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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 25 MLN NL 0 0 4.80 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 15 10 8 1 7 0 8 1 0 1 66 74 1.467 9.0 0.6 4.2 4.8 1.14
1965 26 MLN NL 2 3 .400 2.89 41 1 21 0 0 6 74.2 73 32 24 5 26 3 49 3 0 9 324 121 1.326 8.8 0.6 3.1 5.9 1.88
1966 27 ATL NL 4 3 .571 4.11 28 0 10 0 0 2 50.1 48 32 23 4 23 5 17 2 0 3 224 89 1.411 8.6 0.7 4.1 3.0 0.74
1967 28 ATL NL 11 9 .550 1.87 46 20 20 10 1 9 207.0 164 64 43 9 55 3 129 7 1 19 827 179 1.058 7.1 0.4 2.4 5.6 2.35
1968 29 ATL NL 14 12 .538 2.59 37 34 3 15 5 2 257.0 228 83 74 16 45 3 140 5 3 16 1019 116 1.062 8.0 0.6 1.6 4.9 3.11
1969 30 ATL NL 23 13 .639 2.56 40 35 4 21 4 1 284.1 235 93 81 21 57 7 193 5 0 15 1143 142 1.027 7.4 0.7 1.8 6.1 3.39 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL 12 18 .400 4.27 34 32 1 10 3 0 229.2 222 124 109 40 68 2 168 6 2 6 980 101 1.263 8.7 1.6 2.7 6.6 2.47
1971 32 ATL NL 15 14 .517 2.98 42 36 4 18 4 2 268.2 248 112 89 27 70 6 173 3 1 8 1101 125 1.184 8.3 0.9 2.3 5.8 2.47
1972 33 ATL NL 16 12 .571 3.06 38 36 1 17 1 0 282.1 254 112 96 22 53 3 164 5 3 10 1150 124 1.087 8.1 0.7 1.7 5.2 3.09
1973 34 ATL NL 13 10 .565 3.31 42 30 7 9 1 4 245.0 214 103 90 21 89 4 131 5 0 11 1023 120 1.237 7.9 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
1974 35 ATL NL 20 13 .606 2.38 41 39 1 18 6 1 302.1 249 91 80 19 88 3 195 6 4 6 1219 159 1.115 7.4 0.6 2.6 5.8 2.22 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL 15 15 .500 3.20 39 37 2 13 1 0 275.2 285 115 98 29 72 3 144 11 2 15 1160 118 1.295 9.3 0.9 2.4 4.7 2.00 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 17 11 .607 3.29 38 37 1 10 2 0 270.2 249 116 99 18 101 7 173 8 4 14 1157 115 1.293 8.3 0.6 3.4 5.8 1.71
1977 38 ATL NL 16 20 .444 4.03 44 43 1 20 2 0 330.1 315 166 148 26 164 12 262 8 3 17 1428 111 1.450 8.6 0.7 4.5 7.1 1.60
1978 39 ATL NL 19 18 .514 2.88 44 42 1 22 4 1 334.1 295 129 107 16 102 5 248 13 3 11 1389 142 1.187 7.9 0.4 2.7 6.7 2.43 AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 21 20 .512 3.39 44 44 0 23 1 0 342.0 311 160 129 41 113 8 208 11 4 18 1436 120 1.240 8.2 1.1 3.0 5.5 1.84 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL 15 18 .455 3.63 40 38 2 11 3 1 275.0 256 119 111 30 85 3 176 3 1 9 1137 102 1.240 8.4 1.0 2.8 5.8 2.07 GG
1981 42 ATL NL 7 7 .500 3.10 22 22 0 3 3 0 139.1 120 56 48 6 56 2 62 1 0 2 578 116 1.263 7.8 0.4 3.6 4.0 1.11
1982 43 ATL NL 17 4 .810 3.61 35 35 0 4 2 0 234.1 225 106 94 23 73 1 144 3 1 4 969 104 1.272 8.6 0.9 2.8 5.5 1.97 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL 11 10 .524 3.97 34 33 0 2 0 0 201.2 212 94 89 18 105 3 128 2 3 6 888 98 1.572 9.5 0.8 4.7 5.7 1.22 GG
1984 45 NYY AL 16 8 .667 3.09 32 31 1 5 1 0 215.2 219 85 74 15 76 0 136 3 0 2 916 123 1.368 9.1 0.6 3.2 5.7 1.79 AS
1985 46 NYY AL 16 12 .571 4.09 33 33 0 7 1 0 220.0 203 110 100 29 120 1 149 2 2 5 955 98 1.468 8.3 1.2 4.9 6.1 1.24
1986 47 CLE AL 11 11 .500 4.32 34 32 1 5 0 0 210.1 241 126 101 24 95 1 81 6 2 9 951 96 1.597 10.3 1.0 4.1 3.5 0.85
1987 48 TOT MLB 7 13 .350 6.30 26 26 0 2 0 0 138.2 163 99 97 22 66 1 64 4 3 10 637 72 1.651 10.6 1.4 4.3 4.2 0.97
1987 48 TOT AL 7 13 .350 6.10 25 25 0 2 0 0 135.2 157 94 92 22 60 1 64 4 3 10 617 74 1.600 10.4 1.5 4.0 4.2 1.07
1987 48 CLE AL 7 11 .389 5.89 22 22 0 2 0 0 123.2 142 83 81 18 53 1 57 4 2 9 561 77 1.577 10.3 1.3 3.9 4.1 1.08
1987 48 TOR AL 0 2 .000 8.25 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 11 11 4 7 0 7 0 1 1 56 55 1.833 11.3 3.0 5.3 5.3 1.00
1987 48 ATL NL 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 29 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
24 Seasons 318 274 .537 3.35 864 716 83 245 45 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 482 1809 86 3342 123 42 226 22677 115 1.268 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.6 1.85
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.35 37 31 4 11 2 1 233 217 101 87 21 78 4 144 5 2 10 976 115 1.268 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.6 1.85
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
ATL (21 yrs) 268 230 .538 3.20 740 595 81 226 43 29 4622.2 4224 1922 1645 392 1458 83 2912 108 35 200 19238 119 1.229 8.2 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.00
CLE (2 yrs) 18 22 .450 4.90 56 54 1 7 0 0 334.0 383 209 182 42 148 2 138 10 4 18 1512 87 1.590 10.3 1.1 4.0 3.7 0.93
NYY (2 yrs) 32 20 .615 3.59 65 64 1 12 2 0 435.2 422 195 174 44 196 1 285 5 2 7 1871 109 1.419 8.7 0.9 4.0 5.9 1.45
TOR (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.25 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 11 11 4 7 0 7 0 1 1 56 55 1.833 11.3 3.0 5.3 5.3 1.00
NL (21 yrs) 268 230 .538 3.20 740 595 81 226 43 29 4622.2 4224 1922 1645 392 1458 83 2912 108 35 200 19238 119 1.229 8.2 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.00
AL (4 yrs) 50 44 .532 4.23 124 121 2 19 2 0 781.2 820 415 367 90 351 3 430 15 7 26 3439 97 1.498 9.4 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1969 30 ATL NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 9 4 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 36 1.625 10.1 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1982 43 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 5 0 0 1 27 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 7.5 1.25
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 15 11 6 0 8 1 9 0 0 1 63 1.643 9.6 0.0 5.1 5.8 1.13
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 15 11 6 0 8 1 9 0 0 1 63 1.643 9.6 0.0 5.1 5.8 1.13

