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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1974
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 04 L, 6-7 at Reds Middle 1.2 4 10 3 3 1 0 1 2 16.20 ATL Apr 07 W, 5-3 at Reds Start 1 9.0 9 37 3 2 0 2 0 6 4.22 W (1-0) ATL Apr 11 W, 6-4 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 30 4 2 0 5 0 3 3.57 W (2-0) ATL Apr 15 W, 6-0 vs Padres Start 2 1 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 3 0 13 2.36 W (3-0) ATL Apr 19 L, 2-8 at Astros Start 5.2 9 28 6 6 1 2 0 5 3.62 L (3-1) ATL Apr 24 L, 3-5 vs Pirates Start 6.1 11 30 3 3 2 0 0 7 3.72 L (3-2) ATL Apr 28 L, 3-4 vs Cubs Start 7.0 6 28 2 1 0 0 1 5 3.35 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 04 L, 3-4 at Pirates Start 6.0 6 28 4 4 1 5 0 1 3.66 L (3-3) ATL May 10 L, 4-5 vs Giants Start 9.0 6 34 4 4 1 3 0 8 3.71 ATL May 14 W, 3-2 at Padres Start 6.0 5 27 1 1 1 4 0 2 3.51 W (4-3) ATL May 18 L, 0-1 at Dodgers Start 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.09 ATL May 22 W, 6-2 at Giants Start 3 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.98 W (5-3) ATL May 27 W, 9-1 vs Phillies Start 4 9.0 5 31 1 1 1 1 0 7 2.79 W (6-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 01 L, 6-7 at Expos Start 7.2 10 36 2 2 0 6 0 2 2.75 ATL Jun 05 L, 2-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 5 25 4 4 2 2 0 6 2.93 L (6-4) ATL Jun 09 (1) W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 8.0 8 33 2 2 0 1 0 6 2.89 W (7-4) ATL Jun 17 W, 8-1 at Mets Start 5 9.0 4 33 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.75 W (8-4) ATL Jun 22 L, 2-3 at Reds Start 6 8.0 4 31 3 3 1 4 0 7 2.79 L (8-5) ATL Jun 27 L, 3-6 vs Reds Start 7.0 7 32 6 6 1 4 0 5 3.04 L (8-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 01 L, 0-3 vs Astros Start 3.1 10 20 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.09 L (8-7) ATL Jul 05 (2) L, 2-3 at Cubs Start 7.0 6 28 2 2 0 1 0 10 3.07 ATL Jul 09 L, 4-5 at Pirates Start 6.0 7 25 4 3 0 0 0 4 3.12 L (8-8) ATL Jul 14 W, 7-0 at Cardinals Start 7 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.95 W (9-8) ATL Jul 19 L, 0-2 vs Pirates Start 8.0 7 31 1 1 0 3 0 5 2.87 L (9-9) ATL Jul 27 W, 10-0 vs Dodgers Start 8 3 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.72 W (10-9) ATL Jul 31 W, 9-0 vs Giants Start 9 4 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.60 W (11-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 06 W, 5-2 at Padres Start 10 9.0 13 42 2 2 1 2 0 8 2.57 W (12-9) ATL Aug 10 W, 11-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 26 3 2 0 1 0 3 2.58 W (13-9) ATL Aug 13 W, 4-3 vs Expos Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.58 ATL Aug 16 L, 3-6 vs Phillies Start 11 9.0 9 38 6 3 0 2 0 9 2.60 L (13-10) ATL Aug 20 W, 8-6 vs Cardinals Start 6.2 8 31 6 6 1 1 0 3 2.76 W (14-10) ATL Aug 25 L, 0-1 vs Mets Start 8.0 5 28 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.70 L (14-11) ATL Aug 29 W, 7-2 at Expos Start 7.0 11 32 2 2 1 1 0 2 2.70 W (15-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 02 (1) W, 8-2 vs Padres Start 12 9.0 4 36 2 2 1 4 0 4 2.67 W (16-11) ATL Sep 07 L, 0-6 vs Giants Start 6.0 6 24 3 2 0 2 0 4 2.68 L (16-12) ATL Sep 11 T, 1-1 at Reds Start 13 5.0 3 21 1 1 0 5 0 3 2.66 ATL Sep 15 W, 3-1 at Padres Start 14 9.0 7 35 1 1 1 2 0 3 2.61 W (17-12) ATL Sep 20 W, 1-0 at Astros Start 15 5 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.52 W (18-12) ATL Sep 24 L, 1-2 at Dodgers Start 16 9.2 5 36 2 1 1 1 1 7 2.47 L (18-13) ATL Sep 28 (2) W, 6-2 vs Astros Start 17 9.0 2 31 2 2 1 2 0 7 2.45 W (19-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 02 W, 13-0 vs Reds Start 18 6 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 3 0 3 2.38 W (20-13)

