Joe Niekro
Game Log for 1980
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 11 W, 10-6 vs Dodgers Start 5.0 6 27 6 1 0 3 0 4 1.80 HOU Apr 15 W, 6-2 vs Braves Start 1 9.0 6 31 2 2 0 0 0 6 1.93 W (1-0) HOU Apr 20 L, 2-4 at Dodgers Start 2 8.0 5 33 4 2 0 1 2 3 2.05 L (1-1) HOU Apr 26 W, 6-0 vs Mets Start 7.2 4 32 0 0 0 6 0 4 1.52 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 01 W, 9-3 at Reds Start 3 9.0 6 37 3 3 0 4 0 6 1.86 W (3-1) HOU May 06 W, 8-4 at Expos Start 4 9.0 7 35 4 3 0 2 0 3 2.08 W (4-1) HOU May 11 L, 4-7 at Braves Start 5.0 9 26 7 6 0 1 0 2 2.91 L (4-2) HOU May 17 L, 2-4 vs Phillies Start 7.0 9 30 4 4 1 1 0 4 3.17 L (4-3) HOU May 22 W, 8-5 at Mets Start 6.2 11 32 5 4 0 3 0 3 3.39 W (5-3) HOU May 27 W, 4-3 vs Padres Start 4.2 7 23 3 3 0 3 0 3 3.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 01 L, 2-6 at Giants Start 4.0 6 21 3 3 0 2 0 1 3.72 L (5-4) HOU Jun 07 W, 3-0 vs Giants Start 5 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.32 W (6-4) HOU Jun 13 L, 3-5 at Pirates Start 4.1 9 23 5 5 2 1 0 1 3.67 L (6-5) HOU Jun 18 W, 3-0 vs Cardinals Start 6 2 9.0 6 33 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.33 W (7-5) HOU Jun 22 L, 1-2 vs Pirates Start 8.0 8 34 2 2 1 4 1 5 3.25 L (7-6) HOU Jun 27 W, 5-4 vs Reds Start 8.0 13 37 4 4 0 1 0 6 3.34 W (8-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 01 L, 4-13 at Braves Start 5.2 12 31 11 10 1 3 0 4 3.93 L (8-7) HOU Jul 06 W, 3-2 at Reds Start 8.2 6 34 2 2 1 2 0 3 3.81 W (9-7) HOU Jul 12 W, 9-5 vs Braves Start 8.2 12 41 5 5 1 5 0 2 3.89 W (10-7) HOU Jul 17 L, 1-2 vs Phillies Start 7 9.0 8 35 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.78 L (10-8) HOU Jul 22 W, 6-5 vs Mets Start 3.1 7 19 5 4 0 2 0 3 3.93 HOU Jul 27 W, 6-3 at Expos Start 5.0 3 19 2 2 0 3 0 2 3.92 W (11-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 02 L, 3-5 at Mets Start 7.0 9 32 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.98 L (11-9) HOU Aug 07 L, 1-5 vs Padres Start 5.2 6 30 4 4 0 7 0 5 4.06 L (11-10) HOU Aug 12 L, 0-2 at Giants Start 7.0 8 29 2 2 0 2 0 3 4.00 L (11-11) HOU Aug 17 (2) W, 9-2 at Padres Start 8 9.0 8 37 2 2 1 1 0 5 3.90 W (12-11) HOU Aug 21 W, 12-5 vs Pirates Start 4.0 11 25 5 4 0 1 0 1 4.01 HOU Aug 23 W, 1-0 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.97 W (13-11) HOU Aug 26 W, 7-2 at Cardinals Start 9 9.0 7 32 2 1 1 1 0 1 3.83 W (14-11) HOU Aug 31 L, 7-8 at Cubs Start 7.0 8 31 4 3 0 2 0 7 3.83 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 06 (1) W, 9-5 vs Cardinals Start 6.0 9 27 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.89 W (15-11) HOU Sep 12 W, 5-3 vs Giants Start 7.1 12 32 3 3 0 1 0 3 3.89 W (16-11) HOU Sep 17 L, 0-7 at Reds Start 4.0 5 18 5 5 2 2 0 2 4.02 L (16-12) HOU Sep 22 W, 4-2 at Padres Start 10 9.0 4 35 2 0 0 3 0 3 3.86 W (17-12) HOU Sep 27 W, 2-0 vs Reds Start 7.2 4 30 0 0 0 4 0 4 3.74 W (18-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Oct 02 W, 3-2 vs Braves Start 8.2 6 31 2 2 1 0 0 5 3.68 W (19-12) HOU Oct 06 W, 7-1 at Dodgers Start 11 9.0 6 36 1 0 0 2 0 6 3.55 W (20-12)