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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 7 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
1987 48 TOT MLB 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 742 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. 162 373 336 17 57 9 0 2 24 0 0 4 69 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 71 8 3 28 3 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
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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 *
1975
1978 *
1982
1984

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

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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1969-NL-9-14%
1978-NL-17-2%
1979-NL-20-3%
0.19 Career Shares (740th)

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 (108th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1967 NL--1.870--1st
1969 NL--2.564--10th
1974 NL--2.381--2nd
1984 AL--3.088--4th

Wins s c a p y
1969 NL--23--2nd
1972 NL--16--9th
1974 NL--20--1st
1975 NL--15--9th
1976 NL--17--7th
1977 NL--16--10th
1978 NL--19--3rd
1979 NL--21--1st
1980 NL--15--8th
1982 NL--17--5th
1984 AL--16--10th
1985 AL--16--9th
Career--318--16th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 NL--.639--10th
1974 NL--.606--10th
1982 NL--.810--1st
1984 AL--.667--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1967 NL--1.058--4th
1968 NL--1.062--10th
1969 NL--1.027--4th
1972 NL--1.087--5th
1974 NL--1.115--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--7.130--5th
1974 NL--7.412--3rd
1978 NL--7.941--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL--1.576--5th
1969 NL--1.804--2nd
1972 NL--1.690--3rd
1974 NL--2.620--10th
1975 NL--2.351--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--6.583--10th
1977 NL--7.138--3rd
1978 NL--6.676--5th
1980 NL--5.760--8th
1985 AL--6.096--8th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--864--31st

