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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1973
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 09 L, 7-8 vs Reds Middle 2.2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 ATL Apr 13 L, 3-6 at Dodgers Middle 3.0 2 13 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.59 ATL Apr 21 W, 5-4 at Reds Finish 3.0 3 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.08 W (1-0) ATL Apr 25 W, 5-2 vs Phillies Finish 1 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.93 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 01 L, 6-9 vs Expos Middle 4.0 5 19 5 5 1 3 1 1 4.72 L (1-1) ATL May 04 L, 4-5 at Phillies Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 ATL May 07 L, 2-7 at Mets Finish 0.1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.30 ATL May 09 L, 1-8 at Mets Middle 4.2 5 20 4 2 1 3 0 1 4.19 ATL May 15 W, 4-1 at Astros Start 1 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.18 W (2-1) ATL May 20 (1) W, 3-2 vs Dodgers Start 2 10.0 3 35 2 2 0 3 0 4 2.82 W (3-1) ATL May 26 L, 0-2 at Cardinals Start 5.1 7 23 2 2 0 2 0 2 2.89 L (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 01 W, 8-7 at Cubs Finish 2 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.70 ATL Jun 06 W, 5-3 at Expos Start 8.0 4 33 3 2 0 6 0 2 2.63 W (4-2) ATL Jun 09 W, 8-2 vs Cardinals Start 7.0 7 31 2 2 0 3 0 2 2.63 W (5-2) ATL Jun 12 W, 4-2 vs Pirates Start 3 9.0 6 36 2 2 2 3 0 2 2.55 W (6-2) ATL Jun 16 L, 3-4 vs Cubs Start 7.0 5 32 4 2 2 4 1 5 2.55 L (6-3) ATL Jun 19 L, 0-3 at Dodgers Start 6.0 5 24 3 3 1 1 0 2 2.69 L (6-4) ATL Jun 22 W, 7-3 at Padres Start 8.0 8 36 3 1 0 4 0 6 2.55 W (7-4) ATL Jun 24 W, 6-1 at Padres Finish 3.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.47 W (8-4) ATL Jun 28 (1) W, 3-2 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 8 33 2 2 0 4 0 6 2.48 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 01 (2) W, 8-7 vs Giants Start 8.0 9 36 5 3 1 4 0 7 2.54 ATL Jul 04 (2) L, 8-12 vs Astros Start 2.2 8 20 6 6 1 3 0 0 2.96 ATL Jul 08 W, 4-2 at Mets Start 4 9.0 8 36 2 2 0 3 0 4 2.89 W (9-4) ATL Jul 13 (1) L, 7-11 vs Expos Start 5.0 7 23 5 5 2 1 0 3 3.13 ATL Jul 16 W, 8-6 vs Mets Start 5.2 8 29 6 6 1 2 0 5 3.41 ATL Jul 20 L, 4-6 vs Phillies Start 6.0 8 27 4 4 0 2 0 5 3.52 L (9-5) ATL Jul 26 (2) W, 6-4 at Reds Start 5 9.0 11 38 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.55 W (10-5) ATL Jul 29 L, 5-8 at Astros Start 6.0 8 28 4 4 1 1 0 4 3.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 01 W, 14-6 vs Reds Start 5.2 4 26 3 2 0 6 0 3 3.63 ATL Aug 05 W, 9-0 vs Padres Start 6 1 9.0 0 32 0 0 0 3 0 4 3.44 W (11-5) ATL Aug 08 W, 4-1 at Cardinals Finish 3 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.42 ATL Aug 10 W, 5-4 at Pirates Start 7 9.0 5 33 4 4 2 2 0 6 3.44 W (12-5) ATL Aug 15 W, 15-1 at Cubs Start 8 9.0 7 35 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.33 W (13-5) ATL Aug 19 L, 1-3 at Expos Start 6.0 7 23 3 2 1 0 0 1 3.32 L (13-6) ATL Aug 21 W, 11-7 vs Cardinals Finish 4 3.0 5 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.27 ATL Aug 25 L, 5-6 vs Pirates Start 8.0 7 32 4 4 1 1 0 8 3.31 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 L, 4-5 at Giants Start 9 8.0 8 36 5 5 0 5 1 4 3.40 L (13-7) ATL Sep 05 L, 3-4 at Padres Start 5.0 5 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.32 ATL Sep 09 (2) L, 0-7 vs Reds Start 7.0 8 33 6 4 1 2 1 6 3.38 L (13-8) ATL Sep 15 L, 2-3 at Reds Start 6.0 5 25 2 2 1 2 0 0 3.37 ATL Sep 19 L, 1-4 at Dodgers Start 7.1 5 28 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.34 L (13-9) ATL Sep 25 L, 1-5 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 5 30 2 2 0 1 0 4 3.31 L (13-10)

