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: 9-17 / in Starts: 9-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	839	3	Apr 9	CLE	@	TOR	W,14-3	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.40	5.87	24	6	7	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.71	0.035	.84	0.03%	-0.19	1b start a 6	5b 3 out a5
2	840	8	Apr 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS-2		4	1.1	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	8.53	8.87	11	2	1	1	0	3	32			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.282	1.03	-0.14%	-3.14	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d2
3	841	13	Apr 19(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	7	5	5	1	4	2	0	9.00	8.23	21	4	5	0	0	7	33			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.349	.49	-0.10%	-2.44	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d2
4	842	18	Apr 24	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	3	2	2	4	1	1	0	6.50	7.43	28	10	10	1	0	3	60			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.301	.41	0.07%	1.85	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
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
5	843	23	May 1	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	7.1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.62	6.07	28	13	12	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.374	.46	0.09%	3.52	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
6	844	27	May 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-7	GS-8	L(2-1)	4	7.2	9	7	7	1	6	3	0	5.45	6.23	32	5	11	0	0	9	38			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.302	.17	-0.06%	-2.06	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out d4
7	845	31	May 11	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.0	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	6.32	6.41	23	3	7	1	0	9	18			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.319	.19	-0.05%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
8	846	36	May 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-1	L(2-3)	4	0.2	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	7.17	6.72	8	3	2	1	0	1	26			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.308	.11	-0.03%	-3.92	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d4
9	847	41	May 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	6.1	3	4	4	3	6	1	0	6.95	6.39	24	6	6	0	1	3	54			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.077	.11	0.01%	0.99	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out d1
10	848	46	May 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-5)	4	8.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	6.06	5.97	30	9	10	0	0	4	69			2	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.281	.07	0.01%	3.49	1b start tie	8b 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
11	849	51	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,9-6	GS-6	W(3-5)	4	5.2	9	6	5	3	1	0	0	6.24	5.78	29	9	7	2	0	9	27			1	1	0	25	4	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.182	.03	0.00%	-3.04	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a1
12	850	56	Jun 8	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(4-5)	6	7.1	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	5.54	5.56	30	5	13	1	0	3	71			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.488	.04	0.01%	3.72	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
13	851	60	Jun 13	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-1	GS-6	W(5-5)	4	5.2	5	0	0	2	2	0	1	5.09	5.42	25	4	11	2	0	5	59			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.290	.03	0.01%	2.64	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a4
14	852	65	Jun 19	CLE		SEA	L,4-7	GS-5	L(5-6)	5	4.0	6	5	5	5	3	1	1	5.42	5.62	24	2	7	1	0	6	28			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.421	.02	0.00%	-3.65	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out tie
15	853	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	5	8.0	8	4	4	1	6	3	0	5.33	5.71	33	9	14	2	0	3	55			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	854	75	Jun 30	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(6-7)	4	8.2	7	1	1	1	4	0	1	4.93	5.42	34	9	12	0	0	7	69			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.457	.00	0.00%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a2
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
17	855	80	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-17	GS-4	L(6-8)	4	3.0	7	8	8	2	1	0	0	5.53	5.38	18	3	5	1	1	7	12			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-5.70	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d6
18	856	85	Jul 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-10	GS-6	L(6-9)	4	5.0	9	7	7	3	2	0	0	5.89	5.31	27	9	13	6	0	0	20			0	0	0	23	2	2	0	0	1	0	.56	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d4
19	857	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS-5	W(7-9)	9	5.0	8	5	5	4	0	0	0	6.04	5.31	26	11	11	6	0	0	27			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
20	858	97	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	6.12	5.30	28	12	6	2	0	8	34			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
21	859	102	Jul 31	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-8	GS-7		5	6.0	3	2	1	1	3	0	0	5.88	5.15	23	8	8	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.173	.00	0.00%	2.02	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a3
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
22	860	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(7-11)	4	7.1	11	5	5	2	3	2	0	5.89	5.22	35	10	10	0	1	10	37			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-2.06	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d5
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays
23	861	115	Aug 13	TOR		CHW	L,3-10	GS-6	L(7-12)	7	5.2	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	5.85	5.24	25	5	9	2	0	5	47			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.088	4.17	-0.18%	0.25	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d2
24	862	122	Aug 21	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(7-13)	7	5.2	6	3	3	2	3	2	0	5.80	5.34	23	7	9	2	2	2	46			1	1	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.054	3.45	-0.11%	0.09	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d2
25	863	129	Aug 29	TOR		OAK	L,5-6	GS-1		7	0.2	4	5	5	2	1	1	0	6.10	5.45	8	0	1	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.356	3.79	-0.83%	-4.69	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d5
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
				Player went from Toronto Blue Jays to Atlanta Braves
26	864	154	Sep 27	ATL		SFG	L,6-15	GS-4		28	3.0	6	5	5	6	0	0	0	6.30	5.52	20	3	11	7	0	0	21			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-2.27	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a3
							9-17		W-L:7-13	4.9	138.2	163	99	97	66	64	22	4	6.30	5.52	637	0.77		11%	1%	118	41		---%	12	8	0	560	33	6	1	4	5	3	.99	-1.488	.48	-1.30%	-20.60

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