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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 Did not play - Military Service
1964 25 MLN NL 0.0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 26 MLN NL -0.2 42 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 .090 -75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/H
1966 27 ATL NL -0.2 28 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -235 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1967 28 ATL NL 0.1 46 66 57 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .123 .167 .158 .325 -6 .186 -12 9 2 2 6 0 0 1
1968 29 ATL NL -0.2 37 95 77 3 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 22 .104 .104 .195 .299 -12 .137 -71 15 0 0 18 0 0 1
1969 30 ATL NL 0.3 40 106 95 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 21 .211 .227 .253 .479 34 .230 15 24 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL -0.2 34 88 79 5 12 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .152 .171 .190 .361 -5 .177 -33 15 1 0 6 1 0 1
1971 32 ATL NL 0.1 42 101 92 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .152 .160 .163 .323 -10 .208 -4 15 0 1 7 1 0 1
1972 33 ATL NL 0.1 38 108 93 7 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 22 .194 .216 .237 .453 24 .219 -1 22 2 2 11 1 0 1
1973 34 ATL NL -0.4 42 91 82 3 10 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 26 .122 .143 .207 .350 -7 .171 -38 17 4 1 7 0 0 1
1974 35 ATL NL 0.2 41 118 104 5 20 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 18 .192 .220 .212 .432 20 .222 4 22 1 1 9 1 0 1 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL -0.2 39 106 99 5 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 1 18 .172 .176 .212 .389 7 .177 -27 21 1 0 4 2 0 1 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 0.2 38 105 94 5 18 3 0 1 12 0 1 0 8 .191 .198 .255 .453 25 .222 8 24 3 1 9 1 0 1
1977 38 ATL NL -0.5 44 123 109 2 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 15 .174 .180 .183 .364 -6 .165 -53 20 3 1 12 1 0 1
1978 39 ATL NL 0.4 45 129 120 5 27 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 25 .225 .248 .258 .506 36 .233 12 31 3 1 4 1 0 1/H AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 0.4 44 134 123 10 24 6 0 0 12 0 0 1 19 .195 .213 .244 .457 21 .215 -1 30 1 2 7 1 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL -0.5 40 96 90 2 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .133 .143 .189 .332 -9 .150 -46 17 2 0 5 0 0 1 GG
1981 42 ATL NL -0.5 22 55 52 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 .071 -109 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1982 43 ATL NL 0.1 35 91 87 6 17 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 16 .195 .193 .276 .469 28 .209 2 24 4 0 3 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL -0.2 34 73 65 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .185 .194 .215 .409 10 .186 -28 14 7 0 6 1 0 1 GG
1987 48 ATL NL 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .916 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
21 Yrs -1.1 742 1707 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 0 1 17 314 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 .191 -19 325 35 12 129 12 0 1/H
162 Game Avg -0.2 162 373 336 17 57 9 0 2 24 0 0 4 69 .169 .183 .211 .395 8 .191 -19 71 8 3 28 3 0
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Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 30 ATL NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 43 ATL NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 /1
2 Yrs 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 /1
162 Game Avg 162 405 243 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 81 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 81 81 0

Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1963 Did not play - Military Service
1964 25 MLN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1965 26 MLN NL 10 -2 -1 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1/H
1966 27 ATL NL 11 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 1
1967 28 ATL NL 66 -7 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1968 29 ATL NL 95 -12 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 1
1969 30 ATL NL 106 -9 -1 0 0 0 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 3 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL 88 -12 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 1
1971 32 ATL NL 101 -10 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 1
1972 33 ATL NL 108 -10 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 1
1973 34 ATL NL 91 -12 -1 -1 0 0 -3 -0.4 0 -3 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 1
1974 35 ATL NL 118 -11 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL 106 -14 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 105 -9 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .502 0.2 0.0 2 1
1977 38 ATL NL 123 -19 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.5 0 -4 -0.5 .490 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 1
1978 39 ATL NL 129 -11 0 0 0 0 4 0.4 0 4 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 0.0 4 1/H AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 134 -14 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 0 3 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 0.0 3 1 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL 96 -14 -1 0 0 0 -4 -0.5 0 -4 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 1 GG
1981 42 ATL NL 55 -11 0 0 0 0 -5 -0.5 0 -5 -0.5 .476 .497 -0.5 0.0 -5 1
1982 43 ATL NL 91 -9 0 -1 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL 73 -9 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1 GG
1987 48 ATL NL 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
21 Yrs 1707 -196 -5 0 0 2 -9 -1.1 0 -9 -1.1 .499 .500 -1.3 0.4 -9 1/H
162 Game Avg 373 -43 -1 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -2

Advanced Batting

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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
1963 Did not play - Military Service
1964 25 MLN NL 0 1
1965 26 MLN NL 10 .090 -75 .143 .000 0.0 30.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1% -2.21 0.0 50.0 1/H
1966 27 ATL NL 11 .000 -235 .000 .000 0.0 54.5 0.0 -0.2 -0.1% -2.83 1
1967 28 ATL NL 66 .186 -12 .171 .035 0.0 24.2 1.5 -1.1 -0.5% -8.44 40.0 33.3 1
1968 29 ATL NL 95 .137 -71 .113 .091 2.1 23.2 0.0 -1.0 -0.9% -12.04 16.7 1
1969 30 ATL NL 106 .230 15 .270 .042 0.0 19.8 1.9 -0.4 -0.6% -6.07 50.0 13.3 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1970 31 ATL NL 88 .177 -33 .177 .038 1.1 19.3 2.3 -1.2 -0.5% -12.96 30.8 33.3 1
1971 32 ATL NL 101 .208 -4 .192 .011 0.0 19.8 0.0 -1.1 -0.4% -8.10 20.0 25.0 1
1972 33 ATL NL 108 .219 -1 .239 .043 0.9 20.4 0.9 -1.4 -0.4% -15.66 30.0 21.4 1
1973 34 ATL NL 91 .171 -38 .164 .085 1.1 28.6 1.1 -1.4 -0.1% -15.33 18.2 25.0 1
1974 35 ATL NL 118 .222 4 .230 .019 0.0 15.3 2.5 0.1 0.0% -2.40 20.8 66.7 1 CYA-3
1975 36 ATL NL 106 .177 -27 .205 .040 0.0 17.0 0.9 -1.3 -0.1% -12.47 27.8 20.0 1 AS
1976 37 ATL NL 105 .222 8 .198 .064 1.0 7.6 0.0 -0.8 -0.2% -8.43 22.2 0.0 42.9 1
1977 38 ATL NL 123 .165 -53 .200 .009 0.0 12.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2% -18.62 10.0 0.0 1
1978 39 ATL NL 129 .233 12 .281 .033 0.0 19.4 2.3 -1.0 -0.2% -12.91 16.1 20.0 1/H AS,CYA-6,MVP-17,GG
1979 40 ATL NL 134 .215 -1 .229 .049 0.0 14.2 0.7 -1.2 -0.3% -14.02 37.0 10.0 1 CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
1980 41 ATL NL 96 .150 -46 .169 .056 0.0 19.8 1.0 -1.1 -0.2% -11.00 15.4 16.7 1 GG
1981 42 ATL NL 55 .071 -109 .098 .000 0.0 20.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.4% -10.86 25.0 0.0 1
1982 43 ATL NL 91 .209 2 .225 .080 1.1 17.6 0.0 -0.7 -1.1% -6.88 31.3 14.3 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
1983 44 ATL NL 73 .186 -28 .222 .031 0.0 16.4 1.4 -1.1 -1.5% -14.53 23.1 0.0 1 GG
1987 48 ATL NL 1 .916 527 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0% 0.63 0.0 /1
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
21 Yrs 1707 .191 -19 .206 .042 0.4 18.4 1.0 -17.6 -7.8% -195.13 25.9 0.0 20.4 1/H
MLB Average .328 100 .281 .124 2.1 14.1 8.5 29.9 65.1 45.5
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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 Pos Awards
1969 30 ATL NL 3 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 0.0 -0.1 -1.4% -0.51 /1
1982 43 ATL NL 2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6% -0.47 /1
2 Yrs 5 .000 .000 0.0 20.0 0.0 -0.1 -2.0% -0.98 /1
MLB Average .269 .135 2.2 15.1 8.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Phil Niekro born?

Phil Niekro was born on April 1, 1939.

Where was Phil Niekro born?

Phil Niekro was born in Blaine, OH.

How tall was Phil Niekro?

Phil Niekro was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Phil Niekro weigh when playing?

Phil Niekro weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Phil Niekro play?

Phil Niekro played 24 seasons.

Is Phil Niekro in the Hall of Fame?

Phil Niekro was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

What position did Phil Niekro play?

Phil Niekro was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Phil Niekro have?

Phil Niekro had 3,342 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Phil Niekro played for?

Phil Niekro played for 5 teams; the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays.

How many World Series has Phil Niekro won?

Phil Niekro never won a World Series.

When did Phil Niekro retire?

Phil Niekro last played in 1987.

What are Phil Niekro's nicknames?

Knucksie is a nickname for Phil Niekro.

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