PHIL NIEKRO

| Retired | Played: 1959-1987

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 1st in ER
Positions: P-902
Full Name: Phillip Henry Niekro
Born: Apr 1, 1939 (74.054) in Blaine,Ohio

MLB Debut: Apr 15, 1964 (25.014)

Brother of Joe Niekro, Uncle of Lance Niekro

Control
56

K-Rating
58

Efficiency
61

vsPower
44

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 180 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport,OH)
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1959 by Mbr

Tags: 20-Win Season || 300 Career Wins || 4 Strikeouts in 1 Inning || Gold Glove Award || Hall of Famers || Knuckleballers All Tags

TBC Player ID: 15981
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1959	Wellsville	Nypl	D	-	mbr	20	-	2	1	7.46	10						35.0	47	38	29		24	16			2.03	12.09	--	6.17	4.11	1.50	--	--
1959	McCook	Neb St	D	-	mbr	20	-	7	1	3.12	23						52.0	35	20	18		29	48			1.23	6.06	--	5.02	8.31	0.60	--	--
1960	Jacksonville	Sally	D	-	mbr	21	-	6	4	2.79	38						84.0	66	36	26		52	52			1.40	7.07	--	5.57	5.57	1.00	--	--
1960	Louisville	Amer	AAA	-	mbr	21	-	1	0	3.60	6						10.0	11	5	4		9	2			2.00	9.90	--	8.10	1.80	4.50	--	--
1961	Austin	Tex	AA	-	mbr	22	-	4	4	2.95	51						110.0	100	45	36		53	84			1.39	8.18	--	4.34	6.87	0.63	--	--
1962	Louisville	Amer	AAA	-	mbr	23	-	9	6	3.86	49						98.0	111	50	42		41	48			1.55	10.19	--	3.77	4.41	0.85	--	--
1964	Denver	PCL	AAA	-	mbr	25	-	11	5	3.45	29						172.0	172	79	66		45	119			1.26	9.00	--	2.35	6.23	0.38	--	--
1964	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	35	mbr	25	-	0	0	4.80	10	0	0	0	2	0	15.0	15	10	8	1	7	8	1	0	1.47	9.00	0.60	4.20	4.80	0.88	.359	3.38
1965	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	35	mbr	26	49	2	3	2.89	41	1	0	0	21	6	74.2	73	32	24	5	26	49	9	0	1.33	8.80	0.60	3.13	5.91	0.53	.351	2.06
1966	Richmond	IL	AAA	-	atl	27	-	3	4	3.67	17						54.0	43	27	22		16	36			1.09	7.17	--	2.67	6.00	0.44	--	--
1966	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	27	-	4	3	4.11	28	0	0	0	10	2	50.1	48	32	23	4	23	17	3	0	1.41	8.58	0.72	4.11	3.04	1.35	.270	2.32
1967	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	28	17	11	9	1.87	46	20	10	1	20	9	207.0	164	64	43	9	55	129	19	1	1.06	7.13	0.39	2.39	5.61	0.43	.266	1.33
1968	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	29	9	14	12	2.59	37	34	15	5	3	2	257.0	228	83	74	16	45	140	16	3	1.06	7.98	0.56	1.58	4.90	0.32	.302	1.50
1969	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	30	7	23	13	2.56	40	35	21	4	4	1	284.1	235	93	81	21	57	193	15	0	1.03	7.44	0.66	1.80	6.11	0.30	.252	1.51
1970	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	31	9	12	18	4.27	34	32	10	3	1	0	229.2	222	124	109	40	68	168	6	2	1.26	8.70	1.57	2.66	6.58	0.40	.265	1.70
1971	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	32	8	15	14	2.98	42	36	18	4	4	2	268.2	248	112	89	27	70	173	8	1	1.18	8.31	0.90	2.34	5.80	0.40	.272	1.21
1972	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	33	6	16	12	3.06	38	36	17	1	1	0	282.1	254	112	96	22	53	164	10	3	1.09	8.10	0.70	1.69	5.23	0.32	.261	1.07
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	34	50	13	10	3.31	42	30	9	1	7	4	245.0	214	103	90	21	89	131	11	0	1.24	7.86	0.77	3.27	4.81	0.68	.254	1.16
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	35	1	20	13	2.38	41	39	18	6	1	1	302.1	249	91	80	19	88	195	6	4	1.11	7.41	0.57	2.62	5.80	0.45	.258	1.00
1975	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	36	9	15	15	3.20	39	37	13	1	2	0	275.2	285	115	98	29	72	144	15	2	1.30	9.30	0.95	2.35	4.70	0.50	.289	1.16
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	37	11	17	11	3.29	38	37	10	2	1	0	270.2	249	116	99	18	101	173	14	4	1.29	8.28	0.60	3.36	5.75	0.58	.276	0.94
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	38	7	16	20	4.03	44	43	20	2	1	0	330.1	315	166	148	26	164	262	17	3	1.45	8.58	0.71	4.47	7.14	0.63	.305	1.09
1978	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	39	1	19	18	2.88	44	42	22	4	1	1	334.1	295	129	107	16	102	248	11	3	1.19	7.94	0.43	2.75	6.68	0.41	.282	0.96
1979	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	40	3	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	4	1.24	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	0.54	.259	1.00
