Phil Niekro
Phil Niekro
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Phil Niekro
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1964 MIL N 1964 MIL N 1965 MIL N Daily Splits 42 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0.0 1965 MIL N 1966 ATL N Daily Splits 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1966 ATL N 1967 ATL N Daily Splits 46 57 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 16 2 6 0 0 2i 2 0 0 .123 .167 .158 0.0 1967 ATL N 1968 ATL N Daily Splits 37 77 3 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 22 0 18 0 0 1i 0 0 0 .104 .104 .195 0.0 1968 ATL N 1969 ATL N Daily Splits 40 95 11 20 4 0 0 7 2 0 21 0 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 .211 .227 .253 0.0 1969 ATL N 1970 ATL N Daily Splits 34 79 5 12 0 0 1 3 2 0 17 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 .152 .171 .190 0.0 1970 ATL N 1971 ATL N Daily Splits 42 92 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 20 1 7 1 0 6i 0 0 0 .152 .160 .163 0.0 1971 ATL N 1972 ATL N Daily Splits 38 93 7 18 1 0 1 4 1 0 22 2 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 .194 .216 .237 0.0 1972 ATL N 1973 ATL N Daily Splits 42 82 3 10 4 0 1 2 1 0 26 1 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 .122 .143 .207 0.0 1973 ATL N 1974 ATL N Daily Splits 41 104 5 20 2 0 0 11 3 0 18 1 9 1 0 4 1 0 0 .192 .220 .212 0.0 1974 ATL N 1975 ATL N Daily Splits 39 99 5 17 2 1 0 10 1 0 18 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 .172 .176 .212 0.0 1975 ATL N 1976 ATL N Daily Splits 38 94 5 18 3 0 1 12 0 0 8 1 9 1 0 2 3 0 1 .191 .198 .255 0.0 1976 ATL N 1977 ATL N Daily Splits 44 109 2 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 15 1 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 .174 .180 .183 0.0 1977 ATL N 1978 ATL N Daily Splits 44 120 5 27 4 0 0 10 3 0 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .225 .248 .258 0.0 1978 ATL N 1979 ATL N Daily Splits 44 123 10 24 6 0 0 12 1 0 19 2 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 .195 .213 .244 0.0 1979 ATL N 1980 ATL N Daily Splits 40 90 2 12 5 0 0 5 1 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 .133 .143 .189 0.0 1980 ATL N 1981 ATL N Daily Splits 22 52 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0.0 1981 ATL N 1982 ATL N Daily Splits 35 87 6 17 4 0 1 7 0 0 16 0 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .195 .193 .276 0.0 1982 ATL N 1983 ATL N Daily Splits 34 65 3 12 2 0 0 5 1 0 12 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 .185 .194 .215 0.0 1983 ATL N 1984 NY A 1984 NY A 1985 NY A 1985 NY A 1986 CLE A 1986 CLE A 1987 CLE A 1987 CLE A 1987 TOR A 1987 TOR A 1987 ATL N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1987 ATL N 1987 TOT A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1987 TOT A
1987 Total 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1987 Total
Total NL 741 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 17 0 314 12 129 12 0 24i 35 0 1 .169 .183 .211 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 865 1537 80 260 42 1 7 109 17 0 314 12 129 12 0 24i 35 0 1 .169 .183 .211 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1969 ATL N Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 ATL N
1982 ATL N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 - 1982 ATL N
Total Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1969 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1969 NL
