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Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	77	94	.450	4.07	401	191	53	29	10	5	1494.2	1407	762	676	133	769	66	1054	52	20	81	6576	2319	86	4.00	1.456	8.5	0.8	4.6	6.3
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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Value

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	401	191	1494.2	4.0	-8.5
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	401	191	1494.2	2319	5639	980	259	35	158	71	69.00	16	103	78	37	.250	.343	.379	.722	110	.129	.284	744	2135	427	2228	2319
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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	88	46	49.6	180	62	34	6	45.5	53	210
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	401	191	1494.2	16.0	11.7	4.3
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	401	191	1494.2		114
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	4	1	.800	2.33	7	3	2	0	0	0	27.0	24	10	7	3	12	1	27	0	0	3	116	1.333	8.0	1.0	4.0	9.0
2	Tom Griffin	2	2	.500	4.54	7	6	1	0	0	0	33.2	35	23	17	1	12	1	16	1	1	3	150	1.396	9.4	0.3	3.2	4.3

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	PIT	1982-05-02	GS-4, L	3.0	7	5	5	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	20	11	16	5	2	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	24			-0.2	-2.57			1.18
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-05-02	GS-7, W	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	24	7	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	60			0.1	0.21			0.66
3	Tom Griffin	SFG	1981-08-11	GS-9, W	8.1	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	31	6	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	3	66			0.3	2.19			0.92
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-08-11	GS-7, L	6.1	10	3	3	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	31	12	27	8	2	0	1	0	0	12	0	2	0	2	46			-0.2	-1.52			0.89
5	Tom Griffin	SFG	1979-07-31	7-GF(8)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.88	0	0	0.14
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-07-31	GS-7, W	6.2	5	3	0	3	0	5	0	7	0	0	1	30	11	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	60			0.1	0.69			0.64
7	Tom Griffin	SDP	1977-07-04	GS-3, L	2.1	5	6	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	15	8	12	2	3	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	20			-0.3	-3.53			1.02
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-07-04	6-GF, W	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	13	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.2	2.03	3	0	0.82
9	Tom Griffin	SDP	1977-06-27	GS-6	6.0	6	4	1	3	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	28	11	26	3	3	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	3	52			-0.2	-1.34			1.36
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-06-27	9-GF, W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.78	2	1	0.49
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Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Griffin (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Griffin (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	1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1982	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Griffin (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Tom Griffin (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1976	1976-08-06	SDP	HOU	ahead 1-5	b6	---	0		Strikeout
2	1981	1981-08-11	SFG	HOU	tied 1-1	b2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. LeMaster to 2B
3	1981	1981-08-11	SFG	HOU	ahead 1-3	b4	---	0		Single to RF
4	1981	1981-08-11	SFG	HOU	ahead 1-3	b6	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1982	1982-05-02	PIT	HOU	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout

Tom Griffin (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Griffin (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	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1982	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Griffin (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Griffin (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-11	HOU	SFG	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2		Flyball: CF
2	1981	1981-08-11	HOU	SFG	down 3-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1982	1982-05-02	HOU	PIT	tied 0-0	t2	---	2		Double to LF
4	1982	1982-05-02	HOU	PIT	ahead 0-3	t3	1-3	2		Strikeout

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	384	466	405	31	66	16	0	10	32	0	0	13	158	.163	.191	.277	.468	32	112	8	2	42	4	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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	384	466	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.1	-39	-1	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	384	466	26	81	85	393	25	.232	53	-37	-3.9	.114	2.6		0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.00	1

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Griffin	21-34	1969	1982	384	466	-2.7	-3.6	0.5	-43.40	-4.8	-40.23	0.88
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	7	10	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	Tom Griffin	7	11	9	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.333	.400	.667	1.067	6	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Tom Griffin: 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	Tom Griffin	PIT	1982-05-02	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.015	0.67	-0.01%	-0.15			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1982-05-02	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.56	-0.008	0.42	0.00%	-0.46			P
3	Tom Griffin	SFG	1981-08-11	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.66	-0.001	0.80	0.00%	0.11			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-08-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.040	1.11	-0.03%	-0.33			P
5	Tom Griffin	SFG	1979-07-31		3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-07-31	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.28	-0.010	0.94	-0.02%	-0.69			P
7	Tom Griffin	SDP	1977-07-04	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-07-04		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.017	0.01	0.00%	-0.56			P
9	Tom Griffin	SDP	1977-06-27	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	0.103	0.07	0.01%	0.86			P
10	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-06-27		1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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