1980	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	41	3	15	18	3.63	40	38	11	3	2	1	275.0	256	119	111	30	85	176	9	1	1.24	8.38	0.98	2.78	5.76	0.48	.274	1.19
1981	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	42	34	7	7	3.10	22	22	3	3	0	0	139.1	120	56	48	6	56	62	2	0	1.26	7.75	0.39	3.62	4.00	0.90	.256	0.91
1982	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	43	14	17	4	3.61	35	35	4	2	0	0	234.1	225	106	94	23	73	144	4	1	1.27	8.64	0.88	2.80	5.53	0.51	.282	1.13
1983	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	44	49	11	10	3.97	34	33	2	0	0	0	201.2	212	94	89	18	105	128	6	3	1.57	9.46	0.80	4.69	5.71	0.82	.311	0.90
1984	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	35	nyy	45	18	16	8	3.09	32	31	5	1	1	0	215.2	219	85	74	15	76	136	2	0	1.37	9.14	0.63	3.17	5.68	0.56	.304	0.94
1985	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	35	nyy	46	24	16	12	4.09	33	33	7	1	0	0	220.0	203	110	100	29	120	149	5	2	1.47	8.30	1.19	4.91	6.10	0.81	.267	0.88
1986	Cleveland	AL	MLB	35	cle	47	77	11	11	4.32	34	32	5	0	1	0	210.1	241	126	101	24	95	81	9	2	1.60	10.31	1.03	4.06	3.47	1.17	.295	0.78
1987	Cleveland	AL	MLB	35	cle	48	73	7	11	5.89	22	22	2	0	0	0	123.2	142	83	81	18	53	57	9	2	1.58	10.33	1.31	3.86	4.15	0.93	--	0.80
1987	Toronto	AL	MLB	35	tor	48	73	0	2	8.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	11	11	4	7	7	1	1	1.83	11.25	3.00	5.25	5.25	1.00	--	0.63
1987	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	48	-	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	4.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	--	--	.429	0.27
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MLB Totals (24 years) Career Ranks								318	274	3.35	864	716	245	45	83	29	5404	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	3342	226	42	1.27	8.40	0.80	3.01	5.57	0.54	.288	1.10
Minor League Totals (5 years)								28	19	3.45	152	0	0	0	0	0	444	437	206	170	0	164	289	0	0	1.35	8.86	0.00	3.32	5.86	0.57	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)								24	15	3.61	101	0	0	0	0	0	334	337	161	134	0	111	205	0	0	1.34	9.08	0.00	2.99	5.52	0.54	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								4	4	2.95	51	0	0	0	0	0	110	100	45	36	0	53	84	0	0	1.39	8.18	0.00	4.34	6.87	0.63	--	--
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1965	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	35	mbr	26	p	-	42	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200	1	2	1	10	9	-1	-2.1	.143
1966	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	27	p	-	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	4	0	11	11	--	--	.000
1967	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	28	p	-	46	57	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	2	0	6	0	2	.123	.167	.158	325	19	41	9	66	58	-2	-0.7	.171
1968	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	29	p	42	37	77	3	8	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	22	0	0	18	0	0	.104	.104	.195	299	31	84	15	95	87	-2	-0.6	.113
1969	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	30	p	74	40	95	11	20	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	21	0	0	9	0	1	.211	.227	.253	479	35	88	24	106	85	4	1.2	.270
1970	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	31	p	-	34	79	5	12	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	0	0	6	1	1	.152	.171	.190	361	32	94	15	88	75	0	-0.1	.177
1971	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	32	p	-	42	92	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	1	0	7	1	0	.152	.160	.163	323	33	79	15	101	86	-1	-0.4	.192
1972	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	33	p	62	38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	22	2	0	11	1	2	.194	.216	.237	453	35	92	22	108	89	2	0.7	.239
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	34	p	-	42	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	1	0	7	0	4	.122	.143	.207	350	31	74	17	91	83	-2	-0.7	.164
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	35	p	-	41	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	0	0	3	18	1	0	9	1	1	.192	.220	.212	432	39	95	22	118	95	3	0.9	.230
1975	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	36	p	-	39	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	0	0	1	18	0	0	4	2	1	.172	.176	.212	389	36	92	21	106	89	1	0.4	.205