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   9   3.38   30  30   9   0   0   1  215.2  191   903   92   81  18   71   3  116   15-15  4.90 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   4.70    5   0   0   0   0   0   15.1   12    64   10    8   3    9   1    4    0-5 
As closer        2   0   0.64    7   0   0   7   4   0   14.0   11    56    1    1   0    5   0   11    6-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              411   43   96  140   8   3  10   38  15   6   45   2   2   51   4  .234  .341  .315  .656
vs RHB              502   59  118  174  19   2  11   56  11   6   40   2   3   80  10  .235  .347  .297  .644

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   5   3.98   19  15   3   2   2   1  115.1  104   500   58   51  12   47   3   68   10-9   5.67 runs/start
Road             9   5   2.71   23  15   6   5   2   0  129.2  110   523   45   39   9   38   1   63   11-12  4.13 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   3   2.67   12   9   5   3   1   1   81.0   63   327   29   24   4   23   2   48    8-4   5.44 runs/start
Night            7   7   3.62   30  21   4   4   3   0  164.0  151   696   74   66  17   62   2   83   13-17  4.67 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   0   1.93    4   0   0   2   1   0    9.1    6    37    2    2   1    4   0    5    2-2 
May              2   2   3.15    7   3   2   1   0   0   34.1   25   135   14   12   2   13   1   14    2-5   2.33 runs/start
June             5   2   2.17    9   7   1   2   1   0   58.0   45   246   19   14   5   26   1   31    7-2   4.29 runs/start
July             2   1   5.96    8   8   2   0   0   0   51.1   67   237   36   34   7   17   0   31    4-4   6.25 runs/start
August           3   1   2.31    8   6   3   2   2   1   50.2   35   198   15   13   4   13   0   30    6-2   8.17 runs/start
September        0   4   3.27    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.1   36   170   17   15   2   12   2   20    0-6   1.83 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   5.60    3   3   1   0   0   0   17.2   21    80   11   11   2    4   0   10    1-2   5.67 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   2.20    4   2   0   2   2   0   16.1   19    71    4    4   0    6   0    6    3-1   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   1   1.42    3   2   1   1   1   0   19.0   14    79    5    3   2    5   1   13    2-1   9.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   3   2.61    6   5   1   0   0   0   41.1   28   163   12   12   2   13   0   21    2-4   1.60 runs/start
Expos            1   2   5.48    4   3   0   0   0   0   23.0   23    98   16   14   4   10   1    7    1-3   4.33 runs/start
Giants           0   1   4.50    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   17    72   10    8   1    9   1   11    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Mets             1   0   4.58    4   2   1   1   0   0   19.2   21    88   12   10   2   10   0   10    2-2   6.00 runs/start
Padres           3   0   0.36    4   3   1   1   0   1   25.0   13    95    3    1   0    7   0   16    3-1   6.33 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   4.70    3   1   0   1   1   0    7.2    9    33    4    4   0    2   0    6    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   3.46    3   3   2   0   0   0   26.0   18   101   10   10   5    6   0   16    2-1   4.67 runs/start
Reds             2   1   3.51    6   4   1   1   0   0   33.1   31   143   16   13   3   13   1   15    3-3   5.50 runs/start

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