	9	12	32	32	0	213.0	197	88	99	117	3.72	1.39
1985	Yankees	AL	2	1	3	3	0	12.3	14	8	8	4	5.84	1.78
1986	Yankees	AL	9	10	25	25	0	125.7	139	68	63	59	4.87	1.61
1987	Yankees	AL	3	4	8	8	0	50.7	40	20	19	30	3.55	1.16
1987	Twins	AL	4	9	19	18	0	96.3	115	67	45	54	6.26	1.66
1988	Twins	AL	1	1	5	2	0	11.7	16	13	9	7	10.03	2.14
Career			221	204	702	500	16	3,584.0	3,466	1,431	1,262	1,747	3.59	1.32

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	702	500	3,584.0	253	532	25	41

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1994	BBWAA	6	342	Ballot