Joe Niekro vs Vern Law

Joe Niekro Vern Law

Joe Niekro and Vern Law compared on their MLB careers: Joe Niekro played 22 seasons, 1967 to 1988, Vern Law 16 seasons, 1950 to 1967. Joe Niekro has 221 wins to Vern Law's 162. Joe Niekro won 1 title, Vern Law won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Niekro and Vern Law career totals

702	GP	483
221	W	162
204	L	147
3.6	ERA	3.8
3,584	IP	2,672
1,747	K	1,092
1,262	BB	597
1.3	WHIP	1.3
16	SV	13

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe Niekro and Vern Law postseason

3	GP	3
0	R	0
14	H	22

Where each stands all time

Joe Niekro and Vern Law all-time places

138th (1,747)	Strikeouts (pitching)	—
77th (221)	Wins (pitching)	215th (162)

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

Joe Niekro: 1 championship; none on file
Vern Law: 1 championship; Cy Young

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.

Joe Niekro and Vern Law season by season

1st	1967	10	7	3.34	1950	7	9	4.92
2nd	1968	14	10	4.32	1951	6	9	4.50
3rd	1969	8	18	3.70	1954	9	13	5.51
4th	1970	12	13	4.06	1955	10	10	3.81
5th	1971	6	7	4.49	1956	8	16	4.32
6th	1972	3	2	3.83	1957	10	8	2.87
7th	1973	2	4	4.13	1958	14	12	3.96
8th	1974	3	2	3.56	1959	18	9	2.98
9th	1975	6	4	3.07	1960	20	9	3.08
10th	1976	4	8	3.36	1961	3	4	4.70
11th	1977	13	8	3.04	1962	10	7	3.94
12th	1978	14	14	3.86	1963	4	5	4.93
13th	1979	21	11	3.00	1964	12	13	3.61
14th	1980	20	12	3.55	1965	17	9	2.15
15th	1981	9	9	2.82	1966	12	8	4.05
16th	1982	17	12	2.47	1967	2	6	4.18
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