Phil Niekro, who has won a total of 318 wins as a pitcher in the Major League Baseball Braves and has made a name for himself as a knuckleball user, has passed away.
I was 81 years old.
According to the Braves, Niekro died on the 26th at the age of 81 after a long illness with cancer.
Niekro is a right-handed pitcher who made his debut in the Braves in 1964.
Making full use of the knuckle ball, which sways and changes irregularly, he has achieved stable results such as winning more than 10 wins for 14 consecutive years, and has won a total of 318 wins.
Niekro is also known as a long-lived player who continued to play until the age of 48, and his 121 wins in his 40s are still unbroken as a major league record.
After retiring, his uniform number "35" became a permanent Braves number, and in 1997 he was also selected for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said, "One of the most distinctive and memorable pitchers of the generation. Knuckleball has five all-stars, three seasons 20 wins, a total of 300 wins, and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He achieved many great achievements, "he commented, mourning the death of the famous pitcher.