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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Joe Niekro; Uncle of Lance Niekro

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

95.9

318

274

ERA

3.35

864

716

5404.0

3342

WHIP

1.268

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-18 / in Starts: 20-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 106 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	75 (32-28-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 106 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (33-22-11)

Most Driven In
V Correll	3
L Blanks	3
B Pocoroba	2
D Baker	1
D Evans	1

Most Driven In By
D Evans	3
R Office	1
R Garr	1

1975 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1975 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	401	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	-0.026	.87	-0.03%	-0.29	P
2	402	8 (6)	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.34	0.037	.52	0.03%	0.48	P
3	403	13 (4)	Apr 20	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.98	-0.072	1.65	-0.07%	-0.53	P
4	404	17 (3)	Apr 24	ATL		CIN	L,3-11	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.26	0.067	2.21	0.07%	0.36	P
5	405	22 (4)	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.08	-0.008	2.29	-0.01%	-0.33	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
6	406	27 (4)	May 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.188	.267	.454	9	1.64	-0.042	2.72	-0.04%	-0.38	P
7	407	32 (4)	May 10	ATL		PHI	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.250	.316	.566	9	1.42	0.066	1.69	0.05%	0.18	P
8	408	37 (4)	May 15 susp	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.208	.261	.469	9	.25	-0.025	.31	-0.02%	-0.56	P
9	409	39 (1)	May 17	ATL	@	PHI	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.208	.261	.469	9						P
10	410	42 (2)	May 21	ATL		MON	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.214	.259	.474	9	.64	0.009	.78	0.01%	-0.47	P
11	411	47 (4)	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.219	.258	.477	9	1.22	-0.155	1.14	-0.09%	-0.72	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
12	412	51 (3)	Jun 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.250	.286	.536	9	.53	0.096	.45	0.05%	0.94	P
13	413	55 (3)	Jun 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.244	.275	.519	9	.90	-0.053	.58	-0.02%	-0.68	P
14	414	59 (3)	Jun 12 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.233	.262	.494	9	.63	-0.064	.40	-0.02%	-1.17	P
15	415	60	Jun 12 susp	ATL		CHC	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.233	.262	.494	9						P
16	416	64 (3)	Jun 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.222	.250	.472	9	1.58	-0.050	1.25	-0.02%	-0.44	P
17	417	67 (2)	Jun 20	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.208	.234	.442	9	1.04	-0.089	.37	-0.02%	-1.11	P
18	418	72 (4)	Jun 24	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.220	.245	.465	9	.64	0.030	.21	0.01%	0.28	P
19	419	76 (3)	Jun 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.212	.235	.447	9	3.08	-0.152	.32	-0.01%	-1.27	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	420	79 (2)	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.204	.196	.222	.419	9	.76	-0.057	.08	0.00%	-1.28	P
21	421	83 (3)	Jul 6	ATL		HOU	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.186	.211	.397	9	1.34	-0.054	.17	0.00%	-0.24	P
22	422	87 (3)	Jul 11	ATL		MON	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.180	.203	.384	9	1.28	-0.062	.03	0.00%	-0.51	P
23	423	91 (3)	Jul 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.175	.197	.371	9	1.11	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-0.32	P
24	424	98 (6)	Jul 24	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.179	.215	.394	9	1.05	0.044	.01	0.00%	0.22	P
25	425	103 (4)	Jul 28	ATL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.183	.217	.400	9	1.39	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.11	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
26	426	107 (3)	Aug 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.178	.211	.389	9	.73	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
27	427	111 (3)	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.173	.205	.379	9	.81	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
28	428	115 (3)	Aug 9	ATL		CHC	L,2-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.171	.203	.374	9	1.91	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
29	429	120 (4)	Aug 14	ATL		STL	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.177	.234	.411	9	.40	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.54	P
30	430	125 (4)	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.171	.225	.396	9	1.84	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
31	431	129 (3)	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.167	.220	.386	9	1.11	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
32	432	133 (3)	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.161	.212	.373	9	1.60	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
33	433	135 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.169	.218	.387	9	1.11	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
Sept		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	434	140 (4)	Sep 4	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.176	.216	.392	9	1.71	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
35	435	144 (3)	Sep 8	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.176	.216	.392	9						P
36	436	148 (3)	Sep 12	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.179	.217	.396	9	.61	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
37	437	153 (4)	Sep 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.173	.211	.384	9	1.78	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.95	P
38	438	157 (3)	Sep 21	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.170	.206	.376	9	.91	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
39	439	159 (1)	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-12	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.176	.212	.389	9	.85	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.16	P
							21-18		106	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	1	0	18	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	.172	.176	.212	.389		1.07	-1.272	.53	-0.15%	-12.47

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Niekro Pages

Phil Niekro Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Phil Niekro Pages at Baseball Reference