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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1980
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, 0-9 at Reds Start 2.0 5 15 6 4 1 2 1 2 18.00 L (0-1) ATL Apr 13 L, 0-5 at Reds Start 5.1 9 28 5 5 1 4 0 2 11.05 L (0-2) ATL Apr 17 L, 1-4 vs Reds Start 8.0 5 30 4 4 2 1 0 8 7.63 L (0-3) ATL Apr 22 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 9.0 4 35 2 2 0 2 0 8 5.55 ATL Apr 26 L, 3-4 vs Expos Start 8.0 5 33 4 4 1 3 0 6 5.29 L (0-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 02 W, 6-1 at Pirates Start 1 9.0 7 36 1 1 0 2 0 4 4.35 W (1-4) ATL May 11 W, 7-4 vs Astros Start 2 9.0 7 39 4 4 0 6 0 3 4.29 W (2-4) ATL May 16 L, 3-5 vs Mets Start 6.2 9 33 5 5 0 5 0 3 4.58 L (2-5) ATL May 20 W, 1-0 at Expos Start 3 1 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.95 W (3-5) ATL May 25 L, 0-3 at Mets Start 4 8.0 8 33 3 3 1 2 0 5 3.89 L (3-6) ATL May 29 L, 0-3 at Dodgers Start 5 8.0 9 35 3 3 2 3 0 6 3.84 L (3-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 02 W, 4-2 at Giants Start 6 9.0 11 36 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.66 W (4-7) ATL Jun 06 L, 0-5 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 7 33 5 4 2 2 0 6 3.73 L (4-8) ATL Jun 10 W, 5-2 vs Cardinals Start 7 9.0 3 34 2 2 1 6 0 8 3.58 W (5-8) ATL Jun 14 L, 5-10 at Cubs Start 1.0 11 14 7 7 0 0 0 0 4.13 L (5-9) ATL Jun 18 (2) W, 5-4 vs Pirates Start 6.1 7 26 4 4 1 1 0 4 4.21 ATL Jun 22 L, 2-3 vs Cubs Start 7.0 10 31 3 3 2 2 0 3 4.19 L (5-10) ATL Jun 28 (2) L, 2-3 at Padres Start 6.0 6 23 2 2 0 0 0 4 4.14 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 02 W, 14-0 vs Astros Start 8 2 9.0 5 35 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.87 W (6-10) ATL Jul 06 W, 6-5 vs Padres Finish 1 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.81 ATL Jul 10 L, 6-8 vs Reds Start 5.0 8 24 7 7 4 2 0 2 4.12 L (6-11) ATL Jul 14 W, 2-0 at Astros Start 9 3 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 3 0 11 3.87 W (7-11) ATL Jul 18 L, 2-7 vs Phillies Start 8.0 8 34 5 5 1 2 1 3 3.96 L (7-12) ATL Jul 22 W, 7-5 vs Expos Start 8.0 9 37 5 3 2 2 0 6 3.93 W (8-12) ATL Jul 26 L, 3-6 at Phillies Start 6.0 10 29 5 5 0 1 0 4 4.06 L (8-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 01 L, 1-4 at Expos Start 6.0 6 26 4 4 1 4 0 5 4.12 L (8-14) ATL Aug 05 W, 6-4 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 4 33 4 3 1 4 0 3 4.09 ATL Aug 10 W, 3-1 vs Giants Start 8.1 6 33 1 1 1 3 0 5 3.96 W (9-14) ATL Aug 15 W, 8-2 at Giants Start 7.0 7 25 2 2 2 0 0 5 3.91 ATL Aug 19 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.89 W (10-14) ATL Aug 21 W, 6-4 vs Cubs Start 5.0 6 22 3 3 0 1 0 4 3.93 W (11-14) ATL Aug 26 W, 4-2 at Pirates Start 6.2 5 25 2 2 0 1 0 7 3.89 ATL Aug 31 W, 6-2 at Cardinals Start 10 9.0 7 32 2 2 1 1 0 3 3.82 W (12-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 06 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 7.0 2 24 2 1 1 1 0 5 3.74 W (13-14) ATL Sep 12 W, 6-2 vs Padres Start 7.2 8 33 2 1 0 3 0 7 3.66 W (14-14) ATL Sep 16 W, 2-1 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 5 25 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.59 W (15-14) ATL Sep 21 L, 1-3 at Padres Start 6.0 6 24 3 3 1 0 1 1 3.61 L (15-15) ATL Sep 25 L, 2-4 vs Astros Start 6.0 9 29 4 4 1 3 0 3 3.67 L (15-16) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 01 L, 2-5 at Astros Start 7.0 7 31 4 4 0 3 0 5 3.71 L (15-17) ATL Oct 05 L, 0-1 at Reds Start 11 8.0 5 28 1 1 0 3 0 5 3.63 L (15-18)

