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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1976
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 10 W, 3-0 at Padres Start 7.1 5 28 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 W (1-0) ATL Apr 15 W, 10-5 vs Reds Start 1 9.0 10 41 5 3 0 2 0 9 1.65 W (2-0) ATL Apr 20 L, 11-12 vs Giants Start 5.0 11 27 7 7 1 1 0 3 4.22 ATL Apr 25 W, 3-2 at Phillies Start 7.2 4 29 2 2 0 1 0 5 3.72 W (3-0) ATL Apr 29 L, 0-2 at Mets Start 7.0 4 30 2 1 0 5 0 6 3.25 L (3-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 04 L, 7-8 vs Cardinals Start 4.2 7 22 5 5 1 2 0 4 3.98 ATL May 08 L, 3-5 at Pirates Start 7.0 4 29 4 4 0 2 1 4 4.15 L (3-2) ATL May 15 (2) L, 1-6 vs Expos Start 5.2 8 28 5 4 1 3 0 5 4.39 L (3-3) ATL May 18 W, 3-2 at Astros Start 6.2 3 29 2 2 1 6 0 7 4.20 ATL May 23 (2) L, 0-1 at Giants Start 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 1 3 3.65 ATL May 29 L, 3-4 vs Astros Start 7.1 9 33 4 3 1 3 0 2 3.66 L (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 08 W, 7-3 at Cubs Start 8.2 8 36 3 3 1 3 0 4 3.60 W (4-4) ATL Jun 13 L, 5-6 vs Pirates Start 8.0 9 35 4 4 1 2 0 5 3.68 ATL Jun 16 L, 3-4 at Cardinals Finish 0.1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.66 ATL Jun 19 (2) W, 12-5 vs Cubs Start 2 9.0 12 42 5 5 1 3 0 3 3.78 W (5-4) ATL Jun 23 (2) W, 3-0 vs Expos Start 3 1 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 2 0 10 3.48 W (6-4) ATL Jun 26 (2) W, 7-3 at Padres Start 4 9.0 6 36 3 2 0 4 0 5 3.37 W (7-4) ATL Jun 30 W, 8-3 at Dodgers Start 6.2 7 31 2 2 0 2 1 5 3.33 W (8-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 05 W, 8-6 vs Pirates Start 7.0 8 35 6 5 1 3 1 5 3.49 ATL Jul 09 W, 5-3 vs Mets Start 8.0 8 34 3 3 2 1 0 5 3.49 W (9-4) ATL Jul 15 L, 1-13 at Pirates Start 4.0 8 24 9 4 1 2 1 3 3.64 L (9-5) ATL Jul 19 W, 4-2 at Mets Start 6.2 4 27 1 1 0 4 0 4 3.54 W (10-5) ATL Jul 23 L, 1-3 vs Reds Start 7.0 6 31 3 3 0 5 0 6 3.55 L (10-6) ATL Jul 28 W, 7-2 vs Dodgers Start 5 9.0 7 34 2 2 0 3 0 6 3.47 W (11-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 01 L, 0-6 at Astros Start 5.2 7 28 4 4 1 3 0 2 3.56 L (11-7) ATL Aug 05 L, 1-2 vs Giants Start 7.0 8 29 2 2 1 0 1 4 3.52 L (11-8) ATL Aug 10 W, 2-1 at Phillies Start 8.0 4 31 1 1 0 2 0 3 3.42 W (12-8) ATL Aug 15 W, 3-2 vs Cardinals Start 6 9.0 6 35 2 2 1 2 0 8 3.36 W (13-8) ATL Aug 20 L, 4-6 at Cardinals Start 4.0 8 20 5 5 1 0 0 1 3.51 L (13-9) ATL Aug 25 W, 5-1 vs Phillies Start 7 9.0 6 36 1 1 0 3 0 6 3.41 W (14-9) ATL Aug 29 L, 2-3 at Cubs Start 8 8.0 5 29 3 2 1 0 0 5 3.36 L (14-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 03 L, 5-10 vs Reds Start 7.0 9 32 5 4 0 4 0 4 3.42 ATL Sep 07 L, 3-6 at Giants Start 3.2 7 21 6 6 0 5 0 1 3.60 L (14-11) ATL Sep 12 (1) W, 3-2 at Dodgers Start 8.0 6 31 2 0 0 1 1 2 3.48 ATL Sep 16 W, 5-3 vs Astros Start 8.0 5 30 2 2 1 2 0 4 3.44 W (15-11) ATL Sep 21 W, 6-2 at Astros Start 9 9.0 9 38 2 2 0 2 0 5 3.39 W (16-11) ATL Sep 26 W, 10-4 vs Padres Start 6.2 11 32 4 3 0 2 0 4 3.41 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 02 W, 3-0 at Reds Start 10 2 9.0 1 35 0 0 0 5 0 9 3.29 W (17-11)