| 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 19 12 3.58 36 36 11 0 0 2 254.0 268 1090 119 101 12 76 3 127 23-13 4.83 runs/start
As closer 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 451 44 120 152 15 1 5 40 15 3 38 1 2 51 8 .266 .337 .323 .660
vs RHB 542 66 148 201 20 6 7 58 19 4 38 2 2 76 13 .273 .371 .323 .693
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 11 4 3.05 19 18 4 1 0 2 129.2 139 555 51 44 4 40 1 71 15-4 4.89 runs/start
Road 9 8 4.06 18 18 7 0 0 0 126.1 129 541 68 57 8 36 2 56 9-9 4.78 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 3 2.86 10 10 4 0 0 0 72.1 62 302 29 23 2 20 2 36 6-4 5.00 runs/start
Night 14 9 3.82 27 26 7 1 0 2 183.2 206 794 90 78 10 56 1 91 18-9 4.77 runs/start
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 2 1 1.52 4 4 2 0 0 0 29.2 21 123 12 5 0 10 2 17 3-1 6.00 runs/start
May 3 2 5.01 6 6 2 0 0 0 41.1 49 183 26 23 1 14 0 21 4-2 5.83 runs/start
June 3 3 2.98 6 6 2 0 0 2 42.1 47 180 14 14 3 9 1 23 3-3 2.83 runs/start
July 3 2 5.58 6 6 1 0 0 0 40.1 48 179 27 25 3 15 0 19 4-2 4.83 runs/start
August 3 3 3.55 8 7 2 1 0 0 50.2 57 222 23 20 2 15 0 23 4-4 5.57 runs/start
September 4 1 3.18 5 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 34 142 14 12 2 11 0 13 4-1 4.00 runs/start
October 2 0 1.02 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.2 12 67 3 2 1 2 0 11 2-0 5.00 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 2 6.08 5 5 1 0 0 0 37.0 45 160 27 25 3 9 0 19 3-2 5.20 runs/start
Cardinals 3 0 1.88 3 3 2 0 0 1 24.0 22 92 6 5 1 3 0 7 3-0 6.33 runs/start
Cubs 1 0 3.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 37 4 3 0 2 0 7 1-1 7.00 runs/start
Dodgers 1 1 1.23 3 3 2 0 0 0 22.0 17 96 11 3 0 6 2 13 2-1 6.33 runs/start
Expos 2 0 3.21 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.0 10 54 6 5 0 5 0 5 2-0 7.00 runs/start
Giants 2 2 2.63 4 4 1 0 0 1 27.1 31 114 8 8 0 5 0 12 2-2 2.50 runs/start
Mets 2 1 4.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.2 31 115 14 12 0 12 0 11 3-1 5.75 runs/start
Padres 2 1 2.86 4 4 2 0 0 0 28.1 25 125 11 9 1 14 0 16 3-1 4.50 runs/start
Phillies 0 2 3.38 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 17 65 6 6 1 1 0 9 0-2 1.50 runs/start
Pirates 0 2 6.06 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 28 82 12 11 3 6 1 7 1-2 5.33 runs/start
Reds 4 1 3.38 5 5 1 0 0 0 37.1 34 156 14 14 3 13 0 21 4-1 3.80 runs/start
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