How many saves did Joe Niekro have in 1977?
51977 Regular Season
Joe Niekro recorded 5 saves in the 1977 regular season, 45th in the MLB.
- Joe Niekro's best regular season for saves in 22 seasons on file.
- Up 5 from 0 in 1976.
- 18% of the Houston Astros' saves that regular season.
Best of 22 regular seasons, 1967 through 1988. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  CHC | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3.34 | 169.2 | 77 | 32 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1968 | CHC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 4.32 | 177.0 | 65 | 59 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1969 |  CHC/SD | 41 | 8 | 18 | 3.70 | 221.1 | 62 | 51 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1970 |  DET | 38 | 12 | 13 | 4.06 | 213.0 | 101 | 72 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1971 | DET | 31 | 6 | 7 | 4.49 | 122.1 | 43 | 49 | 1.51 | 1 |
| 1972 | DET | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3.83 | 47.0 | 24 | 8 | 1.49 | 1 |
| 1973 |  ATL | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4.13 | 24.0 | 12 | 11 | 1.42 | 3 |
| 1974 | ATL | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3.56 | 43.0 | 31 | 18 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1975 |  HOU | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3.07 | 88.0 | 54 | 39 | 1.34 | 4 |
| 1976 | HOU | 36 | 4 | 8 | 3.36 | 118.0 | 77 | 56 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1977 | HOU | 44 | 13 | 8 | 3.04 | 180.2 | 101 | 64 | 1.21 | 5 |
| 1978 | HOU | 35 | 14 | 14 | 3.86 | 202.2 | 97 | 73 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1979 | HOU | 38 | 21 | 11 | 3.00 | 263.2 | 119 | 107 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1980 | HOU | 37 | 20 | 12 | 3.55 | 256.0 | 127 | 79 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 24 | 9 | 9 | 2.82 | 166.0 | 77 | 47 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 35 | 17 | 12 | 2.47 | 270.0 | 130 | 64 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | 38 | 15 | 14 | 3.48 | 263.2 | 152 | 101 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3.04 | 248.1 | 127 | 89 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1985 |  HOU/NYY | 35 | 11 | 13 | 3.83 | 225.1 | 121 | 107 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYY | 25 | 9 | 10 | 4.87 | 125.2 | 59 | 63 | 1.61 | 0 |
| 1987 |  NYY/MIN | 27 | 7 | 13 | 5.33 | 147.0 | 84 | 64 | 1.49 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10.03 | 11.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.14 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV