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Historical player · 1964–1987 · ★ Hall of Fame 1997

Phil Niekro

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 4/1/1939 · From Blaine, OH USA · Debut 1964-04-15 · Final 1987-09-27

Career · batting

866

1,537

260

RBI

109

AVG/OPS

0.169 · 0.395

Career · pitching

864

716

5,404.3

W-L

318-274

3,342

ERA

3.35

WHIP

1.27

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1964–1987

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#303 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Delahanty

↓ 1 D. Wise

Hits

260

#220 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Delahanty

↓ 1 M. DeRosa

RBI

109

#222 on the Braves

↑ 1 A. Garcia

↓ 1 J. Russell

Runs

#308 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Heath

↓ 1 V. Willis

#583 on the Braves

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 R. Barnes

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1986–1987

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1984–1985

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Career with the Toronto Blue Jays · 1987–1987

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,761 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Zambrano

Hits

260

#4,119 all-time MLB

↑ 1 P. Bailey

↓ 1 T. Wolters

RBI

109

#4,169 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Amezaga

↓ 1 A. Ware

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1964	Braves	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1965	Braves	NL	42	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.100	0.100	0.100
1966	Braves	NL	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.000	0.000
1967	Braves	NL	46	57	4	7	2	0	0	2	1	16	0.123	0.167	0.158
1968	Braves	NL	37	77	3	8	1	0	2	7	0	22	0.104	0.104	0.195
1969	Braves	NL	40	95	11	20	4	0	0	7	2	21	0.211	0.227	0.253
1970	Braves	NL	34	79	5	12	0	0	1	3	2	17	0.152	0.171	0.190
1971	Braves	NL	42	92	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	20	0.152	0.160	0.163
1972	Braves	NL	38	93	7	18	1	0	1	4	1	22	0.194	0.216	0.237
1973	Braves	NL	42	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	1	26	0.122	0.143	0.207
1974	Braves	NL	41	104	5	20	2	0	0	11	3	18	0.192	0.220	0.212
1975	Braves	NL	39	99	5	17	2	1	0	10	1	18	0.172	0.176	0.212
1976	Braves	NL	38	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	8	0.191	0.198	0.255
1977	Braves	NL	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	15	0.174	0.180	0.183
1978	Braves	NL	45	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	3	25	0.225	0.248	0.258
1979	Braves	NL	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	1	19	0.195	0.213	0.244
1980	Braves	NL	40	90	2	12	5	0	0	5	1	19	0.133	0.143	0.189
1981	Braves	NL	22	52	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	11	0.077	0.077	0.077
1982	Braves	NL	35	87	6	17	4	0	1	7	0	16	0.195	0.193	0.276
1983	Braves	NL	34	65	3	12	2	0	0	5	1	12	0.185	0.194	0.215
1984	Yankees	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Yankees	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Indians	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Indians	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Blue Jays	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Braves	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			866	1,537	80	260	42	1	7	109	17	314	0.169	0.183	0.212

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1964	Braves	NL	0	0	10	0	0	15.0	15	8	7	8	4.80	1.47
1965	Braves	NL	2	3	41	1	6	74.7	73	24	26	49	2.89	1.33
1966	Braves	NL	4	3	28	0	2	50.3	48	23	23	17	4.11	1.41
1967	Braves	NL	11	9	46	20	9	207.0	164	43	55	129	1.87	1.06
1968	Braves	NL	14	12	37	34	2	257.0	228	74	45	140	2.59	1.06
1969	Braves	NL	23	13	40	35	1	284.3	235	81	57	193	2.56	1.03
1970	Braves	NL	12	18	34	32	0	229.7	222	109	68	168	4.27	1.26
1971	Braves	NL	15	14	42	36	2	268.7	248	89	70	173	2.98	1.18
1972	Braves	NL	16	12	38	36	0	282.3	254	96	53	164	3.06	1.09
1973	Braves	NL	13	10	42	30	4	245.0	214	90	89	131	3.31	1.24
1974	Braves	NL	20	13	41	39	1	302.3	249	80	88	195	2.38	1.11
1975	Braves	NL	15	15	39	37	0	275.7	285	98	72	144	3.20	1.30
1976	Braves	NL	17	11	38	37	0	270.7	249	99	101	173	3.29	1.29
1977	Braves	NL	16	20	44	43	0	330.3	315	148	164	262	4.03	1.45
1978	Braves	NL	19	18	44	42	1	334.3	295	107	102	248	2.88	1.19
1979	Braves	NL	21	20	44	44	0	342.0	311	129	113	208	3.39	1.24
1980	Braves	NL	15	18	40	38	1	275.0	256	111	85	176	3.63	1.24
1981	Braves	NL	7	7	22	22	0	139.3	120	48	56	62	3.10	1.26
1982	Braves	NL	17	4	35	35	0	234.3	225	94	73	144	3.61	1.27
1983	Braves	NL	11	10	34	33	0	201.7	212	89	105	128	3.97	1.57
1984	Yankees	AL	16	8	32	31	0	215.7	219	74	76	136	3.09	1.37
1985	Yankees	AL	16	12	33	33	0	220.0	203	100	120	149	4.09	1.47
1986	Indians	AL	11	11	34	32	0	210.3	241	101	95	81	4.32	1.60
1987	Indians	AL	7	11	22	22	0	123.7	142	81	53	57	5.89	1.58
1987	Blue Jays	AL	0	2	3	3	0	12.0	15	11	7	7	8.25	1.83
1987	Braves	NL	0	0	1	1	0	3.0	6	5	6	0	15.00	4.00
Career			318	274	864	716	29	5,404.3	5,044	2,012	1,809	3,342	3.35	1.27

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	864	716	5,404.3	386	878	37	83

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1997	BBWAA	380	353	Inducted
1996	BBWAA	321	353	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	286	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	273	342	Ballot
1993	BBWAA	278	318	Ballot