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Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	29	44	.397	3.01	409	18	206	0	0	63	669.0	618	274	224	41	227	65	410	7	5	24	2795	896	119	3.36	1.263	8.3	0.6	3.1	5.5
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

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	0	0		11.57	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	12	5		3.63	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	7.7
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

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	409	18	669.0	5.3	0.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	409	18	669.0	896	2481	467	95	15	56	14	80.00	0	72	51	28	.249	.311	.349	.660	90	.100	.280	273	866	151	852	896
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

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	4	0	2.1	5	8	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	.375	.455	.375	.830		.000	.429	2	3	0	5	5
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

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	10	56	51.2	295	95	32	30	67.7	206	391
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	0			2	0	0	0		0	4
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	409	18	669.0	14.7	8.1	6.5
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	4	0	2.1	16.7	8.3	8.3
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	409	18	669.0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	4	0	2.1	42		23	54.76
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Gary Lucas 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	Joe Niekro	5	5	.500	3.98	11	11	0	3	0	0	74.2	69	36	33	5	23	2	29	2	0	4	310	1.232	8.3	0.6	2.8	3.5
2	Gary Lucas	0	1	.000	4.19	11	1	7	0	0	3	19.1	20	9	9	1	3	0	14	1	0	1	79	1.190	9.3	0.5	1.4	6.5

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	CAL	1986-08-25	8-8, H	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.1	0.53	1	0	2.36
2	Joe Niekro	NYY	1986-08-25	GS-5, L	4.1	7	4	3	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	9	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	36			-0.2	-1.86			0.91
3	Gary Lucas	MON	1984-07-06 (1)	8-8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.88	2	2	0.22
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1984-07-06 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	6	30	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	71			0.1	1.92			0.89
5	Gary Lucas	MON	1984-04-03	8-8, H	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-1.69	0	0	2.11
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1984-04-03	GS-8, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	32	11	28	3	3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	45			-0.1	-0.41			1.27
7	Gary Lucas	SDP	1983-08-04	8-GF, S	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.1	-0.08	1	0	0.64
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-08-04	GS-7, L	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	31	11	27	7	0	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	44			-0.2	-0.89			1.28
9	Gary Lucas	SDP	1982-08-02	8-GF(8), BL	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	1				-0.8	-3.12	1	1	2.03
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-08-02	GS-8, W	8.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	28	6	25	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	1	58			-0.2	-0.67			0.90
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Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Gary Lucas (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gary Lucas (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	1980	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Gary Lucas (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gary Lucas (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-27	SDP	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	0		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-05-27	SDP	HOU	down 2-1	t5	---	1		Single

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Gary Lucas (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Gary Lucas (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	1980	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Gary Lucas (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Gary Lucas (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-27	HOU	SDP	tied 0-0	b3	--3	1		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-09-22	HOU	SDP	ahead 2-4	t9	---	2		Single to CF
3	1984	1984-07-06 (1)	HOU	MON	ahead 2-8	t8	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	334	94	80	2	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	32	.088	.110	.088	.197	-43	7	0	0	12	0	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

Gary Lucas 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

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	334	94	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-14	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	334	94	0	9	12	85	2	.146	7	-14	-1.6	.000	2.5		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

Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	31	1986	1986	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Gary Lucas	25-32	1980	1987	334	94	-1.0	-1.4	0.3	-12.76	-1.3	-13.66	0.95
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Gary Lucas 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	Joe Niekro	11	27	19	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	7	0	0
2	Gary Lucas	11	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0

Gary Lucas vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Gary Lucas 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	Gary Lucas	CAL	1986-08-25																																	P
2	Joe Niekro	NYY	1986-08-25																																	P
3	Gary Lucas	MON	1984-07-06 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1984-07-06 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.97	0.086	0.90	0.05%	0.13			P
5	Gary Lucas	MON	1984-04-03		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1984-04-03	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.035	1.89	-0.03%	-0.16			P
7	Gary Lucas	SDP	1983-08-04		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-08-04	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0.031	0.23	0.01%	0.28			P
9	Gary Lucas	SDP	1982-08-02		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-08-02	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.101	0.04	0.00%	0.76			P
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