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Phil Niekro | Major Leaguer 1964-1987

Full Name: Phillip Henry Niekro
Born: April 1,1939 in Blaine, Ohio
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport,OH)
College:

Brother of Joe Niekro, Uncle of Lance NiekroBaseball Lists: No-Hitters and Perfect Games ... NL Gold Glove Award Winners ... 300 Career Wins ... Oldest and Youngest Major Leaguers by Year ... Retired Numbers ... Hall of Famers ... Relatives Playing Together on Same team

Debut: April 15,1964

Transactions: [Jul 19,1958] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Braves. [Oct 7,1983] - Released by Braves. [Jan 5,1984] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 12,1985] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 8,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Mar 28,1986] - Released by Yankees. [Apr 3,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Aug 9,1987] - Traded by Indians to Blue Jays for Don Gordon and Darryl Landrum. [Aug 31,1987] - Released by Blue Jays. [Sep 23,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1959	Wellsville	Nypl	20	Mbr	D	2	1	7.46	10						35.0	47	38	29		24	16			12.09	---	6.17	4.11	2.03	--
	McCook	Neb St	20	Mbr	D	7	1	3.12	23						52.0	35	20	18		29	48			6.06	---	5.02	8.31	1.23	--
1960	Jacksonvil	Sally	21	Mbr	D	6	4	2.79	38						84.0	66	36	26		52	52			7.07	---	5.57	5.57	1.40	--
	Louisville	Amer	21	Mbr	AAA	1	0	3.60	6						10.0	11	5	4		9	2			9.90	---	8.10	1.80	2.00	--
1961	Austin	Tex	22	Mbr	AA	4	4	2.95	51						110.0	100	45	36		53	84			8.18	---	4.34	6.87	1.39	--
1962	Louisville	Amer	23	Mbr	AAA	9	6	3.86	49						98.0	111	50	42		41	48			10.19	---	3.77	4.41	1.55	--
1964	Denver	PCL	25	Mbr	AAA	11	5	3.45	29						172.0	172	79	66		45	119			9.00	---	2.35	6.23	1.26	--
	Milwaukee	NL	25	Mbr	MLB	0	0	4.80	10	0	0	0	2	0	15.0	15	10	8	1	7	8	1	0	9.00	0.60	4.20	4.80	1.47	86%
1965	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	2	3	2.89	41	1	0	0	21	6	74.2	73	32	24	5	26	49	9	0	8.80	0.60	3.13	5.91	1.33	51%
1966	Richmond	IL	27	Atl	AAA	3	4	3.67	17						54.0	43	27	22		16	36			7.17	---	2.67	6.00	1.09	--
	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	4	3	4.11	28	0	0	0	10	2	50.1	48	32	23	4	23	17	3	0	8.58	0.72	4.11	3.04	1.41	61%
1967	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	11	9	1.87	46	20	10	1	20	9	207.0	164	64	43	9	55	129	19	1	7.13	0.39	2.39	5.61	1.06	52%
1968	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	14	12	2.59	37	34	15	5	3	2	257.0	228	83	74	16	45	140	16	3	7.98	0.56	1.58	4.90	1.06	59%
1969	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	23	13	2.56	40	35	21	4	4	1	284.1	235	93	81	21	57	193	15	0	7.44	0.66	1.80	6.11	1.03	62%
1970	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	12	18	4.27	34	32	10	3	1	0	229.2	222	124	109	40	68	168	6	2	8.70	1.57	2.66	6.58	1.26	65%
1971	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	15	14	2.98	42	36	18	4	4	2	268.2	248	112	89	27	70	173	8	1	8.31	0.90	2.34	5.80	1.18	54%
1972	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	16	12	3.06	38	36	17	1	1	0	282.1	254	112	96	22	53	164	10	3	8.10	0.70	1.69	5.23	1.09	55%
1973	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	13	10	3.31	42	30	9	1	7	4	245.0	214	103	90	21	89	131	11	0	7.86	0.77	3.27	4.81	1.24	50%
1974	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	20	13	2.38	41	39	18	6	1	1	302.1	249	91	80	19	88	195	6	4	7.41	0.57	2.62	5.80	1.11	57%
1975	Atlanta	NL	36	Atl	MLB	15	15	3.20	39	37	13	1	2	0	275.2	285	115	98	29	72	144	15	2	9.30	0.95	2.35	4.70	1.30	54%
1976	Atlanta	NL	37	Atl	MLB	17	11	3.29	38	37	10	2	1	0	270.2	249	116	99	18	101	173	14	4	8.28	0.60	3.36	5.75	1.29	45%
1977	Atlanta	NL	38	Atl	MLB	16	20	4.03	44	43	20	2	1	0	330.1	315	166	148	26	164	262	17	3	8.58	0.71	4.47	7.14	1.45	53%
1978	Atlanta	NL	39	Atl	MLB	19	18	2.88	44	42	22	4	1	1	334.1	295	129	107	16	102	248	11	3	7.94	0.43	2.75	6.68	1.19	47%
1979	Atlanta	NL	40	Atl	MLB	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	4	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	1.24	51%
1980	Atlanta	NL	41	Atl	MLB	15	18	3.63	40	38	11	3	2	1	275.0	256	119	111	30	85	176	9	1	8.38	0.98	2.78	5.76	1.24	52%
1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	7	7	3.10	22	22	3	3	0	0	139.1	120	56	48	6	56	62	2	0	7.75	0.39	3.62	4.00	1.26	51%
1982	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	17	4	3.61	35	35	4	2	0	0	234.1	225	106	94	23	73	144	4	1	8.64	0.88	2.80	5.53	1.27	58%
1983	Atlanta	NL	44	Atl	MLB	11	10	3.97	34	33	2	0	0	0	201.2	212	94	89	18	105	128	6	3	9.46	0.80	4.69	5.71	1.57	49%
1984	NY Yankees	AL	45	Nyy	MLB	16	8	3.09	32	31	5	1	1	0	215.2	219	85	74	15	76	136	2	0	9.14	0.63	3.17	5.68	1.37	50%
1985	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	16	12	4.09	33	33	7	1	0	0	220.0	203	110	100	29	120	149	5	2	8.30	1.19	4.91	6.10	1.47	44%
1986	Cleveland	AL	47	Cle	MLB	11	11	4.32	34	32	5	0	1	0	210.1	241	126	101	24	95	81	9	2	10.31	1.03	4.06	3.47	1.60	48%
1987	Atlanta	NL	48	Atl	MLB	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	4.00	15%
	Toronto	AL	48	Tor	MLB	0	2	8.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	11	11	4	7	7	1	1	11.25	3.00	5.25	5.25	1.83	41%
	Cleveland	AL	48	Cle	MLB	7	11	5.89	22	22	2	0	0	0	123.2	142	83	81	18	53	57	9	2	10.33	1.31	3.86	4.15	1.58	51%

