Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Apr 09 L, 5-6 at Orioles Start 7.1 8 32 6 6 2 2 1 4 7.36 L (0-1) DET Apr 13 L, 2-5 at Yankees Start 5.0 5 21 4 4 1 3 0 0 7.30 L (0-2) DET Apr 16 L, 3-5 vs Red Sox Start 6.0 6 27 3 3 1 5 0 1 6.38 L (0-3) DET Apr 20 W, 7-6 vs Orioles Start 7.0 8 35 4 4 0 5 0 4 6.04 DET Apr 24 L, 4-5 at A's Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.60 DET Apr 26 W, 8-3 at Royals Start 8.0 10 35 3 3 0 3 0 5 5.09 W (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 05 L, 0-5 vs A's Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.82 DET May 09 L, 2-6 vs Royals Start 3.0 6 17 5 5 0 3 0 0 5.58 L (1-4) DET May 18 L, 3-5 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.44 DET May 23 (2) W, 11-0 vs Senators Finish 1 3.0 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.08 DET May 30 W, 9-5 at Brewers Middle 3.2 3 16 1 1 0 2 0 3 4.88 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 06 L, 2-8 at White Sox Middle 3.0 4 13 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.94 DET Jun 15 L, 1-6 vs White Sox Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.75 DET Jun 19 W, 5-3 at Indians Middle 6.0 3 23 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.27 W (2-4) DET Jun 22 (1) W, 7-4 at Yankees Middle 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.28 DET Jun 29 L, 6-15 at Orioles Middle 2.2 7 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 4.81 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 03 L, 1-8 vs Orioles Middle 0.1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4.92 DET Jul 07 L, 3-5 vs Yankees Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.90 DET Jul 18 (2) L, 3-4 at Royals Start 7.0 8 30 3 3 0 1 0 3 4.79 DET Jul 24 L, 2-7 vs A's Middle 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 4.91 DET Jul 25 (2) L, 1-6 vs A's Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.86 DET Jul 30 W, 4-3 vs Angels Start 1.2 6 11 3 3 1 0 0 1 5.11 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 01 W, 4-3 vs Angels Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.98 W (3-4) DET Aug 03 L, 2-4 vs Senators Start 8.0 6 34 3 3 1 5 0 3 4.83 L (3-5) DET Aug 07 W, 12-8 at Red Sox Start 5.0 5 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.86 W (4-5) DET Aug 11 W, 2-1 at Brewers Start 7.0 7 29 1 1 1 2 0 2 4.61 W (5-5) DET Aug 20 W, 3-2 vs Brewers Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 1 1 0 4 4.42 W (6-5) DET Aug 24 L, 1-3 vs Twins Start 6.2 8 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 4.31 L (6-6) DET Aug 31 (2) L, 3-6 vs Indians Start 4.0 8 24 6 6 2 3 0 2 4.63 L (6-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 09 L, 6-12 vs Red Sox Middle 5.1 2 17 1 1 1 0 0 2 4.50 DET Sep 13 (2) W, 10-5 at Orioles Start 0.1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.49
| 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 4 7 5.12 15 15 0 0 0 0 84.1 100 380 49 48 10 36 1 29 7-8 4.47 runs/start
Middle relief 1 0 3.94 11 0 0 0 0 0 29.2 29 127 13 13 3 8 2 12 3-8
As closer 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 5 1 0 8.1 7 33 0 0 0 2 0 2 2-3
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 188 21 53 84 8 1 7 21 1 1 20 2 1 21 7 .282 .447 .358 .805
vs RHB 292 31 83 123 16 3 6 31 4 2 26 1 1 22 4 .284 .421 .345 .766
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 2 5 4.62 17 8 0 3 1 0 62.1 71 279 33 32 7 27 1 20 5-12 3.12 runs/start
Road 4 2 4.35 14 7 0 2 0 0 60.0 65 261 29 29 6 19 2 23 7-7 6.00 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 3 3 4.44 15 5 0 3 1 0 50.2 53 221 25 25 4 19 2 13 6-9 4.40 runs/start
Night 3 4 4.52 16 10 0 2 0 0 71.2 83 319 37 36 9 27 1 30 6-10 4.50 runs/start
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 1 3 5.09 6 5 0 1 0 0 35.1 38 158 20 20 4 19 1 14 2-4 5.00 runs/start
May 0 1 4.26 5 1 0 2 1 0 12.2 14 56 6 6 0 6 0 5 2-3 2.00 runs/start
June 1 0 4.60 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 70 8 8 2 4 1 6 2-3
July 0 0 6.75 6 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 19 59 9 9 1 3 1 4 1-5 3.50 runs/start
August 4 3 3.73 7 6 0 1 0 0 41.0 44 176 18 17 5 12 0 12 4-3 3.83 runs/start
September 0 0 1.59 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 21 1 1 1 2 0 2 1-1 10.00 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 0 7.36 2 1 0 1 0 0 3.2 8 19 3 3 1 0 0 2 2-0 4.00 runs/start
A's 0 0 2.70 4 0 0 1 0 0 6.2 5 28 2 2 0 3 0 1 0-4
Brewers 2 0 1.89 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.0 18 78 4 4 2 5 0 9 3-0 2.50 runs/start
Indians 1 1 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 47 6 6 2 4 0 4 1-1 3.00 runs/start
Orioles 0 1 8.15 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 26 92 16 16 2 11 2 10 2-3 7.33 runs/start
Red Sox 1 1 3.63 4 2 0 1 0 0 17.1 14 68 7 7 2 5 0 3 1-3 7.50 runs/start
Royals 1 1 5.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 24 82 11 11 0 7 0 8 1-2 4.33 runs/start
Senators 0 1 2.45 2 1 0 1 1 0 11.0 9 46 3 3 1 6 0 4 1-1 2.00 runs/start
Twins 0 1 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 0-1 1.00 runs/start
White Sox 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 21 2 2 2 1 0 1 0-2
Yankees 0 1 6.14 3 1 0 1 0 0 7.1 7 31 5 5 1 3 1 1 1-2 2.00 runs/start
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