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Phil Niekro

Philip Henry Niekro (Knucksie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 1, 1939 in Blaine, OH
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Indians/BlueJays 1964-1987
Agents: Bruce Church [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1987
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1997 (380/473 ballots).
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Relatives: Brother of Joe Niekro and Uncle of Lance Niekro
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 25 MLN NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 26 MLN NL 42 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 27 ATL NL 28 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1967 28 ATL NL 46 66 57 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .123 .167 .158 .325 -6 9 2 2 6 0 0 1
1968 29 ATL NL 37 95 77 3 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 22 .104 .104 .195 .299 -12 15 0 0 18 0 0 1
1969 30 ATL NL 40 106 95 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 21 .211 .227 .253 .479 34 24 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL 34 88 79 5 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .152 .171 .190 .361 -6 15 1 0 6 1 0 1
1971 32 ATL NL 42 101 92 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .152 .160 .163 .323 -10 15 0 1 7 1 0 1
1972 33 ATL NL 38 108 93 7 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 22 .194 .216 .237 .453 24 22 2 2 11 1 0 1
1973 34 ATL NL 42 91 82 3 10 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 26 .122 .143 .207 .350 -7 17 4 1 7 0 0 1
1974 35 ATL NL 41 118 104 5 20 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 18 .192 .220 .212 .432 20 22 1 1 9 1 0 1 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL 39 106 99 5 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 1 18 .172 .176 .212 .389 6 21 1 0 4 2 0 1 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 38 105 94 5 18 3 0 1 12 0 1 0 8 .191 .198 .255 .453 25 24 3 1 9 1 0 1
1977 38 ATL NL 44 123 109 2 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 15 .174 .180 .183 .364 -6 20 3 1 12 1 0 1
1978 39 ATL NL 45 129 120 5 27 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 25 .225 .248 .258 .506 36 31 3 1 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 44 134 123 10 24 6 0 0 12 0 0 1 19 .195 .213 .244 .457 21 30 1 2 7 1 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL 40 96 90 2 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .133 .143 .189 .332 -9 17 2 0 5 0 0 1 GG
1981 42 ATL NL 22 55 52 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -56 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1982 43 ATL NL 35 91 87 6 17 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 16 .195 .193 .276 .469 28 24 4 0 3 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL 34 73 65 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .185 .194 .215 .409 10 14 7 0 6 1 0 1 GG
1984 45 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1985 46 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 47 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 48 TOT MLB 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 48 TOT AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 48 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 48 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1987 48 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
24 Seasons 866 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
162 Game Avg. 162 319 288 15 49 8 0 1 20 0 0 3 59 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 61 7 2 24 2 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
ATL (21 yrs) 742 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
CLE (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (21 yrs) 742 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
