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: 14-20 / in Starts: 14-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	706	1	Apr 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		99	7.0	4	4	4	2	2	2	0	5.14	6.76	26	4	14	1	1	4	53			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.070	1.67	-0.07%	-0.70	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
2	707	4	Apr 9	ATL		SDP	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	6.35	5.49	23	8	7	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.26	-0.342	2.17	-0.36%	-3.43	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
3	708	9	Apr 16	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	6.1	9	6	6	5	4	1	0	7.13	5.64	32	6	9	0	0	8	30			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.476	2.25	-0.51%	-4.18	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d2
4	709	13	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS-4		5	3.2	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	7.59	5.33	19	2	7	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.222	1.95	-0.24%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
5	710	17	Apr 27	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.1	7	4	3	1	2	0	0	7.09	4.78	24	8	6	0	1	7	41			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.164	1.91	-0.20%	-2.43	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d4
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
6	711	20	May 1	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-2)	3	7.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	5.88	4.27	30	7	9	0	0	5	66			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.052	2.53	0.06%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
7	712	24	May 6	ATL		HOU	L,0-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	10	4	4	3	4	0	0	5.90	4.07	29	7	5	0	1	10	37			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.127	2.68	-0.17%	-1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
8	713	29	May 11	ATL		MON	L,5-8	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	0	1	6.04	3.96	21	7	3	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.264	2.65	-0.32%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
9	714	37	May 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-7		9	6.1	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	5.47	3.77	29	7	6	0	0	10	51			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.192	3.04	0.23%	1.74	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
10	715	42	May 26	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	6.2	7	4	4	5	2	0	0	5.46	3.85	31	7	10	1	4	7	41			0	1	0	25	1	0	2	0	1	0	.91	-0.066	1.82	-0.08%	-0.97	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d4
11	716	47	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS-5	W(2-4)	4	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.17	3.95	17	7	4	1	0	3	58			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.176	1.31	0.21%	1.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out a4
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
12	717	52	Jun 5	ATL		STL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(2-5)	4	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.05	3.86	22	7	3	2	0	7	46			2	1	2	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.008	2.55	-0.01%	0.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
13	718	56	Jun 10(1)	ATL		SFG	L,4-6	GS-8		4	8.0	9	4	4	3	6	1	0	5.00	3.88	33	9	6	0	0	9	51			1	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.80	-0.122	1.94	-0.18%	-0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
14	719	67	Jun 21	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-5	L(2-6)	10	4.2	8	3	3	4	3	1	0	5.04	4.05	25	4	6	1	0	8	35			2	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.131	1.85	-0.15%	-1.27	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
15	720	72	Jun 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(3-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.63	3.80	31	8	12	2	2	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.53	0.246	1.11	0.31%	3.24	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
16	721	77	Jul 1	ATL		CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-6)	4	7.0	5	2	2	4	6	2	0	4.48	3.99	29	5	9	0	2	5	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.010	2.13	0.02%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
17	722	83	Jul 10	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-5		8	5.0	8	6	3	3	5	0	0	4.53	3.92	27	3	8	0	0	8	35			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.390	2.61	-0.60%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	723	86	Jul 12(2)	ATL	@	PHI	L,6-7	5-6		1	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.53	3.92	10	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.007	2.37	-0.01%	-0.09	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out tie
19	724	89	Jul 15	ATL		MON	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-6)	2	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.45	3.87	24	5	9	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.12	0.053	3.00	0.09%	0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
20	725	94	Jul 20	ATL		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.1	9	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.36	3.84	31	8	6	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.028	3.99	0.04%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
21	726	99	Jul 25	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.22	3.73	25	4	5	1	0	5	63			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	0.154	3.49	0.23%	1.72	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	727	104	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.06	3.77	36	10	10	0	0	6	69			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.294	2.46	0.41%	2.00	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
23	728	109	Aug 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.92	3.73	28	9	7	0	0	8	57			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.314	2.71	0.38%	2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
24	729	113	Aug 9	ATL		SFG	W,7-2	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	7.0	4	2	2	5	7	1	1	3.86	3.80	30	7	6	1	0	4	63			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.095	1.66	0.11%	1.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
25	730	118	Aug 14	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	GS-3	L(8-7)	4	2.2	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.03	3.91	17	3	5	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.263	2.68	-0.48%	-2.75	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
26	731	122	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	6.1	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.04	3.96	27	4	9	1	3	5	52			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.081	3.20	0.14%	0.08	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out a1
27	732	126	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(10-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.98	3.91	30	10	8	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.188	1.60	0.36%	0.76	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a10
28	733	131	Aug 29	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.1	11	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.09	3.92	23	4	5	1	0	11	28			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.236	4.46	-0.52%	-2.05	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out tie
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
29	734	136	Sep 3	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6		4	5.1	1	0	0	8	8	0	0	3.96	3.93	25	3	5	0	0	1	66			3	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.261	4.90	0.56%	2.45	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
30	735	141	Sep 9	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(10-8)	5	6.0	4	3	3	5	6	1	0	3.98	3.98	27	7	5	0	0	4	53			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.092	6.27	-0.45%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
31	736	145	Sep 14	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	6.2	5	5	5	9	2	1	0	4.08	4.13	31	8	7	0	0	5	37			1	2	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.024	4.30	-0.04%	0.55	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out tie
32	737	150	Sep 21(2)	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	0	4.00	4.11	27	9	3	0	0	5	58			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.084	4.95	0.19%	0.98	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
33	738	155	Sep 26	ATL		SFG	W,6-2	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	6.2	5	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.96	4.16	27	5	9	0	0	5	56			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.111	.71	0.10%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
34	739	160	Sep 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6	L(11-10)	3	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	2	0	3.97	4.24	22	6	8	0	0	5	51			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.079	.31	-0.02%	-0.34	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
							14-20		W-L:11-10	4.3	201.2	212	94	89	105	128	18	2	3.97	4.24	888	0.90		3%	3%	210	49	0	---%	27	11	2	769	31	2	3	20	5	9	1.06	-0.744	2.65	-0.99%	-4.17

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