Phil Niekro
Philip Henry Niekro
Born:
April 1, 1939 in Blaine, OH
81 years old
Bats:
R Throws:
R
Ht:
6'1" Wt:
180
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- Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997
- Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an Amateur Free Agent in 1958
- High School: Bridgeport (Bridgeport, OH)
Transactions
| Date | Age | Transaction | From | To | Before | After | Team | 1st Yr | |||||||||||
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| 07/19/1958 | 19 | Signed as an Amateur Free Agent | MIL | 0.0 | 95.9 | 88.5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| 10/07/1983 | 44 | Released | ATL | 88.7 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
| 01/05/1984 | 44 | Signed as a Free Agent | NYY | 88.7 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
| 11/12/1985 | 46 | Free Agency Granted | NYY | 95.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
| 01/08/1986 | 46 | Signed as a Free Agent | NYY | 95.1 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
| 03/28/1986 | 46 | Released | NYY | 95.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
| 04/03/1986 | 47 | Signed as a Free Agent | CLE | 95.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
| 08/09/1987 | 48 | Traded | CLE | TOR | 96.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.5 | |||||||||||
CLE to TORPhil Niekro TOR to CLEgordodo01Darryl Landrum | |||||||||||||||||||
| 08/31/1987 | 48 | Released | TOR | 96.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | ||||||||||||
| 09/23/1987 | 48 | Signed as a Free Agent | ATL | 96.0 | -0.1 | 88.5 | -0.1 | ||||||||||||
bWAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com