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Willie Davis League
4-1-2023
Earl Niekro Starting Pitcher
Retired (1999, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 3.49 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/L
W-L 225-137 Status Retired (1999) Option Years 0  
SV 4 Age 62 (OS 62) Date of Birth 04-01-1961
K 2239 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1983)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(53 games)
IP 3364.0
WHIP 1.19
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D+ Velocity C+   Mentor Val B+
Speed C+ Bunt C+ Control A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range F  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1983 CHA
12
 13
37
37
0
0
0
 0
197.0
 212 105 96 1 49
133
1.32
4.39
1984 CHA
17
 13
37
37
5
1
0
 0
245.0
 238 98 87 1 54
137
1.19
3.20
1985 CHA
16
 6
36
36
0
0
0
 0
209.0
 204 102 92 0 47
132
1.20
3.96
1986 CHA
17
 10
36
36
0
0
0
 0
230.1
 178 73 66 0 59
113
1.03
2.58
1987 CHA
16
 6
35
35
0
0
0
 0
200.0
 172 67 63 0 45
142
1.09
2.84
1988 CHA
15
 4
35
35
0
0
0
 0
220.2
 168 71 66 0 51
160
0.99
2.69
1989 CHA
14
 6
32
32
0
0
0
 0
196.1
 191 77 67 0 63
144
1.29
3.07
1990 CHA
19
 9
35
35
0
0
0
 0
220.0
 188 87 78 0 44
141
1.05
3.19
1991 CHA
18
 8
35
35
4
1
0
 0
229.0
 184 103 78 0 63
156
1.08
3.07
1992 CHA
7
 7
33
11
2
0
4
 3
108.1
 110 42 36 0 22
91
1.22
2.99
1993 CHN
10
 9
35
35
5
0
0
 0
228.1
 245 118 108 0 51
165
1.30
4.26
1994 CHN
16
 9
35
35
8
2
0
 0
251.1
 229 102 93 0 70
176
1.19
3.33
1995 CHN
14
 12
36
36
3
1
0
 0
247.2
 252 101 93 0 63
176
1.27
3.38
1996 CHN
15
 5
32
29
7
2
0
 0
206.0
 199 101 90 0 64
123
1.28
3.93
1997 CHN
8
 11
26
26
3
0
0
 0
179.2
 162 90 85 0 49
123
1.17
4.26
1998 CHN
11
 9
28
28
2
0
0
 0
181.1
 190 102 91 0 52
114
1.33
4.52
1999 NYA-NYN
0
 0
10
0
0
0
0
 0
14.0
 19 15 14 0 7
13
1.86
9.00
1999 NYA
0
 0
2
0
0
0
0
 0
2.2
 2 4 4 0 2
2
1.50
13.50
1999 NYN
0
 0
8
0
0
0
0
 0
11.1
 17 11 10 0 5
11
1.94
7.94
2023
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
225
 137
553
518
39
7
4
 3
3364.0
 3141 1454 1303 2 853
2239
1.19
3.49
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1999-11-01Earl Niekro has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1999-06-21The New York Whiner Babies have waived Earl Niekro.
1999-06-17The New York Whiner Babies have designated Earl Niekro for assignment.
1999-05-23The New York Whiner Babies have acquired Earl Niekro from the waiver wire.
1999-05-19The New York Champs have promoted Pat Lawing to the major league team. The New York Champs have designated Earl Niekro for assignment.
1999-04-05The New York Champs have acquired Earl Niekro from the waiver wire.
1999-03-01The Chicago Throwdown have designated Earl Niekro for assignment. The Chicago Throwdown have designated Hank Cabrera for assignment.
1997-09-02Earl Niekro of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1993-03-07A trade has been completed between the Chicago Throwdown and the Chicago Yellow Gloves. The Chicago Yellow Gloves receive Hal Manning, Skinny Higginson, Rob Lamm, Bob McMakin, Hal Allen, Mike Miggins, Eric Ain, Dale Knouff, Draft Pick 1993 Round 2 OAK (Fred Dougherty) from the Chicago Throwdown in exchange for Zeke Blaze, Earl Niekro.
1992-07-28Earl Niekro of the Chicago Crush is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1992-05-22Earl Niekro of the Chicago Crush is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1989-10-17Earl Niekro of the Chicago Crush is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1983-04-01The Chicago Crush have promoted Earl Niekro to the major league team. The Chicago Crush have designated Pete Redfern for assignment.