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: 12-29 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	11	7	Apr 21	MLN	@	STL	L,3-6	6-7		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.52	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.008	.12	0.01%	0.98	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
2	12	10	Apr 28	MLN		STL	L,0-5	8-GF		6	2.0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.02	9	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	.13	-0.031	.26	-0.04%	-1.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
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
3	13	18	May 8	MLN	@	NYM	L,2-4	5-7		9	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	2.57	3.66	12	7	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.008	.32	-0.01%	0.28	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
4	14	23	May 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	5-GF	W(1-0)	4	5.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.50	3.02	19	6	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.487	3.35	0.51%	2.24	5b --- 0 out d3	9b end a 1
5	15	25	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	2.98	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.011	.55	0.01%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
6	16	30	May 21	MLN		PIT	L,1-6			5	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.23	2.86	8												7			1		0
7	17	31	May 22	MLN		PIT	L,4-9	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	2.85	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.006	.41	-0.01%	-0.54	9t 1-3 2 out d4	9t end d 5
8	18	32	May 23	MLN		PIT	L,1-10			0	1.1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.31	3.01	10												8			0		0
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
9	19	45	Jun 6(1)	MLN		LAD	L,0-4	8-GF		13	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.95	2.84	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.36	0.02%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
10	20	48	Jun 9	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	2.98	4	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.028	1.29	0.06%	1.07	8b -2- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	21	50	Jun 11	MLN	@	STL	W,8-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	2.92	10	6	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.070	1.31	0.15%	1.46	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 6
12	22	53	Jun 13(2)	MLN	@	STL	L,2-12	4-4		1	0.1	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	2.38	3.18	5	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.075	1.40	-0.18%	-3.64	4b --3 2 out d4	4b 3 out d8
13	23	54	Jun 15	MLN		PHI	W,12-7	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	3.29	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.19	0.004	.73	0.01%	-0.15	9t 12- 1 out a6	9t end a 5
14	24	55	Jun 16	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	8-GF		0	2.0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.13	3.11	8	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.002	.53	0.00%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
15	25	57	Jun 18	MLN		STL	L,4-5	8-10	L(1-1)	1	2.1	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.28	3.64	13	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.361	2.69	-0.80%	-0.79	8t --- 0 out d2	10t 1-3 1 out d1
16	26	59	Jun 20	MLN		STL	L,4-6	5-5		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.62	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.003	.00	0.01%	0.14	5t --- 1 out d5	5t --- 2 out d5
17	27	66	Jun 27(2)	MLN		CIN	L,2-10	6-GF		6	4.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.53	3.24	20	3	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.010	.15	-0.02%	-0.21	6t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
18	28	68	Jun 28(2)	MLN	@	NYM	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.65	3.58	8	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.036	.26	-0.05%	-0.15	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
19	29	70	Jun 30	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	3.66	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.005	2.45	-0.01%	-0.11	7b -2- 2 out d1	7b 12- 2 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
20	30	73	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-9			2	3.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.38	3.96	17												15			1		0
21	31	77	Jul 8	MLN		HOU	W,9-8	10-11		4	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.23	4.06	8	0	4	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.089	4.81	0.09%	0.16	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 123 2 out tie
22	32	79	Jul 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-9	5-6		1	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.73	4.05	11	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.049	.65	-0.06%	-2.04	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d6
23	33	98	Jul 30	MLN		SFG	L,2-9	9-GF		19	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.97	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
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
24	34	105	Aug 5	MLN		LAD	L,3-6	6-8		5	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.60	3.83	13	8	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.009	1.01	0.03%	0.34	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
25	35	107	Aug 7	MLN		HOU	L,0-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.71	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
26	36	112	Aug 12	MLN		STL	L,4-5	12-GF(13)	L(1-2)	4	2.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.38	3.64	10	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.66	-0.191	12.30	-0.53%	-0.11	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
27	37	116	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	W,10-8	6-8		3	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.78	3.58	10	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.107	4.01	-0.38%	-0.86	6b --- 0 out a4	8b 123 0 out a4
28	38	119	Aug 19	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	7-8		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.56	6	1	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.029	5.77	-0.12%	-0.86	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 0 out d1
29	39	129	Aug 29	MLN		CHC	L,2-10	6-6		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	3.54	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.59	0.02%	0.24	6t --- 1 out d4	6t 3 out d4
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
30	40	132	Sep 1(2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,0-2	4-4		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.52	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.132	6.93	0.45%	2.31	4b 123 0 out d2	4b 3 out d2
31	41	133	Sep 2	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.50	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.193	14.04	0.63%	0.48	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
32	42	134	Sep 3	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	9-9	H(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.64	3.42	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.006	11.44	-0.02%	-0.02	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-3 2 out a1
33	43	136	Sep 5	MLN		PIT	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.39	8	2	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.078	3.21	-0.25%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
34	44	137	Sep 6(1)	MLN		NYM	W,4-2	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.53	3.28	8	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.197	3.79	0.40%	1.20	7t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
35	45	138	Sep 6(2)	MLN		NYM	W,3-1	8-GF	S(5)	-1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.26	8	2	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.133	8.78	0.34%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
36	46	140	Sep 10	MLN	@	NYM	W,3-1	7-GF	S(6)	3	3.0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.25	3.08	10	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.221	4.99	0.47%	1.28	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
37	47	143	Sep 13	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(1-3)	2	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.29	3.20	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.157	2.61	-0.29%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
38	48	147	Sep 17	MLN		SFG	W,9-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	3	5.0	5	1	0	3	2	0	0	3.06	3.22	23	5	8	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.048	.71	-0.02%	-0.58	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a4
39	49	152	Sep 22	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	9-10		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	3.21	7	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.29	0.253	.00	0.00%	0.90	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
40	50	155	Sep 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-2	7-8	H(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	3.24	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.18	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.33	7b -23 1 out a2	8b 1-- 1 out a1
41	51	159	Sep 30	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.89	3.24	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
							12-29		W-L:2-3,Sv:6,Hld:2	2.4	74.2	73	32	24	26	49	5	3	2.89	3.24	324	1.81		4%	2%	58	54	13	31%	3	0	1	282	5	0	3	5	4	3	.85	0.769	2.47	0.43%	5.45

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