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Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	185	130	.587	3.14	453	379	33	172	36	11	2808.0	2538	1130	979	222	822	61	1632	12	6	53	11505	3532	109	3.29	1.197	8.1	0.7	2.6	5.2
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

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	4	4	.500	2.85	12	12	0	4	0	0	85.1	66	32	27	7	31	3	56	0	0	1	349	101		1.78	1.137	7.0	0.7	3.3	5.9
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

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	453	379	2808.0	29.2	4.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	453	379	2808.0	3532	10455	1880	373	63	78	100	43.82	41	254	150	67	.243	.297	.354	.651	90	.111	.267	1114	3694	658	3372	3532
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

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	12	12	85.1	101	313	41	18	0	2	1	66.67	2	5	3	2	.211	.280	.335	.616		.125	.234	31	105	25	97	101
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

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	227	60	56.4	73	24	33	5	68.8	33	74
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	8	67	58.9						0	0
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	453	379	2808.0	14.2	7.1	7.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	12	12	85.1	16.0	8.9	7.2
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	453	379	2808.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	12	12	85.1
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	3	1	.750	3.95	7	7	0	2	1	0	43.1	46	20	19	3	9	0	21	0	0	0	180	1.269	9.6	0.6	1.9	4.4
2	Joe Niekro	1	3	.250	3.83	7	5	1	0	0	0	40.0	38	18	17	5	12	1	15	1	0	1	167	1.250	8.6	1.1	2.7	3.4

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1972-09-07	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	31	5	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	82			0.1	3.58			0.23
2	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-09-07	3-5	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.0	1.19	0	0	0.03
3	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1972-05-16	GS-1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	37			-0.2	-2.04			0.89
4	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
5	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1971-04-09	GS-7	7.0	8	5	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	30	11	27	7	0	0	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	1	40			-0.2	-2.01			0.88
6	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-04-09	GS-8, L	7.1	8	6	6	0	2	3	1	4	0	0	0	32	11	29	4	1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	4	39			-0.3	-2.41			1.13
7	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1970-07-11	GS-8, W	7.0	8	5	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	11	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	1	3	41			-0.2	-1.10			1.29
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-07-11	GS-8, L	7.0	7	5	5	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	31	13	26	5	0	0	0	1	0	13	2	0	0	2	39			-0.2	-1.10			1.04
9	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1970-04-12	GS-4, L	3.0	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	9	14	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	27			-0.2	-1.57			0.78
10	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-04-12	GS-9, W	8.2	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	34	9	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	67			0.2	2.00			0.49
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Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike Cuellar (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Cuellar (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	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1970	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1971	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	0	0	0	0

Mike Cuellar (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Cuellar (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-06-25	CHC	HOU	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1968	1968-06-25	CHC	HOU	tied 1-1	t5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; A. Phillips to 3B
3	1968	1968-08-23	CHC	HOU	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1968	1968-08-23	CHC	HOU	ahead 0-1	t4	--3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1968	1968-08-23	CHC	HOU	ahead 0-2	t6	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
6	1970	1970-04-12	DET	BAL	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; C. Gutiérrez to 2B
7	1970	1970-07-11	DET	BAL	down 2-0	b2	-23	1		Groundout: SS-1B; B. Freehan Scores
8	1970	1970-07-11	DET	BAL	down 4-3	b4	---	2		Strikeout
9	1970	1970-07-11	DET	BAL	tied 4-4	b6	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
10	1971	1971-04-09	DET	BAL	ahead 0-2	t2	12-	0		Single to RF; E. Brinkman to 3B; M. Stanley Scores
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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Cuellar (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Cuellar (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	1970	4	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	0	0	0	0	0
3	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1972	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	11	4	0	0	1	2	0	5	.364	.364	.636	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Cuellar (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Cuellar (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-06-25	HOU	CHC	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1968	1968-06-25	HOU	CHC	down 2-1	b5	-2-	1		Strikeout Looking
3	1968	1968-08-23	HOU	CHC	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1968	1968-08-23	HOU	CHC	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Single to P
5	1970	1970-04-12	BAL	DET	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1970	1970-07-11	BAL	DET	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2		Single to RF; M. Belanger to 3B
7	1970	1970-07-11	BAL	DET	tied 2-2	t4	1--	2		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Belanger Scores
8	1970	1970-07-11	BAL	DET	tied 4-4	t7	---	0		Single to RF
9	1971	1971-04-09	BAL	DET	down 4-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
10	1971	1971-04-09	BAL	DET	down 4-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout
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Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	316	716	661	37	76	8	4	7	33	0	0	9	304	.115	.128	.171	.299	-15	113	5	1	43	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

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	12	21	19	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	11	.211	.250	.368	.618	7	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

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	316	716	-2.3	-2.3	-2.3	0.1	-99	2	-1	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	316	716	19	86	91	635	16	.196	63	-103	-11.1	.056	2.2		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

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	32-37	1969	1974	12	21	1	5	5	16	3	.429	5			.158	1.7		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike Cuellar	22-40	1959	1977	316	716	-9.7	-9.5	-1.0	-108.37	-11.6	-99.81	0.93
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	7	17	16	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.313	.313	.500	.813	8	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	7	16	14	1	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.286	.429	4	0	0	2	0	0

Mike Cuellar vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Mike Cuellar 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	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1972-09-07	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.16	-0.017	0.63	-0.04%	-1.03			P
2	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-09-07		4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1972-05-16	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-05-16		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1971-04-09	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.040	1.40	-0.04%	-0.34			P
6	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-04-09	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.005	1.77	0.01%	0.16			P
7	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1970-07-11	*	8	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	0.311	3.48	0.72%	2.30			P
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-07-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.058	3.70	-0.11%	-0.37			P
9	Mike Cuellar	BAL	1970-04-12	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.026	2.28	-0.03%	-0.22			P
10	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-04-12	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.42	0.058	0.70	0.06%	1.65			P
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