Phil Niekro

"Knucksie"

Atlanta · #35 · P
$35,000 (1 yr)
HT/WT6'0", 181 lbs
BIRTHDATE4/1/1939 (31)
BAT/THRR/R
BIRTHPLACEBlaine, Minnesota
STATUS ● Active

1970 Season Stats

W-L

7-7

Tied-51st

ERA

4.66

K

124

10th

WHIP

1.32

Stats

Career Pitching — MLB

Season Team GPGS WL W% WAR ERAWHIP IP KBB K/BB HR ER SVHLD BLSV
1964 ATL 10 0 0 0 -0.1 4.80 1.47 15.0 8 7 1.1 15 10 8 0 2 0
1965 ATL 41 1 2 3 0.400 0.4 2.89 1.33 74.2 49 26 1.9 73 32 24 6 4 3
1966 ATL 28 0 4 3 0.571 -0.4 4.11 1.41 50.1 17 23 0.7 48 32 23 2 3 1
1967 ATL 46 20 11 9 0.550 3.2 1.87 1.06 207.0 129 55 2.3 164 64 43 9 1 2
1968 ATL 37 34 14 12 0.538 3.3 2.59 1.06 257.0 140 45 3.1 228 83 74 2 0 0
1969 ATL 40 35 23 13 0.639 5.7 2.56 1.03 284.1 193 57 3.4 235 93 81 1 0 1
1970 ATL 20 20 7 7 0.500 1.9 4.66 1.32 145.0 124 40 3.1 151 82 75 0 0 0
Total 222 110 61 47 0.565 14.0 2.86 1.13 1033.1 660 253 2.6 914 396 328 20 10 7

Postseason Pitching

Season Team GPGS WL W% ERAWHIP IP KBB K/BB HR ER SVHLD BLSV
1969 ATL 1 1 0 1 0.000 4.50 1.63 8.0 4 4 1.0 9 9 4 0 0 0

Opponent Batting

Season Team P TBF P-TBF OBA OOBP OSLG OOPS 2B 3B HR TB SH SF IBB
1964 ATL 243 66 3.682 0.259 0.348 0.310 0.658 0 0 1 18 1 0 0
1965 ATL 1,168 324 3.605 0.250 0.316 0.301 0.617 0 0 5 88 4 2 3
1966 ATL 785 224 3.504 0.247 0.332 0.309 0.641 0 0 4 60 3 1 5
1967 ATL 3,011 827 3.641 0.215 0.273 0.251 0.524 0 0 9 191 10 5 3
1968 ATL 3,657 1019 3.589 0.236 0.272 0.286 0.558 0 0 16 276 13 7 3
1969 ATL 4,089 1143 3.577 0.219 0.260 0.277 0.537 0 0 21 298 14 7 7
1970 ATL 2,570 618 4.159 0.267 0.318 0.452 0.770 19 4 26 256 8 1 2
Career 15,523 4221 3.678 0.234 0.283 0.303 0.586 19 4 82 1187 53 23 23

Expanded Pitching

Season Team P/S P/I K/9 QS CG SHO GB% GB FB G/F IR IRS WP BK SB CS RSUP
1964 ATL 16.2 4.8 0 0 0 76.5 26 8 3.3 0 0 1 0 0 0
1965 ATL 1,168.0 15.6 5.9 1 0 0 62.4 106 64 1.7 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0
1966 ATL 15.6 3.0 0 0 0 68.2 90 42 2.1 0 0 3 0 0 0
1967 ATL 150.6 14.5 5.6 15 10 1 56.6 266 204 1.3 0 0 19 1 0 0 0.0
1968 ATL 107.6 14.2 4.9 26 15 5 58.1 354 255 1.4 0 0 16 3 0 0 0.0
1969 ATL 116.8 14.4 6.1 27 21 4 56.8 365 278 1.3 0 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
1970 ATL 128.5 17.7 7.7 9 6 0 60.6 177 115 1.5 0 0 4 0 8 6 4.0
Career 141.1 15.0 5.7 78 52 10 58.9 1384 966 1.4 0 0 67 4 8 6 0.7

Glossary

2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
BB: Walks
BK: Balks
BLSV: Blown Saves
CG: Complete Games
CS: Caught Stealing
ER: Earned Runs
ERA: Earned Run Average
FB: Fly Balls
G/F: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio
GB: Ground Balls
GB%: Ground Ball Percentage
GP: Games Played
GS: Games Started
H: Hits
HLD: Holds
HR: Home Runs
IBB: Intentional Walks
IP: Innings Pitched
IR: Inherited Runners
IRS: Inherited Runners Scored
K: Strikeouts
K/9: Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
K/BB: Strikeout To Walk Ratio
L: Losses
OBA: Opponent Batting Average
OOBP: Opponent's On-Base Pct
OOPS: Opponent's OBP + SLG Pct
OSLUG: Opponent's Slugging Pct
P: Pitches
P-TBF: Pitches Per Batter Faced
P/I: Pitches Per Inning
P/S: Pitches Per Start
QS: Quality Starts
R: Runs
RSUP: Run Support
SB: Stolen Bases
SF: Sacrifice Flies
SH: Sacrifice Bunts
SHO: Shutouts
SV: Saves
TB: Total Bases
TBF: Batters Faced
W: Wins
W%: Win Percentage
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
WHIP: Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched
WP: Wild Pitches