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Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	157	137	.534	3.86	425	368	24	90	15	4	2464.1	2400	1170	1056	233	823	71	1475	105	9	73	10498	3464	95	3.71	1.308	8.8	0.9	3.0	5.4
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

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	2	3	.400	3.51	5	5	0	2	1	0	33.1	21	16	13	4	5	1	14	0	0	1	127	29		1.23	0.780	5.7	1.1	1.4	3.8
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

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	425	368	2464.1	14.7	-6.3
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	425	368	2464.1	3464	9420	1659	440	68	138	74	65.09	5	210	96	57	.255	.320	.390	.710	103	.135	.279	1188	3675	741	3328	3464
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 Lonborg 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 Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	5	5	33.1	29	120	12	4	1	3	2	60.00	0	0	1	1	.175	.206	.325	.531		.150	.165	9	39	9	26	29
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

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	203	55	51.8	44	23	52	5	44.4	24	57
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	2	40	57.0						0	0
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	425	368	2464.1	14.1	7.8	6.2
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	5	5	33.1	11.0	3.9	7.1
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	425	368	2464.1		75
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	5	5	33.1	52	52	34	65.38
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

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

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Lonborg 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	Jim Lonborg	4	0	1.000	2.73	6	4	2	1	0	0	33.0	32	14	10	4	3	0	7	1	0	0	132	1.061	8.7	1.1	0.8	1.9
2	Joe Niekro	0	1	.000	4.38	6	1	2	0	0	1	12.1	11	9	6	2	4	0	9	1	0	0	53	1.216	8.0	1.5	2.9	6.6

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	PHI	1977-06-07	GS-4	4.0	8	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	8	18	4	1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	4	26			-0.3	-2.95			0.92
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-06-07	4-6, L	2.0	1	4	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	11	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.31	3	1	1.71
3	Jim Lonborg	PHI	1975-05-20	GS-7	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	8	28	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	57			0.0	0.95			0.80
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-05-20	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.42	0	0	0.91
5	Jim Lonborg	MIL	1972-08-02	GS-8, W	8.0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	32	9	30	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	2	64			0.1	2.18			0.38
6	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-08-02	3-3	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-2.71	2	2	0.48
7	Jim Lonborg	BOS	1971-09-09	CG, W	9.0	8	6	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	37	11	35	5	0	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	54			-0.5	-1.92			1.13
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-09-09	2-7	5.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	2	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				0.1	1.48	1	0	0.81
9	Jim Lonborg	BOS	1971-05-18	7-GF, W	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.40	0	0	1.25
10	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-05-18	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.16
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Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Jim Lonborg (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	1971	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Jim Lonborg (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-18	BOS	DET	ahead 3-5	b8	---	2		Single to LF (Line Drive)
2	1971	1971-09-09	BOS	DET	ahead 3-4	t4	---	2		Lineout: SS
3	1971	1971-09-09	BOS	DET	ahead 4-5	t7	---	1		Single to CF (Ground Ball)
4	1972	1972-08-02	MIL	DET	ahead 0-6	t3	1-3	1		Single to CF; E. Rodríguez to 2B; M. Ferraro Scores

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

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Lonborg (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	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Lonborg (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-09	DET	BOS	down 4-3	b2	---	0		Lineout: CF
2	1971	1971-09-09	DET	BOS	down 4-3	b5	---	0		Flyball: 2B

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	426	902	770	41	105	17	2	3	43	1	2	51	330	.136	.191	.175	.366	3	135	10	1	78	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

Jim Lonborg 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	Jim Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	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

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	426	902	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	-99	2	-5	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	426	902	22	157	171	757	34	.232	81	-102	-11.0	.039	2.3	33.3	3
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 Lonborg 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 Lonborg	25-35	1967	1977	5	12	0	0	0	13	0	.000	0			.000	1.4		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	23-37	1965	1979	426	902	-8.9	-10.1	-0.2	-104.54	-10.8	-102.27	0.86
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

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

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Jim Lonborg 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	Jim Lonborg	6	14	11	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.455	.571	.455	1.026	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Lonborg vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Jim Lonborg 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 Lonborg	PHI	1977-06-07	*	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0.026	0.88	0.02%	0.26			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-06-07		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.006	0.06	0.00%	-0.11			P
3	Jim Lonborg	PHI	1975-05-20	*	8	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.032	2.66	0.04%	0.18			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-05-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Jim Lonborg	MIL	1972-08-02	*	9	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	0.052	0.00	0.00%	1.35			P
6	Joe Niekro	DET	1972-08-02		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Jim Lonborg	BOS	1971-09-09	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-1.08			P
8	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-09-09		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.058	0.13	0.00%	-0.43			P
9	Jim Lonborg	BOS	1971-05-18		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	0.07	0.003	0.19	0.01%	0.12			P
10	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-05-18		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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