Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Larry McWilliams

10.8

370

224

1558.1

78-90

3

3.99

94

940

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542

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GS

IP

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29.7

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3584.1

221-204

16

3.59

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Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	78	90	.464	3.99	370	224	44	34	13	3	1558.1	1548	768	690	137	542	58	940	52	15	52	6702	2237	94	3.82	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	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

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	370	224	1558.1	11.8	-1.7
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	370	224	1558.1	2237	5977	1050	317	44	62	58	51.67	13	109	98	31	.259	.324	.396	.720	104	.137	.286	775	2364	498	2142	2237
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

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	119	53	51.2	106	39	37	6	33.3	44	146
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	370	224	1558.1	14.0	8.1	5.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	370	224	1558.1		90
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	2	3	.400	4.68	8	6	1	1	1	0	32.2	30	17	17	2	8	0	21	1	0	1	135	1.163	8.3	0.6	2.2	5.8
2	Joe Niekro	5	3	.625	1.60	8	8	0	4	1	0	67.2	53	14	12	2	23	0	39	0	0	1	268	1.123	7.0	0.3	3.1	5.2

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	PIT	1983-08-31	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	25	5	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	71			0.2	1.98			0.79
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-08-31	CG, W	9.0	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	33	7	31	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	80			0.3	2.83			1.30
3	Larry McWilliams	PIT	1983-04-09	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	28	2	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	90			0.8	3.83			1.22
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-04-09	CG, L	9.0	3	1	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	36	9	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	80			0.3	2.83			0.98
5	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1982-06-14	8-GF(8)	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2				0.0	-2.58	0	0	0.00
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-06-14	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	8	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	79			0.3	3.75			0.54
7	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1982-04-17	5-5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.31	1	0	2.17
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-04-17	GS-7, L	6.1	6	2	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	28	12	21	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	1	0	1	50			0.0	0.46			0.97
9	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1980-10-02	GS-4, L	4.0	5	3	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	8	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	38			-0.2	-1.35			1.33
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-10-02	GS-9, W	8.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	31	7	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	69			0.3	2.42			0.95
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Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry McWilliams (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry McWilliams (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	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0
3	1982	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
4	1983	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	3	0	0	0	0

Larry McWilliams (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry McWilliams (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-08-11	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Flyball: RF
2	1978	1978-08-11	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	b5	12-	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1980	1980-04-15	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice; L. Pujols to 3B
4	1980	1980-07-12	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-2	b2	---	1		Double to CF
5	1980	1980-10-02	HOU	ATL	down 1-0	b2	123	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1980	1980-10-02	HOU	ATL	tied 1-1	b4	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; R. Landestoy to 3B; A. Ashby to 2B
7	1982	1982-06-14	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-7	b8	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; D. Thon to 2B
8	1983	1983-04-09	HOU	PIT	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
9	1983	1983-04-09	HOU	PIT	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Flyball: RF
10	1983	1983-08-31	HOU	PIT	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry McWilliams (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry McWilliams (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	1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry McWilliams (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry McWilliams (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-08-11	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	2		Flyball: RF
2	1978	1978-08-11	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	t5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1978	1978-08-11	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout
4	1980	1980-10-02	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
5	1983	1983-04-09	PIT	HOU	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1983	1983-04-09	PIT	HOU	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Berra to 2B
7	1983	1983-04-09	PIT	HOU	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1		Walk
8	1983	1983-04-09	PIT	HOU	ahead 0-1	t9	---	2		Flyball: C
9	1983	1983-08-31	PIT	HOU	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
10	1983	1983-08-31	PIT	HOU	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout (C-1B)

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	359	515	446	26	60	6	2	0	15	1	2	12	193	.135	.161	.157	.317	-12	70	1	2	54	1	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

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	359	515	-1.0	-1.1	-1.1	0.1	-69	1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	359	515	8	74	80	444	14	.236	41	-68	-7.6	.022	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

Larry McWilliams 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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Larry McWilliams	24-36	1978	1990	359	515	-5.6	-6.8	0.3	-63.31	-6.5	-70.92	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

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	8	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	8	25	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.053	.100	.105	.205	2	0	0	5	0	0

Larry McWilliams vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Larry McWilliams 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	Larry McWilliams	PIT	1983-08-31	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.046	4.06	-0.12%	-0.29			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-08-31	*	9	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	-0.057	0.22	-0.01%	-0.41			P
3	Larry McWilliams	PIT	1983-04-09	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.81	-0.017	1.29	-0.02%	-0.22			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1983-04-09	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.044	0.90	-0.03%	-0.27			P
5	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1982-06-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-06-14	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.76	-0.018	0.34	-0.01%	-0.87			P
7	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1982-04-17		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-04-17	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.123	2.45	-0.10%	-0.80			P
9	Larry McWilliams	ATL	1980-10-02	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.13			P
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-10-02	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	-0.134	13.44	-0.49%	-1.27			P
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