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: 23-15 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 1

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	279	1	Apr 15	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	8	6	6	1	3	0	0	9.53	1.87	25	10	5	3	0	6	31			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.429	1.71	-0.42%	-3.80	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d4
2	280	6	Apr 19	ATL		LAD	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	8.0	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	4.61	1.16	28	8	10	0	0	3	79			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	.86	0.281	1.04	0.20%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	281	11	Apr 25	ATL		STL	W,9-3	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	9	3	2	0	5	1	1	3.57	1.91	36	12	10	0	2	8	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	1	0	.42	0.136	.36	0.07%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	282	15	Apr 30	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.84	2.34	36	8	13	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.241	.63	0.16%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	283	19	May 5	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.43	2.10	32	6	14	0	3	7	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	0.552	1.37	0.32%	2.85	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
6	284	21	May 7	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	9-9	BL(3-3)	1	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.10	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	-0.758	4.22	-0.44%	-2.72	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b 1-3 0 out tie
7	285	23	May 10	ATL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	3.08	2.52	35	10	12	0	0	9	57			0	0	1	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.134	.76	0.07%	0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	286	25	May 14	ATL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.76	2.64	33	15	12	4	1	1	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.556	1.09	0.27%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	287	29	May 19	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.1	11	6	6	0	6	0	0	3.32	2.43	30	7	7	0	0	10	33			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.392	.62	-0.13%	-2.55	1b start a 4	7b -2- 1 out tie
10	288	33	May 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.04	2.41	34	14	10	1	3	6	72			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.566	1.07	0.24%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
11	289	36	May 27	ATL		SFG	L,9-11	GS-4		3	3.1	7	8	7	0	1	1	0	3.72	2.55	19	6	5	0	0	7	17			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.478	.63	-0.22%	-5.77	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d5
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
12	290	41	Jun 2	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.44	2.63	34	11	11	3	4	2	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.327	.61	0.15%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
13	291	45	Jun 7	ATL	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	7.0	7	5	4	2	5	0	1	3.57	2.60	32	9	9	2	0	6	48			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.254	.64	-0.13%	-1.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
14	292	50	Jun 12	ATL		NYM	W,8-7	GS-7		4	7.0	5	5	4	3	6	2	0	3.68	2.82	30	9	8	0	2	4	52			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	.98	-0.195	.68	-0.08%	-1.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
15	293	55	Jun 17	ATL		MON	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	1	0	3	1	1	3.46	2.87	35	14	9	1	1	7	70			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.101	.50	0.04%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	294	58	Jun 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-6)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.38	2.91	30	9	11	2	0	5	67			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.050	.58	0.02%	1.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	295	63	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.30	2.90	33	10	10	0	0	8	61			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.006	.57	0.00%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	296	68	Jul 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-7)	3	5.1	6	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.44	3.03	24	9	7	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.213	.52	-0.07%	-2.29	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out d3
19	297	74	Jul 5(2)	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	6	2	1	0	7	1	0	3.29	2.98	34	10	14	4	2	3	76			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.434	.26	0.07%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	298	78	Jul 8	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.26	2.96	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.10	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
21	299	80	Jul 11	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-6		2	6.0	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.25	2.90	26	12	5	1	0	6	51			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.119	.33	-0.02%	-0.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	300	84	Jul 15	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.18	2.93	35	14	17	2	2	2	63			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.377	.17	0.03%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	301	88	Jul 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	6.0	11	8	7	1	3	1	0	3.45	2.97	31	5	11	2	0	11	22			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.396	.09	-0.03%	-4.27	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out d2
24	302	92	Jul 23	ATL		STL	W,3-2	GS-8		3	7.2	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.40	2.94	32	11	9	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.029	.08	0.00%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
25	303	94	Jul 29	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	GS-8	L(9-9)	5	8.0	7	5	2	2	4	0	0	3.35	2.90	32	12	7	0	0	7	56			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	1	.84	-0.310	.09	-0.02%	-1.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
26	304	100	Aug 2	ATL		SDP	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-10)	3	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.25	2.88	28	9	9	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.256	.09	0.02%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	305	105	Aug 6	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(10-10)	3	10.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	0	3.23	2.79	37	14	9	0	3	7	73			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.312	.03	0.00%	1.07	1b start a 2	10b 3 out a1
28	306	110	Aug 11	ATL		CIN	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.31	2.86	26	5	10	1	2	5	46			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.177	.01	0.00%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	307	115	Aug 16	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	7	1	1	5	5	0	0	3.21	2.86	35	13	5	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.36	0.414	.00	0.00%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	308	120	Aug 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(12-10)	4	11.0	9	1	1	3	10	0	0	3.09	2.79	46	13	12	1	4	8	82			1	0	0	42	3	0	1	1	0	1	2.00	0.681	.00	0.00%	3.85	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
31	309	124	Aug 26	ATL		NYM	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	4	4	3	5	5	0	0	3.11	2.80	30	12	5	0	1	3	56			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
32	310	127	Aug 30	ATL		MON	L,2-3	GS-8	L(12-11)	3	7.1	7	3	2	1	7	1	0	3.09	2.79	30	7	8	3	0	7	60			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d2
Sep/Oct				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
33	311	133	Sep 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	11	5	5	5	5	1	0	3.19	2.86	32	7	4	0	0	11	31			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.448	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d2
34	312	138	Sep 10(2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	W(13-11)	5	9.0	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	3.08	2.79	34	10	10	0	0	8	75			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.337	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	313	142	Sep 16(2)	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(14-11)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.04	2.86	36	11	16	6	0	3	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.322	.00	0.00%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	314	146	Sep 22	ATL		SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-11)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.94	2.84	34	16	8	0	1	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.47	0.584	.00	0.00%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	315	150	Sep 27	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	7	5	4	2	7	1	1	2.97	2.85	38	11	10	1	1	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
38	316	154	Oct 3	ATL		LAD	L,5-6	GS-5	L(16-12)	5	4.0	7	5	4	3	3	0	1	3.06	2.87	22	5	3	1	0	7	30			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.467	.00	0.00%	-3.46	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
							23-15		W-L:16-12,BSv:1	3.6	282.1	254	112	96	53	164	22	5	3.06	2.87	1150	1.09		6%	5%	225	59	1	100%	10	5	2	1074	37	9	3	19	3	15	1.07	2.018	.40	0.09%	15.21

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