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: 21-18 / in Starts: 20-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 1

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	400	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	9	5	0	0	4	1	0	0.00	3.66	24	8	3	1	0	8	40			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.439	1.96	-0.43%	-2.98	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d3
2	401	8	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	1	0	0.66	4.27	34	12	10	1	1	7	68			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	1	.63	0.160	.97	0.15%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	402	13	Apr 20	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	9	3	3	3	4	2	1	1.66	5.03	34	11	11	4	0	4	53			0	1	0	30	2	1	1	1	0	0	.99	0.019	1.66	0.02%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	403	17	Apr 24	ATL		CIN	L,3-11	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	6.0	12	6	6	2	4	0	0	3.25	4.43	32	8	7	0	1	11	26			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	-0.205	2.47	-0.22%	-2.54	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d4
5	404	22	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.86	4.03	27	7	11	0	1	6	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.296	2.35	0.38%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 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	405	27	May 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(1-3)	5	8.0	11	3	3	1	7	1	1	2.95	3.88	35	10	5	0	0	11	54			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.083	1.80	-0.08%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	406	32	May 10	ATL		PHI	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(2-3)	5	11.0	7	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.52	3.67	39	9	13	0	3	7	85			0	1	1	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.770	1.59	0.55%	4.19	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
8	407	37	May 15 susp	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.2	11	4	4	3	8	0	0	2.74	3.41	40	9	9	0	4	11	51			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.105	1.52	0.08%	-0.13	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out a1
9	408	39	May 17	ATL	@	PHI	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(3-4)	1	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.41	5	0	1	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	-0.683	8.04	-0.58%	-1.97	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
10	409	42	May 21	ATL		MON	W,6-3	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	8	3	1	1	6	1	1	2.63	3.41	36	12	8	0	3	8	68			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.189	1.10	0.14%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	410	47	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	1	2.56	3.41	36	11	9	1	2	6	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.247	.73	0.14%	2.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	411	51	Jun 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.50	3.39	36	19	4	0	0	9	63			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.381	.93	0.20%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	412	55	Jun 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.36	3.31	33	9	9	1	1	6	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.347	.74	0.13%	2.92	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
14	413	59	Jun 12(1)	ATL		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	1	2.55	3.42	32	11	13	3	1	2	48			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.125	.82	-0.05%	-0.68	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
15	414	60	Jun 12 susp	ATL		CHC	W,6-2	9-GF		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.52	3.42	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.19	0.013	.12	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
16	415	64	Jun 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-7	L(7-5)	3	7.0	8	3	3	3	9	0	0	2.61	3.29	31	5	7	0	2	7	55			2	1	0	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.065	.62	-0.03%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	416	67	Jun 20	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	3	6.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	2.63	3.33	26	9	8	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.023	.48	-0.01%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
18	417	72	Jun 24	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-6)	3	8.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	1	2.67	3.40	30	7	10	1	3	4	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.078	.23	-0.02%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	418	76	Jun 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-6		3	6.0	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	2.69	3.50	24	8	7	0	0	4	54			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.100	.08	-0.01%	-0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
20	419	79	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	3.41	30	13	11	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.327	.06	0.02%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	420	83	Jul 6	ATL		HOU	L,2-6	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	6.2	10	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.71	3.48	29	12	8	1	1	5	34			0	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.235	.14	-0.02%	-1.01	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
22	421	87	Jul 11	ATL		MON	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	2.64	3.44	25	12	5	0	0	3	69			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.196	.02	0.00%	2.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	422	91	Jul 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.1	12	3	3	0	1	2	0	2.71	3.55	29	10	6	0	1	12	38			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.49	-0.088	.02	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
24	423	98	Jul 24	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	W(10-7)	6	9.0	5	4	3	7	5	0	0	2.72	3.56	39	10	12	0	0	5	61			2	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.244	.01	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	424	103	Jul 28	ATL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.73	3.52	37	10	10	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	1	0	1.21	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	425	107	Aug 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(11-8)	3	8.0	5	4	1	4	4	0	0	2.67	3.50	34	15	10	3	0	1	62			2	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	.62	0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
27	426	111	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-7	L(11-9)	3	7.0	11	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.66	3.50	31	9	7	0	1	11	51			1	0	1	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	427	115	Aug 9	ATL		CHC	L,2-8	GS-7	L(11-10)	3	6.0	11	7	6	1	1	2	0	2.85	3.60	29	13	10	3	1	4	24			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.93	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-4.17	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d6
29	428	120	Aug 14	ATL		STL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(12-10)	4	6.1	11	4	4	3	2	2	0	2.94	3.72	33	4	13	1	0	11	34			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
30	429	125	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	L,3-6	GS-7	L(12-11)	3	6.1	9	6	6	1	2	3	0	3.10	3.86	28	8	8	0	3	9	32			0	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.405	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
31	430	129	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-12)	4	4.2	8	6	5	2	1	1	1	3.24	3.93	23	9	2	0	1	8	25			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
32	431	133	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-8	W(13-12)	3	8.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	1	3.21	3.93	29	7	10	0	0	4	69			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
33	432	135	Aug 31(1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.12	3.86	34	8	18	5	3	3	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.457	.00	0.00%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	433	140	Sep 4	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	8	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.06	3.82	32	9	9	2	2	3	69			0	2	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.280	.00	0.00%	2.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
35	434	144	Sep 8	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	GS-3		3	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.17	3.86	14	6	1	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
36	435	148	Sep 12	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.05	3.81	36	14	12	1	2	4	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	3	1.77	0.600	.00	0.00%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	436	153	Sep 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-8	L(15-13)	4	7.2	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.10	3.80	37	15	6	0	0	11	40			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b --3 2 out d3
38	437	157	Sep 21	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(15-14)	3	8.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.11	3.80	30	14	7	0	2	5	62			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.042	.00	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
39	438	159	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-12	GS-4	L(15-15)	4	3.2	7	6	4	3	0	0	0	3.20	3.81	22	6	6	0	1	7	24			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	-0.479	.00	0.00%	-4.44	1b start a 1	4b -2- 2 out d2
							21-18		W-L:15-15,BSv:1	3.5	275.2	285	115	98	72	144	29	11	3.20	3.81	1160	1.18		4%	6%	244	54	2	100%	20	14	4	1059	46	6	3	26	3	16	1.10	0.985	.62	0.38%	11.67

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