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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-23 / in Starts: 21-23
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	109 (57-37-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (40-27-14)

Most Driven In
P FrÃas	3
B Bonnell	3
D Chaney	2
B Benedict	1
R Office	1
J Burroughs	1
D Murphy	1

Most Driven In By
R Office	4
B Horner	2
J Burroughs	1
M Lum	1
G Matthews	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	567	1	Apr 6	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.99	0.083	1.58	0.08%	0.48	P
2	568	5 (3)	Apr 10	ATL		CIN	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.27	0.045	1.46	0.03%	0.38	P
3	569	9 (3)	Apr 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.30	-0.196	1.87	-0.17%	-1.81	P
4	570	12 (2)	Apr 19	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.99	-0.081	1.32	-0.07%	-0.69	P
5	571	16 (3)	Apr 23	ATL		STL	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.76	-0.062	.65	-0.03%	-0.76	P
6	572	18 (1)	Apr 27	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.89	-0.096	1.43	-0.04%	-0.87	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	573	21 (2)	May 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.80	-0.081	.64	-0.04%	-0.93	P
8	574	24 (2)	May 5	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	.20	-0.005	.15	0.00%	-0.11	P
9	575	28 (3)	May 9	ATL		PIT	L,9-17	GS-5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	1.87	0.131	1.28	0.05%	1.09	P
10	576	31 (2)	May 13	ATL	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.160	.352	9	.78	-0.042	.49	-0.02%	-0.41	P
11	577	34 (2)	May 17	ATL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.143	.315	9	1.04	-0.064	.59	-0.02%	-0.98	P
12	578	39 (4)	May 21	ATL		HOU	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.161	.349	9	.93	-0.010	.42	0.00%	-0.30	P
13	579	42 (2)	May 25	ATL	@	SFG	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	.92	-0.067	.48	-0.02%	-0.44	P
14	580	47 (4)	May 29 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.158	.135	.293	9	1.24	-0.093	.73	-0.03%	-0.55	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	581	51 (3)	Jun 2	ATL		NYM	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.200	.395	9	1.04	0.103	.26	0.02%	1.33	P
16	582	55 (3)	Jun 6	ATL		MON	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.190	.195	.386	9	.37	-0.010	.09	0.00%	-0.11	P
17	583	58 (2)	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.196	.213	.261	.474	9	.18	0.037	.03	0.00%	0.47	P
18	584	62 (3)	Jun 15	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.224	.255	.480	9	.74	0.030	.10	0.00%	0.15	P
19	585	66 (3)	Jun 19	ATL		PHI	W,10-4	GS-9	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.280	.511	9	1.52	-0.121	.12	-0.01%	-0.34	P
20	586	70 (3)	Jun 23	ATL		LAD	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.218	.264	.482	9	1.40	-0.106	.11	-0.01%	-1.65	P
21	587	74 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.228	.259	.487	9	1.53	-0.016	.10	0.00%	-0.26	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	588	79 (4)	Jul 1	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.217	.246	.462	9	1.22	-0.097	.08	0.00%	-0.91	P
23	589	82 (2)	Jul 5	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.267	.505	9	1.95	0.151	.15	0.01%	1.17	P
24	590	87 (4)	Jul 9	ATL		CHC	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.246	.274	.520	9	.80	0.034	.08	0.00%	0.15	P
25	591	90 (2)	Jul 13	ATL		PIT	W,13-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.246	.273	.519	9	.42	0.073	.05	0.01%	0.69	P
26	592	93 (2)	Jul 19	ATL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.260	.286	.546	9	1.02	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.23	P
27	593	99 (5)	Jul 23 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.247	.270	.517	9	.69	-0.157	.03	0.00%	-2.76	P
28	594	103 (3)	Jul 27	ATL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.241	.263	.504	9	1.58	-0.094	.05	0.00%	-0.68	P
29	595	107 (3)	Jul 31	ATL		SDP	L,3-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.235	.256	.491	9	1.70	-0.086	.03	0.00%	-0.94	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	596	112 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.226	.247	.473	9	1.05	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
31	597	116 (3)	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.221	.241	.462	9	.58	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
32	598	119 (2)	Aug 12	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.222	.253	.475	9	.66	0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
33	599	122 (2)	Aug 16	ATL		NYM	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.215	.244	.459	9	1.70	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.96	P
34	600	126 (3)	Aug 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.208	.237	.445	9	.95	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
35	601	129 (2)	Aug 24	ATL		MON	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.202	.229	.431	9	1.88	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
36	602	131 (1)	Aug 28	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS-8	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.245	.461	9	.98	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	603	134 (2)	Sep 1	ATL		PHI	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.219	.248	.467	9	1.83	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
38	604	138 (3)	Sep 5	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.215	.243	.458	9	.63	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
39	605	142 (3)	Sep 9	ATL		SDP	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.211	.238	.449	9	1.26	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
40	606	145 (2)	Sep 13	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.214	.241	.455	9	.66	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
41	607	148 (2)	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.217	.243	.461	9	.97	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
42	608	152 (3)	Sep 22	ATL		SFG	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.210	.235	.445	9	.37	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-1.18	P
43	609	157 (4)	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.220	.252	.472	9	.88	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.98	P
44	610	160 (2)	Sep 30	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.213	.244	.457	9	.63	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
							21-23		134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	1	0	19	2	7	1	1	1	0	0	.195	.213	.244	.457		1.05	-1.190	.32	-0.27%	-14.02

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