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: 21-17 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	439	2	Apr 10	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.81	28	10	5	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.312	1.46	0.28%	2.45	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
2	440	5	Apr 15	ATL		CIN	W,10-5	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	10	5	3	2	9	0	2	1.65	1.90	41	6	13	1	4	9	58			4	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.083	.92	0.08%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	441	9	Apr 20	ATL		SFG	L,11-12	GS-6		4	5.0	11	7	7	1	3	1	0	4.22	2.54	27	5	7	0	0	11	19			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.080	1.32	-0.09%	-4.03	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a4
4	442	13	Apr 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.2	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.72	2.32	29	10	10	1	1	3	67			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.251	1.74	0.22%	1.44	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
5	443	17	Apr 29	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-1)	3	7.0	4	2	1	5	6	0	0	3.25	2.47	30	4	11	2	1	4	64			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.001	1.41	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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	444	21	May 4	ATL		STL	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.2	7	5	5	2	4	1	1	3.98	2.83	22	5	3	0	2	7	32			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.247	.89	-0.15%	-2.87	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a2
7	445	25	May 8	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.15	2.82	29	10	8	1	1	4	54			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	.48	-0.253	.30	-0.10%	-0.90	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
8	446	30	May 15(2)	ATL		MON	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-3)	6	5.2	8	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.39	3.03	28	7	5	0	0	8	37			3	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.278	.39	-0.07%	-2.60	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
9	447	34	May 18	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		2	6.2	3	2	2	6	7	1	0	4.20	3.27	29	6	7	0	0	3	61			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.79	-0.069	.73	-0.02%	0.12	1b start a 2	7b 123 2 out tie
10	448	40	May 23(2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-9		4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.65	3.18	32	13	10	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	0.653	.64	0.16%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
11	449	43	May 29	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-4)	5	7.1	9	4	3	3	2	1	0	3.66	3.37	33	8	11	0	0	9	45			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.231	.53	-0.05%	-0.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 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	450	51	Jun 8	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS-9	W(4-4)	9	8.2	8	3	3	3	4	1	1	3.60	3.49	36	13	7	0	2	8	57			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.186	.17	0.03%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a4
13	451	56	Jun 13	ATL		PIT	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.68	3.51	35	9	10	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.081	.21	0.01%	0.38	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
14	452	59	Jun 16	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	9-GF		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.66	3.54	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	-0.301	1.06	-0.04%	-0.88	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
15	453	62	Jun 19(2)	ATL		CHC	W,12-5	CG	W(5-4)	2	9.0	12	5	5	3	3	1	1	3.78	3.65	42	15	19	10	0	1	43			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.110	.03	0.01%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	454	67	Jun 23(2)	ATL		MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.48	3.44	34	7	11	0	0	4	87			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.601	.30	0.09%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	455	71	Jun 26(2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	W(7-4)	2	9.0	6	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.37	3.40	36	16	11	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	1	.79	-0.056	.37	-0.02%	0.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
18	456	75	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS-7	W(8-4)	3	6.2	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.33	3.35	31	5	11	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	.93	0.218	.26	0.04%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a4
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
19	457	79	Jul 5	ATL		PIT	W,8-6	GS-7		4	7.0	8	6	5	4	5	1	1	3.49	3.45	35	10	7	0	0	8	40			2	0	0	30	3	0	1	0	0	1	.67	-0.189	.26	-0.04%	-2.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
20	458	83	Jul 9	ATL		NYM	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-4)	3	8.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.49	3.53	34	10	9	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.039	.31	0.01%	0.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	459	86	Jul 15	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-13	GS-5	L(9-5)	5	4.0	8	9	4	3	3	1	0	3.64	3.62	24	5	5	4	0	8	20			1	1	0	21	0	1	1	0	0	2	.81	-0.360	.22	-0.06%	-6.56	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d6
22	460	90	Jul 19	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-7	W(10-5)	3	6.2	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.54	3.60	27	10	5	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.206	.15	0.02%	1.44	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
23	461	94	Jul 23	ATL		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(10-6)	3	7.0	6	3	3	5	6	0	0	3.55	3.58	31	7	7	0	2	6	54			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	-0.126	.28	-0.01%	-0.09	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
24	462	99	Jul 28	ATL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.47	3.51	34	8	10	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.144	.02	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
25	463	103	Aug 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-6	GS-6	L(11-7)	3	5.2	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.56	3.59	28	9	7	0	0	7	38			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.162	.01	0.00%	-1.96	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
26	464	108	Aug 5	ATL		SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-8)	3	7.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.52	3.59	29	16	3	0	0	5	56			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	465	113	Aug 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	W(12-8)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.42	3.57	31	5	17	2	0	3	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.292	.00	0.00%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
28	466	118	Aug 15	ATL		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	1	3.36	3.56	35	7	11	0	1	6	73			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.523	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	467	123	Aug 20	ATL	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-4	L(13-9)	4	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.51	3.59	20	7	4	0	1	8	27			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.366	.00	0.00%	-3.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
30	468	128	Aug 25	ATL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.41	3.54	36	9	12	1	4	6	74			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.327	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	469	131	Aug 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(14-10)	3	8.0	5	3	2	0	5	1	0	3.36	3.52	29	8	16	6	1	0	67			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.047	.00	0.00%	0.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
32	470	134	Sep 3	ATL		CIN	L,5-10	GS-7		4	7.0	9	5	4	4	4	0	0	3.42	3.51	32	5	10	1	2	9	41			2	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
33	471	138	Sep 7	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-4	L(14-11)	3	3.2	7	6	6	5	1	0	0	3.60	3.55	21	5	3	0	0	7	19			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.443	.00	0.00%	-4.50	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d4
34	472	141	Sep 12(1)	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	0	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.53	31	8	13	0	6	6	66			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	1	1	1.52	0.146	.00	0.00%	1.47	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
35	473	148	Sep 16	ATL		HOU	W,5-3	GS-8	W(15-11)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.44	3.54	30	8	11	0	0	5	66			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.119	.00	0.00%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
36	474	153	Sep 21	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.39	3.50	38	14	8	1	0	9	64			0	0	1	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.232	.00	0.00%	1.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
37	475	157	Sep 26	ATL		SDP	W,10-4	GS-7		4	6.2	11	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.41	3.47	32	4	11	2	0	11	40			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
38	476	161	Oct 2	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-11)	5	9.0	1	0	0	5	9	0	0	3.29	3.43	35	13	7	0	1	1	89			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.35	0.559	.00	0.00%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							21-17		W-L:17-11	3.7	270.2	249	116	99	101	173	18	8	3.29	3.43	1157	0.94		6%	5%	221	55	2	50%	27	7	1	1028	43	6	7	15	5	16	1.03	1.560	.34	0.31%	3.88

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