Gary Peters vs Phil Niekro

Gary Peters Phil Niekro

Gary Peters and Phil Niekro compared on their MLB careers: Gary Peters played 14 seasons, 1959 to 1972, Phil Niekro 24 seasons, 1964 to 1987. Gary Peters has 124 wins to Phil Niekro's 318.

Who has the better career numbers?

Gary Peters and Phil Niekro career totals

359	GP	864
124	W	318
103	L	274
3.3	ERA	3.4
2,081	IP	5404.1
1,420	K	3,342
706	BB	1,809
1.3	WHIP	1.3
5	SV	29

Where each stands all time

Gary Peters and Phil Niekro all-time places

269th (1,420)	Strikeouts (pitching)	13th (3,342)
—	Wins (pitching)	16th (318)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Gary Peters: 0 championships; AL Rookie of the Year
Phil Niekro: 0 championships; NL Gold Glove ×5

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Gary Peters and Phil Niekro season by season

1st	1959	0	0	0.00	1964	0	0	4.80
2nd	1960	0	0	2.70	1965	2	3	2.89
3rd	1961	0	0	1.74	1966	4	3	4.11
4th	1962	0	1	5.68	1967	11	9	1.87
5th	1963	19	8	2.33	1968	14	12	2.59
6th	1964	20	8	2.50	1969	23	13	2.56
7th	1965	10	12	3.62	1970	12	18	4.27
8th	1966	12	10	1.98	1971	15	14	2.98
9th	1967	16	11	2.28	1972	16	12	3.06
10th	1968	4	13	3.76	1973	13	10	3.31
11th	1969	10	15	4.53	1974	20	13	2.38
12th	1970	16	11	4.06	1975	15	15	3.20
13th	1971	14	11	4.37	1976	17	11	3.29
14th	1972	3	3	4.32	1977	16	20	4.03
15th	—	—	—	—	1978	19	18	2.88
16th	—	—	—	—	1979	21	20	3.39
17th	—	—	—	—	1980	15	18	3.63
18th	—	—	—	—	1981	7	7	3.10
19th	—	—	—	—	1982	17	4	3.61
20th	—	—	—	—	1983	11	10	3.97
21st	—	—	—	—	1984	16	8	3.09
22nd	—	—	—	—	1985	16	12	4.09
23rd	—	—	—	—	1986	11	11	4.32
24th	—	—	—	—	1987	7	13	6.30

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA