Phil Niekro
Born: April 1, 1939, Blaine, OH Died: December 26, 2020, Atlanta, GAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1964 Milwaukee NL 25 0 0 4.80 10 0 0 8 2 0 0 15.0 15 66 10 8 1 7 0 1 8 1965 Milwaukee NL 26 2 3 2.89 41 1 0 19 21 6 0 74.2 73 324 32 24 5 23 3 3 49 1966 Atlanta NL 27 4 3 4.11 28 0 0 18 10 2 0 50.1 48 224 32 23 4 18 5 2 17 1967 Atlanta NL 28 11 9 1.87 46 20 10 6 20 9 1 207.0 164 827 64 43 9 52 3 7 129 1968 Atlanta NL 29 14 12 2.59 37 34 15 0 3 2 5 256.2 228 1019 83 74 16 42 3 5 140 1969 Atlanta NL 30 23 13 2.56 40 35 21 1 4 1 4 284.1 235 1143 93 81 21 50 7 5 193 1970 Atlanta NL 31 12 18 4.27 34 32 10 1 1 0 3 229.2 222 980 124 109 40 66 2 6 168 1971 Atlanta NL 32 15 14 2.98 42 36 18 2 4 2 4 268.2 248 1101 112 89 27 64 6 3 173 1972 Atlanta NL 33 16 12 3.06 38 36 17 1 1 0 1 282.1 254 1150 112 96 22 50 3 5 164 1973 Atlanta NL 34 13 10 3.31 42 30 9 5 7 4 1 245.0 214 1023 103 90 21 85 4 5 131 1974 Atlanta NL 35 20 13 2.38 41 39 18 1 1 1 6 302.1 249 1219 91 80 19 85 3 6 195 1975 Atlanta NL 36 15 15 3.20 39 37 13 0 2 0 1 275.2 285 1160 115 98 29 69 3 11 144 1976 Atlanta NL 37 17 11 3.29 38 37 10 0 1 0 2 270.2 249 1157 116 99 18 94 7 8 173 1977 Atlanta NL 38 16 20 4.03 44 43 20 0 1 0 2 330.1 315 1428 166 148 26 152 12 8 262 1978 Atlanta NL 39 19 18 2.88 44 42 22 1 1 1 4 334.1 295 1389 129 107 16 97 5 13 248 1979 Atlanta NL 40 21 20 3.39 44 44 23 0 0 0 1 342.0 311 1436 160 129 41 105 8 11 208 1980 Atlanta NL 41 15 18 3.63 40 38 11 0 2 1 3 275.0 256 1137 119 111 30 82 3 3 176 1981 Atlanta NL 42 7 7 3.10 22 22 3 0 0 0 3 139.1 120 578 56 48 6 54 2 1 62 1982 Atlanta NL 43 17 4 3.61 35 35 4 0 0 0 2 234.1 225 969 106 94 23 72 1 3 144 1983 Atlanta NL 44 11 10 3.97 34 33 2 1 0 0 0 201.2 212 888 94 89 18 102 3 2 128 1984 New York AL 45 16 8 3.09 32 31 5 0 1 0 1 215.2 219 916 85 74 15 76 0 3 136 1985 New York AL 46 16 12 4.09 33 33 7 0 0 0 1 220.0 203 955 110 100 29 119 1 2 149 1986 Cleveland AL 47 11 11 4.32 34 32 5 1 1 0 0 210.1 241 951 126 101 24 94 1 6 81 1987 3 Teams 48 7 13 6.30 26 26 2 0 0 0 0 138.2 163 637 99 97 22 65 1 4 64 TOTALS 318 274 3.35 864 716 245 65 83 29 45 5404.0 5044 22677 2337 2012 482 1723 86 123 3342
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1964 Milwaukee NL 10 55 10 15 21 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 3 .273 .382 .365 1965 Milwaukee NL 41 283 32 73 98 8 1 5 8 4 3 0 23 3 3 49 6 .258 .346 .323 1966 Atlanta NL 28 193 32 48 72 8 2 4 6 0 6 1 18 5 2 17 2 .249 .373 .335 1967 Atlanta NL 46 753 64 164 217 22 2 9 6 6 22 6 52 3 7 129 23 .218 .288 .275 1968 Atlanta NL 37 954 83 228 322 34 6 16 10 5 9 6 42 3 5 140 27 .239 .338 .276 1969 Atlanta NL 40 1062 93 235 340 28 7 21 19 0 17 5 50 7 5 193 17 .221 .320 .264 1970 Atlanta NL 34 895 124 222 379 25 6 40 6 5 25 6 66 2 6 168 20 .248 .423 .304 1971 Atlanta NL 42 1013 112 248 370 21 10 27 11 4 11 7 64 6 3 173 29 .245 .365 .294 1972 Atlanta NL 38 1076 112 254 375 37 9 22 13 3 10 5 50 3 5 164 19 .236 .349 .274 1973 Atlanta NL 42 914 103 214 314 27 5 21 13 2 26 12 85 4 5 131 14 .234 .344 .305 