Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	2645	89	3.89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1
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. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	0	1	.000	5.84	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	13	8	8	0	10	2	6	0	0	1	61	24		2.87	1.865	9.5	0.0	7.3	4.4
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

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Value

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	1.2	-13.5
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	2645	6601	1367	275	45	188	93	66.90	5	211	91	48	.271	.343	.371	.714	107	.100	.293	850	2448	419	2540	2645
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. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	24	47	9	2	2	3	0	100.00	0	1	2	2	.277	.390	.404	.794		.128	.302	10	19	4	23	24
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

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	118	49	48.3	128	48	38	10	54.5	61	172
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	0	0	38.0	3	0	0	0		2	4
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	10.4	9.7	0.8
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	9.8	16.4	-6.6
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2		91
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	209	52	112	53.59
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	0	2	.000	5.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	27	15	10	1	5	2	6	0	0	0	82	1.882	14.3	0.5	2.6	3.2
2	Joe Niekro	2	1	.667	3.98	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.1	18	10	9	0	10	0	11	1	0	2	87	1.377	8.0	0.0	4.4	4.9

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-05-01	GS-6, L	5.1	10	8	3	5	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	30	14	27	6	3	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	4	26			-0.6	-5.43			1.25
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-05-01	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	37	10	33	5	1	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	65			-0.1	1.07			0.74
3	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1979-09-22	GS-7, L	7.0	8	3	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	30	11	27	7	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	1	50			-0.1	0.09			1.08
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-09-22	GS-9, W	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	33	10	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	68			0.1	0.72			1.16
5	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1979-09-12	GS-5	4.2	9	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	10	19	7	2	0	1	1	0	11	0	1	1	2	30			-0.1	-1.98			1.03
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-09-12	GS-4, L	3.1	7	6	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	17	9	14	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	2	23			-0.3	-3.99			0.81

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (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	1979	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-09-12	CIN	HOU	ahead 1-3	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-09-22	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Strikeout
3	1979	1979-09-22	CIN	HOU	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1980	1980-05-01	CIN	HOU	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
5	1980	1980-05-01	CIN	HOU	tied 3-3	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike LaCoss (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	1979	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-09-12	HOU	CIN	down 3-1	t2	1-3	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1979	1979-09-22	HOU	CIN	down 1-0	b2	1--	2		Popfly: 2B
3	1979	1979-09-22	HOU	CIN	tied 1-1	b4	-2-	2		Foul Popfly: C
4	1979	1979-09-22	HOU	CIN	ahead 1-3	b6	---	2		Strikeout
5	1980	1980-05-01	HOU	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1980	1980-05-01	HOU	CIN	down 3-1	t4	12-	2		Flyball: LF
7	1980	1980-05-01	HOU	CIN	ahead 3-4	t6	1-3	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; L. Pujols to 2B

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	77	5	2	61	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. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	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

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	0.1	-74	0	-2	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. Mike LaCoss: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	13	80	87	488	19	.203	47	-72	-7.6	.035	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

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-7.1	-7.6	-0.3	-81.21	-8.6	-79.59	0.89
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. Mike LaCoss: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Niekro	3	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss: 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	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-05-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.047	2.44	-0.07%	-0.36			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-05-01	*	9	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.90	-0.116	2.29	-0.18%	-1.50			P
3	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1979-09-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.030	6.50	-0.19%	-0.23			P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-09-22	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.079	7.67	-0.50%	-1.37			P
5	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1979-09-12	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.019	4.30	-0.12%	-0.56			P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-09-12	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.049	18.85	-0.31%	-0.48			P

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