Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro (Knucksie)
Hall of Famer
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
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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 MLN NL 25 P 10 0 15.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.20 0.20 .950 2.16 0.84
1965 MLN NL 26 P 41 1 74.2 24 6 17 1 2 .958 2.77 0.56 .954 2.09 0.81
1966 ATL NL 27 P 28 0 50.1 20 2 18 0 1 1.000 3.58 0.71 .945 1.97 0.74
1967 ATL NL 28 P 46 20 207.0 54 10 40 4 4 .926 2.17 1.09 .961 2.00 0.78
1968 ATL NL 29 P 37 34 256.2 81 18 59 4 4 .951 2.70 2.08 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 ATL NL 30 P 40 35 284.1 78 24 51 3 4 .962 2.37 1.88 .958 1.95 0.78 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 ATL NL 31 P 34 32 229.2 53 14 38 1 4 .981 2.04 1.53 .949 1.85 0.71
1971 ATL NL 32 P 42 36 268.2 65 19 44 2 6 .969 2.11 1.50 .954 1.90 0.78
1972 ATL NL 33 P 38 36 282.1 70 26 40 4 4 .943 2.10 1.74 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 ATL NL 34 P 42 30 245.0 75 30 41 4 4 .947 2.61 1.69 .951 1.88 0.73
1974 ATL NL 35 P 41 39 302.1 64 22 42 0 3 1.000 1.91 1.56 .941 1.88 0.71 CYA-3
1975 ATL NL 36 P 39 37 275.2 62 21 41 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.59 .944 1.86 0.72 AS
1976 ATL NL 37 P 38 37 270.2 62 19 41 2 2 .968 2.00 1.58 .948 1.88 0.72
1977 ATL NL 38 P 44 43 330.1 71 20 51 0 5 1.000 1.93 1.61 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 ATL NL 39 P 44 42 334.1 84 17 65 2 4 .976 2.21 1.86 .950 1.91 0.72 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 ATL NL 40 P 44 44 342.0 88 31 56 1 3 .989 2.29 1.98 .949 1.80 0.66 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 ATL NL 41 P 40 38 275.0 59 18 40 1 6 .983 1.90 1.45 .951 1.91 0.69 GG
1981 ATL NL 42 P 22 22 139.1 32 10 22 0 2 1.000 2.07 1.45 .956 1.97 0.68
1982 ATL NL 43 P 35 35 234.1 57 18 38 1 4 .982 2.15 1.60 .951 1.96 0.70 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 ATL NL 44 P 34 33 201.2 44 15 27 2 6 .955 1.87 1.24 .952 1.92 0.68 GG
1984 NYY AL 45 P 32 31 215.2 50 13 36 1 4 .980 2.04 1.53 .958 1.79 0.70 AS
1985 NYY AL 46 P 33 33 220.0 31 11 20 0 5 1.000 1.27 0.94 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 CLE AL 47 P 34 32 210.1 45 9 32 4 2 .911 1.75 1.21 .960 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT MLB 48 P 26 26 138.2 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 1.95 1.15 .953 1.84 0.67
1987 TOT AL 48 P 25 25 135.2 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 1.99 1.20 .953 1.84 0.67
1987 CLE AL 48 P 22 22 123.2 29 12 17 0 1 1.000 2.11 1.32 .952 1.84 0.67
1987 TOR AL 48 P 3 3 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.33 1.000 1.88 0.67
1987 ATL NL 48 P 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
24 Seasons P 864 716 5404.0 1301 386 878 37 83 .972 2.11 1.46 .952 1.89 0.73
24 Seasons TOT 864 716 5404.0 1301 386 878 37 83 .972 2.11 1.46 .923 1.89 0.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 MLN NL 25 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MLN NL 26 42 1 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 ATL NL 27 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ATL NL 28 46 20 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 ATL NL 29 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 ATL NL 30 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 31 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 32 42 36 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 33 38 36 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 34 42 30 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 ATL NL 35 41 39 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 36 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 37 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 38 44 43 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 ATL NL 39 45 42 45 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 ATL NL 40 44 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 41 40 38 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 42 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 43 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 44 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 45 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 46 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE AL 47 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CLE AL 48 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 48 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 48 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Seasons 866 595 742 865 864 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 MLN NL 25 60 77% 40% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1965 MLN NL 26 279 77% 31% 13 92% 0 6 1 5 13 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
1966 ATL NL 27 216 83% 39% 14 100% 0 1 0 1 16 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1967 ATL NL 28 863 79% 30% 39 92% 0 9 3 6 37 27 5 4 1 0 3 0 4 4 4 0 4 100%
1968 ATL NL 29 925 82% 33% 49 92% 1 15 2 11 49 32 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1969 ATL NL 30 1167 78% 29% 53 98% 0 22 4 13 51 38 6 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 3 1 12 100%
1970 ATL NL 31 971 75% 27% 37 95% 0 13 1 9 31 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1971 ATL NL 32 1113 78% 29% 47 96% 0 19 1 13 45 32 7 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 6 0 10 100%
1972 ATL NL 33 1203 81% 28% 47 96% 0 24 6 15 41 29 7 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 3 1 8 100%
1973 ATL NL 34 1083 79% 28% 46 96% 2 30 3 21 41 32 3 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 3 1 11 91%
1974 ATL NL 35 1279 77% 26% 47 98% 0 22 1 14 42 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 8 88%
1975 ATL NL 36 1217 81% 28% 45 98% 0 18 4 10 43 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 100%
1976 ATL NL 37 1227 77% 24% 40 100% 1 20 3 12 38 29 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1977 ATL NL 38 1547 72% 22% 63 86% 0 17 1 12 54 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 13 92%
1978 ATL NL 39 1473 75% 24% 66 94% 1 16 0 9 65 48 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 13 85%
1979 ATL NL 40 1527 78% 25% 67 93% 1 29 5 18 56 45 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 11 100%
1980 ATL NL 41 1186 78% 27% 46 87% 0 18 2 13 38 26 8 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 6 0 9 100%
1981 ATL NL 42 607 80% 27% 22 95% 0 10 2 6 21 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 75%
1982 ATL NL 43 1016 78% 26% 36 94% 0 18 1 15 37 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 4 100%
1983 ATL NL 44 938 75% 21% 28 86% 1 13 1 11 25 16 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 4 75%
1984 NYY AL 45 941 77% 24% 39 100% 0 13 0 10 38 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 4 0 4 100%
1985 NYY AL 46 1001 73% 22% 22 100% 0 11 2 9 22 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 100%
1986 CLE AL 47 980 81% 26% 35 86% 0 9 2 7 32 24 1 4 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 1 10 70%
1987 CLE AL 48 585 81% 25% 20 100% 0 11 1 10 20 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1987 TOR AL 48 61 77% 20% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 ATL NL 48 20 70% 15% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Seasons 23485 78% 26% 923 94% 7 365 46 251 857 628 102 35 2 9 24 5 77 51 68 9 155 94%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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