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: 23-21 / in Starts: 21-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 44, Entered with runners on base: 1

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	521	1	Apr 7	ATL		LAD	L,4-13	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	8	6	1	4	1	0	10.80	4.19	24	5	6	0	1	8	26			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.521	2.00	-0.49%	-4.85	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d2
2	522	5	Apr 11	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	L(0-2)	3	9.0	6	3	2	4	9	0	1	5.14	2.94	35	8	7	0	0	6	70			1	2	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.150	1.50	-0.11%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	523	7	Apr 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	4.0	4	4	3	5	3	0	0	5.50	3.36	21	4	5	0	2	4	38			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	1	.81	-0.243	.92	-0.17%	-2.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
4	524	11	Apr 20	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-4)	3	8.0	2	2	2	1	7	0	0	4.50	2.70	27	6	11	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.007	.86	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	525	15	Apr 25	ATL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	6	1	0	6	9	0	0	3.34	2.67	38	5	12	0	0	6	76			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.443	.96	0.19%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	526	19	Apr 29	ATL		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.66	2.56	33	10	16	11	1	0	78			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.256	.34	0.09%	4.50	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	527	23	May 4	ATL		NYM	L,2-8	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.1	5	6	6	4	4	1	0	3.47	2.91	24	4	7	1	0	5	34			1	1	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.215	.71	-0.09%	-3.26	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d6
8	528	27	May 9(2)	ATL		MON	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.1	10	4	2	3	8	0	1	3.34	2.80	37	6	9	1	3	10	51			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.011	1.11	0.01%	-0.57	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
9	529	29	May 13	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-6)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.25	2.73	30	9	5	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.005	.60	0.00%	1.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	530	31	May 17(1)	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(3-6)	3	10.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.93	2.68	33	14	9	1	1	4	82			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	0.668	.76	0.21%	3.29	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
11	531	36	May 21	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-6)	3	7.1	12	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.11	2.59	33	8	7	1	0	12	42			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.041	.28	0.01%	-0.02	1b start a 1	8b -23 1 out a4
12	532	40	May 26	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	1	3.00	2.72	36	7	15	0	4	6	70			3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.353	.36	0.06%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	533	44	May 30	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	7	3	3	4	8	0	0	3.00	2.67	36	10	7	2	0	7	65			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.133	.35	0.02%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
14	534	47	Jun 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-3		3	2.1	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.29	2.75	13	3	8	6	1	0	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.267	.22	-0.03%	-2.42	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d1
15	535	51	Jun 7	ATL	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.02	2.76	33	9	16	3	0	4	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.165	.05	0.01%	3.98	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a6
16	536	55	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.79	2.63	31	5	13	0	1	6	82			0	2	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.340	.08	0.02%	4.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	537	59	Jun 16	ATL		PIT	L,4-9	GS-4	L(7-7)	4	3.1	9	7	6	1	4	1	0	3.15	2.69	20	4	2	0	0	9	19			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.346	.10	-0.03%	-5.19	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d6
18	538	62	Jun 20	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS-9	W(8-7)	3	9.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.14	2.70	38	9	12	1	2	8	60			2	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.081	.15	0.00%	0.66	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
19	539	66	Jun 24	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-8)	3	8.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.09	2.64	34	7	12	0	0	9	60			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.024	.13	0.00%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	540	71	Jun 28	ATL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	L(8-9)	3	9.0	3	3	3	5	7	1	1	3.09	2.75	35	7	12	2	2	3	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.097	.05	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 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
21	541	76	Jul 2	ATL		SFG	W,9-7	GS-7	W(9-9)	3	7.0	9	7	6	1	1	2	0	3.30	2.92	32	15	7	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.07	-0.615	.03	-0.01%	-3.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	542	80	Jul 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-9		3	8.1	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.18	2.85	32	9	8	2	1	6	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.471	.13	0.02%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
23	543	84	Jul 9	ATL		SDP	W,5-2	6-8	H(1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.13	2.81	11	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.210	.04	0.00%	1.50	6t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
24	544	85	Jul 14	ATL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	4	2	1	2	7	0	1	3.02	2.77	36	10	12	3	2	4	78			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	.66	0.118	.02	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	545	90	Jul 18	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	1	3.02	2.77	33	7	12	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.232	.03	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	546	95	Jul 22	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-10)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.00	2.80	28	8	9	0	1	6	60			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.026	.02	0.00%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
27	547	99	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.96	2.77	37	8	14	0	3	8	66			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.344	.02	0.00%	2.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	548	102	Jul 29	ATL		MON	W,9-6	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.97	2.75	9	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.78	0.119	.03	0.00%	0.44	7t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 3
29	549	104	Jul 31	ATL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(12-11)	1	9.0	9	3	3	2	10	1	0	2.97	2.74	37	9	7	1	3	9	65			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	0.013	.01	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
30	550	107	Aug 4	ATL		HOU	W,7-2	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	10	2	1	2	12	0	0	2.89	2.65	38	7	7	0	0	10	71			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.201	.01	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	551	112	Aug 8	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	5	5	3	3	6	2	0	2.89	2.75	36	13	9	0	6	5	64			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.217	.01	0.00%	-0.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
32	552	115	Aug 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-12)	3	7.0	11	5	5	1	5	0	0	3.00	2.71	33	7	9	0	0	11	39			1	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.364	.01	0.00%	-2.12	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d3
33	553	119	Aug 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-0	SHO	W(15-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.89	2.68	31	14	10	1	2	1	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.319	.00	0.00%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
34	554	123	Aug 20	ATL	@	STL	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(15-13)	3	8.0	11	6	4	3	8	0	1	2.94	2.66	39	10	8	1	2	9	45			4	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.529	.00	0.00%	-2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
35	555	126	Aug 24	ATL		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(15-14)	3	7.0	8	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.03	2.66	29	10	4	0	1	8	42			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
36	556	130	Aug 28	ATL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	W(16-14)	3	8.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	2	3.04	2.67	34	9	14	9	5	0	57			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.112	.00	0.00%	1.00	1t start tie	8t 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
37	557	133	Sep 1(1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-8	GS-6	L(16-15)	3	6.0	8	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.11	2.70	28	7	6	1	1	8	41			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
38	558	138	Sep 5	ATL		SDP	W,8-1	CG	W(17-15)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.04	2.68	32	13	8	0	0	3	81			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.256	.00	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
39	559	142	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	W,7-4	GS-7	W(18-15)	3	6.2	8	4	3	5	3	1	0	3.06	2.75	32	7	9	2	0	8	42			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.27	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
40	560	146	Sep 13	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-10		3	10.0	7	3	0	1	7	0	1	2.96	2.72	40	12	13	0	0	6	78			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.190	.00	0.00%	1.29	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
41	561	150	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	W(19-15)	3	8.1	10	2	1	4	6	0	1	2.91	2.72	40	11	8	1	1	10	59			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.336	.00	0.00%	1.50	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
42	562	153	Sep 21	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(19-16)	3	8.0	11	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.89	2.70	35	12	8	0	0	11	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.036	.00	0.00%	1.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
43	563	157	Sep 26	ATL		HOU	L,0-2	CG	L(19-17)	4	9.0	8	2	1	5	6	0	0	2.84	2.70	37	13	5	0	0	8	66			3	0	1	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.74	0.127	.00	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
44	564	161	Sep 30	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(19-18)	3	8.0	6	4	4	5	6	1	1	2.88	2.76	39	14	6	0	2	6	55			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
							23-21		W-L:19-18,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.1	334.1	295	129	107	102	248	16	13	2.88	2.76	1389	0.96		7%	6%	269	59	2	0%	34	12	4	1254	42	10	5	13	6	14	1.10	2.037	.26	-0.26%	29.37

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