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Name	Team	Age
Joe Niekro	Retired (1991, Age 38)	Died (2021, Age 68)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4 (1975)	SP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mordecai Brown League	0	14 years (101 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
56	68	39
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
6	10	41
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
3	1	33
Endurance	Velocity	Control
53	34	78
Leadership	Mentor Value
76	89
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
1	0	9/16/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HBP	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
1976	MIL	5	7	20	20	3	1	0	0	120.1	139	71	67	2	51	72	1.58	5.01
1978	MIL	6	14	33	33	2	1	0	0	212.0	226	113	109	2	66	127	1.38	4.63
1979	MIL	8	18	31	31	3	0	0	0	202.0	221	116	110	1	55	133	1.37	4.90
1980	MIL	8	16	34	34	3	1	0	0	225.1	243	127	121	2	53	122	1.31	4.83
1981	MIL	11	14	36	36	4	0	0	0	243.2	236	118	105	0	70	146	1.26	3.88
1982	MIL	6	15	31	31	2	1	0	0	198.0	224	116	110	1	49	117	1.38	5.00
1983	MIL	6	18	35	35	3	1	0	0	237.0	239	124	114	1	76	179	1.33	4.33
1984	MIL	11	15	36	36	3	1	0	0	227.2	247	134	123	0	57	150	1.34	4.86
1985	MIL	10	16	35	35	4	0	0	0	251.2	236	107	102	1	60	162	1.18	3.65
1986	MIL	11	19	37	37	4	0	0	0	262.0	255	126	116	1	79	166	1.27	3.98
1987	MIL	12	16	33	33	5	2	0	0	233.1	223	105	101	1	69	152	1.25	3.90
1988	MIL	10	11	34	34	5	1	0	0	233.2	229	110	104	0	64	155	1.25	4.01
1989	MIL	8	17	32	32	1	0	0	0	214.1	221	105	97	0	56	118	1.29	4.07
1990	MIL	14	14	35	35	4	0	0	0	231.0	232	121	116	5	79	118	1.35	4.52
1991	MIL	9	13	33	33	1	1	0	0	191.1	241	136	128	3	54	105	1.54	6.02
2263		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Total		135	223	495	495	47	10	0	0	3283.1	3412	1729	1623	20	938	2022	1.32	4.45

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1991-11-01	Joe Niekro has retired from the Milwaukee Night Owls
1978-03-31	The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Joe Niekro to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Billy Pittsley to the minors. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Ramon Gaff to the minors. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Mike Hooper to the minors.
1976-07-23	The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Joe Niekro to the minors.
1976-04-01	The Milwaukee Night Owls have renamed Jerry Schypinski to Joe Niekro.
1976-04-01	The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Jerry Schypinski to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Wade Blasingame to the minors.