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Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	114	144	.442	3.75	736	203	338	44	8	108	2078.0	2113	991	866	217	731	121	989	33	7	59	8868	2991	102	3.99	1.369	9.2	0.9	3.2	4.3
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Value

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	20.2	0.7
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	2991	7929	1513	315	68	69	64	51.88	7	192	114	59	.266	.329	.405	.734	105	.139	.280	1067	3213	600	2877	2991
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	96	47	48.9	343	138	40	41	72.5	338	533
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	11.2	8.2	2.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0		87
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	2	0	1.000	2.22	4	3	0	2	1	0	24.1	21	8	6	2	7	1	3	0	0	0	95	1.151	7.8	0.7	2.6	1.1
2	Ron Kline	0	0		1.69	4	0	3	0	0	1	5.1	4	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	22	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.1

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	PIT	1969-04-22 (2)	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.6	1.91	2	0	5.46
2	Joe Niekro	CHC	1969-04-22 (2)	1-2	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	2				-0.2	-2.30	3	3	0.46
3	Ron Kline	PIT	1969-04-15	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1				0.0	0.03	0	0	0.32
4	Joe Niekro	CHC	1969-04-15	GS-5	4.1	5	4	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	21	8	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	36			-0.1	-2.39			0.89
5	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-07-14	7-8	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.45	1	1	0.09
6	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-07-14	CG, W	9.0	6	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	34	9	30	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	1	67			0.1	1.35			1.12
7	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-05-02	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.37	0	0	0.63
8	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-02	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	7	29	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	76			0.7	3.35			1.64

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Kline (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	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-02	CHC	PIT	ahead 0-1	t9	---	0		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-07-14	CHC	PIT	ahead 1-6	t8	---	1		Strikeout

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	491	14	45	2	1	0	14	1	0	15	221	.092	.122	.100	.222	-39	49	7	2	39	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

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	-4.1	-4.1	-4.0	-0.5	-97	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. Ron Kline: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	3	62	68	493	9	.166	28	-97	-9.9	.008	2.2	100.00	1
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	-8.3	-8.7	0.2	-88.88	-9.0	-94.21	0.96
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. Ron Kline: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	4	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ron Kline	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	PIT	1969-04-22 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Joe Niekro	CHC	1969-04-22 (2)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ron Kline	PIT	1969-04-15		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Joe Niekro	CHC	1969-04-15	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	0.079	1.20	0.11%	1.78			P
5	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-07-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-07-14	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.006	0.07	0.00%	-0.25			P
7	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-05-02		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Niekro	CHC	1968-05-02	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.123	1.91	-0.11%	-1.05			P

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