AL (4 yrs) 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 26 MLN NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1966 27 ATL NL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1967 28 ATL NL 66 -8 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1968 29 ATL NL 95 -10 0 -1 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 1
1969 30 ATL NL 106 -8 -1 0 0 0 9 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL 88 -12 0 0 0 0 8 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1971 32 ATL NL 101 -13 -1 2 0 0 7 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1972 33 ATL NL 108 -9 0 -1 0 0 7 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 1
1973 34 ATL NL 91 -12 -1 0 -1 0 7 3 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1974 35 ATL NL 118 -11 0 0 1 0 8 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL 106 -12 0 -1 0 0 9 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 105 -9 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1977 38 ATL NL 123 -15 0 -2 0 0 10 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1978 39 ATL NL 129 -9 0 -1 -1 0 11 4 4 0.2 4 0.5 -0.3 $ 1 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 134 -13 0 -1 1 0 12 4 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL 96 -12 -1 -1 0 0 8 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $1,042,667 1 GG
1981 42 ATL NL 55 -10 0 -1 0 0 4 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $1,325,367 1
1982 43 ATL NL 91 -8 0 -1 -1 0 8 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $1,259,166 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL 73 -8 0 -1 -1 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $800,000 1 GG
1987 48 ATL NL 1 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
20 Seasons 1707 -183 -5 -7 -2 0 134 49 -14 -3.8 -14 -1.3 -2.5 $4,427,200
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 26 MLN NL 10 9 0 0.0 94 .143 .100 .259 .100 .323 .100 .392 .200 .715 -44 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1966 27 ATL NL 11 11 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .268 .000 .327 .000 .404 .000 .731 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1967 28 ATL NL 66 58 2 0.9 90 .171 .123 .257 .167 .319 .158 .377 .325 .696 -6 .066 -7.9 -0.8 .231 .053 .035
1968 29 ATL NL 95 87 2 0.6 82 .113 .104 .253 .104 .312 .195 .357 .299 .668 -12 .039 -10.8 -1.2 .217 .091 .091 .0
1969 30 ATL NL 106 85 6 1.9 95 .270 .211 .261 .227 .331 .253 .386 .479 .717 34 .190 -8.6 -0.9 .342 .063 .042
1970 31 ATL NL 88 75 3 1.1 108 .177 .152 .274 .171 .348 .190 .418 .361 .766 -6 .065 -12.5 -1.2 .250 .063 .038 .0
1971 32 ATL NL 101 86 3 0.9 97 .192 .152 .266 .160 .334 .163 .390 .323 .724 -10 .064 -13.9 -1.5 .205 .011 .011
1972 33 ATL NL 108 89 5 1.5 99 .239 .194 .267 .216 .336 .237 .394 .453 .730 24 .142 -9.9 -1.1 .325 .054 .043 .0
1973 34 ATL NL 91 83 2 0.6 103 .164 .122 .272 .143 .342 .207 .404 .350 .746 -7 .031 -12.6 -1.3 .250 .098 .085 .0
1974 35 ATL NL 118 95 6 1.7 98 .230 .192 .267 .220 .340 .212 .386 .432 .726 20 .158 -11.7 -1.2 .306 .048 .019
1975 36 ATL NL 106 89 4 1.2 99 .205 .172 .269 .176 .340 .212 .389 .389 .729 6 .089 -13.1 -1.4 .265 .051 .040
1976 37 ATL NL 105 90 4 1.2 97 .198 .191 .270 .198 .337 .255 .384 .453 .721 25 .096 -9.8 -1.0 .300 .053 .064 .0
1977 38 ATL NL 123 106 4 1.0 113 .200 .174 .283 .180 .353 .183 .431 .364 .784 -6 .059 -17.6 -1.8 .226 .009 .009
1978 39 ATL NL 129 101 8 2.1 104 .281 .225 .275 .248 .345 .258 .405 .506 .750 36 .224 -11.1 -1.2 .365 .058 .033
1979 40 ATL NL 134 108 7 1.7 105 .229 .195 .277 .213 .344 .244 .411 .457 .755 21 .154 -14.0 -1.4 .330 .057 .049
1980 41 ATL NL 96 85 2 0.6 98 .169 .133 .270 .143 .333 .189 .392 .332 .725 -9 .030 -13.4 -1.4 .225 .067 .056
1981 42 ATL NL 55 51 0 0.0 94 .098 .077 .265 .077 .330 .077 .380 .154 .710 -56 .000 -10.9 -1.2 .083 .000 .000
1982 43 ATL NL 91 78 4 1.4 98 .225 .195 .270 .193 .334 .276 .393 .469 .726 28 .115 -8.8 -0.9 .324 .080 .080 .0
1983 44 ATL NL 73 67 1 0.4 103 .222 .185 .272 .194 .342 .215 .404 .409 .746 10 .013 -8.3 -0.9 .250 .046 .031
