Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	284	226	.557	3.34	664	594	37	267	49	7	4500.2	4142	1853	1669	484	997	116	3192	84	18	62	18400	5470	115	3.28	1.142	8.3	1.0	2.0	6.4
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

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	664	594	4500.2	82.2	42.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	664	594	4500.2	5470	17023	2827	732	99	284	170	62.56	10	274	176	124	.243	.287	.383	.670	87	.140	.272	1890	6524	1315	5223	5470
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

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	358	60	57.3	67	21	31	3	70.0	37	70
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	664	594	4500.2	17.3	5.4	11.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	664	594	4500.2		108
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	35	1.000	5.0	0.0	4.0	10.0
2	Joe Niekro	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	0.0

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	CHC	1969-05-12	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	35	9	30	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	83			0.6	4.61			1.21
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-05-12	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.03	0	0	0.36

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fergie Jenkins (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fergie Jenkins (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	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fergie Jenkins (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fergie Jenkins (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-12	CHC	SDP	ahead 0-2	b8	1--	1		Bunt Popfly: P

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	413	1010	896	54	148	27	6	13	85	0	1	41	326	.165	.200	.252	.452	23	226	9	0	66	7	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

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	413	1010	2.0	2.0	1.8	0.3	-94	3	-4	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	413	1010	46	189	202	831	53	.239	126	-98	-10.5	.087	2.7	0.0	1
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

Fergie Jenkins 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

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Fergie Jenkins	22-40	1965	1983	413	1010	-8.9	-8.1	-1.0	-99.16	-10.0	-92.34	0.97
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Fergie Jenkins vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Fergie Jenkins 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	Fergie Jenkins	CHC	1969-05-12	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.075	3.27	-0.10%	-1.37			P
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-05-12		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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