Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 08 W, 2-0 vs Braves Start 1 1 9.0 5 31 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 W (1-0) HOU Apr 13 L, 7-8 at Giants Start 3.1 6 20 7 6 0 4 0 3 4.38 L (1-1) HOU Apr 17 L, 6-10 at Dodgers Start 4.2 4 22 6 2 3 3 0 1 4.24 HOU Apr 22 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 7.0 3 26 2 1 0 2 0 5 3.38 HOU Apr 29 L, 5-10 at Pirates Start 3.2 6 22 4 4 0 5 0 1 4.23 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 03 W, 4-1 at Cardinals Start 7.2 7 29 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.57 W (2-2) HOU May 09 W, 5-4 vs Cardinals Start 6.0 6 27 4 4 1 4 0 2 3.92 HOU May 13 W, 3-0 vs Cubs Start 2 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.22 W (3-2) HOU May 18 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 3 9.0 4 35 2 2 1 5 0 4 3.03 W (4-2) HOU May 22 W, 4-1 at Braves Start 4 9.0 6 32 1 1 0 2 0 1 2.77 W (5-2) HOU May 26 W, 9-0 at Padres Start 5 3 9.0 6 35 0 0 0 4 0 5 2.44 W (6-2) HOU May 30 W, 6-3 vs Reds Start 8.2 6 35 3 3 0 3 0 1 2.51 W (7-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 03 W, 5-4 vs Expos Start 7.1 9 30 4 4 1 0 0 1 2.70 W (8-2) HOU Jun 08 W, 5-0 at Mets Start 6 4 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.46 W (9-2) HOU Jun 13 W, 4-3 at Phillies Start 7 9.0 9 40 3 2 0 4 0 7 2.43 W (10-2) HOU Jun 17 L, 3-19 at Expos Start 2.2 6 18 8 8 2 3 0 2 3.00 L (10-3) HOU Jun 22 W, 2-1 vs Padres Start 7.1 6 30 1 1 0 3 0 1 2.89 W (11-3) HOU Jun 26 W, 6-5 vs Reds Start 7.0 5 31 5 4 2 4 0 3 3.02 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 01 W, 4-1 at Padres Start 8.1 8 34 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.90 W (12-3) HOU Jul 06 W, 4-2 at Cubs Start 7.2 6 32 2 2 2 4 0 2 2.87 W (13-3) HOU Jul 12 L, 3-5 vs Pirates Start 7.2 6 29 5 5 2 2 0 1 3.02 L (13-4) HOU Jul 19 (2) L, 2-4 at Pirates Start 4.2 6 22 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.16 L (13-5) HOU Jul 23 W, 3-2 at Cardinals Start 8 9.0 6 34 2 2 0 1 0 6 3.10 W (14-5) HOU Jul 27 L, 7-11 vs Dodgers Start 2.1 6 16 7 6 0 2 1 2 3.38 L (14-6) HOU Jul 31 W, 6-4 vs Giants Start 6.2 5 30 3 0 0 5 0 7 3.25 W (15-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 05 W, 3-2 vs Braves Start 7.0 7 30 2 2 0 4 0 3 3.22 HOU Aug 10 W, 2-1 at Braves Start 8.1 7 36 1 1 0 4 0 1 3.13 W (16-6) HOU Aug 15 L, 0-3 vs Expos Start 7.0 9 32 3 2 0 2 0 3 3.11 L (16-7) HOU Aug 20 W, 8-1 at Mets Start 9 9.0 2 31 1 1 0 3 0 6 3.01 W (17-7) HOU Aug 25 W, 3-1 at Phillies Start 5.2 3 24 1 1 0 4 0 6 2.98 W (18-7) HOU Aug 29 L, 3-5 at Expos Start 6.0 5 26 4 4 2 4 0 4 3.06 L (18-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 03 L, 0-1 vs Dodgers Start 10 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 3 0 2 2.98 