Phil Niekro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 1, 1939 in Blaine, OH us

Died: December 27, 2020 in Flowery Branch, GA

Buried: Memorial Park South Cemetery, Flowery Branch, GA

High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)

Debut: April 15, 1964 (Age 25-014d, 12,203rd in major league history)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1987 (Age 48-179d)
vs. SFG 3.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1997. (Voted by BBWAA on 380/473 ballots)
View Phil Niekro's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Bruce Church

Full Name: Philip Henry Niekro

Nicknames: Knucksie

Pronunciation: \NEE-kro\

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Relatives: Brother of Joe Niekro; Uncle of Lance Niekro

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

95.9

318

274

ERA

3.35

864

716

5404.0

3342

WHIP

1.268

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-18 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	126	3	Apr 12	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.86	4.67	30	10	7	2	0	7	52			0	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.124	2.20	-0.13%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a2
2	127	7	Apr 17	ATL		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.69	3.57	33	15	7	0	0	5	77			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.528	2.19	0.50%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	128	12	Apr 23	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-4	L(2-1)	5	3.0	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.79	3.28	14	7	0	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.417	2.80	-0.57%	-3.14	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 0 out d2
4	129	16	Apr 28	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.67	3.39	32	14	8	2	0	6	58			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.087	1.29	-0.09%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	130	21	May 3	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	1	4.36	3.96	26	8	7	0	2	8	38			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.442	1.32	-0.44%	-2.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	131	26	May 8	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.24	3.82	31	13	5	0	2	6	53			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.209	2.42	-0.23%	-0.52	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
7	132	31	May 13	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	7	5	0	0	3.83	3.78	35	14	6	2	1	2	71			1	1	1	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.253	2.95	0.33%	1.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	133	37	May 20	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	GS-9		6	8.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.92	3.73	33	8	10	0	0	10	49			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.89	0.026	2.79	0.05%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a3
9	134	43	May 26	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG(6)	W(4-3)	5	6.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.69	3.59	27	7	7	0	1	5	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.195	3.31	0.30%	1.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
10	135	46	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.48	3.55	31	12	6	1	1	3	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.276	2.12	0.48%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	136	48	Jun 2(2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-5		S(1)	1	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.51	10												10			0		0
12	137	51	Jun 5	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-10	GS-5	L(5-4)	2	4.1	7	7	6	1	5	1	2	3.86	3.60	24	2	7	0	0	7	27			2	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.228	2.99	-0.45%	-3.79	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
13	138	55	Jun 10	ATL		STL	L,3-4	GS-3	L(5-5)	4	2.1	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.19	3.67	13	2	3	0	1	6	31			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.413	4.30	-0.88%	-3.27	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
14	139	58	Jun 13	ATL		STL	L,1-3	11-GF(12)	L(5-6)	2	2.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.30	3.78	9	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.322	3.55	-0.66%	-1.23	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
15	140	61	Jun 16	ATL		CHC	W,1-0	GS-9		2	9.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	1	3.88	3.67	36	9	11	1	1	7	75			1	0	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.596	3.60	0.86%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	141	66	Jun 21	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.92	3.60	25	7	6	1	1	6	54			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.227	3.89	-0.51%	-0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
17	142	71	Jun 26	ATL		PHI	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.81	3.48	27	11	10	5	1	4	61			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.21	-0.128	2.83	-0.18%	0.76	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	143	76	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.65	3.37	31	12	4	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.155	2.59	0.23%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
19	144	81	Jul 6(1)	ATL		HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.38	3.25	29						82						28			0		0
20	145	84	Jul 11	ATL		LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.15	3.10	31	11	10	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.656	1.53	0.49%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	146	88	Jul 15	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	7	2	1	0	5	0	0	3.01	2.98	34	13	9	0	0	7	72			0	0	1	33	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.329	1.81	0.29%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	147	93	Jul 20	ATL		PIT	L,1-2	GS-	L(9-7)	4	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.97	2.97	32						60						28			2		0
23	148	98	Jul 25	ATL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.92	2.89	32	13	11	0	1	4	71			0	0	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.380	.50	0.12%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	149	105	Jul 30(2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(10-8)	4	9.2	12	5	4	0	6	1	0	2.96	2.86	41	17	6	0	1	12	53			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.316	.29	-0.04%	-1.55	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	150	110	Aug 4	ATL		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.2	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.95	2.82	28	7	8	0	2	8	53			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.051	.31	-0.01%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out tie
26	151	115	Aug 9	ATL		STL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(10-9)	4	8.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.87	2.75	31	13	6	0	1	8	66			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.198	.13	0.02%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	152	117	Aug 11	ATL		STL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.75	4	2	1	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.056	.04	0.00%	-0.26	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
28	153	120	Aug 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7	L(10-10)	2	6.0	7	4	3	0	5	1	0	2.91	2.76	25	8	5	2	1	7	49			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.216	.01	0.00%	-1.94	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d4
29	154	125	Aug 20	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.0	5	4	0	1	3	1	0	2.81	2.79	29	12	8	0	4	5	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
30	155	130	Aug 25	ATL		PHI	L,1-4	GS-5	L(10-11)	4	4.0	10	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.88	2.85	20	13	1	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-1.78	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
31	156	135	Aug 29	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-11)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.76	2.84	31	11	11	1	5	2	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.239	.00	0.00%	3.42	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	157	140	Sep 2(2)	ATL	@	NYM	T,2-2	CG(6)		3	6.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.77	2.80	27	8	4	0	1	8	51			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.34	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
33	158	144	Sep 7	ATL		HOU	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.76	2.81	26	5	11	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.75	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
34	159	149	Sep 13	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-12)	5	8.0	8	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.70	2.77	29	12	6	2	1	8	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	1	0	.66	-0.023	.00	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
35	160	154	Sep 18	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.60	2.74	32	12	7	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.490	.00	0.00%	3.32	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
36	161	159	Sep 24	ATL		NYM	W,7-4	CG	W(13-12)	5	9.0	10	4	4	0	5	1	0	2.65	2.74	36	11	11	1	2	9	56			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.10	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	162	163	Sep 29	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(14-12)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.59	2.69	35	18	3	1	0	7	74			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.422	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							18-18		W-L:14-12,Sv:2	3.7	256.2	228	83	74	45	140	16	5	2.59	2.69	1019	1.52		4%	6%	203	60	1	100%	8	5	7	953	32	5	3	24	5	6	1.10	1.310	1.46	-0.54%	7.60

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