1987 48 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .274 .000 .344 .000 .426 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1987 48 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .274 .000 .344 .000 .426 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
24 Seasons 1707 1454 63 1.2 100 .206 .169 .269 .183 .337 .211 .396 .395 .733 8 .087 -199.4 -21.0 .269 .053 .042 .0
162 Game Avg. 319 272 12 1.2 100 .206 .169 .269 .183 .337 .211 .396 .395 .733 8 .087 -199.4 -21.0 .269 .053 .042
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NL (21 yrs) 1707 1454 63 1.2 100 .206 .169 .269 .183 .337 .211 .396 .395 .733 8 .087 -199.4 -21.0 .269 .053 .042 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 30 ATL NL NLCS NYM L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 43 ATL NL NLCS STL L 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0
2 NLCS 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 ATL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 36 DNP
1978 ATL NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 43 DNP
1984 NYY AL 45 DNP
5 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 26 MLN NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 0.67 70%
1966 27 ATL NL 11 0.0% 54.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 4.00 18%
1967 28 ATL NL 66 0.0% 24.2% 1.5% 3.0% 29% 16.00 3.6 28.5 1.44 62%
1968 29 ATL NL 95 2.1% 23.2% 0.0% 3.2% 38% 3.5 38.5 11.0 1.81 56%
1969 30 ATL NL 106 0.0% 19.8% 1.9% 3.8% 20% 10.50 4.5 13.6 1.48 70%
1970 31 ATL NL 88 1.1% 19.3% 2.3% 1.1% 8% 8.50 4.6 79.0 26.3 1.55 70%
1971 32 ATL NL 101 0.0% 19.8% 0.0% 1.0% 7% 4.6 23.0 1.18 72%
1972 33 ATL NL 108 0.9% 20.4% 0.9% 1.9% 11% 22.00 4.2 93.0 23.3 2.09 66%
1973 34 ATL NL 91 1.1% 28.6% 1.1% 5.5% 50% 26.00 3.2 82.0 41.0 1.67 60%
1974 35 ATL NL 118 0.0% 15.3% 2.5% 1.7% 10% 6.00 5.8 9.5 1.35 74%
1975 36 ATL NL 106 0.0% 17.0% 0.9% 2.8% 18% 18.00 5.5 9.9 1.63 78%
1976 37 ATL NL 105 1.0% 7.6% 0.0% 3.8% 22% 11.8 94.0 7.8 2.43 82%
1977 38 ATL NL 123 0.0% 12.2% 0.0% 0.8% 5% 7.3 15.6 1.57 77%
1978 39 ATL NL 129 0.0% 19.4% 2.3% 3.1% 15% 8.33 4.8 12.0 1.96 74%
1979 40 ATL NL 134 0.0% 14.2% 0.8% 4.5% 25% 19.00 6.5 10.3 2.10 78%
1980 41 ATL NL 96 0.0% 19.8% 1.0% 5.2% 42% 19.00 4.7 18.0 1.87 74%
1981 42 ATL NL 55 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.7 52.0 1.28 75%
1982 43 ATL NL 91 1.1% 17.6% 0.0% 5.5% 29% 5.4 87.0 12.4 1.90 78%
1983 44 ATL NL 73 0.0% 16.4% 1.4% 2.7% 17% 12.00 5.4 13.0 5.11 74%
1987 48 ATL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
24 Seasons 1707 0.4% 18.4% 1.0% 2.9% 19% 18.47 4.9 219.6 14.1 1.78 72%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.1% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.66 6.3 43.5 8.7 1.09 74%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 25 MLN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1965 26 MLN NL -1.9 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .47 -0.2 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.97 -2.0 0
1966 27 ATL NL -2.2 -0.2 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.26 -0.2 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.06 -2.7 0
1967 28 ATL NL -7.9 -0.8 66 -1.0 0.4 -1.3 .97 -0.8 -0.2 -7.5 -0.8 0.99 -7.2 0
1968 29 ATL NL -10.8 -1.2 85 -1.0 0.7 -1.6 1.02 -1.3 0.3 -11.2 -1.3 1.00 -12.1 0
1969 30 ATL NL -8.6 -0.9 107 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 .86 -0.9 0.4 -6.1 -0.6 0.97 -8.9 0
1970 31 ATL NL -12.5 -1.2 89 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 .93 -1.1 -0.2 -13.0 -1.3 0.95 -11.5 0
1971 32 ATL NL -13.9 -1.5 101 -1.1 0.8 -1.9 .88 -0.9 -0.3 -8.1 -0.8 0.95 -10.2 0
1972 33 ATL NL -9.9 -1.1 108 -1.4 0.8 -2.2 1.01 -1.2 -0.2 -15.7 -1.6 1.00 -12.1 0
1973 34 ATL NL -12.6 -1.3 91 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 .83 -1.3 -0.4 -15.3 -1.5 0.87 -13.9 0
1974 35 ATL NL -11.7 -1.2 118 0.1 1.6 -1.5 .83 -0.8 0.9 -2.4 -0.2 0.98 -8.4 0
1975 36 ATL NL -13.1 -1.4 108 -1.3 0.9 -2.2 1.07 -1.2 0.0 -12.5 -1.3 1.02 -12.8 0
1976 37 ATL NL -9.8 -1.0 106 -0.8 1.1 -1.9 .94 -1.1 0.2 -8.4 -0.9 1.02 -10.8 0
1977 38 ATL NL -17.6 -1.8 123 -1.7 1.2 -2.9 1.13 -1.8 0.2 -18.7 -1.8 1.01 -19.8 0