Major League Totals - 24 Season(s)						318	274	3.35	864	716	245	45	83	29	5,404.1	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	3342	226	42	8.40	0.80	3.01	5.57	1.27	53%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						43	25	3.56	223						615.0	585	300	243		269	405			8.56	---	3.94	5.93	1.39	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1964	Milwaukee	NL	25	Mbr	MLB	p	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1965	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	p	9	42	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200	0%
1966	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	p	9	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	40%
1967	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	p	9	46	57	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	2	0	6	0	2	.123	.167	.158	325	56%
1968	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	p	9	37	77	3	8	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	22	0	0	18	0	0	.104	.104	.195	299	65%
1969	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	p	9	40	95	11	20	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	21	0	0	9	0	1	.211	.227	.253	480	71%
1970	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	p	9	34	79	5	12	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	0	0	6	1	1	.152	.171	.190	361	62%
1971	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	p	9	42	92	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	1	0	7	1	0	.152	.160	.163	323	60%
1972	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	p	9	38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	22	2	0	11	1	2	.194	.216	.237	453	61%
1973	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	p	9	42	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	1	0	7	0	4	.122	.143	.207	350	54%
1974	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	p	9	41	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	0	0	3	18	1	0	9	1	1	.192	.220	.212	432	60%
1975	Atlanta	NL	36	Atl	MLB	p	9	39	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	0	0	1	18	0	0	4	2	1	.172	.176	.212	388	62%
1976	Atlanta	NL	37	Atl	MLB	p	9	38	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	1	0	8	1	0	9	1	3	.191	.198	.255	453	69%
1977	Atlanta	NL	38	Atl	MLB	p	9	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	1	0	12	1	3	.174	.180	.183	363	57%
1978	Atlanta	NL	39	Atl	MLB	p	9	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	25	1	0	4	1	3	.225	.248	.258	506	64%
1979	Atlanta	NL	40	Atl	MLB	p	9	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	0	7	1	1	.195	.213	.244	457	62%
1980	Atlanta	NL	41	Atl	MLB	p	9	40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	0	0	1	19	0	0	5	0	2	.133	.143	.189	332	59%
1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	p	9	22	52	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	54%
1982	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	p	9	35	87	6	17	4	0	1	7	0	0	0	16	0	0	3	1	4	.195	.193	.276	469	61%
1983	Atlanta	NL	44	Atl	MLB	p	9	34	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	6	1	7	.185	.194	.215	409	73%
1984	NY Yankees	AL	45	Nyy	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Cleveland	AL	47	Cle	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Atlanta	NL	48	Atl	MLB	p	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Toronto	AL	48	Tor	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	48	Cle	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 24 Season(s)								866	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	12	0	129	12	35	.169	.183	.211	394	62%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1969	Atlanta	NL	30		Ch	0	1	4.50	1		0			0	8.0	9		4		4	4			10.13	---	4.50	4.50	1.63	--
1982	Atlanta	NL	43		Ch	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	6.0	6		2		4	5			9.00	---	6.00	7.50	1.67	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	1	3.86	2		0			0	14.0	15		6		8	9			9.64	---	5.14	5.79	1.64	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1969	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1982	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1964	Milwaukee	NL	25	Mbr	MLB	P	10		15	0	2	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.20