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	37	p	-	38	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	1	0	8	1	0	9	1	3	.191	.198	.255	453	37	97	24	105	90	3	1.0	.198
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	38	p	67	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	1	0	12	1	3	.174	.180	.183	364	42	95	20	123	106	0	0.0	.200
1978	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	39	p	-	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	25	1	0	4	1	3	.225	.248	.258	506	42	93	31	129	101	5	1.4	.281
1979	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	40	p	-	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	0	7	1	1	.195	.213	.244	457	44	100	30	134	108	5	1.3	.229
1980	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	41	p	-	40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	0	0	1	19	0	0	5	0	2	.133	.143	.189	332	37	93	17	96	85	-1	-0.4	.169
1981	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	42	p	-	22	52	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	21	95	4	55	51	-4	-2.0	.098
1982	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	43	p	-	35	87	6	17	4	0	1	7	0	0	0	16	0	0	3	1	4	.195	.193	.276	469	35	100	24	91	78	2	0.8	.225
1983	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	44	p	-	34	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	6	1	7	.185	.194	.215	409	32	94	14	73	67	-1	-0.4	.222
1987	Atlanta	NL	MLB	35	atl	48	p	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	1	1	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (20 years) Career Ranks									732	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	12	0	129	12	35	.169	.183	.211	395	584	80	325	1707	1454	11.3	0.2	.206
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1964	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	P	10		2	0	2	0	1	15	1.000	0.20	1.20
1965	Milwaukee	NL	MLB	P	41		24	6	17	1	2	74	.958	0.56	2.80
1966	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	28		20	2	18	0	1	50	1.000	0.71	3.60
1967	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	46		54	10	40	4	4	207	.926	1.09	2.17
1968	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	37		81	18	59	4	4	257	.951	2.08	2.70
1969	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	40		78	24	51	3	4	284	.962	1.88	2.38
1970	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	34		53	14	38	1	4	229	.981	1.53	2.04
1971	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	42		65	19	44	2	6	268	.969	1.50	2.12
1972	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	38		70	26	40	4	4	282	.943	1.74	2.11
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	38		70	26	40	4	4	282	.943	1.74	2.11
1973	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	42		75	30	41	4	4	245	.947	1.69	2.61
1974	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	41		64	22	42	0	3	302	1.000	1.56	1.91
1975	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	39		62	21	41	0	2	275	1.000	1.59	2.03
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	38		62	19	41	2	2	270	.968	1.58	2.00
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	44		71	20	51	0	5	330	1.000	1.61	1.94
1978	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	44		84	17	65	2	4	334	.976	1.86	2.21
1979	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	44		88	31	56	1	3	342	.989	1.98	2.29
1980	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	40		59	18	40	1	6	275	.983	1.45	1.90
1981	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	22		32	10	22	0	2	139	1.000	1.45	2.07
1982	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	35		57	18	38	1	4	234	.982	1.60	2.15
1983	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	34		44	15	27	2	6	201	.955	1.24	1.88
1984	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	32		50	13	36	1	4	215	.980	1.53	2.05
1985	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	33		31	11	20	0	5	220	1.000	0.94	1.27
1986	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	34		45	9	32	4	2	210	.911	1.21	1.76
1987	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	22		29	12	17	0	1	123	1.000	1.32	2.12
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	--	0.00	0.00
	Toronto	AL	MLB	P	3		1	1	0	0	0	12	1.000	0.33	0.75

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