Phil Niekro

1964–1987 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays

742G

.169AVG

.183OBP

.211SLG

More career statistics

260H

7HR

109RBI

0SB

318–274W–L

5,404.1IP

3,342K

3.35ERA

716GS

29SV

15Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Games	742	866
Pitching · p ipouts	16,213	16,212

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
742	1,707	1,537	80	260	42	1	7	109	17	314	0	1	12	12	325	.169	.183	.211	.394

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
5,404.3	864	716	245	318	274	29	5,044	2,337	2,012	482	1,809	3,342	0	0	3.35	1.268

Streaks

7longest hitting streak · 1978-09-13 to 1979-04-10

7longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
80	Three Balks	1974-09-07	1 in 4,657 games	box score ↗
75	Four Wild Pitches	1969-06-30	1 in 2,630 games	box score ↗
64	No-Hitter	1973-08-05	1 in 881 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	428	806	127	3	55	9	147	.176	.169	.219
Away	438	901	133	4	54	8	167	.163	.156	.205

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	115	193	27	1	16	2	31	.154	.150	.189
May	161	287	40	1	13	2	48	.157	.146	.196
June	149	295	57	1	17	3	67	.211	.203	.259
July	135	301	45	1	25	1	58	.165	.153	.198
August	159	314	39	1	16	4	61	.136	.137	.189
September	138	297	49	1	18	5	47	.189	.182	.220
October	9	20	3	1	4	0	2	.158	.150	.368

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cincinnati-reds	87	201	35	2	21	2	38	.193	.184	.254
los-angeles-dodgers	80	180	28	2	11	1	34	.171	.161	.226
san-francisco-giants	74	186	22	1	11	3	35	.132	.134	.150
pittsburgh-pirates	73	157	18	0	7	0	26	.126	.115	.154
houston-astros	69	170	27	0	14	2	35	.174	.171	.200
new-york-mets	67	139	23	0	7	1	22	.189	.173	.221
philadelphia-phillies	63	129	23	0	6	0	26	.197	.178	.274
chicago-cubs	62	154	25	1	11	0	27	.182	.162	.226

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1964	Milwaukee Braves	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	8
1965	Milwaukee Braves	42	10	1	–	–	–	.100	74	49
1966	Atlanta Braves	28	8	–	–	–	–	.000	50	17
1967	Atlanta Braves	46	57	7	–	2	–	.123	207	129
1968	Atlanta Braves	37	77	8	2	7	–	.104	256	140
1969	Atlanta Braves	40	95	20	–	7	–	.211	284	193
1970	Atlanta Braves	34	79	12	1	3	–	.152	229	168
1971	Atlanta Braves	42	92	14	–	4	–	.152	268	173
1972	Atlanta Braves	38	93	18	1	4	–	.194	282	164
1973	Atlanta Braves	42	82	10	1	2	–	.122	245	131
1974	Atlanta Braves	41	104	20	–	11	–	.192	302	195
1975	Atlanta Braves	39	99	17	–	10	–	.172	275	144
1976	Atlanta Braves	38	94	18	1	12	–	.191	270	173
1977	Atlanta Braves	44	109	19	–	7	–	.174	330	262
1978	Atlanta Braves	45	120	27	–	10	–	.225	334	248
1979	Atlanta Braves	44	123	24	–	12	–	.195	342	208
1980	Atlanta Braves	40	90	12	–	5	–	.133	275	176
1981	Atlanta Braves	22	52	4	–	1	–	.077	139	62
1982	Atlanta Braves	35	87	17	1	7	–	.195	234	144
1983	Atlanta Braves	34	65	12	–	5	–	.185	201	128
1984	New York Yankees	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	215	136
1985	New York Yankees	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	220	149
1986	Cleveland Guardians	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	210	81
1987	Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Guardians, Toronto Blue Jays	26	1	–	–	–	–	.000	138	64