#20 Phil Niekro, Starting Pitcher, 37 yrs, Atlanta Braves

#20 Phil Niekro, Starting Pitcher, 37 yrs, Atlanta Braves
Tuesday, 4/27/1976

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Phil Niekro

4/1/1939
37
USA,OH,BLAINE
6"1
180

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Minimal
Minimal
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Good
Suffers
Normal
2.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 6,990,000
1976
12 Year(s), 47 Days (2111 total Days)
19 Day(s)
13 Year(s), 136 Days (2372 total Days)
15 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	29	47	63	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	26	44	59
Versus RHB	32	49	66
Talent	36	38	58

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

82
54
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Sinker
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	19	21	3	1	55
Versus LHP	22	21	3	1	55
Versus RHP	18	21	3	1	55
Talent	1	1	1	1	100

Running & Bunting Ratings
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5
20
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 48 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 14

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date

Opp.

Result

Start

Dec

4/11

@SD

W 6-2

PoG

4/17

W 6-4

4/23

@PHI

W 6-0

PoG

Pitching Stats 1976

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	3	3	3	0	0	2.08	26.0	17	6	6	3	15	2	66.7	1	2	66.7

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	6.9	5.9	5.2	1.0	0	0	.0	0	0	.0	1.57

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	35	3	0	0	2	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	.086	.086	.257	.343
vs. RHB	60	14	1	1	2	4	4	3	7	0	0	0	.233	.270	.383	.653

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	8.0	8	4	4	1	4
Road	2	2	2	0	0	1.00	18.0	9	2	2	2	11
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	9.0	2	0	0	1	7

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	3	3	0	0	2.08	26.0	17	6	6	3	15

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1964	10	0	0	0	0	4.80	15.0	15	0	8	7	8	0	0	1.47	ML1
1965	41	1	2	3	6	2.89	74.2	73	0	24	26	49	0	0	1.33	ML1
1966	28	0	4	3	2	4.11	50.1	48	0	23	23	17	0	0	1.41	ATL
1967	46	20	11	9	9	1.87	207.0	164	0	43	55	129	10	1	1.06	ATL
1968	37	34	14	12	2	2.59	257.0	228	0	74	45	140	15	5	1.06	ATL
1969	40	35	23	13	1	2.56	284.1	235	0	81	57	193	21	4	1.03	ATL
1970	34	32	12	18	0	4.27	229.2	222	0	109	68	168	10	3	1.26	ATL
1971	42	36	15	14	2	2.98	268.2	248	0	89	70	173	18	4	1.18	ATL
1972	38	36	16	12	0	3.06	282.1	254	0	96	53	164	17	1	1.09	ATL
1973	42	30	13	10	4	3.31	245.0	214	0	90	89	131	9	1	1.24	ATL
1974	41	39	20	13	1	2.38	302.1	249	0	80	88	195	18	6	1.11	ATL
1975	37	37	12	17	0	4.36	247.2	267	139	120	70	109	5	1	1.36	ATL
1976	3	3	3	0	0	2.08	26.0	17	6	6	3	15	2	1	0.77	ATL
Total	439	303	145	124	27	3.05	2490.0	2234	145	843	654	1491	125	27	1.16

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1964	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ML1
1965	42	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	ML1
1966	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1967	46	57	7	2	0	0	2	4	1	16	0	0	.123	.138	.158	.296	ATL
1968	37	77	8	1	0	2	7	3	0	22	0	0	.104	.104	.195	.299	ATL
1969	40	95	20	4	0	0	7	11	2	21	0	0	.211	.227	.253	.479	ATL
1970	34	79	12	0	0	1	3	5	2	17	0	0	.152	.173	.190	.363	ATL
1971	42	92	14	1	0	0	4	3	0	20	0	0	.152	.152	.163	.315	ATL
1972	38	93	18	1	0	1	4	7	1	22	0	0	.194	.202	.237	.439	ATL
1973	42	82	10	4	0	1	2	3	1	26	0	0	.122	.133	.207	.340	ATL
1974	41	104	20	2	0	0	11	5	3	18	0	0	.192	.215	.212	.426	ATL
1975	37	87	17	0	0	1	8	8	3	13	0	0	.195	.222	.230	.452	ATL
1976	3	9	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	ATL
Total	440	793	130	16	0	6	50	50	14	185	0	0	.164	.178	.207	.385

Fielding Stats 1976

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

26.0

2.42

Player History

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses
1975 - 17 - 2nd

IP
1975 - 247.2 - 4th

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