
Born: April 1, 1939 in Blaine, OH
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958.
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Debut: April 15, 1964
Final Game: September 27, 1987
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1997 (380/473 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Joe Niekro and Uncle of Lance Niekro
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 609 | 1 | Apr 9 | ATL | @ | CIN | L,0-9 | GS-2 | L(0-1) | 99 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.37 | 0.78 | 1b start tie | 2b 3 out d6 | ||||||
| 2 | 610 | 4 | Apr 13 | ATL | @ | CIN | L,0-5 | GS-6 | L(0-2) | 3 | 5.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.05 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.13 | 0.92 | 1b start tie | 6b 123 1 out d3 | ||||||
| 3 | 611 | 7 | Apr 17 | ATL | CIN | L,1-4 | GS-8 | L(0-3) | 3 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7.63 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.18 | 0.63 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d4 | |||||||
| 4 | 612 | 11 | Apr 22 | ATL | SDP | W,3-2 | GS-9 | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5.55 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 | 1.37 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out tie | ||||||||
| 5 | 613 | 15 | Apr 26 | ATL | MON | L,3-4 | GS-8 | L(0-4) | 3 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.29 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.06 | 0.98 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 614 | 19 | May 2 | ATL | @ | PIT | W,6-1 | CG | W(1-4) | 5 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.71 | 1b start a 2 | 9b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| 7 | 615 | 26 | May 11 | ATL | HOU | W,7-4 | CG | W(2-4) | 8 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.11 | 1.35 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 8 | 616 | 29 | May 16 | ATL | NYM | L,3-5 | GS-7 | L(2-5) | 4 | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.19 | 1.18 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 2 out d4 | |||||||
| 9 | 617 | 33 | May 20 | ATL | @ | MON | W,1-0 | SHO | W(3-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.75 | 1.62 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| 10 | 618 | 37 | May 25 | ATL | @ | NYM | L,0-3 | CG(8) | L(3-6) | 4 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.89 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1.23 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 11 | 619 | 41 | May 29 | ATL | @ | LAD | L,0-3 | CG(8) | L(3-7) | 3 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.84 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.08 | 0.64 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 12 | 620 | 45 | Jun 2 | ATL | @ | SFG | W,4-2 | CG | W(4-7) | 3 | 9.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.34 | 1.33 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 13 | 621 | 48 | Jun 6 | ATL | LAD | L,0-5 | GS-8 | L(4-8) | 3 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.73 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -0.11 | 0.61 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d5 | |||||||
| 14 | 622 | 52 | Jun 10 | ATL | STL | W,5-2 | CG | W(5-8) | 3 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3.58 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.29 | 1.02 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 15 | 623 | 55 | Jun 14 | ATL | @ | CHC | L,5-10 | GS-2 | L(5-9) | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.39 | 0.90 | 1b start tie | 2b 12- 0 out d7 | ||||||
| 16 | 624 | 60 | Jun 18(2) | ATL | PIT | W,5-4 | GS-7 | 3 | 6.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.18 | 1.02 | 1t start tie | 7t --- 1 out tie | ||||||||
| 17 | 625 | 64 | Jun 22 | ATL | CHC | L,2-3 | GS-7 | L(5-10) | 3 | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.19 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.08 | 1.10 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 18 | 626 | 69 | Jun 28(2) | ATL | @ | SDP | L,2-3 | GS-6 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.14 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.06 | 1.11 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d1 | |||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 19 | 627 | 73 | Jul 2 | ATL | HOU | W,14-0 | SHO | W(6-10) | 3 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.87 | 35 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.41 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a14 | |||||||
| 20 | 628 | 77 | Jul 6 | ATL | SDP | W,6-5 | 8-GF | S(1) | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.27 | 2.56 | 8t --- 0 out a1 | 9t end a 1 | ||||||
| 21 | 629 | 78 | Jul 10 | ATL | CIN | L,6-8 | GS-5 | L(6-11) | 3 | 5.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.12 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.58 | 0.97 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 22 | 630 | 83 | Jul 14 | ATL | @ | HOU | W,2-0 | SHO | W(7-11) | 3 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.87 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 1.30 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 23 | 631 | 87 | Jul 18 | ATL | PHI | L,2-7 | GS-8 | L(7-12) | 3 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 | 0.76 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 24 | 632 | 92 | Jul 22 | ATL | MON | W,7-5 | GS-8 | W(8-12) | 3 | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.93 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 | 1.42 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 25 | 633 | 96 | Jul 26 | ATL | @ | PHI | L,3-6 | GS-6 | L(8-13) | 3 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.25 | 0.61 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d5 | ||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 26 | 634 | 101 | Aug 1 | ATL | @ | MON | L,1-4 | GS-6 | L(8-14) | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -0.21 | 0.56 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 27 | 635 | 105 | Aug 5 | ATL | LAD | W,6-4 | GS-8 | 3 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.16 | 0.72 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d3 | ||||||||
| 28 | 636 | 110 | Aug 10 | ATL | SFG | W,3-1 | GS-9 | W(9-14) | 4 | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | 1.04 | 1t start tie | 9t 1-- 1 out a2 | |||||||
| 29 | 637 | 115 | Aug 15 | ATL | @ | SFG | W,8-2 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.91 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.69 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out tie | |||||||
| 30 | 638 | 118 | Aug 19 | ATL | CHC | W,5-4 | 11-GF(11) | W(10-14) | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 3.18 | 11t --- 0 out tie | 11t end tie | ||||||
| 31 | 639 | 120 | Aug 21 | ATL | CHC | W,6-4 | GS-6 | W(11-14) | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.99 | 1t start tie | 6t 123 0 out a4 | |||||||
| 32 | 640 | 125 | Aug 26 | ATL | @ | PIT | W,4-2 | GS-7 | 4 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 1.31 | 1b start tie | 7b --3 2 out tie | |||||||
| 33 | 641 | 130 | Aug 31 | ATL | @ | STL | W,6-2 | CG | W(12-14) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.82 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 1.03 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||||||
| September/October | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | GDP | WPA | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 34 | 642 | 135 | Sep 6 | ATL | PIT | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(13-14) | 5 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.74 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.86 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 0 out a2 | |||||||
| 35 | 643 | 140 | Sep 12 | ATL | SDP | W,6-2 | GS-8 | W(14-14) | 5 | 7.2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.22 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 2 out a2 | |||||||
| 36 | 644 | 144 | Sep 16 | ATL | LAD | W,2-1 | GS-7 | W(15-14) | 3 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.31 | 1.13 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 37 | 645 | 149 | Sep 21 | ATL | @ | SDP | L,1-3 | GS-6 | L(15-15) | 4 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.61 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.10 | 0.71 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 38 | 646 | 153 | Sep 25 | ATL | HOU | L,2-4 | GS-7 | L(15-16) | 3 | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.67 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.28 | 1.05 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 0 out d2 | |||||||
| 39 | 647 | 157 | Oct 1 | ATL | @ | HOU | L,2-5 | GS-7 | L(15-17) | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.27 | 0.97 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 40 | 648 | 161 | Oct 5 | ATL | @ | CIN | L,0-1 | CG(8) | L(15-18) | 3 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 1.25 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.50 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 37 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10+ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 0
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