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      17  11   3.30   37  37  10   0   0   2  270.1  248  1154  116   99  18   93   7  173   21-16  4.43 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    0.1    1     3    0    0   0    1   0    0    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              453   50  116  162  25   3   5   45  10   4   46   5   4   68   6  .256  .358  .335  .692
vs RHB              575   62  133  196  18   3  13   54  17   3   48   2   4  105   9  .231  .341  .296  .637

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   4   3.86   18  18   6   0   0   1  135.1  144   590   65   58  12   43   2   93   10-8   5.67 runs/start
Road             9   7   2.73   20  19   4   1   0   1  135.1  105   567   51   41   6   51   5   80   11-9   3.26 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   2.63   14  14   3   0   0   1  106.0   80   438   37   31   7   36   3   69    7-7   3.07 runs/start
Night           13   6   3.72   24  23   7   1   0   1  164.2  169   719   79   68  11   58   4  104   14-10  5.26 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   1   3.25    5   5   1   0   0   0   36.0   34   155   16   13   1   11   0   29    3-2   5.40 runs/start
May              0   3   4.02    6   6   0   0   0   0   40.1   35   173   20   18   4   17   2   25    1-5   2.83 runs/start
June             5   0   2.84    7   6   3   1   0   1   50.2   47   217   17   16   3   17   1   32    5-2   7.00 runs/start
July             3   2   3.89    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.2   41   185   24   18   4   18   2   29    4-2   4.33 runs/start
August           3   4   3.02    7   7   3   0   0   0   50.2   44   208   18   17   5   10   1   29    3-4   2.43 runs/start
September        2   1   3.61    6   6   1   0   0   0   42.1   47   184   21   17   1   16   1   20    4-2   5.33 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    1    35    0    0   0    5   0    9    1-0   3.00 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   3.19    5   5   1   0   0   0   36.2   33   158   14   13   4   16   0   20    3-2   3.40 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   6.00    4   3   1   1   0   0   18.0   22    80   12   12   3    5   0   13    1-3   4.67 runs/start
Cubs             2   1   3.51    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.2   25   107   11   10   3    6   0   12    2-1   7.00 runs/start
Dodgers          2   0   1.52    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.2   20    96    6    4   0    6   2   13    3-0   6.00 runs/start
Expos            1   1   2.45    2   2   1   0   0   1   14.2   12    62    5    4   1    5   0   15    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Giants           0   2   5.47    4   4   0   0   0   0   24.2   30   109   15   15   2    7   2   11    0-4   3.75 runs/start
Mets             2   1   2.08    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.2   16    91    6    5   2   10   0   15    2-1   3.00 runs/start
Padres           2   0   1.96    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   22    96    7    5   0    8   0   15    3-0   6.67 runs/start
Phillies         3   0   1.46    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.2   14    96    4    4   0    6   0   14    3-0   3.33 runs/start
Pirates          0   2   5.88    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.0   29   123   23   17   3    9   3   17    1-3   4.25 runs/start
Reds             2   1   2.81    4   4   2   0   0   1   32.0   26   139   13   10   0   16   0   28    2-2   4.75 runs/start

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