Joe Niekro vs Zane Smith

Joe Niekro Zane Smith

Joe Niekro and Zane Smith compared on their MLB careers: Joe Niekro played 22 seasons, 1967 to 1988, Zane Smith 13 seasons, 1984 to 1996. Joe Niekro has 221 wins to Zane Smith's 100. Joe Niekro won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Niekro and Zane Smith career totals

702	GP	360
221	W	100
204	L	115
3.6	ERA	3.7
3,584	IP	1919.1
1,747	K	1,011
1,262	BB	583
1.3	WHIP	1.3
16	SV	3

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe Niekro and Zane Smith postseason

3	GP	5
0	R	8
14	H	30

Where each stands all time

Joe Niekro and Zane Smith all-time places

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

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
Zane Smith: 0 championships; 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.

Joe Niekro and Zane Smith season by season

1st	1967	10	7	3.34	1984	1	0	2.25
2nd	1968	14	10	4.32	1985	9	10	3.80
3rd	1969	8	18	3.70	1986	8	16	4.05
4th	1970	12	13	4.06	1987	15	10	4.09
5th	1971	6	7	4.49	1988	5	10	4.30
6th	1972	3	2	3.83	1989	1	13	3.49
7th	1973	2	4	4.13	1990	12	9	2.55
8th	1974	3	2	3.56	1991	16	10	3.20
9th	1975	6	4	3.07	1992	8	8	3.06
10th	1976	4	8	3.36	1993	3	7	4.55
11th	1977	13	8	3.04	1994	10	8	3.27
12th	1978	14	14	3.86	1995	8	8	5.61
13th	1979	21	11	3.00	1996	4	6	5.08
14th	1980	20	12	3.55	—	—	—	—
15th	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