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Joe Niekro

Pitching Runs Above Replacement
YearTeamINNRunsREP DEFGamesStartsLEVWARR+ BB+HBP+SO+HR+Hit+X
Context Adjusted Ratings
Unadjusted Runs vs. League Avg
1967 CHN 169.7 68 88 5 36 22 0.9 2.0 4 6 1 -8 -2 1 6
1968 CHN 177 93 89 -1 34 29 1.1 -0.6 -26 -1 0 -12 -8 -6 1
1969 CHN 19.3 9 12 0 4 3 1.0 0.3 0 0 0 -2 -1 -1 3
1969 SDN 202 91 116 -5 37 31 1.0 2.7 1 8 2 -21 7 2 3
1970 DET 213 107 131 -9 38 34 1.1 2.6 -8 3 1 -9 -7 -1 5
1971 DET 122.3 62 68 -1 31 15 1.0 0.4 -9 0 0 -8 -2 -4 4
1972 DET 47 20 23 0 18 7 0.9 0.2 -2 2 0 -2 1 -7 3
1973 ATL 24 11 14 0 20 0 1.8 0.2 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 1
1974 ATL 43 19 24 2 27 2 0.9 0.3 1 0 0 2 -3 2 1
1975 HOU 88 32 47 -1 40 4 1.1 1.4 8 -2 0 1 4 1 4
1976 HOU 118 60 57 0 36 13 1.0 -0.6 -8 -4 0 3 -1 1 -7
1977 HOU 180.7 66 94 2 44 14 1.2 3.1 22 0 1 -1 3 10 10
1978 HOU 202.7 97 105 -7 35 29 1.0 1.0 -6 0 -2 -4 3 3 -7
1979 HOU 263.7 102 133 6 38 38 1.0 3.5 22 -5 -1 -7 6 18 10
1980 HOU 256 119 126 -1 37 36 0.9 0.8 -4 3 0 -5 9 -6 -5
1981 HOU 166 60 77 3 24 24 1.0 2.0 12 3 1 -3 3 4 4
1982 HOU 270 79 139 -3 35 35 1.0 7.1 43 7 0 -6 11 16 16
1983 HOU 263.7 115 129 6 38 38 1.0 1.6 6 -2 0 -2 8 5 -4
1984 HOU 248.3 104 125 -4 38 38 0.9 2.4 9 -1 0 -6 3 10 3
1985 HOU 213 100 114 -4 32 32 1.1 1.7 -4 -6 0 -3 -5 5 5
1985 NYA 12.3 8 7 0 3 3 1.0 -0.1 -2 -1 0 -1 -2 0 2
1986 NYA 125.7 84 76 -1 25 25 1.0 -0.8 -19 -4 1 -7 1 -2 -8
1987 MIN 96.3 76 64 1 19 18 0.9 -1.1 -23 -2 -1 -4 4 -6 -14
1987 NYA 50.7 25 32 1 8 8 1.0 0.7 3 0 -1 -1 3 4 -3
1988 MIN 11.7 13 7 0 5 2 0.9 -0.6 -7 -1 0 0 -1 -1 -4
TOTALS 3584.1 1620 1897 -11 702 500 1.0 30.2 13 2 2 -107 34 48 29

Batting, Running, and Fielding Runs Above Replacement
YearTeamPABat RunsBsr GIDPROETZifDPOFarmCatch Pos AdjRepRARWAR
1967 CHN 47 -4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.3
1968 CHN 64 -8 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4
1969 CHN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1969 SDN 57 -6 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1
1970 DET 73 -5 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 0.4
1971 DET 32 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1
1972 DET 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3
1973 ATL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1974 ATL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1
1975 HOU 16 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1976 HOU 28 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2
1977 HOU 52 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2
1978 HOU 65 -10 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 6 2 -5 -0.7
1979 HOU 85 -14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 -3 -0.5
1980 HOU 84 -2 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 7 3 5 0.4
1981 HOU 53 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.1
1982 HOU 90 -17 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 8 3 -8 -1.0
1983 HOU 86 -16 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 8 3 -6 -0.8
1984 HOU 85 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.4
1985 HOU 69 -4 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 6 0.6
TOTALS 1012 -119 -1 -3 -3 0 0 0 0 90 33 -3 -1.9

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