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: 21-23 / in Starts: 21-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	565	1	Apr 6	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.25	2.23	29	9	10	0	0	3	71			3	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.055	1.28	0.05%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	566	5	Apr 10	ATL		CIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	10	2	1	2	3	0	0	1.80	2.47	32	10	7	0	0	10	52			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	0.199	1.44	0.14%	1.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	567	9	Apr 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	5.2	6	6	6	5	2	0	0	3.92	3.07	26	7	6	1	0	6	30			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.58	-0.284	2.28	-0.25%	-2.55	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d4
4	568	12	Apr 19	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.58	3.74	26	5	11	0	2	5	62			0	1	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.65	0.077	.87	0.06%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	569	16	Apr 23	ATL		STL	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(1-4)	3	10.0	11	3	2	5	5	0	0	3.11	3.61	45	15	9	1	2	11	60			1	0	0	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	-0.073	1.46	-0.04%	2.03	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
6	570	18	Apr 27	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.89	3.59	34	8	13	0	1	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.480	.85	0.22%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
7	571	21	May 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	7	2	1	6	6	0	1	2.59	3.61	40	5	15	3	3	7	67			1	0	0	33	4	0	3	1	0	0	1.43	0.300	1.15	0.15%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	572	24	May 5	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS-3	L(3-5)	3	2.2	7	7	4	2	1	3	1	3.09	4.36	19	4	4	1	1	7	21			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.363	.40	-0.16%	-5.82	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d7
9	573	28	May 9	ATL		PIT	L,9-17	GS-5		3	5.0	7	7	5	1	2	2	0	3.55	4.63	24	6	8	1	1	7	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.571	.73	-0.23%	-4.48	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
10	574	31	May 13	ATL	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-6)	3	6.2	9	7	6	2	4	1	0	3.99	4.60	32	7	10	2	1	9	32			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.267	.50	-0.10%	-4.07	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d6
11	575	34	May 17	ATL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	7	3	2	3	3	2	0	3.76	4.76	37	9	15	0	0	7	63			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.122	.59	0.04%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	576	39	May 21	ATL		HOU	W,7-5	GS-7	W(5-6)	3	6.2	5	5	4	7	3	1	1	3.89	4.96	30	7	7	0	1	5	42			3	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.275	.42	-0.08%	-2.25	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
13	577	42	May 25	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(5-7)	3	8.0	8	6	5	2	7	4	1	4.04	5.27	33	6	11	1	0	6	49			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.396	.44	-0.13%	-2.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	578	47	May 29(2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(5-8)	3	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.98	5.20	31	11	8	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	.86	-0.192	.51	-0.07%	0.49	1b start a 1	8b 3 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
15	579	51	Jun 2	ATL		NYM	W,7-6	GS-8	W(6-8)	3	8.0	7	6	3	3	6	1	1	3.94	5.14	35	12	6	0	1	7	53			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.060	.33	-0.01%	-1.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
16	580	55	Jun 6	ATL		MON	L,2-12	GS-4	L(6-9)	3	3.0	7	8	7	2	3	0	0	4.39	5.08	20	5	3	0	0	7	16			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	-0.478	.26	-0.07%	-5.33	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d3
17	581	58	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	W(7-9)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.29	5.05	39	15	10	1	0	8	58			1	0	1	35	2	1	0	1	0	2	.28	0.133	.05	0.01%	1.36	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
18	582	62	Jun 15	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.19	4.93	19	6	5	0	1	4	55			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.102	.12	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
19	583	66	Jun 19	ATL		PHI	W,10-4	GS-8	W(8-9)	3	8.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.21	4.91	34	10	8	2	2	9	49			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.188	.10	0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
20	584	70	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	W,7-3	GS-8	W(9-9)	3	8.0	7	3	2	5	3	1	0	4.10	4.94	35	11	9	1	1	7	56			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.36	0.221	.11	0.01%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
21	585	74	Jun 27(1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	L(9-10)	3	8.1	6	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.99	4.82	36	9	11	0	0	6	65			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.71	-0.242	.11	-0.01%	0.43	1b start tie	9b 123 1 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
22	586	79	Jul 1	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	W(10-10)	3	8.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.85	4.76	29	12	9	0	2	5	71			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.326	.10	0.01%	2.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