L (18-9) HOU Sep 08 L, 1-2 vs Giants Start 7.1 6 32 1 1 0 5 0 7 2.92 HOU Sep 12 L, 4-7 at Reds Start 3.1 7 17 6 5 0 2 0 1 3.07 L (18-10) HOU Sep 17 W, 1-0 at Padres Start 11 5 9.0 6 33 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.96 W (19-10) HOU Sep 22 W, 4-1 vs Reds Start 8.0 5 33 1 1 0 4 0 4 2.90 W (20-10) HOU Sep 26 L, 4-9 at Braves Start 2.1 6 15 4 4 0 2 0 1 3.02 L (20-11) HOU Sep 30 W, 3-2 at Dodgers Start 7.0 7 28 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.00 W (21-11)
| 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 21 11 3.00 38 38 11 0 0 5 263.2 221 1095 102 88 17 106 1 119 25-13 3.87 runs/start
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 405 32 88 117 14 3 3 28 13 4 46 0 4 50 10 .217 .289 .300 .589
vs RHB 565 59 133 195 12 4 14 53 18 5 60 1 3 69 17 .235 .345 .313 .658
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 8 4 2.66 17 17 4 0 0 2 125.1 98 512 44 37 7 49 1 54 12-5 3.47 runs/start
Road 13 7 3.32 21 21 7 0 0 3 138.1 123 583 58 51 10 57 0 65 13-8 4.19 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 6 2 2.76 9 9 2 0 0 2 62.0 53 253 20 19 4 18 0 29 7-2 3.44 runs/start
Night 15 9 3.08 29 29 9 0 0 3 201.2 168 842 82 69 13 88 1 90 18-11 4.00 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 2 4.23 5 5 1 0 0 1 27.2 24 121 19 13 3 14 0 17 2-3 4.60 runs/start
May 6 0 1.70 7 7 4 0 0 2 58.1 40 226 11 11 2 20 0 16 7-0 4.86 runs/start
June 4 1 4.04 6 6 2 0 0 1 42.1 39 182 21 19 5 16 0 18 5-1 4.17 runs/start
July 4 3 3.88 7 7 1 0 0 0 46.1 43 197 24 20 5 18 1 24 4-3 4.14 runs/start
August 3 2 2.30 6 6 1 0 0 0 43.0 33 179 12 11 2 21 0 23 4-2 3.17 runs/start
September 3 3 2.74 7 7 2 0 0 1 46.0 42 190 15 14 0 17 0 21 3-4 2.43 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Braves 3 1 2.02 5 5 2 0 0 1 35.2 31 144 8 8 0 12 0 13 4-1 3.00 runs/start
Cardinals 2 0 2.78 3 3 1 0 0 0 22.2 19 90 7 7 1 6 0 10 3-0 4.00 runs/start
Cubs 2 0 1.08 2 2 1 0 0 1 16.2 11 65 2 2 2 5 0 3 2-0 3.50 runs/start
Dodgers 1 2 4.30 4 4 1 0 0 0 23.0 22 98 16 11 3 8 1 9 1-3 4.00 runs/start
Expos 1 3 7.04 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 106 19 18 5 9 0 10 1-3 2.75 runs/start
Giants 1 1 3.63 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 17 82 11 7 0 14 0 17 1-2 4.67 runs/start
Mets 2 0 0.50 2 2 2 0 0 1 18.0 6 64 1 1 0 5 0 10 2-0 6.50 runs/start
Padres 5 0 0.84 5 5 3 0 0 2 42.2 30 167 4 4 1 15 0 17 5-0 3.80 runs/start
Phillies 2 0 1.84 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 12 64 4 3 0 8 0 13 2-0 3.50 runs/start
Pirates 0 3 5.48 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 21 99 15 14 3 11 0 8 1-3 3.25 runs/start
Reds 2 1 4.33 4 4 0 0 0 0 27.0 23 116 15 13 2 13 0 9 3-1 5.00 runs/start
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