1978 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 2 0 15 15 66 1 10 8 7 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 1i 1 3i 2i 0 0 4.80 -0.1 1964 MIL N 1965 MIL N Daily Splits 41 1 0 0 21 6 74.2 73 324 5 32 24 26 3 49 8 4 9 3 0 4i 0i 5i 4i 2 3 2.89 0.2 1965 MIL N 1966 ATL N Daily Splits 28 0 0 0 10 2 50.1 48 224 4 32 23 23 5 17 6 0 3 2 0 8i 1i 2i 6i 4 3 4.11 -0.7 1966 ATL N 1967 ATL N Daily Splits 46 20 10 1 20 9 207 164 827 9 64 43 55 3 129 6 6 19 7 1 20i 2i 21i 12i 11 9 1.87 3.0 1967 ATL N 1968 ATL N Daily Splits 37 34 15 5 3 2 257 228 1019 16 83 74 45 3 140 10 5 16 5 3 31i 5i 21i 9i 14 12 2.59 1.4 1968 ATL N 1969 ATL N Daily Splits 40 35 21 4 4 1 284.1 235 1143 21 93 81 57 7 193 19 0 15 5 0 28 7 17 18 23 13 2.56 4.5 1969 ATL N 1970 ATL N Daily Splits 34 32 10 3 1 0 229.2 222 980 40 124 109 68 2 168 6 5 6 6 2 25 6 20 24 12 18 4.27 -0.1 1970 ATL N 1971 ATL N Daily Splits 42 36 18 4 4 2 268.2 248 1101 27 112 89 70 6 173 11 4 8 3 1 20i 10i 29i 19i 15 14 2.98 1.5 1971 ATL N 1972 ATL N Daily Splits 38 36 17 1 1 0 282.1 254 1150 22 112 96 53 3 164 13 3 10 5 3 37 9 19 18 16 12 3.06 2.1 1972 ATL N 1973 ATL N Daily Splits 42 30 9 1 7 4 245 214 1023 21 103 90 89 4 131 13 2 11 5 0 27 5 14 12 13 10 3.31 1.4 1973 ATL N 1974 ATL N Daily Splits 41 39 18 6 1 1 302.1 249 1219 19 91 80 88 3 195 10 8 6 6 4 43 7 22 9 20 13 2.38 5.0 1974 ATL N 1975 ATL N Daily Splits 39 37 13 1 2 0 275.2 285 1160 29 115 98 72 3 144 14 3 15 11 2 46 6 26 17 15 15 3.20 1.8 1975 ATL N 1976 ATL N Daily Splits 38 37 10 2 1 0 270.2 249 1157 18 116 99 101 7 173 14 5 14 8 4 43 6 15 22 17 11 3.29 1.4 1976 ATL N 1977 ATL N Daily Splits 44 43 20 2 1 0 330.1 315 1428 26 166 148 164 12 262 11 8 17 8 3 44 9 26 12 16 20 4.03 1.3 1977 ATL N 1978 ATL N Daily Splits 44 42 22 4 1 1 334.1 295 1389 16 129 107 102 5 248 13 6 11 13 3 42 10 13 16 19 18 2.88 4.6 1978 ATL N 1979 ATL N Daily Splits 44 44 23 1 0 0 342 311 1436 41 160 129 113 8 208 14 7 18 11 4 50 6 25 20 21 20 3.39 2.6 1979 ATL N 1980 ATL N Daily Splits 40 38 11 3 2 1 275 256 1137 30 119 111 85 3 176 14 5 9 3 1 42 3 25 15 15 18 3.63 0.4 1980 ATL N 1981 ATL N Daily Splits 22 22 3 3 0 0 139.1 120 578 6 56 48 56 2 62 5 2 2 1 0 17 5 11 7 7 7 3.10 0.2 1981 ATL N 1982 ATL N Daily Splits 35 35 4 2 0 0 234.1 225 969 23 106 94 73 1 144 7 3 4 3 1 27 2 20 9 17 4 3.61 0.5 1982 ATL N 1983 ATL N Daily Splits 34 33 2 0 0 0 201.2 212 888 18 94 89 105 3 128 7 5 6 2 3 31 2 20 9 11 10 3.97 0.0 1983 ATL N 1984 NY A Daily Splits 32 31 5 1 1 0 215.2 219 916 15 85 74 76 0 136 5 11 2 3 0 35 5 23 10 16 8 3.09 1.8 1984 NY A 1985 NY A Daily Splits 33 33 7 1 0 0 220 203 955 29 110 100 120 1 149 1 3 5 2 2 37 6 27 8 16 12 4.09 -0.2 1985 NY A 1986 CLE A Daily Splits 34 32 5 0 1 0 210.1 241 951 24 126 101 95 1 81 7 2 9 6 2 40 4 22 18 11 11 4.32 -0.9 1986 CLE A 1987 CLE A Daily Splits 22 22 2 0 0 0 123.2 142 561 18 83 81 53 1 57 2 5 9 4 2 29 4 2 3 7 11 5.89 -1.7 1987 CLE A 1987 TOR A Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 12 15 56 4 11 11 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 8.25 -0.6 1987 TOR A 1987 ATL N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 20 0 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 -0.2 1987 ATL N 1987 TOT A 25 25 2 0 0 0 135.2 157 617 22 94 92 60 1 64 2 5 10 4 3 31 6 3 3 7 13 6.10 -2.3 1987 TOT A
1987 Total 26 26 2 0 0 0 138.2 163 637 22 99 97 66 1 64 2 5 10 4 3 33 6 4 3 7 13 6.30 -2.5 1987 Total