23	587	82	Jul 5	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	8	4	4	6	10	2	1	3.86	4.81	41	8	10	2	0	6	59			1	0	0	34	2	1	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.042	.07	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	588	87	Jul 9	ATL		CHC	L,4-7	GS-6	L(11-11)	3	6.0	11	7	3	2	3	1	0	3.88	4.81	32	9	7	0	0	11	31			0	0	0	29	4	0	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.398	.07	-0.02%	-3.98	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
25	589	90	Jul 13	ATL		PIT	W,13-4	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.89	4.68	35	13	11	0	0	8	58			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	.37	-0.059	.04	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
26	590	93	Jul 19	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(13-11)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.80	4.54	33	9	11	1	2	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	.65	0.093	.08	0.01%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
27	591	99	Jul 23(2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-11)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.63	4.40	30	9	11	1	0	2	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.381	.03	0.01%	4.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
28	592	103	Jul 27	ATL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	L(14-12)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.56	4.37	37	15	7	0	0	7	61			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.17	0.158	.04	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
29	593	107	Jul 31	ATL		SDP	L,3-10	GS-7	L(14-13)	3	7.0	11	5	5	4	4	0	2	3.65	4.37	38	7	10	1	1	11	35			2	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.295	.02	0.00%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
30	594	112	Aug 4(2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(14-14)	3	8.0	8	6	5	3	11	0	0	3.72	4.25	36	7	7	0	0	8	52			2	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
31	595	116	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(14-15)	3	8.0	7	3	3	4	3	2	0	3.71	4.34	33	7	13	0	3	6	55			1	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	596	119	Aug 12	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(15-15)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.64	4.25	36	8	9	0	1	8	68			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	0.497	.00	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	597	122	Aug 16	ATL		NYM	L,3-6	GS-8	L(15-16)	3	8.0	8	6	6	2	5	1	0	3.74	4.24	34	11	9	1	0	7	45			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
34	598	126	Aug 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-8	W(16-16)	3	8.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.70	4.20	31	11	10	1	1	4	66			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
35	599	129	Aug 24	ATL		MON	L,0-2	CG	L(16-17)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	10	2	0	3.64	4.21	36	6	10	0	3	7	72			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.233	.00	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
36	600	131	Aug 28	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS-7	W(17-17)	3	7.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	1	3.58	4.16	26	11	4	1	0	7	60			1	2	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.267	.00	0.00%	2.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
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
37	601	134	Sep 1	ATL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	L(17-18)	3	9.0	13	6	5	3	7	3	0	3.63	4.23	42	8	11	5	1	13	43			0	2	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
38	602	138	Sep 5	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	1	2	4	0	1	3.56	4.20	31	10	7	2	1	7	62			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	3	1	0	.92	0.022	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
39	603	142	Sep 9	ATL		SDP	L,1-4	GS-8	L(17-19)	3	8.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.55	4.18	31	13	9	3	1	6	61			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.043	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
40	604	145	Sep 13	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(18-19)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.48	4.14	34	10	8	2	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.382	.00	0.00%	2.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
41	605	148	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-7	L(18-20)	3	7.0	8	8	4	1	5	3	1	3.51	4.22	32	10	8	0	1	7	41			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.410	.00	0.00%	-4.74	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d5
42	606	152	Sep 22	ATL		SFG	W,10-2	CG	W(19-20)	4	9.0	2	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.44	4.17	32	9	15	1	0	1	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	.44	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
43	607	157	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	W(20-20)	3	9.0	8	4	3	1	6	1	0	3.43	4.14	36	14	7	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.48	0.191	.00	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
44	608	160	Sep 30	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	W(21-20)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.39	4.16	35	9	12	2	1	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
							21-23		W-L:21-20	3.1	342.0	311	160	129	113	208	41	11	3.39	4.16	1436	1.00		5%	4%	299	56		---%	40	11	2	1290	50	6	8	24	7	15	.97	-0.392	.32	-0.44%	5.95

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