Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Pitching Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	93	69	.574	3.66	286	186	67	38	8	10	1455.1	1454	665	592	107	545	29	882	35	10	46	6189	2106	104	3.63	1.374	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.5

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	1	2	.333	3.74	6	5	1	1	0	0	33.2	33	17	14	3	15	1	16	1	0	1	148	52		2.22	1.426	8.8	0.8	4.0	4.3

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Value

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	286	186	1455.1	16.7	3.9

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Totals Against

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	286	186	1455.1	2106	5499	1077	230	40	127	97	56.70	10	125	67	41	.264	.332	.379	.712	100	.115	.296	700	2085	377	2034	2106

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	6	5	33.2	52	126	22	7	1	0	2	0.00	0	3	4	1	.262	.343	.405	.747		.143	.278	18	51	11	49	52

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Starting & Relieving

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	114	61	52.0	112	50	45	8	55.6	67	100

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	1	20	49.4	1	0	0			1	1

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Ratios

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	286	186	1455.1	14.3	8.8	5.4

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	6	5	33.2	10.8	10.1	0.7

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Pitch Summary

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	286	186	1455.1		91

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	6	5	33.2	421	105	239	56.77

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	1.17	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	29	1.043	8.2	0.0	1.2	2.3
2	Pete Vuckovich	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	1.375	12.4	1.1	0.0	3.4

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	1979-05-03	GS-8, W	7.2	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	29	8	28	5	2	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	2	62			0.3	2.41			1.47
2	Pete Vuckovich	STL	1979-05-03	GS-8, L	8.0	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	11	32	8	1	1	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	3	55			0.1	1.83			0.92

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Pete Vuckovich (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Pete Vuckovich (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Pete Vuckovich (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Pete Vuckovich (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-03	STL	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1979	1979-05-03	STL	HOU	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout

Pete Vuckovich (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Pete Vuckovich (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Pete Vuckovich (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Pete Vuckovich (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-03	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-05-03	HOU	STL	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Flyball: LF
3	1979	1979-05-03	HOU	STL	ahead 0-2	t7	-2-	1		Strikeout

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Batting Comparison

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Batting Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	111	237	208	15	33	7	0	0	13	1	0	3	49	.159	.169	.192	.361	-1	40	3	0	24	2	0

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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. Pete Vuckovich: Batting Value

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	111	237	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-31	1	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	111	237	7	36	37	204	8	.205	28	-29	-3.0	.034	4.2	100.0	1

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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
2	Pete Vuckovich	28-29	1981	1982	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Batting Win Probability

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	Pete Vuckovich	22-33	1975	1986	111	237	-2.6	-2.7	-0.1	-27.05	-2.8	-29.26	0.92

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Totals

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Pete Vuckovich	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: Game Logs

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Joe Niekro vs. Pete Vuckovich: 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	1979-05-03	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.071	1.98	-0.09%	-0.80			P
2	Pete Vuckovich	STL	1979-05-03	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.057	1.30	-0.04%	-0.38			P

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