Phil Niekro
Game Log for 1978
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 07 L, 4-13 vs Dodgers Start 5.0 8 24 8 6 1 1 0 4 10.80 L (0-1) ATL Apr 11 L, 2-3 vs Padres Start 1 9.0 6 35 3 2 0 4 0 9 5.14 L (0-2) ATL Apr 16 L, 0-8 at Dodgers Start 4.0 4 21 4 3 0 4 1 3 5.50 L (0-3) ATL Apr 20 L, 0-2 at Padres Start 2 8.0 2 27 2 2 0 1 0 7 4.50 L (0-4) ATL Apr 25 W, 3-1 vs Giants Start 3 9.0 6 38 1 0 0 6 0 9 3.34 W (1-4) ATL Apr 29 W, 5-0 vs Cubs Start 4 1 9.0 6 33 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.66 W (2-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 04 L, 2-8 vs Mets Start 5.1 5 24 6 6 1 4 0 4 3.47 L (2-5) ATL May 09 (2) L, 6-7 vs Expos Start 7.1 10 37 4 2 0 3 0 8 3.34 ATL May 13 L, 0-3 at Expos Start 7.0 7 30 2 2 0 2 0 6 3.25 L (2-6) ATL May 17 (1) W, 2-1 at Mets Start 5 10.0 4 33 1 1 0 2 0 4 2.93 W (3-6) ATL May 21 W, 6-4 at Astros Start 7.1 12 33 4 4 0 1 0 5 3.11 W (4-6) ATL May 26 W, 4-2 vs Phillies Start 6 9.0 6 36 2 2 1 2 0 5 3.00 W (5-6) ATL May 30 W, 4-3 vs Reds Start 9.0 7 36 3 3 0 4 0 8 3.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 03 L, 6-8 at Cubs Start 2.1 6 13 4 4 1 0 0 2 3.29 ATL Jun 07 W, 6-0 at Cardinals Start 7 2 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 2 0 2 3.02 W (6-6) ATL Jun 11 W, 4-0 at Phillies Start 8 3 9.0 6 31 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.79 W (7-6) ATL Jun 16 L, 4-9 vs Pirates Start 3.1 9 20 7 6 1 1 0 4 3.15 L (7-7) ATL Jun 20 W, 5-3 at Padres Start 9.0 8 38 3 3 0 4 0 5 3.14 W (8-7) ATL Jun 24 L, 1-2 at Giants Start 9 8.0 9 34 2 2 0 1 0 5 3.09 L (8-8) ATL Jun 28 L, 2-3 vs Dodgers Start 10 9.0 3 35 3 3 1 4 1 7 3.09 L (8-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 02 W, 9-7 vs Giants Start 7.0 9 32 7 6 2 1 0 1 3.30 W (9-9) ATL Jul 06 L, 1-5 at Dodgers Start 8.1 6 32 1 1 0 2 0 7 3.18 ATL Jul 09 W, 5-2 vs Padres Middle 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.13 ATL Jul 14 W, 7-2 vs Phillies Start 11 9.0 4 36 2 1 0 2 0 7 3.02 W (10-9) ATL Jul 18 W, 4-3 vs Mets Start 12 9.0 6 33 3 3 1 0 0 7 3.02 W (11-9) ATL Jul 22 L, 0-2 at Mets Start 7.0 6 28 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.00 L (11-10) ATL Jul 26 W, 4-2 at Phillies Start 13 9.0 8 37 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.96 W (12-10) ATL Jul 29 W, 9-6 vs Expos Finish 1 2.1 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.97 ATL Jul 31 L, 2-3 vs Reds Start 14 9.0 9 37 3 3 1 1 1 10 2.97 L (12-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 04 W, 7-2 vs Astros Start 15 9.0 10 38 2 1 0 2 0 12 2.89 W (13-11) ATL Aug 08 W, 6-5 at Reds Start 16 9.0 5 36 5 3 2 3 0 6 2.89 W (14-11) ATL Aug 12 L, 2-5 at Astros Start 7.0 11 33 5 5 0 1 0 5 3.00 L (14-12) ATL Aug 16 W, 9-0 at Cubs Start 17 4 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.89 W (15-12) ATL Aug 20 L, 4-6 at Cardinals Start 18 8.0 11 39 6 4 0 3 0 8 2.94 L (15-13) ATL Aug 24 L, 1-5 vs Pirates Start 7.0 8 29 5 5 0 2 1 4 3.03 L (15-14) ATL Aug 28 W, 4-3 vs Cubs Start 8.0 8 34 3 3 0 3 0 6 