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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-19 / in Starts: 20-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 118 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	82 (42-27-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 118 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (37-24-12)

Most Driven In
V Correll	3
M Lum	3
D Johnson	2
L Foster	1
C Robinson	1
M Perez	1
J Oates	0

Most Driven In By
R Garr	2
D Johnson	1
D Evans	1
R Office	1

1974 Batting Game Log

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1974 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	360	1	Apr 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.011	.73	-0.01%	-0.15	P
2	361	3 (1)	Apr 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.08	0.072	1.45	0.06%	0.49	P
3	362	7 (3)	Apr 11	ATL		LAD	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	1.58	0.165	2.20	0.14%	1.27	P
4	363	10 (2)	Apr 15	ATL		SDP	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9	.31	-0.001	.39	0.00%	0.83	P
5	364	14 (3)	Apr 19	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	.95	-0.048	1.55	-0.05%	-0.47	P
6	365	18 (3)	Apr 24	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	9	.74	0.035	.88	0.03%	0.28	P
7	366	22 (3)	Apr 28	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.412	.765	9	1.08	0.086	1.23	0.06%	0.76	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	367	26 (3)	May 4	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.389	.722	9	1.13	-0.034	1.07	-0.02%	-0.38	P
9	368	30 (3)	May 10	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	9	1.49	-0.100	1.28	-0.05%	-0.85	P
10	369	35 (4)	May 14	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.318	.591	9	.88	-0.058	.52	-0.02%	-0.71	P
11	370	39 (3)	May 18	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-1	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.320	.600	9	1.12	-0.052	1.53	-0.04%	-0.31	P
12	371	43 (3)	May 22	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.310	.586	9	.42	0.023	.41	0.01%	-0.05	P
13	372	46 (2)	May 27	ATL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	9	.34	-0.034	.27	-0.02%	-1.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	373	49 (2)	Jun 1	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.278	.528	9	1.57	0.004	1.31	0.00%	0.53	P
15	374	53 (3)	Jun 5	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.289	.553	9	.94	0.027	.71	0.01%	0.16	P
16	375	56 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.268	.268	.293	.561	9	.63	0.075	.50	0.04%	0.99	P
17	376	63 (6)	Jun 17	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.295	.568	9	.41	-0.030	.45	-0.02%	-0.39	P
18	377	67 (3)	Jun 22	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.277	.532	9	.97	-0.077	2.04	-0.10%	-0.45	P
19	378	73 (5)	Jun 27	ATL		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.265	.510	9	.78	0.012	1.02	0.01%	0.23	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	379	78 (4)	Jul 1	ATL		HOU	L,0-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.260	.500	9	.84	-0.024	.48	-0.01%	-0.22	P
21	380	83 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.288	.558	9	1.12	0.125	.33	0.02%	1.12	P
22	381	87 (3)	Jul 9	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.278	.537	9	.76	-0.038	.16	-0.01%	-0.35	P
23	382	92 (4)	Jul 14	ATL	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.241	.259	.500	9	.16	-0.015	.03	0.00%	-1.26	P
24	383	97 (4)	Jul 19	ATL		PIT	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.267	.517	9	1.14	-0.012	.17	0.00%	0.03	P
25	384	101 (3)	Jul 27	ATL		LAD	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.250	.484	9	.26	-0.051	.04	0.00%	-1.50	P
26	385	105 (3)	Jul 31	ATL		SFG	W,9-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.224	.239	.463	9	.53	-0.081	.03	0.00%	-1.16	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	386	110 (4)	Aug 6	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.225	.437	9	.40	-0.040	.01	0.00%	-1.02	P
28	387	114 (3)	Aug 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,11-4	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.219	.222	.441	9	1.76	-0.018	.08	0.00%	-0.11	P
29	388	116 (1)	Aug 13	ATL		MON	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.219	.222	.441	9						P
30	389	118 (1)	Aug 16	ATL		PHI	L,3-6	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.227	.230	.456	9	1.03	0.081	.11	0.01%	0.63	P
31	390	122 (3)	Aug 20	ATL		STL	W,8-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.218	.221	.439	9	.82	0.117	.08	0.01%	0.94	P
32	391	127 (4)	Aug 25	ATL		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.213	.215	.428	9	.74	-0.040	.13	0.00%	-0.32	P
33	392	131 (3)	Aug 29	ATL	@	MON	W,7-2	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.214	.217	.431	9	.61	0.096	.03	0.00%	0.81	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	393	135 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.227	.221	.448	9	.20	-0.008	.01	0.00%	0.05	P
35	394	140 (4)	Sep 7	ATL		SFG	L,0-6	GS-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.236	.221	.457	9	.77	0.031	.03	0.00%	0.25	P
36	395	144 (3)	Sep 11	ATL	@	CIN	T,1-1	CG(5)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.218	.452	9	1.61	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
37	396	149 (4)	Sep 15	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.237	.222	.459	9	1.73	0.175	.00	0.00%	0.94	P
38	397	153 (3)	Sep 20	ATL	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.209	.240	.220	.459	9	1.34	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
39	398	157 (3)	Sep 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.230	.211	.441	9	1.35	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
40	399	160 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.221	.202	.423	9	.93	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.47	P
41	400	163 (2)	Oct 2	ATL		CIN	W,13-0	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.220	.212	.432	9	.09	-0.012	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
							21-19		118	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	3	0	18	1	9	1	2	1	0	0	.192	.220	.212	.432		.83	0.071	.48	0.04%	-2.40

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