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      14  18   3.67   38  38  11   0   0   3  272.0  254  1126  119  111  30   82   3  174   19-19  3.45 runs/start
As closer        1   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   1   0    3.0    2    11    0    0   0    0   0    2    2-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              455   56  113  180  17   1  16   56  10   8   38   2   1   69  11  .248  .396  .309  .704
vs RHB              575   58  143  214  25   2  14   56   7   5   44   1   2  107  14  .249  .372  .304  .677

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   8   3.59   22  20   3   2   1   1  153.0  129   634   67   61  20   51   1  100   14-8   4.30 runs/start
Road             5  10   3.69   18  18   8   0   0   2  122.0  127   503   52   50  10   31   2   76    7-11  2.50 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   6   3.84   11  11   5   0   0   1   72.2   72   302   34   31   7   23   2   35    5-6   2.36 runs/start
Night           10  12   3.56   29  27   6   2   1   2  202.1  184   835   85   80  23   59   1  141   16-13  3.89 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   5.29    5   5   0   0   0   0   32.1   28   141   21   19   5   12   1   26    1-4   1.40 runs/start
May              3   3   2.90    6   6   5   0   0   1   49.2   46   208   16   16   3   19   0   25    3-3   2.83 runs/start
June             2   3   4.66    7   7   2   0   0   0   46.1   55   197   25   24   6   12   0   28    3-4   3.29 runs/start
July             3   3   3.83    7   6   2   1   1   2   47.0   43   197   22   20   7   12   1   34    4-3   5.67 runs/start
August           4   1   3.00    8   7   1   1   0   0   51.0   42   200   18   17   6   14   0   33    7-1   4.86 runs/start
September        3   2   2.67    5   5   0   0   0   0   33.2   30   135   12   10   3    7   1   20    3-2   2.80 runs/start
October          0   2   3.00    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   12    59    5    5   0    6   0   10    0-2   1.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           3   2   2.70    5   5   3   0   0   2   40.0   30   165   12   12   1   17   0   29    3-2   5.40 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   2.00    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0   10    66    4    4   2    7   0   11    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Cubs             2   2   8.36    4   3   0   1   0   0   14.0   28    71   13   13   2    3   0    8    2-2   4.33 runs/start
Dodgers          1   2   3.19    4   4   1   0   0   0   31.0   25   126   13   11   5    9   0   19    2-2   2.00 runs/start
Expos            2   2   3.19    4   4   1   0   0   1   31.0   26   128   13   11   4   10   0   21    2-2   3.00 runs/start
Giants           2   0   1.85    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.1   24    94    5    5   3    4   0   13    3-0   5.00 runs/start
Mets             0   2   4.91    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.2   17    66    8    8   1    7   0    8    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Padres           1   1   2.35    5   4   0   1   1   0   30.2   25   122    9    8   1    5   1   21    3-2   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   2   6.43    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   18    63   10   10   1    3   1    7    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   2.48    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.0   21   111    9    8   2    5   0   20    4-0   4.50 runs/start
Reds             0   5   6.67    5   5   1   0   0   0   28.1   32   125   23   21   8   12   1   19    0-5   1.40 runs/start

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