Clyde Wright vs Joe Niekro

Clyde WrightJoe Niekro

Clyde Wright and Joe Niekro compared on their MLB careers: Clyde Wright played 10 seasons, 1966 to 1975, Joe Niekro 22 seasons, 1967 to 1988. Clyde Wright has 100 wins to Joe Niekro's 221. Joe Niekro won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Clyde Wright and Joe Niekro career totals
329GP702
100W221
111L204
3.5ERA3.6
1728.2IP3,584
667K1,747
550BB1,262
1.3WHIP1.3
3SV16

Where each stands all time

Clyde Wright 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

  • Clyde Wright: 0 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.

Clyde Wright and Joe Niekro season by season
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.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.
1st1966473.7419671073.34
2nd1967553.26196814104.32
3rd19681063.9419698183.70
4th1969184.10197012134.06
5th197022122.831971674.49
6th197116172.991972323.83
7th197218112.981973244.13
8th197311193.681974323.56
9th19749204.421975643.07
10th1975464.441976483.36
11th————19771383.04
12th————197814143.86
13th————197921113.00
14th————198020123.55
15th————1981992.82
16th————198217122.47
17th————198315143.48
18th————198416123.04
19th————198511133.83
20th————19869104.87
21st————19877135.33
22nd————19881110.03

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA