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: 23-9 / in Starts: 22-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	740	2	Apr 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.26	2.93	31	7	8	0	0	9	44			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.010	1.62	0.01%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
2	741	7	Apr 10	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.13	2.77	24	7	9	0	0	5	64			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.260	1.08	0.16%	2.44	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
3	742	11	Apr 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-7	W(3-0)	7	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.45	2.45	23	7	3	0	0	5	66			0	2	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.270	1.30	0.18%	1.54	1b start a 1	7b -23 0 out a4
4	743	15	Apr 24	NYY		KCR	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-0)	5	9.0	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.98	2.08	33	9	7	0	0	8	78			0	2	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.366	.69	0.21%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	744	20	Apr 29	NYY		MIL	W,6-5	GS-10		4	10.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	1.19	2.05	37	9	11	1	0	8	73			0	2	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.40	0.527	.77	0.17%	2.74	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
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
6	745	24	May 4	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-1)	4	8.0	7	1	0	3	6	0	1	0.99	2.18	35	7	11	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	1	1	1.65	0.193	.76	0.05%	2.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	746	28	May 9	NYY		CLE	W,11-4	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	7.0	8	4	1	3	4	0	0	1.03	2.27	32	6	11	0	0	8	52			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	.45	0.055	.14	0.01%	-0.68	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
8	747	33	May 14	NYY		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(6-1)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	1.04	2.52	29	9	10	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.463	.33	0.08%	2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
9	748	37	May 19	NYY		CAL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	7.1	9	4	3	3	4	0	0	1.32	2.56	32	10	6	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	3	1	2	1.01	-0.073	.24	-0.01%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d4
10	749	41	May 24	NYY	@	SEA	W,2-0	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.20	2.43	25	7	5	0	0	5	73			2	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.442	.16	0.03%	3.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
11	750	46	May 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-4	L(7-3)	4	3.2	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	1.60	2.46	20	7	2	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	2	1	0	.95	-0.293	.08	-0.01%	-3.64	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d4
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
12	751	50	Jun 3	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	5	2	1	2	8	0	0	1.58	2.37	28	3	10	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.56	0.107	.04	0.00%	1.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out a13
13	752	54	Jun 8	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	1	1.73	2.49	38	11	11	0	0	10	49			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.106	.10	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
14	753	59	Jun 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	8.0	10	2	2	3	7	1	0	1.77	2.59	34	9	5	0	0	10	58			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.326	.05	0.01%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
15	754	64	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-9	W(10-3)	4	8.2	3	1	1	4	6	1	0	1.71	2.72	33	9	14	2	3	0	76			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.544	.06	0.01%	2.98	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a1
16	755	69	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	3	5	5	0	0	1.86	2.77	30	8	4	0	0	8	39			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.56	-0.280	.04	0.00%	-1.61	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d2
17	756	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-4)	5	8.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	1.96	2.76	36	9	10	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.024	.02	0.00%	0.96	1b start tie	8b 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
18	757	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-0	GS-8	W(11-4)	4	8.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.84	2.71	30	6	12	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.453	.02	0.00%	4.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
19	758	83	Jul 12	NYY		KCR	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-4)	7	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.88	2.68	30	6	10	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.168	.01	0.00%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
20	759	89	Jul 17	NYY		TEX	L,4-10	GS-7	L(12-5)	4	6.0	12	7	7	3	4	2	0	2.23	2.87	32	8	5	0	0	12	21			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.448	.02	0.00%	-3.77	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
21	760	94	Jul 22	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	5	2	2	5	0	0	2.28	2.84	26	6	6	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	2	1.24	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
22	761	98	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-5		4	4.2	7	6	6	4	4	3	0	2.56	3.12	23	4	5	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start a 5	5b 1-- 2 out a1
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
23	762	103	Aug 1	NYY		MIL	W,7-3	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	5	3	3	3	3	2	0	2.58	3.28	34	9	14	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	763	108	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.29	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
25	764	111	Aug 8	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	GS-3	L(13-6)	2	2.0	10	5	5	1	1	1	0	2.81	3.37	17	2	3	0	0	10	16			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.323	.05	-0.01%	-4.39	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d4
26	765	115	Aug 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	GS-7	W(14-6)	2	7.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.33	27	5	15	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.47	0.254	.03	0.01%	2.53	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
27	766	120	Aug 16	NYY		SEA	L,4-5	CG	L(14-7)	4	9.0	4	5	5	2	5	2	0	2.86	3.42	33	13	9	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.228	.01	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	767	125	Aug 21	NYY		CAL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(15-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.80	3.41	27	9	6	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.224	.01	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
29	768	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-2	GS-8	W(16-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.78	3.43	31	10	7	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
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	769	134	Sep 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-11	GS-7		5	6.2	8	5	5	4	4	0	0	2.91	3.43	29	7	6	0	0	8	38			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.80	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
31	770	144	Sep 12	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-8	L(16-8)	10	7.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.89	3.39	29	11	8	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.051	.00	0.00%	1.43	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
32	771	149	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	W,12-7	GS-5		4	4.0	8	6	6	4	0	1	1	3.09	3.51	24	4	7	0	0	8	18			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.573	.00	0.00%	-4.48	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d1
							23-9		W-L:16-8	4.2	215.2	219	85	74	76	136	15	3	3.09	3.51	916	0.95		1%	1%	214	54	0	---%	9	12	0	821	35	5	0	23	11	9	1.06	2.341	.25	0.90%	16.40

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