Total NL 740 595 226 43 81 29 4622.2 4224 19238 392 1922 1645 1458 83 2912 204 81 200 108 35 588i102i355i260i268 230 3.20 30.8 Total NL
Total AL 124 121 19 2 2 0 781.2 820 3439 90 415 367 351 3 430 15 21 26 15 7 143 21 75 39 50 44 4.23 -1.6 Total AL
Total Splits 864 716 245 45 83 29 5404.1 5044 22677 482 2337 2012 1809 86 3342 219 102 226 123 42 731i123i430i299i318 274 3.35 29.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1969 ATL N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 9 36 0 9 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.50 1969 ATL N
1982 ATL N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 27 0 2 2 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 1982 ATL N
Total Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 15 63 0 11 6 8 1 9 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3.86 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1969 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1969 NL
1978 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1978 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 2 1 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1964 MIL N Daily P 10 0 0 15 0 2 0 1 0 1i 0 0 0i1.000
1965 MIL N Daily P 41 1 0 74.2 6 17 1 2 0 5i 0i 3i 1i .958
1966 ATL N Daily P 28 0 0 50.1 2 18 0 1 0 3i 1 6i 2i1.000
1967 ATL N Daily P 46 20 10 207 10 40 4 4 0 25 i 6 21 3i .926
1968 ATL N Daily P 37 34 15 256.2 18 59 4 4 0 11 i 5i 8i 7 i .951
1969 ATL N Daily P 40 35 21 284.1 24 51 3 4 0 24 6 17 5 .962
1970 ATL N Daily P 34 32 10 229.2 14 38 1 4 0 12 6 25 0 .981
1971 ATL N Daily P 42 36 18 268.2 19 44 2 6 0 16 i 6 10 3i .969
1972 ATL N Daily P 38 36 17 282.1 26 40 4 4 0 23 5 10 2 .943
1973 ATL N Daily P 42 30 9 245 30 41 4 4 0 12 12 26 3 .947
1974 ATL N Daily P 41 39 18 302.1 22 42 0 3 0 20 13 18 1 1.000
1975 ATL N Daily P 39 37 13 275.2 21 41 0 2 0 15 14 20 4 1.000
1976 ATL N Daily P 38 37 10 270.2 19 41 2 2 0 18 7 27 1 .968
1977 ATL N Daily P 44 43 20 330.1 20 51 0 5 0 26 32 47 4 1.000
1978 ATL N Daily P 44 42 22 334.1 17 65 2 4 0 25 12 34 4 .976
1979 ATL N Daily P 44 44 23 342 31 56 1 3 0 17 11 40 2 .989
1980 ATL N Daily P 40 38 11 275 18 40 1 6 0 8 13 17 2 .983
1981 ATL N Daily P 22 22 3 139.1 10 22 0 2 0 5 9 16 1 1.000
1982 ATL N Daily P 35 35 4 234.1 18 38 1 4 0 5 16 17 3 .982
1983 ATL N Daily P 34 33 2 201.2 15 27 2 6 0 2 11 27 2 .955
1984 NY A Daily P 32 31 5 215.2 13 36 1 4 0 7 12 9 0 .980
1985 NY A Daily P 33 33 7 220 11 20 0 5 0 14 5 22 1 1.000
1986 CLE A Daily P 34 32 5 210.1 9 32 4 2 0 0 6 13 1 .911
1987 CLE A Daily P 22 22 2 123.2 12 17 0 1 0 0 7 10 0 1.000
1987 TOR A Daily P 3 3 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
1987 ATL N Daily P 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1987 TOT A P 25 25 2 135.2 13 17 0 1 0 0 8 12 0 1.000
1987 Total P 26 26 2 138.2 13 17 0 1 0 0 8 12 0 1.000
Total P 864 716 245 5404 386 878 37 83 0 294i 216i 445i 52i .972
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
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League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1969 ATL N Daily P 1 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
1982 ATL N Daily P 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 2 2 0 14 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1969 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 NL Daily P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (July 19, 1958 ).
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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