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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Apr 05 W, 7-4 at Reds Start 5.0 5 22 4 4 1 2 0 1 7.20 ATL Apr 10 W, 5-4 vs Pirates Start 7.0 7 28 3 3 2 1 0 7 5.25 ATL Apr 14 L, 3-8 vs Reds Start 2.0 6 14 5 2 0 1 0 1 5.79 L (0-1) ATL Apr 20 W, 2-0 at Pirates Start 1 1 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.52 W (1-1) ATL Apr 25 (1) L, 2-3 vs Padres Start 8.0 7 33 3 2 1 3 0 1 3.19 L (1-2) ATL Apr 30 W, 7-2 vs Dodgers Start 2 9.0 9 37 2 2 0 2 0 3 2.92 W (2-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 05 (1) L, 1-5 at Padres Start 7.0 7 27 2 1 1 1 0 6 2.68 L (2-3) ATL May 09 (2) W, 6-5 at Giants Start 3.1 6 17 5 4 1 0 0 2 3.22 ATL May 15 W, 6-2 vs Phillies Start 3 9.0 5 32 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.03 W (3-3) ATL May 20 L, 3-4 vs Expos Start 11.0 7 45 3 3 1 6 0 7 2.94 ATL May 25 L, 2-3 at Expos Start 4 8.0 8 37 3 2 0 5 0 9 2.87 L (3-4) ATL May 30 L, 3-8 at Cardinals Start 5.0 8 25 6 6 1 2 1 2 3.35 L (3-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 04 L, 0-11 vs Cubs Start 1.0 5 9 4 2 0 0 1 0 3.52 L (3-6) ATL Jun 06 L, 3-6 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.59 ATL Jun 09 W, 8-3 vs Cardinals Start 5 9.0 9 35 3 1 0 2 0 3 3.34 W (4-6) ATL Jun 14 L, 2-3 at Cubs Start 6 8.0 5 32 3 3 1 2 0 5 3.34 L (4-7) ATL Jun 16 W, 6-5 at Cubs Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.33 ATL Jun 19 W, 9-3 at Reds Start 7 9.0 7 35 3 1 1 2 0 8 3.14 W (5-7) ATL Jun 21 (2) L, 3-5 vs Expos Finish 1.2 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 4 3.10 ATL Jun 25 (2) W, 10-3 vs Reds Start 8 9.0 10 36 3 3 3 1 0 6 3.09 W (6-7) ATL Jun 29 W, 5-4 at Astros Start 6.2 7 27 4 4 2 1 0 3 3.21 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 01 W, 7-3 at Expos Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.19 W (8-7) ATL Jul 04 W, 2-0 at Mets Start 9 2 9.0 9 39 0 0 0 4 0 3 2.99 W (9-7) ATL Jul 10 L, 4-5 at Pirates Start 10 8.0 10 33 5 4 1 0 1 3 3.07 L (9-8) ATL Jul 16 W, 3-1 vs Dodgers Start 11 9.0 7 33 1 0 0 0 0 6 2.89 W (10-8) ATL Jul 21 (1) W, 8-7 vs Padres Start 8.0 6 34 7 6 2 3 0 8 3.08 ATL Jul 25 W, 3-1 at Dodgers Start 12 9.0 7 35 1 1 0 2 0 6 2.97 W (11-8) ATL Jul 30 W, 3-1 at Padres Start 7.0 3 25 1 1 1 2 0 5 2.91 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 04 W, 5-3 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 27 3 3 1 3 0 7 2.96 ATL Aug 08 W, 5-0 vs Mets Start 13 3 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.82 W (12-8) ATL Aug 13 L, 2-8 vs Astros Start 2.1 7 15 5 5 1 1 0 4 3.02 L (12-9) ATL Aug 18 L, 2-7 vs Cubs Start 7.1 12 34 7 6 2 0 1 5 3.17 L (12-10) ATL Aug 20 W, 6-5 vs Cardinals Middle 2.1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.14 ATL Aug 23 (1) L, 3-4 vs Pirates Start 14 9.0 9 38 4 1 0 2 0 5 3.05 L (12-11) ATL Aug 28 W, 4-3 at Cubs Start 15 9.0 11 40 3 3 0 2 0 6 3.04 W (13-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 03 L, 2-3 at Padres Start 16 8.0 5 30 3 1 0 2 0 6 2.98 L (13-12) ATL Sep 05 W, 5-2 at Padres Finish 2 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.97 ATL Sep 10 W, 7-5 vs Giants Start 7.0 5 31 3 3 1 3 1 7 3.00 ATL Sep 15 W, 4-2 at Astros Start 17 9.0 4 33 2 1 0 1 0 4 2.93 W (14-12) ATL Sep 19 (1) L, 0-12 at Dodgers Start 3.2 8 20 6 6 1 1 0 1 3.10 L (14-13) ATL Sep 24 L, 0-2 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 4 24 2 2 1 0 0 2 3.08 L (14-14) ATL Sep 28 W, 4-0 vs Reds Start 18 4 9.0 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.98 W (15-14)