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      20  13   2.31   39  39  18   0   0   6  300.1  245  1208   88   77  18   85   2  193   20-18  4.44 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0  16.20    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    4    10    3    3   1    0   1    2    0-1 
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    0.1    0     1    0    0   0    0   0    0    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              491   39  108  150  13   4   7   34   8   3   40   1   2   68   7  .220  .305  .280  .586
vs RHB              615   51  141  213  30   3  12   46  10  10   45   2   4  127  15  .229  .346  .287  .633

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   7   2.30   20  19   8   1   1   4  148.2  116   588   45   38   8   40   1  100   11-9   4.95 runs/start
Road            10   6   2.46   21  20  10   0   0   2  153.2  133   631   46   42  11   45   2   95   10-10  3.95 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              7   3   1.90   14  13   7   0   0   2  108.2   77   426   25   23   5   28   2   62    7-7   4.23 runs/start
Night           13  10   2.65   27  26  11   1   1   4  193.2  172   793   66   57  14   57   1  133   14-12  4.54 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   2   3.35    7   6   2   0   0   1   45.2   49   197   21   17   4   12   2   41    3-4   4.17 runs/start
May              3   1   2.25    6   6   2   0   0   0   48.0   31   186   12   12   4   17   0   29    3-3   4.17 runs/start
June             2   3   3.55    6   6   2   0   0   0   45.2   38   190   18   18   4   18   0   28    2-4   4.00 runs/start
July             3   3   1.40    7   7   3   0   0   3   51.1   43   200    9    8   0   10   0   30    3-4   4.57 runs/start
August           4   2   3.13    7   6   2   1   1   0   46.0   53   198   20   16   3    8   0   27    5-2   5.67 runs/start
September        4   2   1.43    7   7   6   0   0   1   56.2   31   215   11    9   4   17   1   37    4-2   2.86 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    4    33    0    0   0    3   0    3    1-0   13.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   2   3.33    4   4   2   0   0   1   27.0   25   111   10   10   2    6   0   22    2-2   2.25 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   3.45    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.2   13    64    6    6   1    2   0    5    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Cubs             0   0   1.93    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   12    56    4    3   0    1   1   15    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Dodgers          2   1   0.78    4   4   2   0   0   1   34.2   17   129    6    3   1   10   1   19    2-2   4.25 runs/start
Expos            2   0   2.35    4   3   0   1   1   0   23.0   29   102    6    6   1    8   0   10    3-1   5.33 runs/start
Giants           2   1   2.18    4   4   2   0   0   1   33.0   23   124    9    8   1    9   0   22    2-2   4.75 runs/start
Mets             1   1   1.06    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0    9    61    2    2   0    2   0    4    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Padres           5   0   1.29    5   5   4   0   0   1   42.0   33   174    6    6   4   15   0   30    5-0   5.00 runs/start
Phillies         2   2   3.00    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.0   26   120   14   10   3    6   0   25    2-2   6.25 runs/start
Pirates          0   4   3.76    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.1   31   114   12   11   3    8   0   17    0-4   2.50 runs/start
Reds             2   2   3.40    6   5   4   0   0   1   39.2   31   164   16   15   3   18   1   26    2-3   4.80 runs/start

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