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Phil Niekro. Philip Henry Niekro ( / ˈniːkroʊ / NEE-kroh; April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020), nicknamed " Knucksie ", [1] was an American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays. Niekro is generally regarded as the ...
Dec 28, 2020 · Phil Niekro owns one of, if not, the best knuckleball in MLB history. He reinvented pitching by adding this slow, crazy moving pitch. Check out some of his b...
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Dec 27, 2020 · Phil Niekro, a pitcher who used his signature knuckleball to fool generations of hitters and craft a Hall of Fame career, died Saturday night in his sleep, the Braves announced Sunday. He was 81.
Dec 27, 2020 · He was known for his knuckleball, and had a career record of 318-274. Vic DeLucia/The New York Times. Phil Niekro, the Hall of Fame pitcher who confounded batters with his fluttering knuckleballs ...
May 13, 2024 · Phil Niekro was arguably the greatest knuckleball pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB). He employed the pitch—which has become a rarity and is difficult to master but is less taxing on a pitcher’s arm than other pitches—in a 24-year MLB career that took him to the All-Star Games five times and landed him in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pitching mostly for the Atlanta ...
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Phil Niekro was a Hall of Fame pitcher who threw a knuckleball exclusively for 24 seasons. He won 318 games, pitched 5,404 innings and struck out 3,342 batters in his career.
Dec 27, 2020 · Associated Press. National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro — a longtime pitcher for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves who was known for his blistering knuckleball — died in his sleep ...
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