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: 21-21 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 7

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	317	4	Apr 9	ATL		CIN	L,7-8	5-7		99	2.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.94	9	4	3	0	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.165	1.30	0.14%	1.52	5t 1-- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
2	318	7	Apr 13	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	4-6		3	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.59	5.74	13	6	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.070	.58	-0.06%	-0.34	4b 1-3 0 out d1	6b 3 out d4
3	319	14	Apr 21	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(1-0)	7	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.08	4.53	12	2	4	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.036	2.35	0.02%	-0.32	7b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
4	320	17	Apr 25	ATL		PHI	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	4.17	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.034	1.00	0.01%	-0.09	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
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	321	21	May 1	ATL		MON	L,6-9	4-8	L(1-1)	5	4.0	5	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.73	5.42	19	6	3	1	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	-0.531	.84	-0.18%	-1.67	4t 12- 1 out d2	8t 123 1 out d1
6	322	23	May 4	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-5	11-11		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	5.22	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.131	.74	0.03%	0.47	11b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
7	323	26	May 7	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.30	5.57	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.53	8b 1-3 2 out d4	8b end d 5
8	324	28	May 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-8	2-7		1	4.2	5	4	2	3	1	1	0	4.19	5.88	20	7	4	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.14	-0.028	.06	-0.01%	-1.39	2b 1-- 2 out d4	7b 12- 1 out d6
9	325	33	May 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.18	4.40	32	12	9	1	0	5	79			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.424	.58	0.14%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	326	38	May 20(1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(3-1)	4	10.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.82	3.95	35	12	13	2	0	3	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.54	0.170	.88	0.06%	2.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
11	327	43	May 26	ATL	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.89	3.83	23	7	6	1	1	6	46			2	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.046	.42	-0.01%	-0.38	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
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	328	49	Jun 1	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-7	7-GF	S(2)	5	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.70	3.72	12	4	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	0.445	.36	0.03%	1.48	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	329	53	Jun 6	ATL	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.0	4	3	2	6	2	0	0	2.63	3.81	33	13	7	1	0	4	60			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.084	.09	0.00%	0.42	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
14	330	56	Jun 9	ATL		STL	W,8-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	2	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	1	2.63	3.80	31	8	10	1	1	7	54			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.181	.08	0.01%	0.49	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
15	331	60	Jun 12	ATL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(6-2)	2	9.0	6	2	2	3	2	2	0	2.55	4.08	36	13	12	2	0	6	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.357	.18	0.03%	2.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	332	63	Jun 16	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-3)	3	7.0	5	4	2	5	5	2	0	2.55	4.34	32	10	10	3	3	2	55			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	1	.88	-0.245	.24	-0.04%	-0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	333	67	Jun 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-6	L(6-4)	2	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.69	4.36	24	7	9	2	0	5	51			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.063	.16	-0.01%	-0.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
18	334	70	Jun 22	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-3	GS-9	W(7-4)	2	8.0	8	3	1	4	6	0	0	2.55	4.20	36	9	9	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	.97	0.097	.06	0.00%	-0.60	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
19	335	73	Jun 24	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	7-GF	W(8-4)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.47	4.07	9	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.081	.02	0.00%	1.26	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 5
20	336	76	Jun 28(1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8		3	7.0	8	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.48	3.96	33	6	9	3	0	8	55			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.094	.09	0.00%	1.49	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
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
21	337	81	Jul 1(2)	ATL		SFG	W,8-7	GS-8		2	8.0	9	5	3	4	7	1	0	2.54	3.96	36	8	8	0	0	9	51			2	1	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.218	.02	0.00%	-1.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	338	85	Jul 4(2)	ATL		HOU	L,8-12	GS-3		2	2.2	8	6	6	3	0	1	1	2.96	4.15	20	3	5	0	0	8	15			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.400	.02	-0.01%	-4.94	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
23	339	89	Jul 8	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.89	4.04	36	13	8	1	1	8	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.28	0.350	.05	0.01%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	340	93	Jul 13(1)	ATL		MON	L,7-11	GS-6		4	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	1	3.13	4.19	23	9	2	0	0	7	35			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.024	.06	0.00%	-2.51	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out a2
25	341	97	Jul 16	ATL		NYM	W,8-6	GS-6		2	5.2	8	6	6	2	5	1	1	3.41	4.21	29	10	4	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.455	.04	-0.01%	-3.61	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d3
26	342	100	Jul 20	ATL		PHI	L,4-6	GS-6	L(9-5)	3	6.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.52	4.11	27	5	8	0	0	7	43			1	2	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.201	.01	0.00%	-1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
27	343	105	Jul 26(2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.55	4.08	38	12	12	2	2	10	51			4	0	1	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.178	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
28	344	108	Jul 29	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-6		2	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.65	4.08	28	9	6	1	0	8	43			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b 3 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
29	345	112	Aug 1	ATL		CIN	W,14-6	GS-6		2	5.2	4	3	2	6	3	0	0	3.63	4.10	26	6	7	0	0	4	48			1	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.78	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
30	346	117	Aug 5	ATL		SDP	W,9-0	SHO	W(11-5)	3	9.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.44	4.02	32	11	14	2	0	0	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	.49	0.272	.00	0.00%	4.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
31	347	118	Aug 8	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	4.00	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
32	348	120	Aug 10	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	W(12-5)	1	9.0	5	4	4	2	6	2	0	3.44	4.04	33	8	12	1	3	5	65			1	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.375	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	349	124	Aug 15	ATL	@	CHC	W,15-1	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	1	3.33	3.92	35	13	13	3	0	2	75			0	0	0	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	.19	0.095	.00	0.00%	3.44	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a14
34	350	128	Aug 19	ATL	@	MON	L,1-3	GS-6	L(13-6)	3	6.0	7	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.32	3.94	23	9	6	0	0	7	49			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	351	129	Aug 21	ATL		STL	W,11-7	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.92	14	6	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.066	.00	0.00%	1.49	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
36	352	132	Aug 25	ATL		PIT	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	7	4	4	1	8	1	0	3.31	3.87	32	10	6	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
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
37	353	137	Sep 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(13-7)	6	8.0	8	5	5	6	4	0	0	3.40	3.87	36	13	10	3	0	3	44			3	1	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	-0.512	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
38	354	142	Sep 5	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-5		3	5.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.32	3.82	18	8	3	0	0	5	59			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.274	.00	0.00%	2.10	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
39	355	146	Sep 9(2)	ATL		CIN	L,0-7	GS-7	L(13-8)	3	7.0	8	6	4	3	6	1	0	3.38	3.82	33	10	7	0	0	7	44			2	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-2.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
40	356	151	Sep 15	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.37	3.87	25	12	6	0	2	5	52			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
41	357	155	Sep 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-8	L(13-9)	3	7.1	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.34	3.82	28	10	7	0	2	5	62			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.213	.00	0.00%	2.20	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a1
42	358	159	Sep 25	ATL		LAD	L,1-5	GS-8	L(13-10)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.31	3.76	30	9	11	0	2	5	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.98	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							21-21		W-L:13-10,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.1	245.0	214	103	90	89	131	21	5	3.31	3.76	1023	1.17		5%	3%	195	55	11	45%	26	12	3	913	27	5	4	14	2	10	1.08	0.672	.17	0.17%	9.36

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