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Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	119	90	.569	3.62	416	225	70	72	10	19	1944.1	2122	885	783	176	531	27	713	27	1	24	8271	2819	108	3.91	1.364	9.8	0.8	2.5	3.3
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. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	0	0		2.93	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.1	15	5	5	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	61	18		0.04	1.174	8.8	0.6	1.8	4.7
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	21		2.57	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Value

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	21.4	3.9
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	2819	7580	1588	306	52	101	58	63.52	48	228	83	48	.280	.327	.404	.731	102	.124	.289	1012	3060	534	2680	2819
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. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1	18	58											.259	.295					.286				18	18
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	21	74											.189	.259					.209				21	21

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	127	56	49.4	155	47	30	5	79.2	70	191
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981									1	2
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987									0	1

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	8.6	6.4	2.2
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1	13.1	4.9	8.2
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1		85
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	1	1	.500	4.24	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	8	8	3	10	0	7	0	0	2	71	1.471	7.9	1.6	5.3	3.7
2	Bill Lee	1	1	.500	5.87	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	23	10	10	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	72	1.891	13.5	0.6	3.5	2.9

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	MON	1981-09-06	GS-7	6.1	10	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	11	26	6	2	1	0	2	1	17	0	1	0	4	42			-0.2	-0.84			1.16
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-09-06	GS-7	6.0	7	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	26	10	23	5	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	2	48			-0.1	-0.34			1.13
3	Bill Lee	MON	1980-07-27	GS-3, L	2.0	5	5	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	9	10	3	1	1	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	22			-0.3	-3.07			1.14
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-27	GS-5, W	5.0	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	7	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	52			0.0	0.24			1.02
5	Bill Lee	MON	1979-08-29	GS-7, W	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	9	28	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	55			0.1	1.26			1.09
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-08-29	GS-6, L	6.0	5	4	4	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	26	9	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	46			-0.3	-1.21			1.17

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-29	MON	HOU	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; C. Speier to 2B
2	1979	1979-08-29	MON	HOU	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1981	1981-09-06	MON	HOU	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1981	1981-09-06	MON	HOU	tied 2-2	b5	---	1		Single to LF

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Lee (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	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1980	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1981	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	2	0	0	0	0

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-29	HOU	MON	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Single; J. Cruz Scores; A. Ashby to 2B
2	1979	1979-08-29	HOU	MON	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; A. Ashby to 2B
3	1980	1980-07-27	HOU	MON	tied 2-2	t2	---	2		Single to CF
4	1981	1981-09-06	HOU	MON	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1981	1981-09-06	HOU	MON	tied 2-2	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; L. Pujols to 2B
6	1981	1981-09-06	HOU	MON	tied 2-2	t7	-2-	0		Double to LF; L. Pujols Scores

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	197	12	41	3	1	2	10	0	0	1	63	.208	.212	.264	.476	31	52	1	0	10	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

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	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. Bill Lee: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-19	1	-1	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. Bill Lee: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	6	42	43	167	14	.295	20	-19	-2.0	.056	3.1		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. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	6	0	1	1	5		.333	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5		.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	-1.1	-2.0	0.7	-17.32		-20.67	0.88
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94		-130.61	0.92

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	3	8	6	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.833	.833	1.000	1.833	6	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bill Lee	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	MON	1981-09-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.006	1.62	0.01%	0.03			P
2	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-09-06	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.126	3.84	0.18%	0.62			P
3	Bill Lee	MON	1980-07-27	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-27	*	6	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	0.062	1.61	0.12%	1.16			P
5	Bill Lee	MON	1979-08-29	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.043	3.85	-0.09%	-0.34			P
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	1979-08-29	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.096	6.54	0.23%	0.81			P

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