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: 14-20 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	203	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	3.0	6	5	5	0	3	1	0	15.00	4.97	16	5	2	1	0	6	30			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.278	1.28	-0.26%	-3.57	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
2	204	6	Apr 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	8	6	5	0	7	4	0	10.00	7.64	26	4	7	0	2	8	41			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.256	.55	-0.25%	-3.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
3	205	10	Apr 16	ATL		SDP	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(0-3)	3	10.0	8	5	4	2	7	2	0	6.63	5.95	39	20	2	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.04	-0.212	1.72	-0.21%	0.29	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
4	206	14	Apr 21	ATL		CIN	L,8-13	GS-6	L(0-4)	4	5.1	8	7	7	2	3	4	0	7.77	7.36	26	7	6	1	3	8	25			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.436	1.09	-0.34%	-4.11	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d3
5	207	18	Apr 26	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	5.67	5.76	32	10	12	6	0	2	89			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	0.618	.93	0.31%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
6	208	22	May 1	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	2	0	4.89	5.43	33	9	7	0	2	6	74			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.489	1.50	0.36%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	209	26	May 6	ATL		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	1	4.03	4.66	34	12	5	2	0	5	86			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.470	1.13	0.37%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	210	30	May 11	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-9	W(4-4)	4	9.0	10	6	4	6	4	1	2	4.03	4.84	45	11	12	0	4	10	45			0	0	0	35	1	2	1	0	1	1	1.86	-0.123	2.54	-0.10%	-0.97	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
9	211	33	May 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	6.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.80	4.49	27	5	4	1	1	8	58			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.177	2.82	0.25%	2.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	212	38	May 21	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS-8	L(4-6)	4	7.1	7	6	5	3	8	0	0	4.03	4.21	33	10	5	2	0	7	47			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.517	2.13	-0.51%	-2.10	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
11	213	43	May 27	ATL		HOU	W,8-1	CG	W(5-6)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.70	4.26	32	22	0	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	1	.37	0.150	.53	0.13%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	214	47	Jun 2	ATL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(6-6)	5	9.0	4	1	1	6	3	1	0	3.44	4.37	36	13	10	1	2	4	72			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.441	1.58	0.34%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	215	51	Jun 7	ATL		MON	L,1-10	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	5.2	8	6	6	4	2	2	0	3.79	4.62	28	6	8	0	0	8	27			2	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.178	.76	-0.12%	-2.28	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
14	216	55	Jun 12	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS-6	L(6-8)	4	6.0	8	4	3	1	5	1	0	3.83	4.56	27	11	4	0	0	6	46			3	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.72	-0.128	.74	-0.08%	-0.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	217	60	Jun 18	ATL	@	MON	L,7-10	GS-8		5	7.0	8	5	5	4	5	1	0	4.00	4.58	34	8	9	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	0.072	.84	0.04%	-0.90	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a3
16	218	65	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	GS-9	L(6-9)	3	8.0	8	4	4	0	9	3	0	4.03	4.62	32	10	5	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.131	.81	-0.09%	-0.16	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
17	219	71	Jun 28(2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-10)	5	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	0	0	4.09	4.44	29	7	7	0	0	8	50			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.176	.27	-0.03%	-0.52	1b start tie	7b 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	220	76	Jul 3(2)	ATL		SDP	W,9-4	GS-7	W(7-10)	4	7.0	7	4	4	1	6	4	0	4.15	4.67	30	15	1	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.028	.09	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
19	221	81	Jul 8	ATL		SFG	L,0-13	GS-5	L(7-11)	4	4.1	9	7	7	4	5	1	0	4.48	4.72	25	5	2	0	0	9	18			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.239	.10	-0.01%	-3.90	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d6
20	222	85	Jul 11	ATL		CIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(7-12)	2	5.2	8	6	5	2	1	1	0	4.62	4.75	27	9	7	0	2	8	30			4	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	.85	-0.298	.07	-0.01%	-3.07	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
21	223	91	Jul 20(1)	ATL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(8-12)	8	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.40	4.59	33	10	9	0	1	6	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.584	.02	0.01%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	224	97	Jul 25	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-0	SHO	W(9-12)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	4.15	4.40	29	12	6	1	0	2	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.466	.00	0.00%	5.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
23	225	102	Jul 30	ATL		STL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-13)	4	8.0	8	4	4	0	2	3	0	4.17	4.52	31	12	9	2	0	8	52			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
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
24	226	106	Aug 3(1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-7	GS-7	L(9-14)	3	6.2	10	7	7	2	5	1	1	4.37	4.52	32	11	3	0	2	10	29			3	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.42	-0.577	.00	0.00%	-4.05	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out d2
25	227	111	Aug 7(1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	W(10-14)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.26	4.37	36	12	7	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	.78	0.166	.00	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
26	228	115	Aug 12	ATL		MON	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.0	6	6	4	3	3	1	0	4.40	4.44	17	4	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.537	.00	0.00%	-5.33	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d1
27	229	119	Aug 15	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	GS-8		2	8.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.31	4.41	30	15	6	0	2	4	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.151	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	230	124	Aug 21	ATL	@	MON	L,4-6	GS-6	L(10-15)	5	6.0	5	3	3	0	6	2	0	4.32	4.42	23	7	5	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	231	129	Aug 27	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-5	L(10-16)	5	5.0	6	5	4	4	3	0	0	4.39	4.41	26	11	2	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	2	.70	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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
30	232	133	Sep 1(1)	ATL		LAD	L,3-6	GS-5	L(10-17)	4	4.1	7	5	4	3	1	1	0	4.47	4.47	24	7	6	1	0	7	29			0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.441	.00	0.00%	-3.57	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
31	233	137	Sep 5(1)	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(11-17)	3	9.0	7	2	1	3	5	0	1	4.33	4.40	38	11	11	0	0	7	69			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.443	.00	0.00%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	234	144	Sep 9(2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-7	GS-6	L(11-18)	3	5.2	7	7	4	2	2	2	0	4.38	4.48	27	6	10	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.18	-0.520	.00	0.00%	-4.23	1b start a 2	6b --- 2 out d3
33	235	149	Sep 14	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-7	6-7		4	1.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.35	4.47	8	2	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.93	6b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
34	236	151	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-7	6-GF	BW(12-18)	1	4.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.27	4.41	15	7	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	2	2.42	0.266	.00	0.00%	1.98	6b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
							14-20		W-L:12-18,BSv:1	3.9	229.2	222	124	109	68	168	40	6	4.27	4.41	980	1.70		4%	4%	220	52	5	80%	24	6	0	895	25	6	2	20	5	23	1.01	-0.995	.72	-0.22%	-6.37

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