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Doyle Alexander

29.7

702

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3584.1

221-204

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3.59

98

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Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	194	174	.527	3.76	561	464	56	98	18	3	3367.2	3376	1541	1406	324	978	60	1528	53	10	74	14162	4555	103	3.95	1.293	9.0	0.9	2.6	4.1
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	221	204	.520	3.59	702	500	93	107	29	16	3584.1	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	71	1747	65	8	172	15166	4959	98	3.79	1.319	8.7	0.7	3.2	4.4

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	0	5	.000	8.38	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	42	28	27	7	6	0	16	2	0	1	132	53		5.58	1.655	13.0	2.2	1.9	5.0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	20.0	14	0	0	0	5	1	7	2	0	0	82	22		3.05	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	561	464	3367.2	34.8	4.6
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	561	464	3367.2	4555	12917	2370	587	95	234	111	67.83	26	256	116	97	.261	.314	.397	.711	98	.135	.273	1623	5125	1006	4407	4555
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	4959	13599	2594	508	88	415	122	77.28	14	282	126	112	.255	.319	.366	.685	99	.111	.273	1606	4978	872	4793	4959

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	6	6	29.0	53	119	22	9	4	1	2	33.33	0	3	3	2	.353	.388	.672	1.060		.319	.357	28	80	20	50	53
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	22	74	11	3	0	2	0	100.00	0	0	1	0	.189	.259	.230	.489		.041	.209	6	17	3	21	22

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	267	58	51.0	105	35	33	6	33.3	56	97
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	0	0	36.2						0	0
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	561	464	3367.2	10.8	6.9	3.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	6	6	29.0	12.1	4.5	7.6
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	561	464	3367.2		105
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	6	6	29.0	382	76	240	62.83
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Doyle Alexander	4	0	1.000	1.74	4	3	1	0	0	0	31.0	22	7	6	1	5	0	13	0	0	1	117	0.871	6.4	0.3	1.5	3.8
2	Joe Niekro	0	3	.000	12.60	4	3	1	0	0	0	15.0	25	22	21	1	11	0	11	3	0	3	83	2.400	15.0	0.6	6.6	6.6

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Doyle Alexander	DET	1987-08-25	GS-8, W	7.1	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	29	9	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	49			-0.1	-0.46			1.27
2	Joe Niekro	MIN	1987-08-25	GS-6, L	5.2	4	5	5	0	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	29	12	21	2	1	1	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	38			-0.1	-0.42			1.29
3	Doyle Alexander	DET	1987-08-20	GS-8, W	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	30	7	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	74			0.3	4.22			0.69
4	Joe Niekro	MIN	1987-08-20	GS-4, L	3.1	7	6	6	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	19	9	16	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	3	24			-0.3	-5.10			0.74
5	Doyle Alexander	ATL	1980-07-01	GS-7, W	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	29	9	27	4	3	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	3	56			0.1	1.23			1.02
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-01	GS-6, L	5.2	12	11	10	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	15	28	10	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	4			-0.4	-6.65			0.97
7	Doyle Alexander	BAL	1972-05-16	1-GF, W	8.2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	4	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				0.3	2.62	1	0	0.87
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-05-16	9-GF	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.62	2	2	0.14

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Doyle Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Doyle Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Doyle Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Doyle Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-05-16	BAL	DET	ahead 3-8	t9	123	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1980	1980-07-01	ATL	HOU	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1980	1980-07-01	ATL	HOU	tied 2-2	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1980	1980-07-01	ATL	HOU	ahead 2-7	b6	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Doyle Alexander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Doyle Alexander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Doyle Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Doyle Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-01	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1980	1980-07-01	HOU	ATL	tied 2-2	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	146	300	265	19	44	8	0	0	17	0	0	9	77	.166	.195	.196	.391	9	52	7	1	23	2	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	183	17	1	147	6	0

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	146	300	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	-32	-1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	146	300	8	54	59	253	12	.232	36	-32	-3.5	.030	3.4		0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.0	1

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Doyle Alexander	22-36	1973	1987	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Doyle Alexander	20-38	1971	1989	146	300	-2.6	-3.3	0.2	-33.88	-3.5	-33.97	0.85
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Doyle Alexander	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Doyle Alexander vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Doyle Alexander	DET	1987-08-25																																	P
2	Joe Niekro	MIN	1987-08-25																																	P
3	Doyle Alexander	DET	1987-08-20																																	P
4	Joe Niekro	MIN	1987-08-20																																	P
5	Doyle Alexander	ATL	1980-07-01	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.050	0.24	-0.02%	-0.80			P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.052	2.70	-0.09%	-0.44			P
7	Doyle Alexander	BAL	1972-05-16		9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.075	1.27	-0.10%	-1.45			P
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-05-16		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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