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Philip Henry Niekro (/ˈniːkroʊ/ NEE-kroh;
April 1, 1939 –
December 26, 2020),
nicknamed "Knucksie", was an
American baseball pitcher who pla**** 24 seasons...
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Joseph Franklin Niekro (/ˈniːkroʊ/ NEE-kroh;
November 7, 1944 –
October 27, 2006) was an
American professional baseball pitcher.
During a 22-year baseball...
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Niekro (1939–2020), pitcher;
member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame and
older brother of: Joe
Niekro (1944–2006), pitcher; also
father of:
Lance Niekro (born...
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Lance William Niekro (/ˈniːkroʊ/ NEE-kroh; born
January 29, 1979) is an
American baseball coach and
former first baseman, who is the
current head baseball...
- four days of rest. Hoyt
Wilhelm pitched until he was
almost 50 and Phil
Niekro used the
pitch until he was 48.
Wakefield retired at 45. The prevalence...
- were the
acquisitions of Joe
Niekro and José Cruz. The
Astros bought Niekro from the
Braves for
almost nothing.
Niekro had
bounced around the big leagues...
- 353 average.
Pitcher Buzz
Capra captured the ERA
title (2.28) and Phil
Niekro tied for the
league lead in wins with 20. At the end of the 1973 season...
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partial explanation is that he
spent a good deal of the
season catching Phil
Niekro, who
threw a knuckleball.
Uecker often joked that the best way to catch...
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There are
other prominent knuckleball pitchers like Hall of
Famer Phil
Niekro, who had a very
effective knuckler and
knuckle curve, and Cy
Young Award...
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performances from key
players like Dale Murphy, Bob Horner,
Chris Chambliss, Phil
Niekro, and Gene Garber. The
Braves were
swept in the NLCS in
three games by the...
