Phil Niekro
Game Log for 1979
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 06 L, 1-2 at Astros Start 1 8.0 3 29 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.25 L (0-1) ATL Apr 10 W, 6-4 vs Reds Start 7.0 10 32 2 1 0 1 1 3 1.80 W (1-1) ATL Apr 14 L, 5-6 at Dodgers Start 5.2 6 26 6 6 0 5 0 2 3.92 L (1-2) ATL Apr 19 L, 0-2 at Reds Start 7.0 5 26 2 2 2 0 1 4 3.58 L (1-3) ATL Apr 23 L, 2-3 vs Cardinals Start 2 10.0 11 45 3 2 0 5 0 5 3.11 L (1-4) ATL Apr 27 W, 3-2 vs Cubs Start 3 9.0 5 34 2 2 1 2 0 6 2.89 W (2-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 01 W, 5-2 at Pirates Start 4 9.0 7 40 2 1 0 3 3 6 2.59 W (3-4) ATL May 05 L, 3-9 at Cubs Start 2.2 7 19 7 4 3 2 0 1 3.09 L (3-5) ATL May 09 L, 9-17 vs Pirates Start 5.0 7 24 7 5 2 1 0 2 3.55 ATL May 13 L, 3-7 at Cardinals Start 6.2 9 32 7 6 1 2 0 4 3.99 L (3-6) ATL May 17 W, 6-3 vs Dodgers Start 5 9.0 7 37 3 2 2 3 0 3 3.76 W (4-6) ATL May 21 W, 7-5 vs Astros Start 6.2 5 30 5 4 1 7 0 3 3.89 W (5-6) ATL May 25 L, 4-6 at Giants Start 6 8.0 8 33 6 5 4 2 0 7 4.04 L (5-7) ATL May 29 (2) L, 2-3 at Padres Start 7 8.0 7 31 3 3 1 1 1 3 3.98 L (5-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 02 W, 7-6 vs Mets Start 8.0 7 35 6 3 1 3 0 6 3.94 W (6-8) ATL Jun 06 L, 2-12 vs Expos Start 3.0 7 20 8 7 0 2 0 3 4.39 L (6-9) ATL Jun 10 W, 10-3 at Phillies Start 8 9.0 8 39 3 3 1 3 0 2 4.29 W (7-9) ATL Jun 15 L, 1-2 at Mets Start 5.0 5 19 1 1 0 1 0 3 4.19 ATL Jun 19 W, 10-4 vs Phillies Start 8.0 9 34 4 4 1 3 0 4 4.21 W (8-9) ATL Jun 23 W, 7-3 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 7 35 3 2 1 5 0 3 4.10 W (9-9) ATL Jun 27 (1) L, 1-2 at Padres Start 9 8.1 6 36 2 2 0 4 0 6 3.99 L (9-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 01 W, 2-1 at Dodgers Start 8.0 5 29 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.85 W (10-10) ATL Jul 05 W, 5-4 vs Giants Start 10 9.0 8 41 4 4 2 5 1 10 3.86 W (11-10) ATL Jul 09 L, 4-7 vs Cubs Start 6.0 11 32 7 3 1 1 1 3 3.88 L (11-11) ATL Jul 13 W, 13-4 vs Pirates Start 11 9.0 8 35 4 4 0 0 0 3 3.89 W (12-11) ATL Jul 19 W, 8-2 at Cubs Start 12 9.0 6 33 2 2 0 1 0 6 3.80 W (13-11) ATL Jul 23 (2) W, 8-0 at Pirates Start 13 1 9.0 2 30 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.63 W (14-11) ATL Jul 27 L, 0-2 vs Reds Start 14 9.0 8 37 2 2 0 5 0 3 3.56 L (14-12) ATL Jul 31 L, 3-10 vs Padres Start 7.0 11 38 5 5 0 4 0 4 3.65 L (14-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 04 (2) L, 2-6 at Astros Start 15 8.0 8 36 6 5 0 3 0 11 3.72 L (14-14) ATL Aug 08 L, 1-3 at Reds Start 16 8.0 7 33 3 3 2 4 0 3 3.71 L (14-15) ATL Aug 12 W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 17 9.0 8 36 2 2 0 3 0 8 3.64 W (15-15) ATL Aug 16 L, 3-6 vs Mets Start 8.0 8 34 6 6 1 2 0 5 3.74 L (15-16) ATL Aug 20 W, 5-2 at Phillies Start 8.0 4 31 2 2 0 3 0 3 3.70 W (16-16) ATL Aug 24 L, 0-2 vs Expos Start 18 9.0 7 36 2 2 2 3 0 10 3.64 L (16-17) ATL Aug 28 W, 