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Positions: P-664

Full Name: Joseph Franklin Niekro
Born: Nov 7,1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio
Death: Oct 27,2006
Height: 6-1  Weight: 190  Bats: Right  Throws: Right
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Ohio)  "Bulldogs"
College: West Liberty State College

Drafted: Selected by Cleveland Indians in 7th Round (84th overall) of 1966 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg)

20-Win Season 2x 1979-1980

Knuckleballers

Major League All-Star Game 1979

Pitcher of Month 1x May-1979 (NL)

World Series Champion MIN 1987

MLB Debut: Apr 16,1967

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Scouting Report
Control:	50
K-Rating:	32
Efficiency:	49
vsPower:	53
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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
1966	Treasure Valley	Pio	21	CHC	Rk	0	0	0.00	1						4.0	4	0	0		1	7		9.0	---	2.3	15.8	1.25
	Quincy	Midw	21	CHC	A	1	2	1.08	4						25.0	17	7	3		6	14		6.1	---	2.2	5.0	0.92
	Dallas-Fort Worth	Tex	21	CHC	AA	5	4	2.51	12						79.0	71	28	22		15	50		8.1	---	1.7	5.7	1.09
1967	Chi Cubs	NL	22	CHC	MLB	10	7	3.34	36	22	7	2	9	0	169.2	171	68	63	15	32	77	1	9.1	0.8	1.7	4.1	1.20
1968	Chi Cubs	NL	23	CHC	MLB	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	1	4	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	65	3	10.4	0.9	3.0	3.3	1.49
1969	Chi Cubs	NL	24	CHC	MLB	0	1	3.72	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	24	9	8	3	6	7	0	11.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	1.55
	San Diego	NL	24	SD	MLB	8	17	3.70	37	31	8	3	6	0	202.0	213	91	83	15	45	55	4	9.5	0.7	2.0	2.5	1.28
1970	Detroit	AL	25	DET	MLB	12	13	4.06	38	34	6	2	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	101	1	9.3	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.38
1971	Detroit	AL	26	DET	MLB	6	7	4.49	31	15	0	0	5	1	122.1	136	62	61	13	49	43	2	10.0	1.0	3.6	3.2	1.51
1972	Toledo	IL	27	DET	AAA	2	0	0.64	2						14.0	6	1	1		3	11		3.9	---	1.9	7.1	0.64
	Detroit	AL	27	DET	MLB	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	0	4	1	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	24	2	11.9	0.6	1.5	4.6	1.49
1973	Atlanta	NL	28	ATL	MLB	2	4	4.13	20	0	0	0	11	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	12	3	8.6	0.8	4.1	4.5	1.42
1974	Richmond	IL	29	ATL	AAA	8	1	2.08	30						52.0	44	14	12		18	50		7.6	---	3.1	8.7	1.19
	Atlanta	NL	29	ATL	MLB	3	2	3.56	27	2	0	0	9	0	43.0	36	19	17	5	18	31	3	7.5	1.0	3.8	6.5	1.26
1975	Iowa	Amer	30	HOU	AAA	1	0	5.00	7						9.0	7	6	5		7	9		7.0	---	7.0	9.0	1.56
	Houston	NL	30	HOU	MLB	6	4	3.07	40	4	1	1	21	4	88.0	79	32	30	3	39	54	2	8.1	0.3	4.0	5.5	1.34
1976	Houston	NL	31	HOU	MLB	4	8	3.36	36	13	0	0	5	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	77	8	8.2	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.38
1977	Houston	NL	32	HOU	MLB	13	8	3.04	44	14	9	2	12	5	180.2	155	66	61	14	64	101	5	7.7	0.7	3.2	5.0	1.21
1978	Houston	NL	33	HOU	MLB	14	14	3.86	35	29	10	1	2	0	202.2	190	97	87	13	73	97	9	8.4	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.30
1979	Houston	NL	34	HOU	MLB	21	11	3.00	38	38	11	5	0	0	263.2	221	102	88	17	107	119	19	7.5	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.24
1980	Houston	NL	35	HOU	MLB	20	12	3.55	37	36	11	2	1	0	256.0	268	119	101	12	79	127	12	9.4	0.4	2.8	4.5	1.36
1981	Houston	NL	36	HOU	MLB	9	9	2.82	24	24	5	2	0	0	166.0	150	60	52	8	47	77	7	8.1	0.4	2.5	4.2	1.19
1982	Houston	NL	37	HOU	MLB	17	12	2.47	35	35	16	5	0	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	130	19	7.5	0.4	2.1	4.3	1.07
1983	Houston	NL	38	HOU	MLB	15	14	3.48	38	38	9	1	0	0	263.2	238	115	102	15	101	152	14	8.1	0.5	3.4	5.2	1.29
1984	Houston	NL	39	HOU	MLB	16	12	3.04	38	38	6	1	0	0	248.1	223	104	84	16	89	127	12	8.1	0.6	3.2	4.6	1.26
1985	Houston	NL	40	HOU	MLB	9	12	3.72	32	32	4	1	0	0	213.0	197	100	88	21	99	117	21	8.3	0.9	4.2	4.9	1.39
	NY Yankees	AL	40	NYY	MLB	2	1	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	14	8	8	3	8	4	0	10.2	2.2	5.8	2.9	1.78
1986	NY Yankees	AL	41	NYY	MLB	9	10	4.87	25	25	0	0	0	0	125.2	139	84	68	15	63	59	10	10.0	1.1	4.5	4.2	1.61
1987	NY Yankees	AL	42	NYY	MLB	3	4	3.55	8	8	1	0	0	0	50.2	40	25	20	4	19	30	0	7.1	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.16
	Minnesota	AL	42	MIN	MLB	4	9	6.26	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.1	115	76	67	11	45	54	13	10.7	1.0	4.2	5.0	1.66
1988	Minnesota	AL	43	MIN	MLB	1	1	10.03	5	2	0	0	2	0	11.2	16	13	13	2	9	7	2	12.3	1.5	6.9	5.4	2.14

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						221	204	3.59	702	500	107	29	93	16	3584.0	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	1747	172	8.7	0.7	3.2	4.4	1.32
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						17	7	2.11	56						183.0	149	56	43		50	141		7.3	---	2.5	6.9	1.09