Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jack Billingham

7.4

476

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Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	145	113	.562	3.83	476	305	83	74	27	15	2231.1	2272	1069	949	176	750	97	1141	98	4	84	9487	3234	94	3.72	1.354	9.2	0.7	3.0	4.6
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

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	2	1	.667	1.93	10	6	2	0	0	1	42.0	28	11	9	0	15	1	32	2	0	0	169	49		0.88	1.024	6.0	0.0	3.2	6.9
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		2.57	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	476	305	2231.1	9.9	-9.2
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	476	305	2231.1	3234	8479	1706	340	50	108	90	54.55	5	263	110	50	.268	.333	.382	.715	104	.114	.291	1095	3240	566	3120	3234
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

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	10	6	42.0	49	140	22	6	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	4	0	.200	.287	.243	.529		.043	.259	10	34	6	45	49
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

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	164	54	50.8	157	56	36	14	51.7	83	171
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	2	33	58.8	6	1	17	1	50.0	2	4
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	476	305	2231.1	12.0	7.9	4.1
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	10	6	42.0	18.9	8.9	10.1
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	476	305	2231.1		75
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	10	6	42.0	181	89	102	56.35
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jack Billingham 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	Joe Niekro	2	0	1.000	1.88	4	2	2	0	0	1	14.1	12	6	3	0	7	0	10	1	0	0	60	1.326	7.5	0.0	4.4	6.3
2	Jack Billingham	0	1	.000	5.00	4	3	1	0	0	0	18.0	23	10	10	3	9	3	7	1	0	1	84	1.778	11.5	1.5	4.5	3.5

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	CIN	1977-07-17	7-GF	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	3	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.50	0	0	0.69
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-07-17	7-GF, S	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.3	1.50	0	0	2.35
3	Jack Billingham	CIN	1976-06-02	GS-3	2.0	8	4	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	16	11	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	21			-0.2	-1.99			1.51
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1976-06-02	GS-3	2.1	5	5	2	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	15	8	13	4	1	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	35			-0.4	-3.24			1.31
5	Jack Billingham	CIN	1975-09-22	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	5	2	2	1	0	0	29	13	22	5	1	0	2	0	0	11	2	1	0	2	43			-0.2	-0.47			0.59
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-09-22	GS-9, W	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	31	9	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	71			0.2	0.57			0.72
7	Jack Billingham	CIN	1973-09-08	GS-7	7.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	6	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	62			0.1	1.49			0.91
8	Joe Niekro	ATL	1973-09-08	9-GF, W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.50	0	0	1.94

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jack Billingham (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jack Billingham (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	1975	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1976	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1977	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jack Billingham (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jack Billingham (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-09-22	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-3	b2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1975	1975-09-22	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-3	b3	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1975	1975-09-22	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-3	b6	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Boswell to 3B; R. Metzger to 2B
4	1976	1976-06-02	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-1	b2	---	1		Single
5	1977	1977-07-17	HOU	CIN	ahead 1-3	t8	---	0		Single to CF

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jack Billingham (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jack Billingham (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	1975	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jack Billingham (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jack Billingham (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-09-22	CIN	HOU	down 3-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1975	1975-09-22	CIN	HOU	down 3-0	t6	---	0		Walk
3	1976	1976-06-02	CIN	HOU	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Single to LF

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	396	656	559	21	62	8	0	0	23	0	0	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	0	69	1	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

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	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

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	396	656	-2.5	-2.5	-2.6	0.2	-94	1	-1	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	396	656	8	89	96	577	16	.175	44	-91	-9.8	.014	2.7		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

Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	29-33	1972	1976	10	13	0	0	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jack Billingham	25-37	1968	1980	396	656	-8.8	-9.3	-0.8	-107.07	-11.5	-99.79	0.87
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jack Billingham 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	Joe Niekro	4	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jack Billingham	4	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.600	1.100	3	0	0	0	0	0

Jack Billingham vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jack Billingham 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	Jack Billingham	CIN	1977-07-17		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-07-17		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.018	0.02	0.00%	0.38			P
3	Jack Billingham	CIN	1976-06-02	*	3	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	0.032	2.06	0.05%	-0.02			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1976-06-02	*	3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	0.038	0.78	0.02%	0.39			P
5	Jack Billingham	CIN	1975-09-22	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	0.032	0.00	0.00%	0.28			P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-09-22	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.31	-0.018	0.00	0.00%	-0.60			P
7	Jack Billingham	CIN	1973-09-08	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.042	5.84	-0.10%	-0.28			P
8	Joe Niekro	ATL	1973-09-08		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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