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Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	123	90	.577	3.94	302	300	1	31	12	0	1921.0	1931	913	841	236	511	61	1000	32	13	25	8066	2571	97	4.21	1.271	9.0	1.1	2.4	4.7
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

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	2	1	.667	3.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	7	7	3	8	0	7	1	0	0	72	24		3.23	1.353	7.9	1.6	4.2	3.7
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	21		2.57	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	302	300	1921.0	19.5	3.4
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	302	300	1921.0	2571	7373	1287	374	34	124	73	62.94	27	126	87	62	.262	.310	.418	.728	103	.156	.273	969	3081	644	2474	2571
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

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	3	3	17.0	24	62											.242	.338					.231				24	24
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	21	74											.189	.259					.209				21	21

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	166	55	51.0	0	0		0		1	2
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990									0	0
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987									0	1

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	302	300	1921.0	12.4	6.3	6.1
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	3	3	17.0	9.7	11.1	-1.4
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	302	300	1921.0		90
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	3	3	17.0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	2	0	1.000	1.06	2	2	0	1	1	0	17.0	14	2	2	1	2	1	9	0	0	0	64	0.941	7.4	0.5	1.1	4.8
2	Joe Niekro	0	1	.000	6.39	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	2	9	0	8	0	0	1	57	1.658	8.5	1.4	6.4	5.7

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	CIN	1985-08-17	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	31	8	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	79			0.1	3.95			0.24
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1985-08-17	GS-6, L	5.1	8	8	7	1	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	29	13	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	1	3	21			-0.4	-5.84			0.65
3	Tom Browning	CIN	1985-05-10	GS-8, W	8.0	8	2	2	0	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	33	11	30	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	2	61			0.1	1.76			0.84
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1985-05-10	GS-8	7.1	4	2	2	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	28	9	23	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	62			0.3	2.88			1.15

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Browning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Browning (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	1985	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.500	.667	1.167	0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.500	.667	1.167	0	1	0	0	0

Tom Browning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Browning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-05-10	HOU	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Single
2	1985	1985-05-10	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-1	t5	1-3	1		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; T. Puhl Scores
3	1985	1985-05-10	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-2	t7	-23	0		Strikeout
4	1985	1985-08-17	HOU	CIN	down 4-0	b3	---	2		Single

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Browning (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Browning (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	1985	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Browning (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Browning (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-05-10	CIN	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1985	1985-05-10	CIN	HOU	down 2-0	b5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1985	1985-08-17	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-4	t2	1--	0		Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1985	1985-08-17	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-4	t4	1--	0		Groundout: P-1B; R. Oester to 2B
5	1985	1985-08-17	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-6	t6	1--	0		Reached on E2 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt; R. Oester to 2B

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	322	721	621	42	95	14	1	2	32	5	2	25	200	.153	.185	.188	.374	3	117	7	0	72	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

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	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

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	322	721	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	-83	2	-2	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	322	721	17	120	131	609	26	.221	72	-84	-8.9	.035	3.1	71.43	7
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.00	1

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	30	1990	1990	3	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5		.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Browning	24-35	1984	1995	322	721	-7.3	-8.2	0.0	-82.99		-86.65	0.89
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94		-130.61	0.92

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	2	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	2	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.500	.667	1.167	2	0	0	0	1	0

Tom Browning vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Tom Browning 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	Tom Browning	CIN	1985-08-17	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.29	-0.013	0.16	0.00%	-0.06			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1985-08-17	*	6	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	0.26	0.009	0.01	0.00%	0.12			P
3	Tom Browning	CIN	1985-05-10	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.045	1.62	-0.05%	-0.37			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1985-05-10	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.500	.833	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.024	2.01	0.02%	-0.26			P

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