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      14  14   3.02   36  36  18   0   0   4  262.1  245  1076  111   88  27   62   5  165   21-15  3.94 runs/start
Middle relief    1   0   0.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    0    10    0    0   0    1   0    2    2-0 
As closer        0   0   2.70    4   0   0   4   2   0    3.1    3    15    1    1   0    1   1    6    2-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              427   53  106  162  13   5  11   48   4   2   30   3   2   66   9  .248  .379  .305  .684
vs RHB              585   53  142  208   8   5  16   48   7   5   34   3   1  107  20  .243  .356  .288  .643

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   7   2.88   21  18   8   2   0   2  137.2  125   561   58   44  15   31   4   88   11-10  4.33 runs/start
Road             8   7   3.09   21  18  10   2   2   2  131.0  123   540   54   45  12   33   2   85   14-7   3.56 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              6   4   3.13   15  11   7   3   2   2   83.1   82   349   34   29   7   21   1   45   10-5   4.00 runs/start
Night            9  10   2.91   27  25  11   1   0   2  185.1  166   752   78   60  20   43   5  128   15-12  3.92 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   2   2.92    6   6   2   0   0   1   40.0   40   166   17   13   4   10   0   20    4-2   4.33 runs/start
May              1   3   3.74    6   6   2   0   0   0   43.1   41   183   21   18   5   15   1   32    2-4   3.50 runs/start
June             4   2   2.96    9   6   4   3   1   0   45.2   46   188   21   15   7    9   2   31    5-4   5.67 runs/start
July             4   1   2.13    7   6   4   0   0   1   50.2   42   201   15   12   4   11   1   31    6-1   3.83 runs/start
August           2   3   3.60    7   6   3   0   0   1   45.0   50   195   22   18   4   12   1   36    4-3   3.50 runs/start
September        2   3   2.66    7   6   3   1   1   1   44.0   29   168   16   13   3    7   1   23    4-3   2.83 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   1   5.00    3   3   1   0   0   0   18.0   18    75   11   10   3    3   0   11    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   3.86    3   2   1   0   0   0   16.1   17    68    9    7   1    5   1    7    2-1   5.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   3   5.06    6   4   2   2   1   0   26.2   36   122   18   15   3    4   2   18    2-4   2.00 runs/start
Dodgers          3   2   2.63    5   5   3   0   0   0   37.2   35   149   12   11   2    5   0   18    3-2   2.60 runs/start
Expos            1   1   2.11    4   2   1   1   0   0   21.1   15    91    6    5   1   12   1   20    1-3   2.50 runs/start
Giants           0   0   6.10    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.1   11    48    8    7   2    3   1    9    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Mets             2   0   0.00    2   2   2   0   0   2   18.0   13    72    0    0   0    7   0   10    2-0   3.50 runs/start
Padres           0   3   2.58    6   5   1   1   1   0   38.1   28   150   16   11   5   11   0   26    3-3   3.20 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   3.00    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   12    59    5    5   2    4   0   13    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   2   2.18    4   4   3   0   0   1   33.0   32   131   12    8   3    4   1   22    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Reds             3   1   2.65    5   5   3   0   0   1   34.0   31   136   15   10   5    6   0   19    4-1   6.60 runs/start

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