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: 23-23 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 11

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	80	2	Apr 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-4	8-8		99	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	11.54	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.087	1.12	-0.11%	-1.90	8b --- 0 out d1	8b -23 1 out d2
2	81	4	Apr 14	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	1.29	12	7	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.382	2.99	0.37%	1.49	6t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
3	82	6	Apr 16	ATL		LAD	W,4-1	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.66	5	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.108	1.59	0.12%	1.25	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
4	83	9	Apr 22	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-6	8-8	H(1)	5	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	2.21	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.031	6.42	0.04%	0.41	8b -23 0 out a3	8b 123 1 out a3
5	84	11	Apr 26	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	2.27	4	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.051	1.26	0.07%	0.76	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
6	85	13	Apr 28	ATL		PHI	W,9-8	2-3		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	1.62	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.011	.21	0.01%	0.62	2t 1-- 2 out d6	3t 3 out d6
7	86	14	Apr 29	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	6-GF	S(3)	0	3.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.73	2.21	14	4	6	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.388	4.78	0.52%	1.38	6t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 1
8	87	16	Apr 30(2)	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	7-GF	S(4)	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.59	2.41	13	4	4	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.077	2.06	0.10%	0.22	7t 12- 0 out a5	9t end a 3
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
9	88	19	May 5	ATL		CIN	L,7-14	7-8		4	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.08	3.17	10	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.225	1.43	-0.43%	-2.16	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d4
10	89	20	May 6	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	3.00	10	3	3	0	1	2		0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.081	1.81	-0.13%	-0.16	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
11	90	21	May 7	ATL		CIN	W,5-3	7-GF	S(5)	0	2.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.64	2.95	11	0	4	0	0	2		2	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.255	4.91	0.37%	1.67	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
12	91	22	May 9	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.57	2.97	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.025	1.15	0.04%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	92	23	May 10(1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-4	8-GF	L(0-1)	0	1.1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	3.07	7	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	-0.279	6.39	-0.39%	-0.97	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
14	93	24	May 10(2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,7-2	6-GF	S(6)	-1	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	2.86	11	5	3	1	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.163	1.33	0.20%	2.01	6b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 5
15	94	27	May 13	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-6	8-GF(10)	BL(0-2)	2	2.1	5	3	1	0	3	0	0	1.50	2.64	13	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	-0.931	7.89	-1.32%	-2.34	8b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
16	95	30	May 17	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-2)	3	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.41	2.76	8	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.27	0.218	4.06	0.23%	0.84	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
17	96	31	May 18	ATL		PIT	L,3-5	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.59	3.22	9	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.048	.65	-0.06%	-0.16	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	97	33	May 20	ATL		PIT	L,2-6			1	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.75	3.18	9												9			0		0
19	98	38	May 26	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.70	3.19	4	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.024	.68	0.03%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
20	99	40	May 28(1)	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.85	3.13	9	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.036	.28	-0.04%	-0.17	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
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
21	100	44	Jun 1	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	9-9	BS(2)	3	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.83	3.20	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.98	-0.449	7.42	-0.50%	-1.43	9b -2- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 1 out tie
22	101	46	Jun 3	ATL	@	CIN	L,7-8	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	3.18	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.045	1.73	0.04%	0.48	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
23	102	48	Jun 5	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	3.12	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
24	103	52	Jun 9	ATL		SFG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(7)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	3.07	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.031	1.37	0.02%	0.20	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
25	104	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.42	2.95	31	10	11	3	4	2	85			1	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.753	1.71	0.42%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	105	61	Jun 18	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.56	2.83	29	10	4	0	2	8	56			0	1	1	27	3	0	1	1	0	0	.72	-0.021	.97	-0.02%	0.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
27	106	65	Jun 22(1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	1	0	1.49	2.99	36	14	6	0	0	6	73			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	0.610	1.79	0.39%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	107	70	Jun 25	ATL		NYM	W,4-2	7-GF	S(8)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.42	2.94	12	4	1	0	0	1		1	1	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.154	1.89	0.08%	0.63	7t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
29	108	72	Jun 28	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	GS-9	L(3-4)	2	8.2	5	4	3	5	3	0	0	1.61	3.01	35	16	6	1	0	5	58			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.258	1.95	-0.21%	-0.60	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out d2
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
30	109	76	Jul 4(1)	ATL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	4	3	2	3	7	1	1	1.65	3.09	35	9	11	1	3	4	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.061	1.04	0.05%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	110	84	Jul 16	ATL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(5-4)	11	9.0	5	1	0	0	11	0	0	1.49	2.81	34	6	12	0	3	5	86			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.65	0.491	3.30	0.59%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	111	89	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.45	2.79	34	14	9	3	2	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.330	2.78	0.61%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	112	94	Jul 26	ATL		CIN	L,1-7	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	6.2	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	1.61	2.80	25	7	8	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.215	3.45	-0.34%	-0.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
34	113	99	Jul 31	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	9	2	0	2	5	0	0	1.49	2.75	35	10	9	1	0	9	68			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.265	1.25	0.20%	2.30	1b start tie	9b 3 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
35	114	104	Aug 5	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	1	0	3	10	0	1	1.38	2.67	36	10	7	2	1	5	80			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.59	0.509	1.94	0.37%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
36	115	109	Aug 11	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	GS-10		5	9.1	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	1.55	2.63	37	16	6	0	1	8	59			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.40	-0.087	1.85	-0.07%	-0.40	1t start tie	10t -2- 1 out tie
37	116	114	Aug 15	ATL		SFG	L,1-4	GS-5	L(8-6)	3	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	1.75	2.71	22	6	6	0	1	7	38			2	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.258	1.29	-0.18%	-1.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
38	117	118	Aug 20	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	5.0	5	4	3	2	2	0	1	1.87	2.74	23	9	4	1	0	5	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.259	.34	-0.04%	-1.42	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out d2
39	118	123	Aug 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.82	2.70	31	11	9	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	1	0	.85	0.315	.09	0.02%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
40	119	127	Aug 27(2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	8-GF	S(9)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	2.68	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.073	.03	0.00%	0.85	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
41	120	129	Aug 29	ATL		PIT	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-7)	1	8.0	9	3	1	0	3	0	1	1.76	2.66	34	11	10	0	3	9	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	-0.187	.04	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
42	121	134	Sep 3	ATL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.73	2.64	33	9	12	1	0	6	74			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.236	.00	0.00%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
43	122	140	Sep 7	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	L(11-8)	3	4.2	8	4	2	3	4	0	0	1.78	2.64	25	7	2	0	0	8	37			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.148	.01	0.00%	-1.32	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
44	123	146	Sep 14	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS-8		6	8.0	5	4	3	4	4	1	0	1.85	2.73	33	13	7	0	3	5	58			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
45	124	151	Sep 19	ATL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	L(11-9)	4	9.0	6	3	0	0	5	0	0	1.76	2.67	33	11	11	1	0	6	74			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.081	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
46	125	156	Sep 24	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	10	4	4	1	5	2	0	1.87	2.76	34	11	7	4	0	10	50			2	0	1	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
							23-23		W-L:11-9,Sv:9,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.5	207.0	164	64	43	55	129	9	7	1.87	2.76	827	1.37		4%	6%	155	64	19	26%	23	6	3	751	21	2	3	22	6	10	1.30	1.596	1.58	1.06%	23.82

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