Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	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
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	4	10	.286	5.73	74	21	18	0	0	3	191.2	206	135	122	21	133	5	116	3	5	12	886	351	68	5.08	1.769	9.7	1.0	6.2	5.4

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Value

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	74	21	191.2	-2.7	-4.6

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	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
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	74	21	191.2	351	729	154	26	5	25	13	65.79	3	15	12	8	.283	.392	.418	.810	128	.136	.308	123	305	52	342	351

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	7	33	44.7	54	17	31	1	75.0	18	53

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	74	21	191.2	13.1	15.0	-1.9

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	74	21	191.2

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	0	1.000	7.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	18	10	8	0	5	0	6	0	0	2	51	2.300	16.2	0.0	4.5	5.4
2	John Pacella	0	0		9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	19	3.667	18.0	0.0	15.0	12.0

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-22	GS-4	3.1	7	5	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	9	17	6	0	1	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	29			-0.5	-3.45			1.41
2	John Pacella	NYM	1980-07-22	GS-3	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	16	11	10	5	0	1	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	29			-0.4	-3.50			1.52
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-05-22	GS-7, W	6.2	11	5	4	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	32	14	29	7	3	1	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	4	34			0.0	-2.26			0.89
4	John Pacella	NYM	1980-05-22	7-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.77	2	0	0.11

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Pacella (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Pacella (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	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Pacella (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Pacella (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-22	HOU	NYM	ahead 2-8	t7	1-3	0		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-07-22	HOU	NYM	down 1-0	b2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; C. Reynolds to 2B

John Pacella (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Pacella (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	1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Pacella (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Pacella (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-22	NYM	HOU	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	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
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	39	26	24	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.125	.208	-42	3	0	0	2	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	39	26	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.0	1
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	39	26	1	2	2	24	0	.125	1	-4	-0.5	.042	3.0		0

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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. John Pacella: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92
2	John Pacella	20-29	1977	1986	39	26	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	-5.42	-0.5	-5.63	0.82

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	2	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	1	0	1	0	0
2	John Pacella	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. John Pacella: 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	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-07-22	*	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.124	4.82	-0.22%	-1.27			P
2	John Pacella	NYM	1980-07-22	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.030	0.75	-0.01%	-0.29			P
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-05-22	*	7	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.136	1.03	0.14%	0.66			P
4	John Pacella	NYM	1980-05-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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