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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Apr 07 L, 3-8 at Padres Start 3.0 6 16 5 5 1 0 0 3 15.00 L (0-1) ATL Apr 12 L, 3-8 at Astros Start 6.0 8 26 6 5 4 0 0 7 10.00 L (0-2) ATL Apr 16 L, 4-5 vs Padres Start 1 10.0 8 39 5 4 2 1 1 7 6.63 L (0-3) ATL Apr 21 L, 8-13 vs Reds Start 5.1 8 26 7 7 4 2 0 3 7.77 L (0-4) ATL Apr 26 W, 2-0 at Pirates Start 2 1 9.0 2 32 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.67 W (1-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 01 W, 3-2 vs Cubs Start 3 9.0 6 33 2 2 2 2 0 9 4.89 W (2-4) ATL May 06 W, 3-0 vs Pirates Start 4 2 9.0 5 34 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.03 W (3-4) ATL May 11 W, 7-6 at Cubs Start 9.0 10 45 6 4 1 5 1 4 4.03 W (4-4) ATL May 16 L, 0-2 at Reds Start 6.0 8 27 1 1 0 2 0 8 3.80 L (4-5) ATL May 21 L, 3-6 at Dodgers Start 7.1 7 33 6 5 0 3 0 8 4.03 L (4-6) ATL May 27 W, 8-1 vs Astros Start 5 9.0 5 32 1 1 1 3 0 2 3.70 W (5-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 02 W, 4-1 vs Mets Start 6 9.0 4 36 1 1 1 6 0 3 3.44 W (6-6) ATL Jun 07 L, 1-10 vs Expos Start 5.2 8 28 6 6 2 4 0 2 3.79 L (6-7) ATL Jun 12 L, 1-8 at Mets Start 6.0 8 27 4 3 1 1 0 5 3.83 L (6-8) ATL Jun 18 L, 7-10 at Expos Start 7.0 8 34 5 5 1 4 0 5 4.00 ATL Jun 22 L, 2-4 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 8 32 4 4 3 0 0 9 4.03 L (6-9) ATL Jun 28 (2) L, 3-4 at Giants Start 7.0 8 29 4 4 0 1 0 6 4.09 L (6-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 03 (2) W, 9-4 vs Padres Start 7.0 7 30 4 4 4 1 0 6 4.15 W (7-10) ATL Jul 08 L, 0-13 vs Giants Start 4.1 9 25 7 7 1 4 0 5 4.48 L (7-11) ATL Jul 11 L, 6-7 vs Reds Start 5.2 8 27 6 5 1 2 0 1 4.62 L (7-12) ATL Jul 20 (1) W, 3-1 vs Cubs Start 7 9.0 6 33 1 1 0 2 0 6 4.40 W (8-12) ATL Jul 25 W, 9-0 at Cubs Start 8 3 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.15 W (9-12) ATL Jul 30 L, 2-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 8 31 4 4 3 0 0 2 4.17 L (9-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 03 (1) L, 5-7 at Astros Start 6.2 10 32 7 7 1 2 0 5 4.37 L (9-14) ATL Aug 07 (1) W, 8-2 at Padres Start 9 9.0 7 36 2 2 0 2 0 8 4.26 W (10-14) ATL Aug 12 W, 8-7 vs Expos Start 2.0 6 17 6 4 1 3 0 3 4.40 ATL Aug 15 W, 3-2 vs Mets Start 8.0 4 30 2 2 1 1 0 4 4.31 ATL Aug 21 L, 4-6 at Expos Start 6.0 5 23 3 3 2 0 0 6 4.32 L (10-15) ATL Aug 27 L, 1-5 at Mets Start 5.0 6 26 5 4 0 4 0 3 4.39 L (10-16) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 (1) L, 3-6 vs Dodgers Start 4.1 7 24 5 4 1 3 0 1 4.47 L (10-17) ATL Sep 05 (1) W, 5-2 vs Giants Start 10 9.0 7 38 2 1 0 3 0 5 4.33 W (11-17) ATL Sep 09 (2) L, 4-7 at Padres Start 5.2 7 27 7 4 2 2 0 2 4.38 L (11-18) ATL Sep 14 L, 5-7 at Giants Middle 1.2 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.35 ATL Sep 16 W, 10-7 at Giants Finish 4.0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.27 W (12-18)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      11  18   4.38   32  32  10   0   0   3  224.0  216   957  124  109  40   65   2  163   13-19  4.12 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    3     8    0    0   0    1   0    1    0-1 
As closer        1   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    15    0    0   0    0   0    4    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              353   46   82  144  11   3  15   44  11   0   39   1   2   64   2  .232  .408  .312  .720
vs RHB              542   78  140  235  14   3  25   76  14   6   27   1   4  104  18  .258  .434  .298  .732

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   8   4.19   17  17   7   0   0   1  122.1  114   515   63   57  27   38   1   78    9-8   4.24 runs/start
Road             5  10   4.36   17  15   3   1   0   2  107.1  108   465   61   52  13   28   1   90    5-12  4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              4   5   3.56    9   8   2   1   0   2   60.2   55   257   28   24   7   17   1   49    4-5   3.25 runs/start
Night            8  13   4.53   25  24   8   0   0   1  169.0  167   723   96   85  33   49   1  119   10-15  4.42 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   4   5.67    5   5   2   0   0   1   33.1   32   139   23   21  11    4   1   27    1-4   4.00 runs/start
May              4   2   2.37    6   6   3   0   0   1   49.1   41   204   16   13   4   16   1   41    4-2   4.00 runs/start
June             1   4   4.85    6   6   1   0   0   0   42.2   44   186   24   23   8   16   0   30    1-5   3.00 runs/start
July             3   3   4.40    6   6   2   0   0   1   43.0   40   175   22   21   9    9   0   28    3-3   4.83 runs/start
August           1   3   5.40    6   6   1   0   0   0   36.2   38   164   25   22   5   12   0   29    3-3   4.83 runs/start
September        2   2   3.28    5   3   1   1   0   0   24.2   27   112   14    9   3    9   0   13    2-3   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   2   5.40    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.2   23    90   14   13   6    5   0   14    1-2   5.33 runs/start
Cardinals        0   1   4.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    8    31    4    4   3    0   0    2    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Cubs             4   0   1.75    4   4   3   0   0   1   36.0   24   140    9    7   3    9   1   27    4-0   5.50 runs/start
Dodgers          0   3   5.95    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   22    89   15   13   4    6   0   18    0-3   2.67 runs/start
Expos            0   2   7.84    4   4   0   0   0   0   20.2   27   102   20   18   6   11   0   16    1-3   5.00 runs/start
Giants           2   2   4.15    5   3   1   1   0   0   26.0   30   115   13   12   1    9   0   21    2-3   2.67 runs/start
Mets             1   2   3.21    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.0   22   119   12   10   3   12   0   15    2-2   2.25 runs/start
Padres           2   3   4.93    5   5   2   0   0   0   34.2   35   148   23   19   9    6   1   26    2-3   5.60 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   0.00    2   2   2   0   0   2   18.0    7    66    0    0   0    2   0   17    2-0   2.50 runs/start
Reds             0   3   6.88    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.0   24    80   14   13   5    6   0   12    0-3   4.67 runs/start

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