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: 21-19 / in Starts: 19-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 0

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	609	1	Apr 9	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-9	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	2.0	5	6	4	3	2	1	0	18.00	11.75	15	7	3	2	0	0	25			0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.373	1.22	-0.36%	-5.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
2	610	4	Apr 13	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	5.1	9	5	5	4	2	1	0	11.05	8.07	28	8	6	1	2	8	28			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.131	1.26	-0.11%	-1.80	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
3	611	7	Apr 17	ATL		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	8.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	0	7.63	6.14	30	8	8	0	1	5	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.180	.64	-0.11%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
4	612	11	Apr 22	ATL		SDP	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	1	5.55	4.60	35	12	8	0	1	4	77			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.324	.98	0.14%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	613	15	Apr 26	ATL		MON	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-4)	3	8.0	5	4	4	3	6	1	0	5.29	4.45	33	8	11	0	1	5	59			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.95	-0.055	.85	-0.03%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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	614	19	May 2	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	W(1-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.35	4.03	36	11	12	0	1	7	71			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.134	.47	0.06%	3.15	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
7	615	26	May 11	ATL		HOU	W,7-4	CG	W(2-4)	8	9.0	7	4	4	6	3	0	0	4.29	4.04	39	12	11	0	2	7	54			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	2	2	1.38	0.107	.97	0.05%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	616	29	May 16	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.2	9	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.58	4.05	33	12	6	1	0	7	34			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.192	.76	-0.07%	-2.19	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
9	617	33	May 20	ATL	@	MON	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.80	32	14	7	0	0	6	78			2	2	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.61	0.757	.78	0.22%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	618	37	May 25	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(3-6)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.89	3.85	33	8	9	0	0	8	57			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.043	.43	0.01%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
11	619	41	May 29	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(3-7)	3	8.0	9	3	3	3	6	2	0	3.84	4.02	35	10	7	1	2	9	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.076	.37	-0.03%	0.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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	620	45	Jun 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	11	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.66	3.86	36	11	10	0	0	11	59			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.29	0.344	.67	0.11%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	621	48	Jun 6	ATL		LAD	L,0-5	GS-8	L(4-8)	3	8.0	7	5	4	2	6	2	0	3.73	3.97	33	12	6	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	.56	-0.107	.43	-0.05%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
14	622	52	Jun 10	ATL		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	3	2	2	6	8	1	0	3.58	4.01	34	6	11	0	3	3	75			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.293	.32	0.06%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	623	55	Jun 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-10	GS-2	L(5-9)	3	1.0	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	4.13	4.00	14	0	3	0	0	11	3			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.391	.37	-0.10%	-7.50	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d7
16	624	60	Jun 18(2)	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		3	6.1	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.21	4.00	26	11	3	0	0	7	46			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.177	.33	-0.04%	-1.02	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out tie
17	625	64	Jun 22	ATL		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-10)	3	7.0	10	3	3	2	3	2	0	4.19	4.14	31	9	7	0	0	10	46			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.085	.29	-0.01%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
18	626	69	Jun 28(2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.14	4.01	23	8	5	1	1	6	56			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	-0.062	.27	-0.01%	0.53	1b start tie	6b 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
19	627	73	Jul 2	ATL		HOU	W,14-0	SHO	W(6-10)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.87	3.87	35	8	13	0	2	5	82			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.139	.28	0.06%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
20	628	77	Jul 6	ATL		SDP	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.84	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.269	1.33	0.09%	0.92	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
21	629	78	Jul 10	ATL		CIN	L,6-8	GS-5	L(6-11)	3	5.0	8	7	7	2	2	4	0	4.12	4.18	24	8	4	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.586	.75	-0.27%	-4.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
22	630	83	Jul 14	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-11)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	11	0	0	3.87	4.01	31	9	6	2	0	2	91			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.562	.40	0.11%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	631	87	Jul 18	ATL		PHI	L,2-7	GS-8	L(7-12)	3	8.0	8	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.96	4.05	34	13	7	1	3	8	46			1	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.225	.21	-0.04%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
24	632	92	Jul 22	ATL		MON	W,7-5	GS-8	W(8-12)	3	8.0	9	5	3	2	6	2	0	3.93	4.10	37	9	11	0	2	9	52			0	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.45	-0.216	.40	-0.04%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
25	633	96	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-13)	3	6.0	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	4.06	4.03	29	7	7	0	1	10	35			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.254	.25	-0.06%	-2.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
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
26	634	101	Aug 1	ATL	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-14)	5	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	1	4.12	4.09	26	3	7	0	1	6	45			0	1	1	21	3	1	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.207	.10	-0.03%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	635	105	Aug 5	ATL		LAD	W,6-4	GS-8		3	8.0	4	4	3	4	3	1	0	4.09	4.13	33	16	6	2	1	4	59			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	.69	-0.164	.06	-0.01%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
28	636	110	Aug 10	ATL		SFG	W,3-1	GS-9	W(9-14)	4	8.1	6	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.96	4.13	33	10	9	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.316	.07	0.01%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
29	637	115	Aug 15	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	3.91	4.16	25	7	6	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	.64	0.058	.10	0.01%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
30	638	118	Aug 19	ATL		CHC	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	W(10-14)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.89	4.15	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	0.129	.47	0.01%	0.46	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
31	639	120	Aug 21	ATL		CHC	W,6-4	GS-6	W(11-14)	1	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.93	4.09	22	4	7	0	1	6	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.033	.13	0.00%	-0.52	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a4
32	640	125	Aug 26	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-7		4	6.2	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.89	4.00	25	9	3	0	0	5	62			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	0.037	.20	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out tie
33	641	130	Aug 31	ATL	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(12-14)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.82	3.99	32	12	9	3	1	7	67			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.221	.07	0.01%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
34	642	135	Sep 6	ATL		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-14)	5	7.0	2	2	1	1	5	1	0	3.74	3.98	24	8	8	0	1	2	71			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.066	.25	0.01%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
35	643	140	Sep 12	ATL		SDP	W,6-2	GS-8	W(14-14)	5	7.2	8	2	1	3	7	0	0	3.66	3.92	33	8	7	2	0	8	61			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.244	.06	0.01%	1.27	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
36	644	144	Sep 16	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	GS-7	W(15-14)	3	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.59	3.86	25	6	10	2	2	5	67			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.309	.17	0.03%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
37	645	149	Sep 21	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-6	L(15-15)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.61	3.89	24	11	6	2	0	5	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	.64	-0.106	.03	0.00%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
38	646	153	Sep 25	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-16)	3	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.67	3.92	29	8	6	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d2
39	647	157	Oct 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-7	L(15-17)	5	7.0	7	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.71	3.89	31	4	12	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
40	648	161	Oct 5	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(15-18)	3	8.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.63	3.85	28	10	7	0	1	3	70			0	2	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.176	.00	0.00%	2.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							21-19		W-L:15-18,Sv:1	3.6	275.0	256	119	111	85	176	30	3	3.63	3.85	1137	1.20		4%	5%	245	55	0	---%	17	13	2	1030	42	3	3	25	5	14	1.00	0.422	.40	-0.39%	3.66

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