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Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	318	274	.537	3.35	864	716	83	245	45	29	5404.0	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	86	3342	123	42	226	22677	7237	115	3.62	1.268	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.6

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	0	1	.000	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	15	11	6	0	8	1	9	0	0	1	63	23		3.03	1.643	9.6	0.0	5.1	5.8

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	7237	20410	3703	735	124	447	217	67.32	52	433	219	102	.247	.311	.366	.677	89	.119	.273	2336	7437	1341	6976	7237

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	23	54	11	3	1	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.278	.371	.370	.741		.093	.333	8	20	4	23	23

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	1	50	45.5						0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	97	97	55	56.70

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

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	3	2	.600	1.53	9	2	5	2	0	0	29.1	23	8	5	2	7	2	17	0	0	2	117	1.023	7.1	0.6	2.1	5.2
2	Jim Bunning	3	0	1.000	3.72	9	9	0	1	0	0	58.0	63	26	24	7	13	0	40	3	1	2	249	1.310	9.8	1.1	2.0	6.2

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	1969-09-09	GS-8	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	7	29	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	68			0.3	2.66			1.30
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-09-09	CG(10), W	10.0	6	1	1	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	36	8	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	2	0	1	78			0.6	3.57			1.58
3	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-06-08 (1)	GS-2	1.2	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	6	9	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	30			-0.3	-3.50			0.91
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-06-08 (1)	8-GF, W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.3	0.92	0	0	2.68
5	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-07-30 (2)	GS-6	5.2	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	9	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	38			-0.3	-2.04			1.32
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-07-30 (2)	CG(10), L	9.2	12	5	4	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	41	12	39	9	2	0	0	0	0	17	0	2	0	3	53			-0.3	-1.55			1.30
7	Jim Bunning	PHI	1967-05-10 (1)	GS-8	8.0	7	3	3	0	2	3	0	6	0	1	0	32	10	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	59			-0.1	0.45			0.99
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-05-10 (1)	8-GF, L	1.1	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-0.97	0	0	2.73
9	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-05-03	GS-6	5.1	5	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	23	7	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	41			-0.1	-1.44			1.00
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1966-05-03	9-GF(10), W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.3	0.94	0	0	2.51
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Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Phil 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	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

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

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Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-16	PHI	MLN	ahead 2-5	t9	12-	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; R. Amaro Scores/Adv on E6/No RBI/unER
2	1968	1968-07-30 (2)	PIT	ATL	ahead 1-2	b2	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1968	1968-07-30 (2)	PIT	ATL	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	1		Flyball: RF
4	1969	1969-09-09	LAD	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
5	1969	1969-09-09	LAD	ATL	ahead 0-1	t6	---	1		Strikeout
6	1969	1969-09-09	LAD	ATL	tied 1-1	t8	1--	2		Flyball: 2B

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

Phil 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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1969	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

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

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Phil 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	1968-07-30 (2)	ATL	PIT	down 2-1	t2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; F. Millán to 2B; B. Tillman to 3B
2	1968	1968-07-30 (2)	ATL	PIT	down 3-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1969	1969-09-09	ATL	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1969	1969-09-09	ATL	LAD	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1969	1969-09-09	ATL	LAD	tied 1-1	b8	---	1		Single to CF

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	.169	.183	.211	.395	8	325	35	12	129	12	0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-1.1	-1.1	-1.3	0.4	-196	0	-5	0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	50	289	307	1454	63	.206	182	-200	-20.9	.042	4.9	0.0	1

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13	-19.9	-204.02	0.96

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

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	Phil Niekro	9	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Jim Bunning	9	22	22	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	3	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Phil 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	1969-09-09	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.121	5.12	-0.30%	-0.85			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-09-09	*	10	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.002	3.34	0.00%	-0.05			P
3	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-06-08 (1)	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-06-08 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Jim Bunning	PIT	1968-07-30 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.041	0.03	0.00%	-0.42			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-07-30 (2)	*	10	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.105	0.32	-0.01%	-0.62			P
7	Jim Bunning	PHI	1967-05-10 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.012	0.57	-0.02%	-0.27			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-05-10 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-05-03	*	6	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.037	3.24	0.05%	0.12			P
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1966-05-03		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	-0.025	6.50	-0.03%	-0.19			P
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