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: 15-19 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	805	4	Apr 11	CLE		DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	4	1	3	4	0	0	1.50	2.94	29	9	13	4	0	0	49			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.24	-0.094	1.50	-0.07%	-0.35	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
2	806	8	Apr 17	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.69	3.23	27	10	9	0	0	3	70			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.338	1.06	0.27%	3.16	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a6
3	807	12	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(1-2)	4	8.2	7	5	3	3	3	2	0	1.66	4.39	38	13	12	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	3	.79	-0.133	1.12	-0.11%	-0.67	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d3
4	808	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	GS-7		4	6.1	9	7	4	7	3	1	0	2.57	5.02	36	7	10	0	0	9	29			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.547	1.34	-0.46%	-3.01	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out tie
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
5	809	21	May 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-7		5	6.0	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.44	5.21	26	7	7	0	0	8	34			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	-0.247	1.94	-0.24%	-1.16	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a2
6	810	23	May 5	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(2-2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.34	5.11	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.139	3.35	0.14%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
7	811	26	May 9	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.1	9	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.98	4.83	34	13	16	7	0	0	55			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.246	2.68	0.27%	2.14	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
8	812	31	May 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.2	10	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.38	4.69	28	5	18	7	0	0	32			3	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.125	1.43	-0.11%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
9	813	36	May 19	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.54	4.66	36	5	14	2	0	10	47			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.034	1.35	0.02%	-0.37	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a2
10	814	41	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,6-9	GS-5		4	4.1	8	6	3	1	1	0	0	3.73	4.54	21	6	5	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	-0.149	1.20	-0.10%	-2.05	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a3
11	815	46	May 30	CLE		MIL	L,7-11	GS-5	L(3-4)	5	4.1	6	5	5	3	0	1	0	4.18	4.77	20	6	5	0	0	6	28			0	2	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.160	.33	-0.04%	-1.39	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
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	816	51	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	8	6	6	2	6	3	1	4.46	5.04	35	8	17	6	0	1	46			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.282	.35	-0.07%	-1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
13	817	56	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	W,8-7	GS-2		5	1.2	5	6	3	1	1	1	0	4.72	5.18	12	4	6	2	1	0	27			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.375	.37	-0.08%	-5.09	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
14	818	61	Jun 17	CLE		SEA	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	6	4.1	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	5.03	5.33	24	11	9	4	0	1	20			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.235	.27	-0.05%	-3.05	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d4
15	819	66	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	1	4.62	5.01	31	13	13	4	0	0	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.374	.30	0.08%	3.70	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
16	820	71	Jun 28	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-9	GS-7		5	6.1	10	3	3	7	4	0	0	4.60	4.99	35	10	4	1	0	10	38			1	0	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	1.65	-0.257	.90	-0.08%	-1.01	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out tie
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
17	821	76	Jul 4	CLE		KCR	W,10-3	CG	W(5-6)	5	9.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.46	4.92	36	19	14	3	0	0	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.115	.35	0.05%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	822	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	1	4.34	4.72	33	11	12	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.123	.77	0.06%	1.84	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
19	823	85	Jul 13	CLE		TEX	L,3-5	GS-8		3	8.0	6	3	3	5	5	2	0	4.28	4.85	34	11	7	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.37	0.007	1.01	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	824	88	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-7	W(7-6)	5	6.2	8	4	0	2	1	0	0	4.05	4.77	28	11	14	6	0	0	49			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.027	.50	0.01%	-0.58	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a2
21	825	93	Jul 24	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-7	GS-4	L(7-7)	4	3.2	8	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.28	4.78	22	11	8	3	0	0	22			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.288	1.27	-0.24%	-3.34	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
22	826	98	Jul 29	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS-8		4	7.1	9	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.25	4.76	32	6	9	0	0	9	50			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.019	1.36	-0.01%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
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	827	101	Aug 1(1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	6-8	W(8-7)	2	2.1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.18	4.76	10	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.270	2.88	0.19%	1.34	6t -2- 2 out tie	8t 3 out a1
24	828	104	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,8-12	GS-5	L(8-8)	1	4.0	7	7	6	3	2	0	1	4.44	4.76	24	4	7	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.300	1.16	-0.21%	-3.82	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d3
25	829	107	Aug 7(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-15	GS-4	L(8-9)	3	4.0	10	8	3	2	2	2	0	4.50	4.90	23	4	5	0	0	10	20			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.89	-0.295	.71	-0.14%	-5.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d8
26	830	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.44	4.89	27	2	14	1	0	7	46			1	0	1	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.144	.90	0.06%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
27	831	117	Aug 16	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-9)	4	8.1	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.27	4.82	31	8	10	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.467	.30	0.07%	3.29	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
28	832	125	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	GS-8	W(10-9)	7	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	4.20	4.85	29	11	6	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.155	.09	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
29	833	131	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-8	L(10-10)	5	7.2	8	7	7	6	2	1	0	4.37	4.91	36	7	13	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.351	.05	-0.02%	-3.31	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d4
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
30	834	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	MIL	W,13-5	GS-7	W(11-10)	5	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	1	4.26	4.93	29	11	11	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.52	0.164	.00	0.00%	2.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out a11
31	835	143	Sep 13	CLE		OAK	W,8-6	GS-5		7	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.33	4.97	25	3	16	7	0	1	34			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
32	836	148	Sep 19	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(11-11)	5	8.0	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	4.39	4.94	33	6	17	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
33	837	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.32	4.91	31	7	10	1	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
34	838	159	Sep 30	CLE	@	MIN	L,9-10	GS-7		4	6.1	11	4	3	1	1	1	1	4.32	4.92	32	11	16	6	0	2	37			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-1.04	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
							15-19		W-L:11-11	4.2	210.1	241	126	101	95	81	24	6	4.32	4.92	951	0.79		11%	0%	146	44	1	0%	13	6	1	841	40	4	1	22	2	17	1.02	-1.498	.81	-0.80%	-15.97

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