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: 14-8 / in Starts: 14-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	649	4	Apr 13	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-9		99	8.2	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.04	2.83	36	7	14	2	0	6	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	0.196	1.21	0.09%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out tie
2	650	9	Apr 19	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	2	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.30	3.43	25	11	6	0	0	2	63			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.014	.42	-0.01%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	651	14	Apr 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	8	0	0	3	8	0	0	1.46	2.84	35	8	8	1	0	8	76			1	0	1	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.324	.84	0.17%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
4	652	21	May 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.1	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.79	3.01	23	3	18	9	1	0	25			1	1	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.412	.74	-0.16%	-3.65	1b start a 1	5b --3 1 out d3
5	653	26	May 7	ATL	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	2.31	2.91	27	8	7	0	1	4	60			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.071	.80	0.03%	0.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
6	654	31	May 12	ATL		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.84	2.83	33	11	12	0	5	2	85			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.541	.85	0.25%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	655	36	May 19	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	6	5.2	10	5	5	0	3	0	0	2.54	2.68	26	8	6	0	0	9	32			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.120	.46	-0.04%	-1.60	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
8	656	40	May 24	ATL		SDP	L,5-7	GS-8	L(2-3)	4	7.2	7	7	6	5	2	1	0	3.14	3.09	35	12	10	2	4	6	36			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.61	-0.717	.65	-0.17%	-3.90	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
9	657	44	May 29	ATL	@	SDP	W,7-1	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	7	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.80	3.05	26	8	5	0	1	6	62			0	3	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.48	0.292	.62	0.07%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
10	658	49	Jun 3	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.78	3.13	28	7	10	0	3	4	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.082	.63	0.03%	0.57	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a2
11	659	53	Jun 9	ATL	@	MON	L,1-12	GS-2	L(4-4)	5	1.2	4	7	7	3	0	0	0	3.58	3.24	12	1	5	1	0	3	16			2	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.363	.34	-0.08%	-5.42	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d6
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
12	660	56	Aug 10	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-4		61	4.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.51	3.22	18	4	6	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.075	1.57	0.06%	0.63	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
13	661	61	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	3.44	3.43	16	5	7	0	1	2	52			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.054	2.37	0.07%	0.68	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
14	662	65	Aug 20	ATL		NYM	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	1	3.48	3.44	31	9	8	1	3	5	53			2	0	0	26	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.100	2.50	0.10%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
15	663	71	Aug 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,12-2	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	3.36	24	9	10	2	1	4	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.050	.22	0.05%	3.17	1b start a 6	7b 3 out a12
16	664	75	Aug 30	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	1	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.18	3.35	25	10	6	1	1	1	65			3	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.108	1.63	0.10%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
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
17	665	79	Sep 4	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	6.1	5	4	3	2	2	1	0	3.24	3.44	24	7	8	0	0	5	49			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.188	1.13	-0.13%	-0.66	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
18	666	84	Sep 9	ATL		HOU	W,9-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	8	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.99	3.42	36	11	12	0	0	8	70			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.190	.51	0.13%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
19	667	89	Sep 15	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	9	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.98	3.42	31	7	8	3	0	9	44			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.099	1.22	0.06%	0.14	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
20	668	94	Sep 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.82	3.40	28	14	8	1	0	5	62			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.244	.35	0.03%	1.85	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
21	669	99	Sep 26	ATL		CIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(7-6)	5	6.0	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	2.83	3.51	23	7	10	0	1	2	56			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
22	670	104	Oct 1	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	GS-3	L(7-7)	4	2.2	7	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.10	3.50	16	3	1	0	1	7	25			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-4.07	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
							14-8		W-L:7-7	4.5	139.1	120	56	48	56	62	6	1	3.10	3.50	578	0.92		6%	6%	104	54		---%	16	9	1	514	17	5	2	11	2	6	1.10	0.287	.87	0.64%	5.63

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