Joe Niekro Pitcher Born: Martins Ferry, OH Bats: Right Birthday: Nov 7, 1944 Throws: Right Died at 61 in 2006 Height: 6-1 Debut: 4/16/1967 Weight: 185 Final Game: 4/29/1988

Career Fielding Record Year Age Team P G GS Inn A PO DP E Pct. RF A/G DP/G DRAA DW 1988 43 MIN P 5 2 12 3 2 1 0 1.000 3.75 0.60 0.20 0.3 0.0 1987 42 MIN P 19 18 96 11 6 1 1 .944 1.69 0.58 0.05 -0.3 0.0 1987 42 NYY P 8 8 51 5 5 0 1 .909 1.94 0.63 0.00 -0.4 0.0 1986 41 NYY P 25 25 126 13 9 2 1 .957 1.64 0.52 0.08 -0.5 -0.1 1985 40 NYY P 3 3 12 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75 0.67 0.00 0.1 0.0 1985 40 HOU P 32 32 213 34 14 1 1 .980 2.07 1.06 0.03 1.1 0.1 1984 39 HOU P 38 38 248 39 19 5 2 .967 2.18 1.03 0.13 1.2 0.1 1983 38 HOU P 38 38 264 36 9 0 4 .918 1.67 0.95 0.00 -0.5 -0.1 1982 37 HOU P 35 35 270 42 22 2 3 .955 2.23 1.20 0.06 0.9 0.1 1981 36 HOU P 24 24 166 23 11 1 0 1.000 1.84 0.96 0.04 0.5 0.1 1980 35 HOU P 37 36 256 37 17 2 2 .964 1.97 1.00 0.05 0.5 0.1 1979 34 HOU P 38 38 264 39 14 4 0 1.000 1.81 1.03 0.11 1.2 0.1 1978 33 HOU P 35 29 203 21 18 3 0 1.000 1.73 0.60 0.09 -0.3 0.0 1977 32 HOU P 44 14 181 31 11 7 0 1.000 2.09 0.70 0.16 1.6 0.2 1976 31 HOU P 36 13 118 13 9 1 3 .880 1.91 0.36 0.03 -0.9 -0.1 1975 30 HOU P 40 4 88 13 7 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.33 0.00 0.5 0.1 1974 29 ATL P 27 2 43 8 4 1 0 1.000 2.51 0.30 0.04 0.5 0.1 1973 28 ATL P 20 0 24 5 2 2 0 1.000 2.63 0.25 0.10 0.4 0.0 1972 27 DET P 18 7 47 4 5 1 0 1.000 1.72 0.22 0.06 -0.2 0.0 1971 26 DET P 31 15 122 25 9 1 1 .971 2.58 0.81 0.03 1.4 0.2 1970 25 DET P 38 34 213 35 17 1 1 .981 2.24 0.92 0.03 1.4 0.2 1969 24 SDP P 37 31 202 29 19 1 5 .906 2.36 0.78 0.03 -0.3 0.0 1969 24 CHC P 4 3 19 5 2 1 0 1.000 3.32 1.25 0.25 0.5 0.1 1968 23 CHC P 34 29 177 33 9 2 0 1.000 2.14 0.97 0.06 1.9 0.2 1967 22 CHC P 36 22 170 26 10 1 0 1.000 1.91 0.72 0.03 0.9 0.1 Career P 702 500 3585 532 253 41 25 .969 2.03 0.76 0.06 11.5 1.3