Phil Niekro

Brother of Joe Niekro ... Uncle of Lance Niekro ... Subject of Chapter 18 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski ... Knuckleball pitcher [1970] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1971] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1972] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1973] Pitched 9-0 no-hitter for Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres on August 5,1973 [1975] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1978] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1979] Winner of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (Character and Integrity) ... Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1980] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1983] Opening day starter for the Atlanta Braves [1984] His #35 was retired by the Braves on August 6,1984 [1985] Opening day starter for the New York Yankees [1997] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers) [1999] Inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1964	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	35	25		0	0	4.80	10	0	0	0	10	2	0	15.0	15	10	8	1	7	8	1	0	1	1.47	9.00	0.60	4.20	4.80	6.00	1.14
1965	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	35	26	98	2	3	2.89	41	1	0	0	40	21	6	74.2	73	32	24	5	26	49	9	0	3	1.33	8.80	0.60	3.13	5.91	3.86	1.88
1966	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	27	79*	4	3	4.11	28	0	0	0	28	10	2	50.1	48	32	23	4	23	17	3	0	2	1.41	8.58	0.72	4.11	3.04	5.72	0.74
1967	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	28	110	11	9	1.87	46	20	10	1	26	20	9	207.0	164	64	43	9	55	129	19	1	7	1.06	7.13	0.39	2.39	5.61	2.78	2.35
1968	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	29	103	14	12	2.59	37	34	15	5	3	3	2	257.0	228	83	74	16	45	140	16	3	5	1.06	7.98	0.56	1.58	4.90	2.91	3.11
1969	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	30	120	23	13	2.56	40	35	21	4	5	4	1	284.1	235	93	81	21	57	193	15	0	5	1.03	7.44	0.66	1.80	6.11	2.94	3.39
1970	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	31	106	12	18	4.27	34	32	10	3	2	1	0	229.2	222	124	109	40	68	168	6	2	6	1.26	8.70	1.57	2.66	6.58	4.86	2.47
1971	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	32	107	15	14	2.98	42	36	18	4	6	4	2	268.2	248	112	89	27	70	173	8	1	3	1.18	8.31	0.90	2.34	5.80	3.75	2.47
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	33	108	16	12	3.06	38	36	17	1	2	1	0	282.1	254	112	96	22	53	164	10	3	5	1.09	8.10	0.70	1.69	5.23	3.57	3.09
1973	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	34	103	13	10	3.31	42	30	9	1	12	7	4	245.0	214	103	90	21	89	131	11	0	5	1.24	7.86	0.77	3.27	4.81	3.78	1.47
1974	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	35	118	20	13	2.38	41	39	18	6	2	1	1	302.1	249	91	80	19	88	195	6	4	6	1.11	7.41	0.57	2.62	5.80	2.71	2.22
1975	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	36	99	15	15	3.20	39	37	13	1	2	2	0	275.2	285	115	98	29	72	144	15	2	11	1.30	9.30	0.95	2.35	4.70	3.75	2.00
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	37	106	17	11	3.29	38	37	10	2	1	1	0	270.2	249	116	99	18	101	173	14	4	8	1.29	8.28	0.60	3.36	5.75	3.86	1.71
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	38	109	16	20	4.03	44	43	20	2	1	1	0	330.1	315	166	148	26	164	262	17	3	8	1.45	8.58	0.71	4.47	7.14	4.52	1.60
1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	39	120	19	18	2.88	44	42	22	4	2	1	1	334.1	295	129	107	16	102	248	11	3	13	1.19	7.94	0.43	2.75	6.68	3.47	2.43
1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	40	109	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	4	11	1.24	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	4.21	1.84
1980	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	41	111	15	18	3.63	40	38	11	3	2	2	1	275.0	256	119	111	30	85	176	9	1	3	1.24	8.38	0.98	2.78	5.76	3.89	2.07
1981	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	42	100	7	7	3.10	22	22	3	3	0	0	0	139.1	120	56	48	6	56	62	2	0	1	1.26	7.75	0.39	3.62	4.00	3.62	1.11
1982	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	43	106	17	4	3.61	35	35	4	2	0	0	0	234.1	225	106	94	23	73	144	4	1	3	1.27	8.64	0.88	2.80	5.53	4.07	1.97
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	44	95	11	10	3.97	34	33	2	0	1	0	0	201.2	212	94	89	18	105	128	6	3	2	1.57	9.46	0.80	4.69	5.71	4.20	1.22
1984	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	35	45	102	16	8	3.09	32	31	5	1	1	1	0	215.2	219	85	74	15	76	136	2	0	3	1.37	9.14	0.63	3.17	5.68	3.55	1.79
1985	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	35	46	98	16	12	4.09	33	33	7	1	0	0	0	220.0	203	110	100	29	120	149	5	2	2	1.47	8.30	1.19	4.91	6.10	4.50	1.24
1986	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	35	47	78	11	11	4.32	34	32	5	0	2	1	0	210.1	241	126	101	24	95	81	9	2	6	1.60	10.31	1.03	4.06	3.47	5.39	0.85
1987	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	35	48	80	7	11	5.89	22	22	2	0	0	0	0	123.2	142	83	81	18	53	57	9	2	4	1.58	10.33	1.31	3.86	4.15	6.04	1.08
1987	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	TOR	35	48	80	0	2	8.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	11	11	4	7	7	1	1	0	1.83	11.25	3.00	5.25	5.25	8.25	1.00
1987	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	48	80	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	4.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	15.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (24 yrs)		MLB					318	274	3.35	864	716	245	45	148	83	29	5404.1	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	3342	226	42	123	1.27	8.40	0.80	3.01	5.57	3.89	1.85
Tot:	NL (21 yrs)		NL					268	230	3.20	740	595	226	43	145	81	29	4622.2	4224	1922	1645	392	1458	2912	200	35	108	1.23	8.22	0.76	2.84	5.67	3.74	2.00
