Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Apr 08 W, 3-0 at Senators Start 1 1 9.0 6 36 0 0 0 4 0 6 0.00 W (1-0) DET Apr 12 W, 7-2 at Orioles Start 8.2 6 34 2 2 1 2 0 5 1.02 W (2-0) DET Apr 17 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Start 8.0 4 28 2 2 1 1 0 2 1.40 DET Apr 24 W, 8-6 at Twins Start 3.1 6 19 5 5 0 3 0 0 2.79 DET Apr 28 W, 8-3 at Royals Start 2 9.0 8 34 3 0 2 0 0 3 2.13 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 02 L, 2-3 at White Sox Start 7.2 10 33 3 2 0 0 1 5 2.17 L (3-1) DET May 07 L, 6-9 vs Twins Start 2.1 7 14 4 3 1 0 0 4 2.62 L (3-2) DET May 11 L, 5-9 vs White Sox Start 3.0 6 16 4 4 1 1 0 1 3.18 L (3-3) DET May 19 L, 4-5 at Red Sox Start 3.0 4 14 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.50 DET May 22 W, 3-2 vs Senators Start 7.0 7 31 2 2 1 4 0 4 3.39 W (4-3) DET May 27 L, 2-4 vs Yankees Start 3.1 7 18 4 3 0 3 0 2 3.64 L (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 02 L, 2-3 at Angels Start 3 9.2 7 38 3 3 0 0 2 3 3.53 L (4-5) DET Jun 06 W, 6-4 at A's Start 7.1 4 29 4 2 1 2 0 4 3.43 W (5-5) DET Jun 11 W, 6-2 vs Brewers Start 8.1 7 33 2 2 0 1 1 8 3.31 W (6-5) DET Jun 15 L, 7-12 vs A's Start 2.0 6 13 6 4 0 1 0 1 3.63 L (6-6) DET Jun 19 L, 2-4 at Indians Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.59 DET Jun 21 (1) W, 7-2 at Indians Middle 3.2 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.46 W (7-6) DET Jun 23 L, 2-6 at Senators Finish 1.2 2 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.49 DET Jun 26 W, 7-1 vs Indians Start 4 9.0 4 32 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.28 W (8-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 02 W, 5-0 vs Yankees Start 5 2 9.0 1 30 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.03 W (9-6) DET Jul 07 (2) W, 4-3 vs Red Sox Start 7.2 6 31 3 3 2 2 0 4 3.06 DET Jul 11 L, 5-6 vs Orioles Start 7.0 7 31 5 5 2 5 0 1 3.24 L (9-7) DET Jul 19 (1) W, 2-0 at Royals Start 8.0 3 31 0 0 0 4 0 1 3.05 W (10-7) DET Jul 23 L, 1-2 at Twins Start 6.0 6 24 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.99 L (10-8) DET Jul 28 L, 6-7 vs Royals Start 7.1 10 35 5 5 1 3 0 5 3.14 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 02 L, 3-4 vs Twins Start 4.1 8 21 4 4 2 0 0 1 3.28 L (10-9) DET Aug 06 (2) L, 5-7 at Yankees Start 1.2 3 11 3 3 1 3 0 1 3.42 DET Aug 10 L, 10-11 at Red Sox Start 2.1 7 15 5 5 0 1 0 1 3.65 L (10-10) DET Aug 15 W, 5-1 at Angels Start 6 9.0 6 36 1 1 0 3 0 3 3.51 W (11-10) DET Aug 19 L, 0-7 at A's Middle 5.0 6 22 1 1 0 2 0 2 3.46 DET Aug 25 (2) L, 6-10 vs Angels Start 7.0 7 31 4 4 2 2 0 5 3.52 DET Aug 30 W, 6-5 vs A's Start 6.0 10 28 3 3 1 3 0 3 3.56 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 03 L, 2-5 at Red Sox Start 2.2 6 14 5 5 2 0 0 1 3.74 L (11-11) DET Sep 07 W, 5-2 vs Orioles Start 7.1 8 32 2 2 1 3 0 4 3.69 W (12-11) DET Sep 11 L, 2-4 vs Senators Start 4.1 7 21 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.79 L (12-12) DET Sep 17 L, 2-6 at Indians Start 3.0 7 16 5 5 1 1 0 1 3.96 L (12-13) DET Sep 21 L, 3-4 at Orioles Start 8.0 4 32 3 3 1 6 0 5 3.94 DET Sep 25 (2) L, 3-8 at Yankees Start 0.1 3 6 3 3 0 2 0 0 4.06
| Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average |
Team
Role W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
As starter 11 13 4.20 34 34 6 0 0 2 201.2 208 867 105 94 27 65 4 97 15-19 4.53 runs/start
Middle relief 1 0 1.04 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 35 1 1 0 3 0 4 1-1
As closer 0 0 3.37 2 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 4 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-2
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 368 43 105 174 17 2 16 42 1 3 39 3 1 46 5 .285 .473 .360 .833
vs RHB 462 54 116 167 13 1 12 52 2 6 29 1 2 55 9 .251 .361 .297 .658
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 5 7 4.46 17 17 2 0 0 1 103.0 112 445 55 51 16 33 1 53 8-9 4.76 runs/start
Road 7 6 3.68 21 17 4 2 0 1 110.0 109 469 52 45 12 35 3 48 8-13 4.29 runs/start
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 4 3 4.30 10 9 0 0 0 0 58.2 58 249 30 28 8 22 0 20 7-3 5.56 runs/start
Night 8 10 3.97 28 25 6 2 0 2 154.1 163 665 77 68 20 46 4 81 9-19 4.16 runs/start
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 3 0 2.13 5 5 2 0 0 1 38.0 30 151 12 9 4 10 0 16 5-0 5.80 runs/start
May 1 4 5.81 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.1 41 126 20 17 4 9 1 20 1-5 3.67 runs/start
June 4 2 2.74 8 5 2 2 0 0 42.2 35 170 17 13 2 6 3 22 4-4 5.60 runs/start
July 2 2 2.80 6 6 1 0 0 1 45.0 33 182 15 14 6 16 0 13 3-3 3.83 runs/start
August 1 2 5.35 7 6 1 0 0 0 35.1 47 164 21 21 6 14 0 16 2-5 5.83 runs/start
September 1 3 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 25.2 35 121 22 22 6 13 0 14 1-5 2.83 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Angels 1 1 2.81 3 3 2 0 0 0 25.2 20 105 8 8 2 5 2 11 1-2 4.33 runs/start
A's 1 1 4.43 4 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 92 14 10 2 8 0 10 2-2 6.33 runs/start
Brewers 1 0 2.16 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 7 33 2 2 0 1 1 8 1-0 6.00 runs/start
Indians 2 1 3.24 4 2 1 1 0 0 16.2 16 66 6 6 1 3 0 7 2-2 4.50 runs/start
Orioles 2 1 3.48 4 4 0 0 0 0 31.0 25 129 12 12 5 16 0 15 2-2 5.00 runs/start
Red Sox 0 2 6.85 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 27 102 18 18 6 5 0 12 2-3 4.60 runs/start
Royals 2 0 1.85 3 3 1 0 0 0 24.1 21 100 8 5 3 7 0 9 2-1 5.33 runs/start
Senators 2 1 2.86 4 3 1 1 0 1 22.0 22 95 7 7 3 9 0 13 2-2 2.67 runs/start
Twins 0 3 7.31 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 27 78 15 13 4 3 0 6 1-3 4.50 runs/start
White Sox 0 2 5.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 16 49 7 6 1 1 1 6 0-2 3.50 runs/start
Yankees 1 1 5.65 4 4 1 0 0 1 14.1 14 65 10 9 1 10 0 4 1-3 3.75 runs/start
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