1974 Atlanta NL 41 1107 91 249 363 43 7 19 10 8 18 13 85 3 6 195 22 .225 .328 .284 1975 Atlanta NL 39 1060 115 285 430 46 6 29 14 3 20 14 69 3 11 144 26 .269 .406 .321 1976 Atlanta NL 38 1029 116 249 358 43 6 18 14 5 27 7 94 7 8 173 15 .242 .348 .313 1977 Atlanta NL 44 1237 166 315 455 44 9 26 11 8 47 32 152 12 8 262 26 .255 .368 .344 1978 Atlanta NL 44 1255 129 295 405 42 10 16 13 6 34 12 97 5 13 248 13 .235 .323 .298 1979 Atlanta NL 44 1291 160 311 496 50 6 41 14 7 40 11 105 8 11 208 25 .241 .384 .306 1980 Atlanta NL 40 1030 119 256 394 42 3 30 14 5 17 13 82 3 3 176 25 .249 .383 .306 1981 Atlanta NL 22 514 56 120 165 17 5 6 5 2 16 9 54 2 1 62 11 .233 .321 .309 1982 Atlanta NL 35 883 106 225 325 27 2 23 7 3 17 16 72 1 3 144 20 .255 .368 .313 1983 Atlanta NL 34 769 94 212 301 31 2 18 7 5 27 11 102 3 2 128 20 .276 .391 .362 1984 New York AL 32 821 85 219 309 35 5 15 5 11 9 12 76 0 3 136 23 .267 .376 .327 1985 New York AL 33 829 110 203 339 37 6 29 1 3 22 5 119 1 2 149 27 .245 .409 .341 1986 Cleveland AL 34 841 126 241 361 40 4 24 7 2 13 6 94 1 6 81 22 .287 .429 .362 1987 3 Teams 26 560 99 163 274 33 6 22 2 5 65 1 4 64 4 .291 .489 .367
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1964 Milwaukee NL 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1965 Milwaukee NL 26 42 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .100 .100 .100 1966 Atlanta NL 27 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .000 .000 .000 1967 Atlanta NL 28 46 57 4 7 9 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 16 2 .123 .158 .167 1968 Atlanta NL 29 37 77 3 8 15 1 0 2 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 .104 .195 .104 1969 Atlanta NL 30 40 95 11 20 24 4 0 0 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 1 .211 .253 .227 1970 Atlanta NL 31 34 79 5 12 15 0 0 1 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 1 .152 .190 .171 1971 Atlanta NL 32 42 92 3 14 15 1 0 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 .152 .163 .160 1972 Atlanta NL 33 38 93 7 18 22 1 0 1 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 22 2 .194 .237 .216 1973 Atlanta NL 34 42 82 3 10 17 4 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 26 4 .122 .207 .143 1974 Atlanta NL 35 41 104 5 20 22 2 0 0 11 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 1 .192 .212 .220 1975 Atlanta NL 36 39 99 5 17 21 2 1 0 10 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 1 .172 .212 .176 1976 Atlanta NL 37 38 94 5 18 24 3 0 1 12 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 3 .191 .255 .198 1977 Atlanta NL 38 44 109 2 19 20 1 0 0 7 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3 .174 .183 .180 1978 Atlanta NL 39 45 120 5 27 31 4 0 0 10 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 25 3 .225 .258 .248 1979 Atlanta NL 40 44 123 10 24 30 6 0 0 12 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 19 1 .195 .244 .213 1980 Atlanta NL 41 40 90 2 12 17 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 2 .133 .189 .143 1981 Atlanta NL 42 22 52 