Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	90	105	.462	3.58	357	249	41	66	14	8	1787.2	1703	778	712	184	600	73	1305	24	6	88	7559	2425	96	3.45	1.288	8.6	0.9	3.0	6.6
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

Denny Lemaster 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		3.05	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	249	1787.2	19.0	2.7
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	249	1787.2	2425	6835	1179	290	50	75	56	57.25	16	121	57	38	.249	.310	.387	.697	104	.138	.282	818	2619	524	2327	2425
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

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	143	57	54.3	92	33	36	5	61.5	41	108
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	249	1787.2	17.3	7.9	9.3
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	249	1787.2		99
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	1	1	.500	2.51	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.1	11	4	4	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	56	0.907	6.9	0.0	1.3	6.9
2	Joe Niekro	1	1	.500	1.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	8	3	2	0	4	1	5	0	0	0	50	0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	3.4

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	HOU	1969-06-22	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	34	7	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	83			0.6	4.00			1.16
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-06-22	GS-7, L	7.0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	25	5	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	72			0.2	2.11			1.03
3	Denny Lemaster	ATL	1967-09-17	GS-6, L	5.1	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	21	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	43			-0.1	-0.58			1.01
4	Joe Niekro	CHC	1967-09-17	GS-7, W	6.1	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	25	8	23	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	53			0.2	1.64			0.93

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Denny Lemaster (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny Lemaster (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	1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Denny Lemaster (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny Lemaster (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-09-17	CHC	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1967	1967-09-17	CHC	ATL	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout
3	1969	1969-06-22	SDP	HOU	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1969	1969-06-22	SDP	HOU	tied 0-0	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Denny Lemaster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Denny Lemaster (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	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Denny Lemaster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Denny Lemaster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-09-17	ATL	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1969	1969-06-22	HOU	SDP	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: CF
3	1969	1969-06-22	HOU	SDP	tied 0-0	b6	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	639	552	25	72	7	1	4	36	0	0	32	192	.130	.178	.168	.346	-1	93	5	1	47	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

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	639	-0.7	-0.7	-0.8	0.3	-77	1	-3	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	639	12	105	108	538	23	.188	57	-74	-8.1	.038	2.9		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

Denny Lemaster 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

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Denny Lemaster	23-33	1962	1972	357	639	-6.3	-6.6	0.3	-70.71	-7.5	-70.88	0.99
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Denny Lemaster vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Denny Lemaster 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	Denny Lemaster	HOU	1969-06-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.048	0.39	-0.02%	-0.43			P
2	Joe Niekro	SDP	1969-06-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.043	0.02	0.00%	-0.35			P
3	Denny Lemaster	ATL	1967-09-17	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.016	0.00	0.00%	-0.13			P
4	Joe Niekro	CHC	1967-09-17	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.54			P

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