1965	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	P	41		74.2	6	17	1	24	2	-	-	-	.958	2.77

1966	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	P	28		50.1	2	18	0	20	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.58

1967	Atlanta	NL	28	Atl	MLB	P	46		207	10	40	4	54	4	-	-	-	.926	2.17

1968	Atlanta	NL	29	Atl	MLB	P	37		257	18	59	4	81	4	-	-	-	.951	2.70

1969	Atlanta	NL	30	Atl	MLB	P	40		284.1	24	51	3	78	4	-	-	-	.962	2.37

1970	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	P	34		229.2	14	38	1	53	4	-	-	-	.981	2.04

1971	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	P	42		268.2	19	44	2	65	6	-	-	-	.969	2.11

1972	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	P	38		282.1	26	40	4	70	4	-	-	-	.943	2.10

1973	Atlanta	NL	34	Atl	MLB	P	42		245	30	41	4	75	4	-	-	-	.947	2.61

1974	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	P	41		302.1	22	42	0	64	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.91

1975	Atlanta	NL	36	Atl	MLB	P	39		275.2	21	41	0	62	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.02

1976	Atlanta	NL	37	Atl	MLB	P	38		270.2	19	41	2	62	2	-	-	-	.968	2.00

1977	Atlanta	NL	38	Atl	MLB	P	44		330.1	20	51	0	71	5	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

1978	Atlanta	NL	39	Atl	MLB	P	44		334.1	17	65	2	84	4	-	-	-	.976	2.21

1979	Atlanta	NL	40	Atl	MLB	P	44		342	31	56	1	88	3	-	-	-	.989	2.29

1980	Atlanta	NL	41	Atl	MLB	P	40		275	18	40	1	59	6	-	-	-	.983	1.90

1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	P	22		139.1	10	22	0	32	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.07

1982	Atlanta	NL	43	Atl	MLB	P	35		234.1	18	38	1	57	4	-	-	-	.982	2.15

1983	Atlanta	NL	44	Atl	MLB	P	34		201.2	15	27	2	44	6	-	-	-	.955	1.87

1984	NY Yankees	AL	45	Nyy	MLB	P	32		215.2	13	36	1	50	4	-	-	-	.980	2.04

1985	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	P	33		220	11	20	0	31	5	-	-	-	1.000	1.27

1986	Cleveland	AL	47	Cle	MLB	P	34		210.1	9	32	4	45	2	-	-	-	.911	1.75

1987	Atlanta	NL	48	Atl	MLB	P	1		3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1987	Cleveland	AL	48	Cle	MLB	P	22		123.2	12	17	0	29	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.11
1987	Toronto	AL	48	Tor	MLB	P	3		12	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.75

Awards

[1969] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1974] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1975] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1978] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6), NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17), NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1979] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #20), NL Gold Glove Award (P), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6) [1980] - Roberto Clemente Award, NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1982] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL Gold Glove Award (P), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5) [1983] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1984] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1993] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (278 votes - 65.72%) [1994] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (273 votes - 59.87%) [1995] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (286 votes - 62.17%) [1996] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (321 votes - 68.3%) [1997] - Elected to Hall of Fame (380 votes - 80.34%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	600,000		299,108	19
1986	300,000		325,466	41
1987	*60,000		292,853	80

Career:	$960,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Phil was a knuckleball pitcher.

In 1984, the Atlanta Braves retired Niekro's uniform number. (#35)

Notes: Brother of Joe Niekro, uncle of Lance Niekro....Played in 5 All-Star games during his career (1969, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984)

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