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: 25-17 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 5

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	237	1	Apr 5	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS-6		99	5.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	7.20	5.85	22	10	4	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.172	1.44	-0.17%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
2	238	4	Apr 10	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	7	2	0	5.25	5.12	28	9	4	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.077	1.59	-0.06%	0.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	239	8	Apr 14	ATL		CIN	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	3	2.0	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	5.79	4.81	14	3	2	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.360	2.49	-0.36%	-3.42	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d1
4	240	12	Apr 20	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.52	3.41	32	6	12	1	0	6	81			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.568	2.16	0.51%	3.99	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
5	241	16	Apr 25(1)	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	8.0	7	3	2	3	1	1	0	3.19	3.81	33	12	10	0	1	7	56			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	.80	-0.055	1.12	-0.05%	0.68	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
6	242	21	Apr 30	ATL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.93	3.50	37	9	14	2	0	9	62			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.290	.80	0.20%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	243	25	May 5(1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.68	3.43	27	9	4	2	0	7	62			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.019	1.16	0.01%	0.83	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
8	244	30	May 9(2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.1	6	5	4	0	2	1	1	3.22	3.60	17	5	3	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.507	2.04	-0.50%	-4.17	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d1
9	245	34	May 15	ATL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.03	3.50	32	12	10	2	2	3	74			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.232	.50	0.13%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	246	39	May 20	ATL		MON	L,3-4	GS-11		4	11.0	7	3	3	6	7	1	0	2.94	3.57	45	12	13	0	0	7	72			1	0	1	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.503	2.31	0.36%	2.06	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
11	247	44	May 25	ATL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	8	3	2	5	9	0	0	2.87	3.42	37	12	3	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.114	1.54	-0.07%	0.44	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
12	248	49	May 30	ATL	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	5.0	8	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.35	3.58	25	9	3	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	21	1	1	1	1	1	1	.61	-0.317	.32	-0.10%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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
13	249	54	Jun 4	ATL		CHC	L,0-11	GS-1	L(3-6)	4	1.0	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	3.52	3.60	9	2	1	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.26	-0.323	.52	-0.08%	-3.54	1t start tie	1t 3 out d4
14	250	56	Jun 6	ATL		CHC	L,3-6	9-GF		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.56	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
15	251	59	Jun 9	ATL		STL	W,8-3	CG	W(4-6)	2	9.0	9	3	1	2	3	0	0	3.34	3.46	35	13	9	2	1	8	62			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	1	0	.77	-0.066	.34	-0.02%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	252	64	Jun 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-7)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	2	3.34	3.53	32	12	8	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.239	.66	-0.07%	0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	253	66	Jun 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	3.50	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.097	1.28	0.02%	0.23	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
18	254	69	Jun 19	ATL	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	W(5-7)	2	9.0	7	3	1	2	8	1	0	3.14	3.45	35	12	6	0	1	7	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.58	-0.145	.17	-0.03%	0.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
19	255	73	Jun 21(2)	ATL		MON	L,3-5	8-GF		1	1.2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.10	3.41	7	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.55	0.084	.11	0.01%	1.82	8t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 2
20	256	77	Jun 25(2)	ATL		CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	6	3	0	3.09	3.59	36	9	10	1	2	10	60			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	.24	-0.030	.04	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	257	82	Jun 29	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS-7	W(7-7)	3	6.2	7	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.21	3.71	27	9	7	0	0	7	46			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.154	.10	-0.01%	-1.50	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 2 out a1
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	258	84	Jul 1	ATL	@	MON	W,7-3	8-8	W(8-7)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.70	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.100	.41	0.01%	0.46	8b 1-- 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
23	259	87	Jul 4	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	2	9.0	9	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.99	3.66	39	10	13	1	2	9	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.547	.41	0.08%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	260	92	Jul 10	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(9-8)	5	8.0	10	5	4	1	3	1	0	3.07	3.66	33	8	11	4	0	10	46			0	1	1	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.604	.55	-0.16%	-1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
25	261	94	Jul 16	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(10-8)	5	9.0	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	2.89	3.52	33	9	11	1	0	7	77			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.391	.45	0.09%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	262	100	Jul 21(1)	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	GS-9		4	8.0	6	7	6	3	8	2	0	3.08	3.58	34	15	2	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.403	.44	-0.09%	-2.79	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a2
27	263	105	Jul 25	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.97	3.49	35	13	7	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.448	.63	0.15%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	264	109	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.91	3.50	25	7	8	0	1	3	70			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.126	.75	0.06%	1.83	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
29	265	114	Aug 4	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	3	7	1	0	2.96	3.51	27	4	7	0	3	6	50			0	2	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.117	.37	-0.03%	-0.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
30	266	118	Aug 8	ATL		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-8)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.82	3.43	33	13	6	1	1	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.210	.28	0.09%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	267	122	Aug 13	ATL		HOU	L,2-8	GS-3	L(12-9)	4	2.1	7	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.02	3.46	15	2	1	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.396	1.32	-0.32%	-4.11	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
32	268	127	Aug 18	ATL		CHC	L,2-7	GS-8	L(12-10)	4	7.1	12	7	6	1	5	2	0	3.17	3.52	34	9	13	3	5	6	32			1	0	0	33	1	0	1	3	0	2	1.41	-0.447	.75	-0.14%	-3.56	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d5
33	269	128	Aug 20	ATL		STL	W,6-5	9-11		1	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.14	3.50	8	1	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.425	.85	0.09%	1.66	9t 123 2 out tie	11t 3 out tie
34	270	131	Aug 23(1)	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(12-11)	2	9.0	9	4	1	2	5	0	0	3.05	3.44	38	12	10	0	0	9	62			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.099	.60	-0.04%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	271	136	Aug 28	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(13-11)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.04	3.37	40	13	17	7	2	2	57			0	0	0	37	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.200	.32	0.02%	1.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
36	272	140	Sep 3	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(13-12)	5	8.0	5	3	1	2	6	0	0	2.98	3.31	30	10	7	0	1	5	68			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.074	.03	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
37	273	142	Sep 5	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	3.31	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.035	.01	0.00%	0.38	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
38	274	145	Sep 10	ATL		SFG	W,7-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.00	3.33	31	7	8	0	0	5	58			2	0	0	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	.64	-0.086	.02	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
39	275	150	Sep 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(14-12)	4	9.0	4	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.93	3.28	33	16	8	0	0	4	76			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.93	0.288	.01	0.00%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
40	276	154	Sep 19(1)	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-12	GS-4	L(14-13)	3	3.2	8	6	6	1	1	1	0	3.10	3.33	20	6	4	1	0	8	21			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.266	.26	-0.05%	-3.65	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
41	277	158	Sep 24	ATL		LAD	L,0-2	GS-7	L(14-14)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.08	3.34	24	9	9	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	.89	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
42	278	161	Sep 28	ATL		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-14)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.98	3.28	29	13	10	0	2	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.575	.00	0.00%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							25-17		W-L:15-14,Sv:2	3.3	268.2	248	112	89	70	173	27	3	2.98	3.28	1101	1.21		5%	4%	227	57	9	0%	11	7	3	1012	21	10	6	29	4	19	1.05	0.155	.70	-0.51%	11.52

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