6-4 at Mets Start 7.0 8 26 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.58 W (17-17) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 L, 4-6 vs Phillies Start 19 9.0 13 42 6 5 3 3 0 7 3.63 L (17-18) ATL Sep 05 L, 3-5 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 7 31 3 1 0 2 0 4 3.56 ATL Sep 09 L, 1-4 vs Padres Start 8.0 6 31 3 3 1 0 0 3 3.55 L (17-19) ATL Sep 13 W, 4-1 at Giants Start 20 9.0 6 34 1 1 1 2 0 9 3.48 W (18-19) ATL Sep 17 L, 4-9 at Dodgers Start 7.0 8 32 8 4 3 1 0 5 3.51 L (18-20) ATL Sep 22 W, 10-2 vs Giants Start 21 9.0 2 32 2 1 0 2 0 5 3.44 W (19-20) ATL Sep 26 W, 9-4 vs Astros Start 22 9.0 8 36 4 3 1 1 0 6 3.43 W (20-20) ATL Sep 30 W, 7-2 at Reds Start 23 9.0 6 35 2 2 2 2 0 6 3.39 W (21-20)
| 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 21 20 3.39 44 44 23 0 0 1 342.0 311 1436 160 129 41 105 8 208 21-23 4.52 runs/start
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 571 59 151 220 21 3 14 54 17 4 46 3 1 86 6 .264 .385 .322 .707
vs RHB 719 97 160 276 29 3 27 80 23 7 59 5 10 122 19 .223 .384 .294 .678
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 12 9 3.60 23 23 11 0 0 0 182.2 180 787 93 73 20 63 3 109 12-11 5.09 runs/start
Road 9 11 3.16 21 21 12 0 0 1 159.1 131 649 67 56 21 42 5 99 9-12 3.90 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 3.12 9 9 4 0 0 0 69.1 60 287 29 24 11 17 0 37 6-3 5.00 runs/start
Night 15 17 3.47 35 35 19 0 0 1 272.2 251 1149 131 105 30 88 8 171 15-20 4.40 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 2.89 6 6 3 0 0 0 46.2 40 192 17 15 3 15 2 25 2-4 2.83 runs/start
May 3 4 4.91 8 8 4 0 0 0 55.0 57 246 40 30 14 21 4 29 3-5 4.88 runs/start
June 4 2 4.01 7 7 2 0 0 0 49.1 49 218 27 22 4 21 0 27 4-3 5.43 runs/start
July 5 3 2.86 8 8 5 0 0 1 66.0 59 275 25 21 4 17 2 39 5-3 5.38 runs/start
August 3 4 3.32 7 7 4 0 0 0 57.0 50 232 22 21 5 18 0 43 3-4 2.86 runs/start
September 4 3 2.65 8 8 5 0 0 0 68.0 56 273 29 20 11 13 0 45 4-4 5.25 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Astros 3 2 3.54 5 5 4 0 0 0 40.2 32 167 19 16 2 16 0 33 3-2 4.40 runs/start
Cardinals 0 2 4.32 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.2 20 77 10 8 1 7 0 9 0-2 2.50 runs/start
Cubs 2 2 3.71 4 4 2 0 0 0 26.2 29 118 18 11 5 6 1 16 2-2 4.50 runs/start
Dodgers 3 2 3.15 6 6 1 0 0 0 45.2 40 190 24 16 7 16 0 20 3-3 4.50 runs/start
Expos 0 2 6.75 2 2 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 56 10 9 2 5 0 13 0-2 1.00 runs/start
Giants 3 1 2.83 4 4 4 0 0 0 35.0 24 140 13 11 7 11 1 31 3-1 5.75 runs/start
Mets 2 1 3.54 4 4 0 0 0 0 28.0 28 114 14 11 2 6 0 17 2-2 4.25 runs/start
Padres 0 4 3.73 4 4 2 0 0 0 31.1 30 136 13 13 2 9 1 16 0-4 1.75 runs/start
Phillies 3 1 3.71 4 4 2 0 0 0 34.0 34 146 15 14 5 12 0 16 3-1 7.25 runs/start
Pirates 3 0 2.81 4 4 3 0 0 1 32.0 24 129 13 10 2 5 3 18 3-1 8.75 runs/start
Reds 2 3 2.25 5 5 3 0 0 0 40.0 36 163 11 10 6 12 2 19 2-3 2.80 runs/start