Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro
Born: April 1, 1939
Blaine, OH USA
Deceased: 2020
Flowery Branch, GA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
Career: 1964-1987
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Minor League Statistics
Phil Niekro compiled a career record of 318 wins and 274 losses in his 866-game career with the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays. He began playing during the 1964 season and last took the field during the 1987 campaign. Niekro was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | |
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.89 | 41 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.7 | 73 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 324 |
1966 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.11 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.3 | 48 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 224 |
1967 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 11 | 9 | .550 | 1.87 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 207.0 | 164 | 64 | 43 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 827 |
1968 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.59 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 257.0 | 228 | 83 | 74 | 16 | 45 | 3 | 140 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1019 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 23 | 13 | .639 | 2.56 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 284.3 | 235 | 93 | 81 | 21 | 57 | 7 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1143 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 12 | 18 | .400 | 4.27 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 229.7 | 222 | 124 | 109 | 40 | 68 | 2 | 168 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 980 |
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.98 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 268.7 | 248 | 112 | 89 | 27 | 70 | 6 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1101 |
1972 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.06 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 282.3 | 254 | 112 | 96 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 164 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1150 |
1973 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.31 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 245.0 | 214 | 103 | 90 | 21 | 89 | 4 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1023 |
1974 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 20 | 13 | .606 | 2.38 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 302.3 | 249 | 91 | 80 | 19 | 88 | 3 | 195 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1219 |
1975 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.20 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 275.7 | 285 | 115 | 98 | 29 | 72 | 3 | 144 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1160 |
1976 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.29 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 270.7 | 249 | 116 | 99 | 18 | 101 | 7 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 1157 |
1977 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 16 | 20 | .444 | 4.03 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 330.3 | 315 | 166 | 148 | 26 | 164 | 12 | 262 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1428 |
1978 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 19 | 18 | .514 | 2.88 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 334.3 | 295 | 129 | 107 | 16 | 102 | 5 | 248 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1389 |
1979 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 21 | 20 | .512 | 3.39 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 342.0 | 311 | 160 | 129 | 41 | 113 | 8 | 208 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1436 |
1980 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 18 | .455 | 3.63 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 275.0 | 256 | 119 | 111 | 30 | 85 | 3 | 176 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1137 |
1981 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.10 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 139.3 | 120 | 56 | 48 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 578 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 17 | 4 | .810 | 3.61 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 234.3 | 225 | 106 | 94 | 23 | 73 | 1 | 144 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 969 |
1983 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.97 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 201.7 | 212 | 94 | 89 | 18 | 105 | 3 | 128 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 888 |
1984 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.09 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 215.7 | 219 | 85 | 74 | 15 | 76 | 0 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 916 |
1985 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4.09 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 220.0 | 203 | 110 | 100 | 29 | 120 | 1 | 149 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 955 |
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.32 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 210.3 | 241 | 126 | 101 | 24 | 95 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 951 |
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.89 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 | 142 | 83 | 81 | 18 | 53 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 561 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Totals | 318 | 274 | .537 | 3.35 | 864 | 716 | 83 | 245 | 45 | 29 | 5404.3 | 5044 | 2337 | 2012 | 482 | 1809 | 86 | 3342 | 123 | 42 | 226 | 22677 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 42 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 46 | 66 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .123 | .167 | .158 | .325 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1968 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 37 | 95 | 77 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .104 | .104 | .195 | .299 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 40 | 106 | 95 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .211 | .227 | .253 | .479 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 34 | 88 | 79 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .152 | .171 | .190 | .361 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 42 | 101 | 92 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .152 | .160 | .163 | .323 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 38 | 108 | 93 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .194 | .216 | .237 | .453 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
1973 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 42 | 91 | 82 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .122 | .143 | .207 | .350 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 41 | 118 | 104 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .192 | .220 | .212 | .432 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
1975 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 39 | 106 | 99 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .172 | .176 | .212 | .389 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 38 | 105 | 94 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .191 | .198 | .255 | .453 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 44 | 123 | 109 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .174 | .180 | .183 | .364 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 45 | 129 | 120 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .225 | .248 | .258 | .506 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 44 | 134 | 123 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .195 | .213 | .244 | .457 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 40 | 96 | 90 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .133 | .143 | .189 | .332 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 22 | 55 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 35 | 91 | 87 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .195 | .193 | .276 | .469 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1983 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 34 | 73 | 65 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .185 | .194 | .215 | .409 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1984 | AL | New York Yankees | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1985 | AL | New York Yankees | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 866 | 1707 | 1537 | 80 | 260 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 314 | .169 | .183 | .211 | .395 | 325 | 35 | 12 | 129 | 12 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 10 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | .200 |
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 41 | 1 | 74.7 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.772 | .561 |
1966 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 28 | 0 | 50.3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.576 | .714 |
1967 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 46 | 20 | 207.0 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .926 | 2.174 | 1.087 |
1968 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 37 | 34 | 256.7 | 18 | 59 | 4 | 4 | .951 | 2.700 | 2.081 |
1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 40 | 35 | 284.3 | 24 | 51 | 3 | 4 | .962 | 2.374 | 1.875 |
1970 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 34 | 32 | 230.0 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 2.035 | 1.529 |
1971 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 42 | 36 | 269.0 | 19 | 44 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 2.108 | 1.500 |
1972 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 38 | 36 | 282.0 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .943 | 2.106 | 1.737 |
1973 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 42 | 30 | 245.0 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 4 | .947 | 2.608 | 1.690 |
1974 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 41 | 39 | 302.3 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.905 | 1.561 |
1975 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 39 | 37 | 275.7 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.024 | 1.590 |
1976 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 38 | 37 | 270.7 | 19 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 1.995 | 1.579 |
1977 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 44 | 43 | 330.3 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.934 | 1.614 |
1978 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 44 | 42 | 334.3 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 4 | .976 | 2.207 | 1.864 |
1979 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 44 | 44 | 342.0 | 31 | 56 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 2.289 | 1.977 |
1980 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 40 | 38 | 275.0 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 1.898 | 1.450 |
1981 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 22 | 22 | 139.3 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.067 | 1.455 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 35 | 35 | 234.3 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.151 | 1.600 |
1983 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 34 | 33 | 201.7 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 6 | .955 | 1.874 | 1.235 |
1984 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 32 | 31 | 215.7 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 2.045 | 1.531 |
1985 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 33 | 33 | 220.0 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.268 | .939 |
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 34 | 32 | 210.3 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.754 | 1.206 |
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 22 | 22 | 123.7 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | 1.318 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | P | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .333 |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 864 | 716 | 5404.3 | 386 | 878 | 37 | 83 | .972 | 2.105 | 1.463 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Totals | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1969 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 |
1982 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 |
Totals | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.214 | 2.500 |
Awards
1978 - NL Gold Glove P
1979 - NL Gold Glove P
1980 - NL Gold Glove P
1982 - NL Gold Glove P
1983 - NL Gold Glove P
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