Phil Niekro
Game Log for 1977
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, 0-2 at Astros Start 1 8.0 6 34 2 2 0 3 0 10 2.25 L (0-1) ATL Apr 13 L, 3-4 at Dodgers Start 2 8.0 9 36 4 4 2 4 0 4 3.38 L (0-2) ATL Apr 17 W, 5-4 vs Astros Start 7.0 7 30 4 4 1 5 0 4 3.91 ATL Apr 22 W, 6-5 vs Dodgers Start 5.1 8 27 4 3 0 5 0 5 4.13 ATL Apr 25 L, 9-23 vs Reds Start 0.2 5 9 6 6 2 2 0 1 5.90 L (0-3) ATL Apr 29 L, 2-5 at Cardinals Start 6.0 8 27 5 4 0 3 0 3 5.91 L (0-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 03 L, 7-8 vs Pirates Start 3 11.0 12 48 8 8 2 4 1 9 6.07 L (0-5) ATL May 07 L, 4-11 at Cubs Start 4.0 11 24 8 7 1 3 0 0 6.84 L (0-6) ATL May 11 L, 1-2 at Pirates Start 4 8.0 6 35 2 2 1 3 2 5 6.21 L (0-7) ATL May 15 W, 15-12 vs Cardinals Start 3.0 6 17 6 6 0 2 0 1 6.79 ATL May 17 W, 9-6 vs Expos Finish 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.71 W (1-7) ATL May 19 W, 6-0 vs Cubs Start 5 1 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 2 0 5 5.86 W (2-7) ATL May 23 W, 6-5 at Padres Start 6.1 8 28 5 5 1 2 0 8 5.96 ATL May 27 L, 3-4 at Giants Start 6.0 4 25 3 3 0 2 1 3 5.86 ATL May 31 L, 3-5 at Reds Start 7.2 8 35 5 5 1 4 1 3 5.86 L (2-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 04 W, 7-1 vs Giants Start 6 9.0 6 34 1 1 1 3 0 9 5.42 W (3-8) ATL Jun 09 W, 3-0 vs Phillies Start 7 2 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.97 W (4-8) ATL Jun 13 L, 1-7 vs Mets Start 7.0 6 30 3 2 0 4 0 2 4.82 L (4-9) ATL Jun 18 L, 5-8 at Phillies Start 8.1 5 35 5 4 0 5 0 9 4.79 ATL Jun 22 W, 4-1 at Mets Start 8 9.0 11 40 1 1 0 4 0 5 4.53 W (5-9) ATL Jun 26 W, 8-5 vs Padres Start 8.0 8 34 4 4 0 3 0 11 4.53 W (6-9) ATL Jun 30 W, 5-4 vs Dodgers Start 9 9.0 9 38 4 4 2 5 0 4 4.50 W (7-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 04 W, 5-4 vs Reds Start 8.0 7 38 3 3 1 9 0 6 4.44 W (8-9) ATL Jul 08 L, 2-3 at Giants Start 10 8.1 6 35 3 3 0 2 1 7 4.38 L (8-10) ATL Jul 12 W, 4-3 at Reds Start 8.0 5 33 3 3 2 5 0 4 4.34 W (9-10) ATL Jul 16 L, 0-4 vs Giants Start 11 9.0 9 41 4 4 0 7 1 6 4.32 L (9-11) ATL Jul 21 L, 3-4 at Cubs Start 11.0 7 40 3 3 0 2 0 8 4.21 ATL Jul 25 L, 3-6 at Pirates Start 12 8.0 7 33 6 6 1 1 0 2 4.31 L (9-12) ATL Jul 29 W, 5-3 vs Pirates Start 13 9.0 8 36 3 3 0 3 0 7 4.26 W (10-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 02 L, 4-6 vs Cardinals Start 14 9.0 7 37 6 3 0 3 1 5 4.21 L (10-13) ATL Aug 06 W, 3-1 vs Expos Start 15 9.0 7 37 1 1 0 4 0 11 4.08 W (11-13) ATL Aug 10 (1) L, 6-8 at Padres Start 6.2 12 33 8 7 0 1 0 7 4.23 L (11-14) ATL Aug 14 L, 0-1 at Dodgers Start 16 8.0 6 34 1 1 0 3 0 7 4.13 L (11-15) ATL Aug 19 (1) W, 5-3 at Expos Start 17 9.0 6 37 3 3 0 5 0 6 4.09 W (12-15) ATL Aug 23 L, 2-3 vs Phillies Start 8.0 6 36 3 3 1 6 1 13 4.07 L (12-16) ATL Aug 27 W, 5-4 vs Mets Start 18 10.0 7 41 4 4 2 6 0 9 4.05 W (13-16) ATL Aug 31 L, 1-6 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 31 6 0 0 8 0 6 3.96 L (13-17) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 04 W, 7-5 at Mets Start 7.1 11 37 5 4 0 4 0 5 3.99 W (14-17) ATL Sep 08 L, 4-5 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 8 36 4 3 2 3 1 7 3.97 ATL Sep 12 W, 3-1 at Giants Start 19 9.0 6 35 1 0 0 2 0 6 3.85 W (15-17) ATL Sep 17 L, 3-7 at Dodgers Start 6.0 7 29 7 7 1 3 1 5 3.98 L (15-18) ATL Sep 21 W, 5-3 at Astros Start 20 9.0 8 37 3 3 0 2 0 10 3.95 W (16-18) ATL Sep 25 L, 0-4 vs Reds Start 8.0 8 33 3 3 1 2 1 3 3.94 L (16-19) ATL Sep 30 L, 1-7 at Reds Start 6.0 9 27 6 6 1 1 0 7 4.03 L (16-20)
| 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 15 20 4.04 43 43 20 0 0 2 329.2 314 1424 166 148 26 151 12 261 19-24 4.05 runs/start
As closer 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 546 63 142 208 20 5 12 55 22 10 85 7 2 101 12 .260 .381 .367 .748
vs RHB 690 93 173 247 24 4 14 83 25 22 67 5 6 161 14 .251 .358 .325 .683
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 10 7 3.73 21 20 10 1 0 2 156.2 142 668 71 65 15 80 6 132 13-8 5.00 runs/start
Road 6 13 4.30 23 23 10 0 0 0 173.2 173 760 95 83 11 72 6 130 7-16 3.22 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 2 3 5.11 8 8 1 0 0 0 56.1 64 249 34 32 3 24 1 39 4-4 5.25 runs/start
Night 14 17 3.81 36 35 19 1 0 2 274.0 251 1179 132 116 23 128 11 223 16-20 3.77 runs/start
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 0 4 5.91 6 6 2 0 0 0 35.0 43 163 25 23 5 22 0 27 2-4 4.17 runs/start
May 2 4 5.82 9 8 3 1 0 1 55.2 59 246 37 36 6 23 5 35 4-5 5.62 runs/start
June 5 1 2.43 7 7 4 0 0 1 59.1 49 243 18 16 3 25 0 53 5-2 4.71 runs/start
July 3 3 3.67 7 7 4 0 0 0 61.1 49 256 25 25 4 29 2 40 3-4 3.14 runs/start
August 3 5 3.02 8 8 5 0 0 0 65.2 58 286 32 22 3 36 2 64 3-5 3.25 runs/start
September 3 3 4.39 7 7 2 0 0 0 53.1 57 234 29 26 5 17 3 43 3-4 3.29 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 1 3.38 3 3 2 0 0 0 24.0 21 101 9 9 1 10 0 24 2-1 3.33 runs/start
Cardinals 0 2 6.50 3 3 1 0 0 0 18.0 21 81 17 13 0 8 1 9 1-2 7.00 runs/start
Cubs 1 1 3.75 3 3 1 0 0 1 24.0 21 94 11 10 1 7 0 13 1-2 4.33 runs/start
Dodgers 1 3 4.47 6 6 3 0 0 0 44.1 47 200 24 22 7 23 2 32 2-4 3.50 runs/start
Expos 3 0 1.93 3 2 2 1 0 0 18.2 14 78 4 4 0 10 0 18 3-0 4.00 runs/start
Giants 2 2 2.40 5 5 4 0 0 0 41.1 31 170 12 11 1 16 3 31 2-3 3.00 runs/start
Mets 3 1 2.97 4 4 2 0 0 0 33.1 35 148 13 11 2 18 0 21 3-1 4.25 runs/start
Padres 1 1 6.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 28 95 17 16 1 6 0 26 2-1 6.67 runs/start
Phillies 1 2 2.01 4 4 1 0 0 1 31.1 22 134 14 7 1 20 1 41 1-3 2.75 runs/start
Pirates 1 3 4.75 4 4 4 0 0 0 36.0 33 152 19 19 4 11 3 23 1-3 4.00 runs/start
Reds 2 4 6.10 6 6 0 0 0 0 38.1 42 175 26 26 8 23 2 24 2-4 3.67 runs/start