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Phil Niekro

Game Log for 1981
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 13 W, 2-1 at Astros Start 8.2 6 36 1 1 0 3 1 5 1.04 ATL Apr 19 W, 4-3 vs Giants Start 7.0 2 25 3 3 1 2 0 4 2.30 ATL Apr 25 W, 4-0 at Giants Start 1 1 9.0 8 35 0 0 0 3 0 8 1.46 W (1-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 02 L, 2-5 at Cubs Start 4.1 8 23 5 5 0 2 0 0 2.79 L (1-1) ATL May 07 W, 4-3 at Cardinals Start 6.0 5 27 2 0 0 3 0 5 2.31 ATL May 12 W, 2-0 vs Pirates Start 2 2 9.0 2 33 0 0 0 3 0 5 1.84 W (2-1) ATL May 19 L, 0-5 at Pirates Start 5.2 10 26 5 5 0 0 0 3 2.54 L (2-2) ATL May 24 L, 5-7 vs Padres Start 7.2 7 35 7 6 1 4 1 2 3.14 L (2-3) ATL May 29 W, 7-1 at Padres Start 7.0 7 26 1 0 0 3 0 4 2.80 W (3-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 03 W, 4-2 at Dodgers Start 7.0 4 28 2 2 1 2 0 5 2.78 W (4-3) ATL Jun 09 L, 1-12 at Expos Start 1.2 4 12 7 7 0 3 0 0 3.58 L (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 10 W, 3-2 at Padres Start 4.0 6 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.51 ATL Aug 15 W, 6-4 at Dodgers Start 4.0 2 16 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.44 ATL Aug 20 W, 6-4 vs Mets Start 7.0 6 31 3 3 0 4 0 4 3.48 W (5-4) ATL Aug 25 W, 12-2 at Phillies Start 7.0 4 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 W (6-4) ATL Aug 30 W, 5-4 at Expos Start 7.0 1 25 3 2 0 4 0 4 3.18 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 04 L, 1-4 at Mets Start 6.1 5 24 4 3 1 2 0 2 3.24 L (6-5) ATL Sep 09 W, 9-0 vs Astros Start 3 3 9.0 8 36 0 0 0 3 0 2 2.99 W (7-5) ATL Sep 15 L, 5-6 at Giants Start 6.1 9 31 3 2 0 4 0 3 2.98 ATL Sep 20 W, 3-1 at Padres Start 7.0 6 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.82 ATL Sep 26 L, 0-2 vs Reds Start 6.0 3 23 2 2 1 3 0 1 2.83 L (7-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 01 L, 2-6 vs Giants Start 2.2 7 16 5 5 0 2 0 3 3.10 L (7-7)

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       7   7   3.10   22  22   3   0   0   3  139.1  120   578   56   48   6   54   2   62   14-8   3.95 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              257   25   65   91   7   5   3   23   9   5   29   2   1   25   4  .253  .354  .334  .689
vs RHB              257   26   55   74  10   0   3   23   7   4   25   0   0   37   7  .214  .288  .283  .571

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   3   3.54    7   7   2   0   0   2   48.1   35   199   20   19   3   21   1   21    4-3   4.00 runs/start
Road             4   4   2.87   15  15   1   0   0   1   91.0   85   379   36   29   3   33   1   41   10-5   3.93 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              1   3   3.00    8   8   1   0   0   1   54.0   40   221   23   18   3   22   1   24    5-3   3.38 runs/start
Night            6   4   3.16   14  14   2   0   0   2   85.1   80   357   33   30   3   32   1   38    9-5   4.29 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   0   1.46    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.2   16    96    4    4   1    8   1   17    3-0   3.33 runs/start
May              2   3   3.63    6   6   1   0   0   1   39.2   39   170   20   16   1   15   1   19    3-3   3.33 runs/start
June             1   1   9.35    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2    8    40    9    9   1    5   0    5    1-1   2.50 runs/start
August           2   0   2.17    5   5   0   0   0   0   29.0   19   114    8    7   1   11   0   10    5-0   6.40 runs/start
September        1   2   1.82    5   5   1   0   0   1   34.2   31   142   10    7   2   13   0    8    2-3   3.60 runs/start
October          0   1  16.87    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    7    16    5    5   0    2   0    3    0-1   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   0.51    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.2   14    72    1    1   0    6   1    7    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Cardinals        0   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    27    2    0   0    3   0    5    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   1  10.38    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.1    8    23    5    5   0    2   0    0    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   2.45    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0    6    44    3    3   2    4   0    5    2-0   5.00 runs/start
Expos            0   1   9.35    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2    5    37   10    9   0    7   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Giants           1   1   3.60    4   4   1   0   0   1   25.0   26   107   11   10   1   11   0   18    2-2   3.75 runs/start
Mets             1   1   4.05    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   11    55    7    6   1    6   0    6    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Padres           1   1   2.45    4   4   0   0   0   0   25.2   26   107   10    7   1    9   1    7    3-1   4.50 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    4    24    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0   12.00 runs/start
Pirates          1   1   3.07    2   2   1   0   0   1   14.2   12    59    5    5   0    3   0    8    1-1   1.00 runs/start
Reds             0   1   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    3    23    2    2   1    3   0    1    0-1   0.00 runs/start

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