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 .077 .077 .077 1982 Atlanta NL 43 35 87 6 17 24 4 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 .195 .276 .193 1983 Atlanta NL 44 34 65 3 12 14 2 0 0 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 7 .185 .215 .194 1984 New York AL 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 New York AL 46 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Cleveland AL 47 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 3 Teams 48 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 866 1537 80 260 325 42 1 7 109 129 12 0 1 17 0 12 314 35 .169 .211 .183
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1964 Milwaukee NL P 15.0 0 10 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.20 0 0 0 1965 Milwaukee NL P 74.2 1 41 6 17 1 2 .958 2.77 3 0 1 1966 Atlanta NL P 50.1 0 28 2 18 0 1 1.000 3.58 6 1 2 1967 Atlanta NL P 207.0 20 46 10 40 4 4 .926 2.17 22 6 3 1968 Atlanta NL P 256.2 34 37 18 59 4 4 .951 2.70 9 6 8 1969 Atlanta NL P 284.1 35 40 24 51 3 4 .962 2.37 17 5 5 1970 Atlanta NL P 229.2 32 34 14 38 1 4 .981 2.04 25 6 0 1971 Atlanta NL P 268.2 36 42 19 44 2 6 .969 2.11 11 7 3 1972 Atlanta NL P 282.1 36 38 26 40 4 4 .943 2.10 10 5 2 1973 Atlanta NL P 245.0 30 42 30 41 4 4 .947 2.61 26 12 3 1974 Atlanta NL P 302.1 39 41 22 42 0 3 1.000 1.91 18 13 1 1975 Atlanta NL P 275.2 37 39 21 41 0 2 1.000 2.02 20 14 4 1976 Atlanta NL P 270.2 37 38 19 41 2 2 .968 2.00 27 7 1 1977 Atlanta NL P 330.1 43 44 20 51 0 5 1.000 1.93 47 32 4 1978 Atlanta NL P 334.1 42 44 17 65 2 4 .976 2.21 34 12 4 1979 Atlanta NL P 342.0 44 44 31 56 1 3 .989 2.29 40 11 2 1980 Atlanta NL P 275.0 38 40 18 40 1 6 .983 1.90 17 13 2 1981 Atlanta NL P 139.1 22 22 10 22 0 2 1.000 2.07 16 9 1 1982 Atlanta NL P 234.1 35 35 18 38 1 4 .982 2.15 17 16 3 1983 Atlanta NL P 201.2 33 34 15 27 2 6 .955 1.87 27 11 2 1984 New York AL P 215.2 31 32 13 36 1 4 .980 2.04 9 12 0 1985 New York AL P 220.0 33 33 11 20 0 5 1.000 1.27 22 5 1 1986 Cleveland AL P 210.1 32 34 9 32 4 2 .911 1.75 13 6 1 1987 Cleveland AL P 123.2 22 22 12 17 0 1 1.000 2.11 10 7 0 1987 Toronto AL P 12.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 2 1 0 1987 Atlanta NL P 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (July 19, 1958).
- Placed on disabled list by Atlanta Braves, (March 31, 1982).
- Activated by Atlanta Braves, (April 21, 1982).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (October 7, 1983).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 5, 1984).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 8, 1986).
- Released by New York Yankees (March 28, 1986).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 3, 1986).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Darryl Landrum and a player to be named later (August 9, 1987); Cleveland Indians received Don Gordon (August 10, 1987).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (August 31, 1987).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (September 23, 1987).
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