1978 39 ATL NL -11.1 -1.2 130 -1.0 1.4 -2.5 .91 -1.2 0.1 -12.9 -1.3 0.97 -13.9 3.47 1
1979 40 ATL NL -14.0 -1.4 135 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 1.05 -1.3 0.2 -14.0 -1.4 1.06 -14.7 0
1980 41 ATL NL -13.4 -1.4 97 -1.1 0.7 -1.9 .94 -1.2 0.0 -11.0 -1.1 0.89 -13.3 0
1981 42 ATL NL -10.9 -1.2 55 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .88 -1.1 0.0 -10.8 -1.2 0.98 -10.5 0
1982 43 ATL NL -8.8 -0.9 93 -0.7 0.9 -1.7 .91 -0.8 0.0 -6.9 -0.7 0.93 -8.8 0
1983 44 ATL NL -8.3 -0.9 74 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 1.05 -1.0 -0.1 -14.5 -1.5 1.14 -10.6 0
1984 45 NYY AL 0.0
1985 46 NYY AL 0.0
1986 47 CLE AL 0.0
1987 48 CLE AL 0.0
1987 48 TOR AL 0.0
1987 48 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 .99 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.86 0.7 0
24 Seasons -199.4 -21.0 1707 -17.5 15.1 -32.6 .96 -19.2 0.9 -193.5 -19.8 0.99 -203.3 3.47 1
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 26 MLN NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1966 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 28 ATL NL 2 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 29 ATL NL 0 0 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 30 ATL NL 1 0 50% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13% 7 7 0 0 0 0 8 5 2
1970 31 ATL NL 1 0 31% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1971 32 ATL NL 6 0 20% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1972 33 ATL NL 1 0 30% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21% 7 5 0 4 2 2 3 2 1
1973 34 ATL NL 1 0 18% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1974 35 ATL NL 2 0 21% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1975 36 ATL NL 0 0 28% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1976 37 ATL NL 2 0 22% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1977 38 ATL NL 0 0 10% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1978 39 ATL NL 0 0 16% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20% 6 5 1 1 0 1 3 3 0
1979 40 ATL NL 1 0 37% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 3 0
1980 41 ATL NL 0 0 15% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1981 42 ATL NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1982 43 ATL NL 0 0 31% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1983 44 ATL NL 0 0 23% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1987 48 ATL NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
24 Seasons 18 0 26% 399 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 23 20% 62 52 7 14 11 3 37 21 13
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 26 MLN NL 8 13% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 2
1966 27 ATL NL 11 36% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1967 28 ATL NL 64 8% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 17 2 12% 21 4 19% 45 2 4% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 2
1968 29 ATL NL 84 27% 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 16 18 113% 19 0 0% 20 7 35% 56 3 5% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 11
1969 30 ATL NL 103 22% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 19 1 5% 20 5 25% 66 8 12% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 3
1970 31 ATL NL 81 25% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 100% 13 1 8% 16 5 31% 47 3 6% 3 1 33% 0 0 7
1971 32 ATL NL 101 29% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 15 0 0% 17 4 24% 67 7 10% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1972 33 ATL NL 108 31% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 15 11 73% 25 2 8% 32 10 31% 73 4 5% 9 2 22% 5 1 20% 0
1973 34 ATL NL 91 42% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 100% 13 4 31% 19 3 16% 44 1 2% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1974 35 ATL NL 118 28% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 23 1 4% 17 5 29% 82 14 17% 7 3 43% 4 3 75% 0
1975 36 ATL NL 106 35% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 18 1 6% 19 6 32% 75 10 13% 9 6 67% 4 2 50% 0
