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Vor 6 Tagen · Niekro’s R-Braves finished with the worst record in the International League, 65-79. The former knuckleballer for the Atlanta Braves died at 81, the team announced Sunday, after battling cancer.
Vor 3 Tagen · Hall of Famer Phil Niekro spent a majority of his career playing for the Braves, ... Niekro went 268-230 with a 3.20 ERA, making 595 starts across 21 years and pitching 4622.1 innings. He had four ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Back of the Rotation: Phil Niekro. While Niekro had a solid career, the top four here take the proverbial cake. We remember those dominant Atlanta teams where the three-headed monster of Smoltz-Glavine-Maddux would destroy teams. Smoltz had the electric stuff, Glavine’s left-handed delivery painted any and all corners, and Maddux’s movement ...
Vor 2 Tagen · – **1987**: Phil Niekro, pitching for the Indians, secures his 314th victory in a game against the Tigers, bringing the combined win tally with his brother Joe to 530, surpassing the previous record by siblings Gaylord and Jim Perry.
Vor 2 Tagen · 1987 - Phil Niekro picks up his 314th win in a 9-6 win by the Indians over the Tigers. The win gives him and his brother Joe a combined 530 victories which surpasses the record set by Gaylord and Jim Perry. 2007 - Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman throws an epic tirade in a game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. Phillip Wellman blows up.
Vor einem Tag · Take Phil Niekro, who spent years unable to find a catcher who could hand his weird knuckleball. Or Wade Boggs, who lingered in the minor leagues for years despite great batting averages and on-base percentages because the Red Sox just couldn’t envision a third baseman who didn’t have much power. Being the pitcher who isn’t 6’4”, or the shortstop without the cannon arm, or the ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Short of 200 wins prior to his age-40 season, knuckleballer Phil Niekro reeled off double-digit wins in seven of his next eight seasons, including 21 in 1979 and 17 in 1982, and wound up finishing his career in MLB’s 300-wins club with 318 career victories when he was 48 years old.
