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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

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