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Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	224	184	.549	3.27	591	519	39	151	40	16	3760.1	3433	1527	1366	372	1000	98	2855	160	8	47	15618	4771	115	3.22	1.179	8.2	0.9	2.4	6.8
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

Jim Bunning 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	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

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	60.4	28.5
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	4771	14199	2411	555	95	208	118	63.80	4	211	176	79	.242	.298	.373	.670	89	.131	.277	1590	5286	1022	4593	4771
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

Jim Bunning 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	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

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	322	62	56.9	69	29	42	4	80.0	39	72
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Jim Bunning 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	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	18.3	6.4	11.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1		91
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	3	.400	3.67	5	5	0	2	1	0	34.1	37	15	14	3	8	1	9	1	0	0	144	1.311	9.7	0.8	2.1	2.4
2	Jim Bunning	2	2	.500	4.06	5	5	0	1	0	0	31.0	45	15	14	3	2	0	23	2	0	1	136	1.516	13.1	0.9	0.6	6.7

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	LAD	1969-09-13	CG, W	9.0	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	34	10	34	8	1	0	3	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	68			0.3	1.79			1.10
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-09-13	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	27	11	22	5	0	1	0	2	0	12	0	1	0	2	45			-0.2	-0.48			1.60
3	Jim Bunning	LAD	1969-09-05	GS-5, L	4.1	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	8	19	5	2	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	3	33			-0.2	-1.45			0.93
4	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-09-05	CG, W	9.0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	39	12	37	10	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	0	63			0.3	2.92			1.15
5	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-05-20	GS-8, W	7.1	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	32	11	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	56			0.2	0.64			0.95
6	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-05-20	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	9	26	5	1	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	40			-0.3	-2.39			0.65
7	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-05-22	GS-3	2.1	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	16	9	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	23			-0.4	-4.59			0.97
8	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-22	GS-5, L	4.1	6	6	6	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	21	9	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	26			-0.4	-3.41			1.05
9	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-05-02	GS-8, L	8.0	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	35	12	34	9	0	1	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	60			0.2	1.98			1.17
10	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-02	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	7	29	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	76			0.7	3.35			1.64

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bunning (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	1968	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-02	PIT	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1968	1968-05-02	PIT	CHC	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1968	1968-05-22	PIT	CHC	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Single to CF
4	1969	1969-05-20	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1969	1969-05-20	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-4	t4	--3	2		Single to RF; F. Patek Scores
6	1969	1969-09-05	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; T. Haller to 3B; T. Sizemore to 2B
7	1969	1969-09-05	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t4	12-	1		Foul Popfly: C
8	1969	1969-09-13	LAD	SDP	tied 1-1	b3	---	1		Strikeout
9	1969	1969-09-13	LAD	SDP	tied 2-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout
10	1969	1969-09-13	LAD	SDP	ahead 2-3	b6	123	2		Flyball: CF

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (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	1968	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	1

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-02	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2		Flyball: CF
2	1968	1968-05-02	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	t4	1-3	2		Flyball: RF
3	1968	1968-05-02	CHC	PIT	ahead 0-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout
4	1968	1968-05-22	CHC	PIT	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Single to RF (RF Line)
5	1969	1969-05-20	SDP	PIT	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Strikeout
6	1969	1969-09-05	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)
7	1969	1969-09-05	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-3	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1969	1969-09-13	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
9	1969	1969-09-13	SDP	LAD	tied 2-2	t5	---	0		Flyball: LF

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	1275	82	213	21	4	7	75	0	2	34	362	.167	.188	.206	.395	9	263	36	1	85	6	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

Jim Bunning 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

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	0.0	-158	-1	-5	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	32	248	265	1191	53	.226	150	-161	-17.1	.039	3.5	0.0	2
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

Jim Bunning 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	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-14.4	-14.6	-1.3	-153.18	-15.9	-160.07	0.91
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	2	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Bunning	5	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	LAD	1969-09-13	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.111	4.11	-0.24%	-1.38			P
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-09-13	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.136	0.00	0.00%	-1.31			P
3	Jim Bunning	LAD	1969-09-05	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	-0.082	7.87	-0.17%	-0.72			P
4	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-09-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.68			P
5	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-05-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	0.015	0.59	0.01%	0.46			P
6	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-05-20	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.034	0.54	-0.01%	-0.26			P
7	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-05-22	*	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	1.05	0.046	1.19	0.03%	0.36			P
8	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-22	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	-0.028	1.29	-0.04%	-1.35			P
9	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-05-02	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.035	1.66	-0.05%	-0.19			P
10	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-02	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.123	1.91	-0.11%	-1.05			P

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