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: 25-15 / in Starts: 22-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 3

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	163	2	Apr 8	ATL		SFG	W,10-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	1	2.00	3.06	37	14	6	0	0	8	69			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.163	1.59	0.17%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
2	164	6	Apr 13(1)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.00	1.95	32	11	7	1	3	4	87			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.680	2.93	0.79%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	165	11	Apr 19	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.67	1.95	31	14	8	2	1	4	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.388	1.59	0.52%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	166	16	Apr 25	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-1)	5	8.0	7	3	1	3	4	0	1	0.77	2.19	35	17	3	0	2	7	61			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.117	2.13	-0.16%	0.37	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
5	167	21	Apr 30	ATL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	5	2	1	1.23	2.90	37	12	10	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.244	1.83	0.28%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	168	25	May 4	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	2.84	6	3	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.116	2.38	0.19%	1.32	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
7	169	27	May 7	ATL		MON	W,5-3	CG	W(5-1)	2	9.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	0	1.48	2.56	37	10	8	0	0	8	66			2	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.170	2.32	0.21%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	170	29	May 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-3	8-GF	BW(6-1)	3	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	2.53	6	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	-0.105	6.22	-0.13%	-0.35	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
9	171	31	May 14	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-9	GS-8	L(6-2)	2	7.0	3	5	3	2	7	0	0	1.71	2.40	28	13	3	0	1	3	60			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.378	2.95	-0.50%	-1.24	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out tie
10	172	35	May 21	ATL		NYM	L,0-5	GS-8	L(6-3)	6	7.2	10	5	5	2	6	0	0	2.17	2.33	35	12	8	2	1	7	43			3	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.067	1.64	-0.09%	-1.68	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out d5
11	173	40	May 26	ATL		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.92	2.37	35	9	17	2	3	5	77			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.452	2.27	0.62%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	174	44	May 31	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(7-4)	4	8.1	7	3	2	4	6	0	0	1.94	2.38	35	12	10	1	3	3	61			0	1	0	29	1	1	3	1	0	1	1.71	-0.185	3.93	-0.26%	0.02	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out d1
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
13	175	49	Jun 6	ATL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	1.86	2.25	34	7	13	0	4	7	76			0	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.437	2.62	0.57%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	176	51	Jun 8(1)	ATL		PIT	W,11-10	8-GF	W(9-4)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.82	2.20	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.254	5.78	0.33%	0.92	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
15	177	54	Jun 11	ATL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(10-4)	2	9.0	2	1	1	0	8	1	0	1.75	2.19	29	7	12	0	3	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.227	.94	0.31%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	178	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-2	10-GF(10)		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	2.19	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	-0.311	9.38	-0.43%	-0.84	10b -2- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
17	179	59	Jun 16(1)	ATL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	W(11-4)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.77	2.14	34	11	9	2	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.139	1.70	0.20%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	180	64	Jun 21	ATL		SFG	L,1-7	GS-7	L(11-5)	4	6.1	9	5	5	3	3	2	0	2.04	2.40	30	9	6	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.39	-0.236	4.20	-0.43%	-2.04	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d4
19	181	69	Jun 25	ATL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	10	3	3	0	8	1	0	2.11	2.38	35	11	6	1	1	10	63			0	0	1	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.197	4.91	0.42%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	182	74	Jun 30	ATL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	11	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.23	2.47	40	12	12	2	4	10	51			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.113	2.56	0.20%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
21	183	80	Jul 5	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	W(14-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.16	2.41	32	14	6	0	0	5	78			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.224	2.11	0.45%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
22	184	86	Jul 9	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(14-6)	3	8.0	6	3	2	0	4	0	0	2.16	2.36	30	14	6	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.088	4.50	-0.21%	0.37	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
23	185	90	Jul 13	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-7	L(14-7)	3	7.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.36	28	11	9	0	1	7	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.168	2.35	0.27%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	186	94	Jul 17	ATL	@	CIN	W,12-2	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.12	2.41	36	13	12	1	4	8	66			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	.66	0.116	1.98	0.21%	2.28	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
25	187	100	Jul 25	ATL		MON	L,7-8	GS-3	L(15-8)	7	2.0	9	6	6	1	0	2	0	2.40	2.57	16	2	4	0	0	9	13			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.456	2.48	-0.87%	-5.46	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 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
26	188	107	Aug 1	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-5	L(15-9)	6	5.0	6	5	4	4	5	1	0	2.53	2.65	25	6	5	0	0	5	38			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.322	3.74	-0.64%	-2.69	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d2
27	189	113	Aug 6	ATL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	9	2	0	2.55	2.73	33	12	3	0	0	6	69			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.249	3.14	0.45%	1.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	190	116	Aug 9	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	9-9		2	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.60	2.77	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.060	2.99	-0.11%	-1.06	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 1 out d1
29	191	120	Aug 14	ATL		PHI	L,0-6	GS-5	L(16-10)	4	4.2	6	4	2	5	5	0	0	2.63	2.79	24	6	3	0	0	5	40			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.190	2.80	-0.29%	-2.18	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d4
30	192	124	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-7	L(16-11)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.67	2.83	28	11	9	2	1	2	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.102	1.06	-0.14%	0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
31	193	128	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.60	2.76	32	10	12	0	3	4	79			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.470	3.18	0.65%	3.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
32	194	131	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-11)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.49	2.69	32	10	8	0	1	5	82			1	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.767	5.20	1.52%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	195	135	Aug 31	ATL		CHC	L,4-8	GS-6	L(18-12)	3	5.2	9	6	6	0	5	2	0	2.67	2.76	27	9	4	1	1	9	32			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.397	3.23	-0.65%	-3.35	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d4
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
34	196	138	Sep 5	ATL	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	W(19-12)	4	9.0	1	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.64	2.73	30	10	8	1	3	1	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.093	1.10	0.14%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
35	197	142	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(20-12)	3	10.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.57	2.77	36	12	12	1	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.58	0.573	4.99	1.08%	3.57	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
36	198	146	Sep 13	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	GS-11		3	11.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.46	2.74	39	14	12	1	3	6	88			0	1	1	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.70	0.914	9.72	3.14%	5.03	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
37	199	151	Sep 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(20-13)	4	7.0	7	5	5	1	2	0	1	2.57	2.74	31	16	4	0	1	7	44			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.380	12.31	-2.19%	-2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
38	200	155	Sep 22	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-7	W(21-13)	3	6.1	9	3	2	2	7	0	1	2.57	2.72	31	12	0	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.103	11.94	0.51%	-0.37	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a2
39	201	158	Sep 26	ATL		SDP	W,10-4	GS-8	W(22-13)	3	8.0	8	4	2	2	3	2	0	2.56	2.80	35	8	14	0	6	8	55			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.62	-0.102	4.18	-0.41%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
40	202	161	Sep 30	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(23-13)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.56	2.77	29	10	5	2	1	7	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.060	1.56	0.05%	1.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							25-15		W-L:23-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	284.1	235	93	81	57	193	21	5	2.56	2.77	1143	1.40		4%	8%	220	63	4	50%	17	6	5	1062	28	7	7	17	0	17	1.09	3.821	3.55	5.75%	33.97

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