Tot:	AL (4 yrs)		AL					50	44	4.23	124	121	19	2	3	2	0	781.2	820	415	367	90	351	430	26	7	15	1.50	9.44	1.04	4.04	4.95	4.78	1.23
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1969	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
1969	Atlanta Braves	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	0	1	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	0	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	1.63	10.13	0.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	1.00
1978	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	39	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1982	Atlanta Braves	Championship Series	Playoffs	43	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	0	2	0	4	5	0	0	0	1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	7.50	0.00	1.25
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		0	1	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	14.0	15	0	6	0	8	9	0	0	0	1.64	9.64	0.00	5.14	5.79	0.00	1.13

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1965	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	35	26	1/	9		42	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	.000	.000	.143	0.00	30.00	0.00	0.00
1966	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	27	1/	9		28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	54.55	0.00	0.00
1967	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	28	1/	9		46	57	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	2	6	0	0	2	9	66	2	5	.123	.167	.158	.325	.053	.035	.171	1.52	24.24	16.00	0.00
1968	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	29	1/	9		37	77	3	8	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	22	0	18	0	0	0	15	95	3	5	.104	.104	.195	.299	.091	.091	.113	0.00	23.16	0.00	38.50
1969	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	30	1/	9		40	95	11	20	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	21	0	9	0	0	1	24	106	4	16	.211	.227	.253	.480	.063	.042	.270	1.89	19.81	10.50	0.00
1970	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	31	1/	9		34	79	5	12	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	0	6	1	0	1	15	88	1	11	.152	.171	.190	.361	.063	.038	.177	2.27	19.32	8.50	79.00
1971	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	32	1/	9		42	92	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	1	7	1	0	0	15	101	1	13	.152	.160	.163	.323	.011	.011	.192	0.00	19.80	0.00	0.00
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	33	1/	9		38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	22	2	11	1	0	2	22	108	2	16	.194	.216	.237	.453	.054	.043	.239	0.93	20.37	22.00	93.00
1973	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	34	1/	9		42	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	1	7	0	0	4	17	91	5	5	.122	.143	.207	.350	.098	.085	.164	1.10	28.57	26.00	82.00
1974	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	35	1/	9	64*	41	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	0	0	3	18	1	9	1	0	1	22	118	2	18	.192	.220	.212	.432	.048	.020	.230	2.54	15.25	6.00	0.00
1975	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	36	1/	9		39	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	0	0	1	18	0	4	2	0	1	21	106	3	14	.172	.176	.212	.388	.051	.040	.205	0.94	16.98	18.00	0.00
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	37	1/	9		38	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	1	0	8	1	9	1	0	3	24	105	4	14	.191	.198	.255	.453	.053	.064	.198	0.00	7.62	0.00	94.00
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	38	1/	9	51*	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	1	12	1	0	3	20	123	1	18	.174	.180	.183	.363	.009	.009	.200	0.00	12.20	0.00	0.00
1978	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	39	1/	9	73*	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	25	1	4	1	0	3	31	129	4	23	.225	.248	.258	.506	.058	.033	.281	2.33	19.38	8.33	0.00
1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	40	1/	9	64*	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	7	1	0	1	30	134	6	18	.195	.213	.244	.457	.057	.049	.229	0.75	14.18	19.00	0.00
1980	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	41	1/	9		40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	0	0	1	19	0	5	0	0	2	17	96	5	7	.133	.143	.189	.332	.067	.056	.169	1.04	19.79	19.00	0.00
1981	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	42	1/	9		22	52	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0	4	55	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	.000	.000	.098	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00
1982	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	43	1/	9		35	87	6	17	4	0	1	7	0	0	0	16	0	3	1	0	4	24	91	5	12	.195	.193	.276	.469	.080	.081	.225	0.00	17.58	0.00	87.00
1983	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	44	1/	9		34	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	0	6	1	0	7	14	73	2	10	.185	.194	.215	.409	.046	.030	.222	1.37	16.44	12.00	0.00
1987	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	35	48	1/	9		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (20 yrs)		MLB							732	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	12	129	12	0	35	325	1707	50	210	.169	.183	.211	.395	.053	.042	.206	1.00	18.39	18.47	219.57
Tot:	NL (20 yrs)		NL							732	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	12	129	12	0	35	325	1707	50	210	.169	.183	.211	.395	.053	.042	.206	1.00	18.39	18.47	219.57
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1969	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1969	Atlanta Braves	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1978	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1982	Atlanta Braves	Championship Series	Playoffs	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
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