1976 37 ATL NL 105 21% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 11 9 82% 22 3 14% 23 5 22% 88 13 15% 8 3 38% 3 1 33% 0
1977 38 ATL NL 122 29% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 92% 23 3 13% 29 11 38% 91 7 8% 9 5 56% 7 5 71% 1
1978 39 ATL NL 129 31% 27 1 0 0 0 3.47 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 21 3 14% 24 6 25% 85 10 12% 7 2 29% 5 2 40% 0
1979 40 ATL NL 134 25% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 30 1 3% 29 10 34% 109 12 11% 7 5 71% 8 3 38% 0
1980 41 ATL NL 96 30% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 14 2 14% 16 5 31% 53 5 9% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1981 42 ATL NL 55 24% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 12 0 0% 13 2 15% 36 1 3% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1982 43 ATL NL 91 19% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 75% 13 4 31% 18 4 22% 54 6 11% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1983 44 ATL NL 73 8% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 18 7 39% 22 8 36% 64 6 9% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1987 48 ATL NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Seasons 1681 26% 260 1 0 0 0 3.47 7 0 56 6 1 3 4 0 160 129 81% 321 35 11% 363 102 28% 1150 112 10% 92 36 39% 52 26 50% 26
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 26 52 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 80 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .056 .056 .056 .111 -69 1 0 0 3 0 0
1967 28 126 87 75 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .107 .141 .133 .274 -21 10 2 2 9 0 0
1968 29 163 182 152 7 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 1 47 .105 .123 .164 .287 -17 25 2 2 27 0 0
1969 30 203 288 247 18 36 7 0 2 16 0 0 3 68 .146 .163 .198 .361 3 49 3 2 36 0 0
1970 31 237 376 326 23 48 7 0 3 19 0 0 5 85 .147 .165 .196 .361 1 64 4 2 42 1 0
1971 32 279 477 418 26 62 8 0 3 23 0 0 5 105 .148 .164 .189 .353 -2 79 4 3 49 2 0
1972 33 317 585 511 33 80 9 0 4 27 0 0 6 127 .157 .173 .198 .371 3 101 6 5 60 3 0
1973 34 359 676 593 36 90 13 0 5 29 0 0 7 153 .152 .169 .199 .368 2 118 10 6 67 3 0
1974 35 400 794 697 41 110 15 0 5 40 0 0 10 171 .158 .177 .201 .378 5 140 11 7 76 4 0
1975 36 439 900 796 46 127 17 1 5 50 0 0 11 189 .160 .177 .202 .379 5 161 12 7 80 6 0
1976 37 477 1005 890 51 145 20 1 6 62 0 1 11 197 .163 .179 .208 .387 7 185 15 8 89 7 0
1977 38 521 1128 999 53 164 21 1 6 69 0 1 11 212 .164 .179 .205 .384 5 205 18 9 101 8 0
1978 39 566 1257 1119 58 191 25 1 6 79 0 1 14 237 .171 .187 .211 .398 9 236 21 10 105 9 0
1979 40 610 1391 1242 68 215 31 1 6 91 0 1 15 256 .173 .189 .214 .403 10 266 22 12 112 10 0
1980 41 650 1487 1332 70 227 36 1 6 96 0 1 16 275 .170 .186 .212 .399 9 283 24 12 117 10 0
1981 42 672 1542 1384 71 231 36 1 6 97 0 1 16 286 .167 .182 .207 .390 6 287 24 12 120 10 0
1982 43 707 1633 1471 77 248 40 1 7 104 0 1 16 302 .169 .183 .211 .394 8 311 28 12 123 11 0
1983 44 741 1706 1536 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .212 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
1984 45 773 1706 1536 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .212 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
1985 46 806 1706 1536 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .212 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
1986 47 840 1706 1536 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .212 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0
1987 48 866 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 325 35 12 129 12 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 26 42 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
1966 27 28 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
1967 28 46 59 56 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 16 .107 .153 .143 .295 1 46
1968 29 37 78 78 4 9 1 0 2 9 0 0 22 .115 .115 .205 .321 2 37
1969 30 40 98 96 12 21 4 0 0 8 0 2 21 .219 .235 .260 .495 6 40
