Bruce Kison vs Joe Niekro

Bruce Kison Joe Niekro

Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro compared on their MLB careers: Bruce Kison played 15 seasons, 1971 to 1985, Joe Niekro 22 seasons, 1967 to 1988. Bruce Kison has 115 wins to Joe Niekro's 221. Bruce Kison won 2 titles, Joe Niekro won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro career totals

380	GP	702
115	W	221
88	L	204
3.7	ERA	3.6
1809.2	IP	3,584
1,073	K	1,747
662	BB	1,262
1.3	WHIP	1.3
12	SV	16

How do they compare in the postseason?

Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro postseason

10	GP	3
0	R	0
19	H	14

Where each stands all time

Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	138th (1,747)
—	Wins (pitching)	77th (221)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Bruce Kison: 2 championships; none on file
Joe Niekro: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro season by season

1st	1971	6	5	3.40	1967	10	7	3.34
2nd	1972	9	7	3.26	1968	14	10	4.32
3rd	1973	3	0	3.09	1969	8	18	3.70
4th	1974	9	8	3.49	1970	12	13	4.06
5th	1975	12	11	3.23	1971	6	7	4.49
6th	1976	14	9	3.08	1972	3	2	3.83
7th	1977	9	10	4.90	1973	2	4	4.13
8th	1978	6	6	3.19	1974	3	2	3.56
9th	1979	13	7	3.19	1975	6	4	3.07
10th	1980	3	6	4.91	1976	4	8	3.36
11th	1981	1	1	3.48	1977	13	8	3.04
12th	1982	10	5	3.17	1978	14	14	3.86
13th	1983	11	5	4.05	1979	21	11	3.00
14th	1984	4	5	5.37	1980	20	12	3.55
15th	1985	5	3	4.11	1981	9	9	2.82
16th	—	—	—	—	1982	17	12	2.47
17th	—	—	—	—	1983	15	14	3.48
18th	—	—	—	—	1984	16	12	3.04
19th	—	—	—	—	1985	11	13	3.83
20th	—	—	—	—	1986	9	10	4.87
21st	—	—	—	—	1987	7	13	5.33
22nd	—	—	—	—	1988	1	1	10.03

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA