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: 19-14 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	772	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	5	5	5	3	2	0	11.25	11.43	21	5	3	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.324	1.82	-0.28%	-2.87	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	773	5	Apr 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.2	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	4.63	4.40	29	7	7	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.326	1.01	0.21%	2.94	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
3	774	9	Apr 20	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GS-5	W(2-1)	5	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.32	5.02	24	8	4	0	0	5	48			1	0	1	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.084	1.52	0.06%	0.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
4	775	13	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.2	5	1	1	4	9	0	0	3.33	4.04	31	8	6	0	0	4	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.294	1.48	0.20%	2.51	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a4
5	776	18	Apr 30	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-8	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	6.0	10	8	8	2	3	0	0	5.04	3.77	29	4	10	0	0	10	21			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.369	.41	-0.16%	-5.25	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d4
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	777	22	May 5	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	7.1	4	2	2	6	4	1	0	4.54	4.17	29	10	5	0	0	4	60			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.186	.78	0.09%	1.48	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
7	778	27	May 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-6		6	6.0	9	4	4	3	2	2	0	4.74	4.68	30	8	8	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.115	1.10	-0.06%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
8	779	32	May 17	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-0	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.2	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	4.03	4.57	30	9	9	0	0	2	73			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.487	1.48	0.36%	3.31	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a6
9	780	37	May 23	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(5-3)	5	8.0	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	4.40	4.81	34	9	12	0	0	7	44			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.355	.96	-0.27%	-1.91	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
10	781	42	May 29	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(6-3)	5	8.0	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	3.88	4.63	30	7	11	1	0	2	78			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.202	.48	0.11%	4.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
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
11	782	47	Jun 3	NYY		OAK	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.58	4.34	30	10	7	1	0	5	72			3	1	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	.84	0.331	1.00	0.24%	3.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
12	783	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-9	GS-6	L(7-4)	5	5.2	9	6	6	5	5	1	0	4.00	4.45	29	5	5	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	2	1	0	.76	-0.259	.81	-0.17%	-3.41	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d5
13	784	57	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,8-10	GS-3	L(7-5)	5	2.1	8	7	6	1	1	1	0	4.54	4.57	17	3	4	1	0	8	15			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.516	.70	-0.25%	-6.07	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
14	785	63	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-8	L(7-6)	5	7.1	8	6	6	6	6	3	0	4.76	4.91	35	7	8	0	0	8	38			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.431	1.53	-0.32%	-2.87	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out d2
15	786	70	Jun 29	NYY		MIL	L,0-6	GS-4	L(7-7)	7	3.1	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.98	4.85	16	3	5	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.213	.98	-0.15%	-2.57	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
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
16	787	74	Jul 3	NYY	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8		3	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	1	4.81	4.74	29	11	5	0	0	5	60			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.136	1.96	0.15%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
17	788	79	Jul 8	NYY		KCR	L,2-5	CG	L(7-8)	4	9.0	8	5	4	4	5	2	0	4.75	4.83	38	8	14	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.282	1.36	-0.26%	-0.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
18	789	84	Jul 13	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-8)	4	7.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.54	4.72	27	7	12	2	0	4	59			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.246	1.53	0.25%	2.51	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
19	790	89	Jul 21	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(9-8)	7	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.36	4.68	35	11	10	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.333	1.78	0.51%	2.83	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
20	791	94	Jul 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,14-2	GS-7	W(10-8)	5	7.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	0	4.20	4.62	26	5	5	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.243	1.59	0.24%	2.62	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
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
21	792	100	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS-3	L(10-9)	4	2.2	6	6	3	1	3	0	0	4.31	4.56	16	1	5	1	0	6	30			3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.14	-0.373	1.46	-0.29%	-4.72	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 2 out d5
22	793	106	Aug 8(2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.2	6	5	5	3	4	3	0	4.49	4.79	23	3	7	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.259	.87	-0.14%	-2.73	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
23	794	110	Aug 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	7	4	3	1	7	2	0	4.40	4.76	34	12	9	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.031	.98	-0.03%	0.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
24	795	115	Aug 18	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS-7		5	6.1	4	2	2	5	3	1	0	4.34	4.82	27	8	7	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.066	3.29	0.08%	0.93	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a1
25	796	120	Aug 23	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-6	W(12-9)	4	6.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	0	4.23	4.77	27	5	7	0	1	5	58			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.246	3.79	0.40%	2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
26	797	125	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(13-9)	5	7.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.06	4.69	28	6	11	0	0	4	70			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.298	1.95	0.41%	3.12	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
27	798	130	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	GS-8	W(14-9)	4	7.2	5	3	3	7	6	0	1	4.03	4.67	35	8	8	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.127	1.41	0.20%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a4
28	799	135	Sep 8	NYY		OAK	W,9-6	GS-7	W(15-9)	4	6.0	4	5	4	5	6	0	0	4.10	4.62	27	11	1	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	2	0	2	.77	-0.073	2.91	-0.17%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
29	800	140	Sep 13	NYY		TOR	L,2-3	CG	L(15-10)	4	9.0	8	3	0	4	5	0	0	3.90	4.54	38	10	11	0	0	8	66			2	1	0	34	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.09	0.095	9.14	0.48%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	801	145	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(15-11)	4	8.0	11	5	5	4	5	3	0	3.97	4.67	38	8	10	2	0	11	41			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.162	1.56	-0.14%	-0.96	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
31	802	150	Sep 24	NYY		DET	L,1-9	GS-5	L(15-12)	5	4.0	7	8	8	3	2	2	0	4.25	4.78	22	3	7	0	0	7	15			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.353	.46	-0.15%	-6.00	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d8
32	803	155	Sep 30	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.2	12	4	4	6	6	1	0	4.27	4.80	39	5	11	0	0	11	39			2	1	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.196	.40	-0.04%	-0.76	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d2
33	804	161	Oct 6	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-12)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.09	4.71	32	6	14	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.281	.00	0.00%	4.78	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
							19-14		W-L:16-12	4.7	220.0	203	110	100	120	149	29	2	4.09	4.71	955	0.90		2%	0%	195	51		---%	22	5	1	829	37	6	1	27	3	8	.95	-0.330	1.67	1.14%	-1.45

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