3.04 W (16-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 (1) L, 3-8 at Pirates Start 6.0 8 28 5 4 1 2 0 5 3.11 L (16-15) ATL Sep 05 W, 8-1 vs Padres Start 19 9.0 3 32 1 1 0 2 0 6 3.04 W (17-15) ATL Sep 09 W, 7-4 vs Dodgers Start 6.2 8 32 4 3 1 4 1 3 3.06 W (18-15) ATL Sep 13 W, 5-3 at Giants Start 10.0 7 40 3 0 0 1 0 7 2.96 ATL Sep 17 W, 3-2 at Dodgers Start 8.1 10 40 2 1 0 4 0 6 2.91 W (19-15) ATL Sep 21 L, 0-2 at Astros Start 20 8.0 11 35 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.89 L (19-16) ATL Sep 26 L, 0-2 vs Astros Start 21 9.0 8 37 2 1 0 5 0 6 2.84 L (19-17) ATL Sep 30 L, 0-4 at Reds Start 22 8.0 6 39 4 4 1 5 0 6 2.88 L (19-18)
| 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 19 18 2.90 42 42 22 0 0 4 329.0 293 1369 128 106 16 95 5 239 21-21 3.62 runs/start
Middle relief 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 1-0
As closer 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.1 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 4 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 540 41 125 167 19 4 5 38 14 5 45 0 8 93 1 .231 .309 .299 .608
vs RHB 714 80 170 238 23 6 11 70 20 7 52 5 5 155 12 .238 .333 .298 .631
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 10 8 3.20 22 20 11 1 1 1 163.0 141 678 70 58 10 55 4 134 13-9 4.25 runs/start
Road 9 10 2.57 22 22 11 0 0 3 171.1 154 711 59 49 6 42 1 114 10-12 3.05 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 5 2.63 14 13 5 0 0 2 99.1 93 414 37 29 3 22 1 74 7-7 3.69 runs/start
Night 14 13 2.99 30 29 17 1 1 2 235.0 202 975 92 78 13 75 4 174 16-14 3.59 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 4 2.66 6 6 4 0 0 1 44.0 32 178 18 13 1 18 1 37 2-4 2.33 runs/start
May 3 2 3.27 7 7 2 0 0 0 55.0 51 229 22 20 2 18 0 40 4-3 3.43 runs/start
June 3 3 3.26 7 7 4 0 0 2 49.2 45 204 19 18 3 12 1 32 3-4 4.00 runs/start
July 4 2 2.69 9 7 4 1 1 0 63.2 50 255 21 19 5 11 1 50 6-3 3.86 runs/start
August 4 3 3.32 7 7 4 0 0 1 57.0 56 240 26 21 2 15 1 46 4-3 4.71 runs/start
September 3 4 2.22 8 8 4 0 0 0 65.0 61 283 23 16 3 23 1 43 4-4 3.25 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 3 2.90 5 5 3 0 0 0 40.1 52 176 15 13 0 9 0 32 2-3 3.00 runs/start
Cardinals 1 1 2.12 2 2 2 0 0 1 17.0 15 72 6 4 0 5 0 10 1-1 5.00 runs/start
Cubs 3 0 2.22 4 4 2 0 0 2 28.1 23 111 7 7 1 6 0 18 3-1 6.00 runs/start
Dodgers 2 3 3.70 6 6 1 0 0 0 41.1 39 184 22 17 3 19 3 30 2-4 2.83 runs/start
Expos 0 1 2.70 3 2 0 1 1 0 16.2 18 76 7 5 0 6 0 18 1-2 3.00 runs/start
Giants 2 1 2.12 4 4 2 0 0 0 34.0 31 144 13 8 2 9 0 22 3-1 4.50 runs/start
Mets 2 2 3.45 4 4 2 0 0 0 31.1 21 118 12 12 3 7 0 19 2-2 2.00 runs/start
Padres 2 2 1.89 5 4 3 0 0 0 38.0 20 143 9 8 0 12 0 32 3-2 3.75 runs/start
Phillies 4 0 1.25 4 4 4 0 0 1 36.0 24 140 6 5 1 6 0 24 4-0 4.75 runs/start
Pirates 0 3 8.27 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 25 77 17 15 2 5 1 13 0-3 2.67 runs/start
Reds 1 2 3.34 4 4 3 0 0 0 35.0 27 148 15 13 4 13 1 30 2-2 3.00 runs/start
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