1970 31 34 80 77 4 10 0 0 1 2 0 2 17 .130 .150 .169 .319 2 34
1971 32 42 93 91 3 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 20 .143 .151 .154 .304 2 42
1972 33 40 102 98 8 20 1 0 1 5 0 1 23 .204 .225 .245 .470 5 38
1973 34 42 83 81 3 9 4 0 1 2 0 1 26 .111 .133 .198 .330 2 42
1974 35 41 110 105 5 21 2 0 0 12 0 3 18 .200 .227 .219 .446 5 41
1975 36 39 103 100 5 18 2 1 0 11 0 1 18 .180 .184 .220 .404 4 39
1976 37 38 97 95 5 19 3 0 1 13 0 0 8 .200 .206 .263 .469 5 38
1977 38 44 110 108 2 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 15 .167 .173 .176 .349 3 44
1978 39 45 124 119 5 26 4 0 0 9 0 3 25 .218 .242 .252 .494 7 45
1979 40 44 127 123 10 24 6 0 0 12 0 1 19 .195 .213 .244 .457 6 44
1980 41 40 92 91 2 13 5 0 0 6 0 1 19 .143 .152 .198 .350 3 40
1981 42 33 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1982 43 35 89 88 6 18 4 0 1 7 0 0 16 .205 .202 .284 .486 5 35
1983 44 34 68 66 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 12 .197 .206 .227 .433 3 34
1987 48 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
20 Seasons 770 1611 1570 80 258 42 1 7 113 0 17 321 .164 .178 .206 .384 61 757
162 Game Avg. 162 339 330 17 54 9 0 1 24 0 4 68 .164 .178 .206 .384 13 757
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1993 BBWAA (65.7%)
1994 BBWAA (59.9%)
1995 BBWAA (62.2%)
1996 BBWAA (68.3%)
1997 BBWAA (80.3%)
Selected to HOF in 1997 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1969 *
1975
1978 *
1982
1984

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1980 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (9, 14%)
1978 NL (17, 2%)
1979 NL (20, 3%)
0.19 Career Shares (759th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (2, 4%)
1974 NL (3, 12%)
1978 NL (6, 8%)
1979 NL (6, 2%)
1982 NL (5, 15%)
0.41 Career Shares (116th)

Gold Gloves
1978 NL (P)
1979 NL (P)
1980 NL (P)
1982 NL (P)
1983 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1974 NL  7.5 (6th)
1975 NL  6.6 (6th)
1976 NL  6.5 (5th)
1977 NL  8.0 (4th)
1978 NL  9.3 (1st)
1979 NL  6.9 (4th)
Career  93.0 (32nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (1st)
1972 NL  11 (9th)
1977 NL  12 (6th)
Career  129 (246th)

Oldest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1939-04-01 (6th)
1977 NL  born 1939-04-01 (6th)
1978 NL  born 1939-04-01 (7th)
1979 NL  born 1939-04-01 (6th)
1980 NL  born 1939-04-01 (5th)
1981 NL  born 1939-04-01 (3rd)
1982 NL  born 1939-04-01 (3rd)
1983 NL  born 1939-04-01 (2nd)
1984 AL  born 1939-04-01 (1st)
1985 AL  born 1939-04-01 (1st)
1986 AL  born 1939-04-01 (1st)
1987 AL  born 1939-04-01 (1st)
1987 NL  born 1939-04-01 (1st)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Greg Maddux (978)
  2. Robin Roberts (966) *
  3. Jim Bunning (965) *
  4. Mel Harder (964)
  5. Paul Derringer (964)
  6. Rick Reuschel (962)
  7. Tom Glavine (957)
  8. Jack Quinn (955)
  9. Juan Marichal (954) *
  10. John Smoltz (953)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kirby Higbe (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kirby Higbe (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kirby Higbe (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Trachsel (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Allie Reynolds (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Bunning (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bunning (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rick Reuschel (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Reuschel (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Greg Maddux (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobo Newsom (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bobo Newsom (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bobo Newsom (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jack Quinn (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jack Quinn (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jack Quinn (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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