Saves s c a p y
1967 NL--9--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL--257.0--9th
1969 NL--284.3--10th
1971 NL--268.7--10th
1972 NL--282.3--3rd
1974 NL--302.3--1st
1975 NL--275.7--5th
1976 NL--270.7--4th
1977 NL--330.3--1st
1978 NL--334.3--1st
1979 NL--342.0--1st
1980 NL--275.0--3rd
Career--5404.3--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 NL--173--8th
1974 NL--195--4th
1976 NL--173--5th
1977 NL--262--1st
1978 NL--248--2nd
1979 NL--208--3rd
1980 NL--176--4th
Career--3342--11th

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL--34--10th
1971 NL--36--9th
1972 NL--36--3rd
1974 NL--39--2nd
1975 NL--37--4th
1976 NL--37--3rd
1977 NL--43--1st
1978 NL--42--1st
1979 NL--44--1st
1980 NL--38--1st
1982 NL--35--6th
Career--716--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 NL--15--6th
1969 NL--21--5th
1971 NL--18--5th
1972 NL--17--6th
1974 NL--18--1st
1975 NL--13--7th
1977 NL--20--1st
1978 NL--22--1st
1979 NL--23--1st
1980 NL--11--3rd
Career--245--85th

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 NL--5--7th
1969 NL--4--8th
1970 NL--3--6th
1971 NL--4--5th
1974 NL--6--2nd
1977 NL--2--9th
1978 NL--4--2nd
1980 NL--3--4th
1981 NL--3--4th
1982 NL--2--9th
Career--45--29th

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL--40--1st
1971 NL--27--3rd
1972 NL--22--3rd
1974 NL--19--9th
1975 NL--29--1st
1976 NL--18--8th
1977 NL--26--6th
1979 NL--41--1st
1980 NL--30--1st
1982 NL--23--6th
1985 AL--29--5th
Career--482--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL--101--3rd
1977 NL--164--1st
1978 NL--102--2nd
1979 NL--113--1st
1980 NL--85--5th
1981 NL--56--9th
1983 NL--105--2nd
1985 AL--120--1st
1986 AL--95--8th
Career--1809--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL--228--10th
1971 NL--248--9th
1972 NL--254--2nd
1974 NL--249--7th
1975 NL--285--2nd
1976 NL--249--6th
1977 NL--315--1st
1978 NL--295--1st
1979 NL--311--1st
1980 NL--256--4th
1982 NL--225--10th
1986 AL--241--5th
Career--5044--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1968 NL--3.111--8th
1969 NL--3.386--3rd
1972 NL--3.094--4th
1974 NL--2.216--7th
1978 NL--2.431--9th
1980 NL--2.071--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--.391--5th
1978 NL--.431--8th
1981 NL--.388--10th
1984 AL--.626--8th

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL--18--2nd
1971 NL--14--10th
1975 NL--15--4th
1977 NL--20--1st
1978 NL--18--1st
1979 NL--20--1st
1980 NL--18--1st
1987 AL--13--10th
Career--274--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1970 NL--109--8th
1972 NL--96--4th
1975 NL--98--9th
1976 NL--99--3rd
1977 NL--148--1st
1978 NL--107--1st
1979 NL--129--2nd
1980 NL--111--2nd
1982 NL--94--6th
Career--2012--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 NL--9--10th
1967 NL--19--1st
1968 NL--16--2nd
1969 NL--15--3rd
1972 NL--10--6th
1973 NL--11--4th
1975 NL--15--2nd
1976 NL--14--1st
1977 NL--17--1st
1978 NL--11--4th
1979 NL--18--3rd
1980 NL--9--6th
Career--226--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL--7--5th
1974 NL--6--9th
1975 NL--11--1st
1976 NL--8--2nd
1977 NL--8--3rd
1978 NL--13--1st
1979 NL--11--1st
Career--123--30th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 NL--1143--10th
1971 NL--1101--10th
1972 NL--1150--3rd
1974 NL--1219--2nd
1975 NL--1160--3rd
1976 NL--1157--3rd
1977 NL--1428--1st
1978 NL--1389--1st
1979 NL--1436--1st
1980 NL--1137--3rd
Career--22677--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 NL--179--1st
1969 NL--142--8th
1971 NL--125--7th
1974 NL--159--2nd
1978 NL--142--3rd
1979 NL--120--10th
1984 AL--123--10th
Career--115--194th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1968 NL--18--1st
1972 NL--11--9th
1977 NL--12--6th
Career--129--242nd

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 36 (23), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 153 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 154 (43), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 52 (31), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 19, 1958: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 7, 1983: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

January 5, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 28, 1986: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

August 9, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later and Darryl Landrum (minors). The Toronto Blue Jays sent Don Gordon (August 10, 1987) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

August 31, 1987: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

September 23, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

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Salaries

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1985New York Yankees$600,000
1986Cleveland Indians$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$900,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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