Phil Niekro

Philip Henry "Phil" Niekro (born April 1, 1939), nicknamed "Knucksie" because of his usage and skill level with the knuckleball, is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

2012

Knuckleball!

Himself

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Pre-Game Hall of Fame Ceremony

1978

1978 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1969

1969 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

Thanks Credits

2012

Knuckleball!

Self

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John Smoltz becomes 16th pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Phil Niekro.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1964	MLN	0-0	4.80	10	0	0	0	0	15	15	10	8	7	8
1965	MLN	2-3	2.89	41	1	0	0	6	74	73	32	24	26	49
1966	ATL	4-3	4.11	28	0	0	0	2	50	48	32	23	23	17
1967	ATL	11-9	1.87	46	20	10	1	9	207	164	64	43	55	129
1968	ATL	14-12	2.59	37	34	15	5	2	256	228	83	74	45	140
1969	ATL	23-13	2.56	40	35	21	4	1	284	235	93	81	57	193
1970	ATL	12-18	4.27	34	32	10	3	0	229	222	124	109	68	168
1971	ATL	15-14	2.98	42	36	18	4	2	268	248	112	89	70	173
1972	ATL	16-12	3.06	38	36	17	1	0	282	254	112	96	53	164
1973	ATL	13-10	3.31	42	30	9	1	4	245	214	103	90	89	131
1974	ATL	20-13	2.38	41	39	18	6	1	302	249	91	80	88	195
1975	ATL	15-15	3.20	39	37	13	1	0	275	285	115	98	72	144
1976	ATL	17-11	3.29	38	37	10	2	0	270	249	116	99	101	173
1977	ATL	16-20	4.03	44	43	20	2	0	330	315	166	148	164	262
1978	ATL	19-18	2.88	44	42	22	4	1	334	295	129	107	102	248
1979	ATL	21-20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	342	311	160	129	113	208
1980	ATL	15-18	3.63	40	38	11	3	1	275	256	119	111	85	176
1981	ATL	7-7	3.10	22	22	3	3	0	139	120	56	48	56	62
1982	ATL	17-4	3.61	35	35	4	2	0	234	225	106	94	73	144
1983	ATL	11-10	3.97	34	33	2	0	0	201	212	94	89	105	128
1984	NYY	16-8	3.09	32	31	5	1	0	215	219	85	74	76	136
1985	NYY	16-12	4.09	33	33	7	1	0	220	203	110	100	120	149
1986	CLE	11-11	4.32	34	32	5	0	0	210	241	126	101	95	81
1987	ATL	0-0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	3	6	5	5	6	0
1987	CLE	7-11	5.89	22	22	2	0	0	123	142	83	81	53	57
1987	TOR	0-2	8.25	3	3	0	0	0	12	15	11	11	7	7
Career		318-274	-	864	716	245	45	29	-	5044	2337	2012	1809	3342

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Phil Niekro.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1964	MLN	10	0	15	0	2	0	1	1.000
1965	MLN	42	1	74	6	17	1	2	0.958
1966	ATL	28	0	50	2	18	0	1	1.000
1967	ATL	46	20	207	10	40	4	4	0.926
1968	ATL	37	34	256	18	59	4	4	0.951
1969	ATL	40	35	284	24	51	3	4	0.962
1970	ATL	34	32	229	14	38	1	4	0.981
1971	ATL	42	36	268	19	44	2	6	0.969
1972	ATL	38	36	282	26	40	4	4	0.943
1973	ATL	42	30	245	30	41	4	4	0.947
1974	ATL	41	39	302	22	42	0	3	1.000
1975	ATL	39	37	275	21	41	0	2	1.000
1976	ATL	38	37	270	19	41	2	2	0.968
1977	ATL	44	43	330	20	51	0	5	1.000
1978	ATL	44	42	334	17	65	2	4	0.976
1979	ATL	44	44	342	31	56	1	3	0.989
1980	ATL	40	38	275	18	40	1	6	0.983
1981	ATL	22	22	139	10	22	0	2	1.000
1982	ATL	35	35	234	18	38	1	4	0.982
1983	ATL	34	33	201	15	27	2	6	0.955
1984	NYY	32	31	215	13	36	1	4	0.980
1985	NYY	33	33	220	11	20	0	5	1.000
1986	CLE	34	32	210	9	32	4	2	0.911
1987	ATL	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	-
1987	CLE	22	22	123	12	17	0	1	1.000
1987	TOR	3	3	12	1	0	0	0	1.000
Career		865	716	-	386	878	37	83	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Phil Niekro.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1964	MLN	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1965	MLN	42	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.100	0.100	0.100
1966	ATL	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.000	0.000
1967	ATL	46	57	4	7	2	0	0	2	1	16	0.123	0.167	0.158
1968	ATL	37	77	3	8	1	0	2	7	0	22	0.104	0.104	0.195
1969	ATL	40	95	11	20	4	0	0	7	2	21	0.211	0.227	0.253
1970	ATL	34	79	5	12	0	0	1	3	2	17	0.152	0.171	0.190
1971	ATL	42	92	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	20	0.152	0.160	0.163
1972	ATL	38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	1	22	0.194	0.216	0.237
1973	ATL	42	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	1	26	0.122	0.143	0.207
1974	ATL	41	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	3	18	0.192	0.220	0.212
1975	ATL	39	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	1	18	0.172	0.176	0.212
1976	ATL	38	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	8	0.191	0.198	0.255
1977	ATL	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	15	0.174	0.180	0.183
1978	ATL	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	3	25	0.225	0.248	0.258
1979	ATL	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	1	19	0.195	0.213	0.244
1980	ATL	40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	1	19	0.133	0.143	0.189
1981	ATL	22	52	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	11	0.077	0.077	0.077
1982	ATL	35	87	6	17	4	0	1	7	0	16	0.195	0.193	0.276
1983	ATL	34	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	1	12	0.185	0.194	0.215
1984	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1985	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1986	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1987	ATL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1987	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1987	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		742	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	17	314	-	-	-

First Name	Philip
Middle Name	Henry
Last Name	Niekro
Full Name at Birth	Philip Henry Niekro
Other Names	Knucksie
Age	74
Date of Birth	April 1, 1939
Birthplace	Blaine, OH
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Aries
Nationality	American
High School	Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	15 April 1964
Last MLB Game	27 September 1987
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1997 (380/473 ballots).