Phil Niekro
Game Log for 1972
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 15 L, 5-6 at Padres Start 5.2 8 25 6 6 0 1 0 3 9.53 L (0-1) ATL Apr 19 L, 0-4 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 3 28 1 1 0 0 0 7 4.61 L (0-2) ATL Apr 25 W, 9-3 vs Cardinals Start 1 9.0 9 36 3 2 1 0 0 5 3.57 W (1-2) ATL Apr 30 W, 6-1 at Pirates Start 2 9.0 8 36 1 1 1 2 0 5 2.84 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 W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 3 9.0 7 32 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.43 W (3-2) ATL May 07 L, 4-5 at Cardinals Middle 0.0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.88 L (3-3) ATL May 10 W, 8-4 vs Pirates Start 4 9.0 9 35 4 4 2 0 0 4 3.08 W (4-3) ATL May 14 W, 2-1 vs Cubs Start 5 9.0 5 33 1 1 1 1 0 4 2.76 W (5-3) ATL May 19 L, 6-7 at Giants Start 6.1 11 30 6 6 0 0 0 6 3.32 L (5-4) ATL May 23 W, 2-1 at Reds Start 6 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 1 0 2 3.04 W (6-4) ATL May 27 L, 9-11 vs Giants Start 3.1 7 19 8 7 1 0 0 1 3.72 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 02 W, 6-1 at Mets Start 7 9.0 3 34 1 1 1 3 0 7 3.44 W (7-4) ATL Jun 07 L, 2-5 at Expos Start 7.0 7 32 5 4 0 2 0 5 3.57 L (7-5) ATL Jun 12 W, 8-7 vs Mets Start 7.0 5 30 5 4 2 2 1 6 3.68 ATL Jun 17 W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 9.0 7 35 2 1 1 0 0 3 3.46 ATL Jun 23 L, 1-2 at Dodgers Start 8 8.0 5 30 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.38 L (7-6) ATL Jun 27 L, 2-3 at Giants Start 8.0 9 33 2 2 1 0 0 5 3.30 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 01 L, 2-4 at Astros Start 5.1 6 24 4 4 1 2 0 0 3.44 L (7-7) ATL Jul 05 (2) W, 3-2 vs Cubs Start 9 9.0 6 34 2 1 1 0 0 7 3.29 W (8-7) ATL Jul 08 L, 3-5 vs Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.26 ATL Jul 11 W, 5-4 at Cardinals Start 6.0 7 26 3 2 0 0 0 3 3.25 ATL Jul 15 W, 4-2 at Cubs Start 10 9.0 9 35 2 2 1 0 0 2 3.18 W (9-7) ATL Jul 19 L, 3-8 at Pirates Start 6.0 11 31 8 7 1 1 0 3 3.45 L (9-8) ATL Jul 23 W, 3-2 vs Cardinals Start 7.2 9 32 2 2 0 1 0 2 3.40 ATL Jul 29 L, 2-5 vs Giants Start 8.0 7 32 5 2 0 1 1 4 3.35 L (9-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 02 L, 0-5 vs Padres Start 8.0 4 28 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.25 L (9-10) ATL Aug 06 W, 4-3 at Reds Start 11 10.0 7 37 3 3 0 0 0 7 3.23 W (10-10) ATL Aug 11 W, 7-5 vs Reds Start 6.0 5 26 4 4 1 3 0 3 3.31 ATL Aug 16 W, 3-1 at Mets Start 12 9.0 7 35 1 1 0 5 0 5 3.21 W (11-10) ATL Aug 21 W, 2-1 at Phillies Start 13 11.0 9 46 1 1 0 2 1 10 3.09 W (12-10) ATL Aug 26 W, 7-6 vs Mets Start 7.1 4 30 4 3 0 5 0 5 3.11 ATL Aug 30 L, 2-3 vs Expos Start 7.1 7 30 3 2 1 1 0 7 3.09 L (12-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 04 W, 6-5 at Astros Start 6.1 11 32 5 5 1 5 0 5 3.19 ATL Sep 10 (2) W, 4-1 at Padres Start 14 9.0 8 34 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.08 W (13-11) ATL Sep 16 (2) W, 5-2 vs Giants Start 15 9.0 7 36 2 2 1 4 0 2 3.04 W (14-11) ATL Sep 22 W, 2-0 vs Padres Start 16 1 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.94 W (15-11) ATL Sep 27 W, 8-5 at Reds Start 17 9.0 7 38 5 4 1 2 0 7 2.97 W (16-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 03 L, 5-6 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 7 22 5 4 0 3 0 3 3.06 L (16-12)
| 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 16 11 3.01 36 36 17 0 0 1 281.1 251 1144 110 94 22 50 3 163 23-13 4.11 runs/start
Middle relief 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0-1
As closer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 516 50 123 175 13 6 9 43 4 1 21 1 1 73 9 .238 .339 .270 .609
vs RHB 558 53 131 200 24 3 13 49 6 4 29 2 4 91 10 .235 .358 .279 .638
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 6 5 2.82 18 17 6 1 0 1 130.2 105 523 52 41 13 23 2 74 11-7 4.41 runs/start
Road 10 7 3.26 20 19 11 0 0 0 151.2 149 627 60 55 9 27 1 90 12-8 3.84 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 5 1 2.84 8 7 5 0 0 0 57.0 56 229 20 18 4 4 0 27 6-2 4.57 runs/start
Night 11 11 3.12 30 29 12 1 0 1 225.1 198 921 92 78 18 46 3 137 17-13 4.00 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 2.84 4 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 28 125 11 10 2 3 0 20 2-2 5.00 runs/start
May 4 2 4.34 7 6 4 0 0 0 45.2 48 186 23 22 4 2 0 22 4-3 4.83 runs/start
June 1 2 2.62 6 6 2 0 0 0 48.0 36 194 17 14 6 8 1 30 3-3 3.67 runs/start
July 2 3 3.46 8 7 2 1 0 0 52.0 55 217 26 20 4 5 1 22 4-4 3.14 runs/start
August 3 2 2.30 7 7 3 0 0 0 58.2 43 232 17 15 3 16 1 43 5-2 3.57 runs/start
September 4 0 2.34 5 5 4 0 0 1 42.1 37 174 13 11 3 13 0 24 5-0 5.00 runs/start
October 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 22 5 4 0 3 0 3 0-1 5.00 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Astros 0 1 6.94 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 17 56 9 9 2 7 0 5 1-1 4.00 runs/start
Cardinals 2 1 2.56 5 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 35 129 11 9 1 1 0 15 4-1 4.75 runs/start
Cubs 3 0 1.33 3 3 3 0 0 0 27.0 20 102 5 4 3 1 0 13 3-0 3.00 runs/start
Dodgers 0 3 3.15 3 3 1 0 0 0 20.0 15 80 8 7 1 4 0 14 0-3 2.00 runs/start
Expos 0 2 2.70 3 3 0 0 0 0 23.1 21 97 10 7 2 3 0 15 1-2 2.33 runs/start
Giants 1 2 4.93 5 5 1 0 0 0 34.2 41 150 23 19 3 5 1 18 1-4 4.80 runs/start
Mets 2 0 2.51 4 4 2 0 0 0 32.1 19 129 11 9 3 15 1 23 4-0 6.00 runs/start
Padres 2 2 1.99 4 4 2 0 0 1 31.2 24 121 8 7 1 3 0 19 2-2 2.75 runs/start
Phillies 1 0 0.82 1 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 9 46 1 1 0 2 1 10 1-0 2.00 runs/start
Pirates 2 1 4.32 4 3 2 1 0 0 25.0 28 105 13 12 4 3 0 13 2-2 5.67 runs/start
Reds 3 0 3.18 4 4 3 0 0 0 34.0 25 135 13 12 2 6 0 19 4-0 5.25 runs/start