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	14-20 / in Starts: 14-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	64 (31-18-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (21-14-7)

Most Driven In
G Hubbard	1
T Harper	1
B Horner	1
C Chambliss	1
R RamÃrez	1
J Royster	0

Most Driven In By
B Butler	2
D Murphy	1

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 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	708	1	Apr 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.80	-0.053	1.22	-0.05%	-0.57	P
2	709	4 (2)	Apr 9	ATL		SDP	W,6-5	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.51	-0.019	.88	-0.02%	-0.43	P
3	710	9 (4)	Apr 16	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.143	.167	.310	9	1.78	-0.075	3.17	-0.08%	-0.62	P
4	711	13 (3)	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.125	.143	.268	9	1.67	-0.070	3.04	-0.08%	-0.58	P
5	712	17 (3)	Apr 27	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.111	.125	.236	9	.73	-0.018	1.45	-0.02%	-0.16	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
6	713	20 (2)	May 1	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.083	.091	.174	9	1.43	-0.107	2.87	-0.13%	-0.92	P
7	714	24 (3)	May 6	ATL		HOU	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.071	.077	.148	9	2.60	-0.135	5.91	-0.18%	-1.12	P
8	715	29 (4)	May 11	ATL		MON	L,5-8	GS-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.133	.077	.210	9	1.08	0.044	2.21	0.05%	0.38	P
9	716	37 (7)	May 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.067	.118	.067	.184	9	1.12	-0.119	2.22	-0.14%	-1.24	P
10	717	42 (4)	May 26	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.118	.158	.118	.276	9	1.45	-0.034	2.89	-0.04%	-0.14	P
11	718	47 (4)	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.190	.158	.348	9	1.36	0.043	2.66	0.05%	0.63	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
12	719	52 (4)	Jun 5	ATL		STL	L,3-8	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.227	.200	.427	9	.77	0.030	1.67	0.04%	0.26	P
13	720	56 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,4-6	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.250	.227	.477	9	1.12	-0.059	2.71	-0.09%	-0.65	P
14	721	67 (10)	Jun 21	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.240	.217	.457	9	.45	-0.011	.88	-0.01%	-0.09	P
15	722	72 (4)	Jun 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.207	.185	.392	9	.46	-0.044	.96	-0.06%	-1.14	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
16	723	77 (4)	Jul 1	ATL		CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.219	.200	.419	9	1.23	0.085	3.11	0.13%	0.09	P
17	724	83 (5)	Jul 10	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.206	.188	.393	9	1.19	-0.064	3.05	-0.10%	-0.68	P
18	725	86 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,6-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.206	.188	.393	9						P
19	726	89 (2)	Jul 15	ATL		MON	W,9-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.200	.182	.382	9	.49	-0.013	1.31	-0.02%	-0.10	P
20	727	94 (4)	Jul 20	ATL		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.171	.189	.171	.361	9	1.44	-0.097	3.73	-0.15%	-0.90	P
21	728	99 (4)	Jul 25	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.205	.189	.394	9	.95	0.031	2.31	0.05%	0.23	P
22	729	104 (4)	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.175	.190	.175	.365	9	1.49	-0.241	3.47	-0.34%	-2.61	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
23	730	109 (4)	Aug 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.178	.163	.341	9	1.12	-0.082	2.23	-0.10%	-1.08	P
24	731	113 (3)	Aug 9	ATL		SFG	W,7-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.167	.152	.319	9	.56	-0.043	1.07	-0.05%	-0.83	P
25	732	118 (4)	Aug 14	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.167	.152	.319	9						P
26	733	122 (3)	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.157	.143	.300	9	.76	-0.063	2.22	-0.11%	-0.84	P
27	734	126 (3)	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	W,11-3	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.167	.173	.340	9	.31	0.042	.98	0.08%	-0.53	P
28	735	131 (4)	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.161	.167	.327	9	.88	-0.044	3.25	-0.10%	-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
29	736	136 (4)	Sep 3	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.172	.196	.369	9	.70	0.000	2.49	0.00%	0.06	P
30	737	141 (4)	Sep 9	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.169	.193	.362	9	1.45	-0.051	11.77	-0.25%	-0.40	P
31	738	145 (3)	Sep 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.167	.190	.356	9	1.28	-0.049	3.75	-0.09%	-0.53	P
32	739	150 (4)	Sep 21 (2)	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.177	.200	.377	9	1.46	0.151	5.47	0.34%	1.40	P
33	740	155 (4)	Sep 26	ATL		SFG	W,6-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.185	.206	.391	9	.34	-0.022	.52	-0.02%	-0.44	P
34	741	160 (4)	Sep 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.194	.215	.409	9	1.02	-0.007	.44	0.00%	0.04	P
							14-20		73	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	1	0	12	0	6	1	0	7	0	0	.185	.194	.215	.409		1.05	-1.094	2.64	-1.47%	-14.53

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