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Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	129	112	.535	3.44	452	279	74	64	17	22	2111.2	2141	929	807	186	547	79	1163	51	5	50	8858	2857	103	3.43	1.273	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	318	274	.537	3.35	864	716	83	245	45	29	5404.0	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	86	3342	123	42	226	22677	7237	115	3.62	1.268	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.6

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	2	1	.667	2.65	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.1	28	11	11	4	8	2	16	2	0	0	143	38		0.31	0.964	6.8	1.0	1.9	3.9
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	0	1	.000	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	15	11	6	0	8	1	9	0	0	1	63	23		3.03	1.643	9.6	0.0	5.1	5.8

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	20.4	1.7
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	2857	8121	1592	313	50	108	90	54.55	14	165	84	55	.264	.312	.383	.695	101	.120	.286	981	3112	549	2739	2857
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	7237	20410	3703	735	124	447	217	67.32	52	433	219	102	.247	.311	.366	.677	89	.119	.273	2336	7437	1341	6976	7237

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	38	131	20	1	3	1	0	100.00	0	4	1	1	.214	.268	.359	.626		.145	.214	14	47	8	38	38
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	23	54	11	3	1	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.278	.371	.370	.741		.093	.333	8	20	4	23	23

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	157	56	52.1	147	51	35	9	71.0	74	173
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	4	80	59.0	0	0				0	1
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	1	50	45.5						0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	13.1	6.2	7.0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	11.2	5.6	5.6
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2		84
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	97	97	55	56.70

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Phil Niekro	2	1	.667	3.95	6	5	0	2	1	0	41.0	42	19	18	5	7	0	22	1	1	1	172	1.195	9.2	1.1	1.5	4.8
2	Nelson Briles	1	4	.200	4.82	6	4	1	0	0	0	28.0	32	15	15	4	8	2	14	0	0	1	119	1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	4.5

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-19	GS-6, W	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	8	22	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	3	46			0.0	-0.46			0.99
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-07-19	GS-7, L	6.0	11	8	7	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	13	29	9	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	2	22			-0.4	-4.27			0.83
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-04-10	12-GF(12), L	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-2.82	0	0	2.40
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1971-04-10	GS-7	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	28	8	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	57			-0.1	0.22			1.15
5	Nelson Briles	STL	1969-05-26	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	7	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	50			-0.1	-0.26			1.02
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-05-26	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	35	8	33	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	77			0.5	4.12			0.99
7	Nelson Briles	STL	1967-09-24	GS-7	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	9	29	4	2	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	51			-0.2	-1.05			1.19
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-09-24	GS-8	8.0	10	4	4	0	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	34	11	33	6	2	0	2	0	1	18	0	0	0	4	50			-0.1	-0.62			1.52
9	Nelson Briles	STL	1967-07-21	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	10	26	5	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	2	52			-0.1	-0.05			0.76
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-07-21	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	34	8	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	73			0.3	2.80			0.90
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Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (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	1967	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-07-21	STL	ATL	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1967	1967-07-21	STL	ATL	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1967	1967-09-24	STL	ATL	tied 1-1	b3	---	1		Single to CF
4	1967	1967-09-24	STL	ATL	tied 2-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout (C-1B)
5	1969	1969-05-26	STL	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
6	1969	1969-05-26	STL	ATL	tied 0-0	t5	---	1		Lineout: P
7	1972	1972-07-19	PIT	ATL	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1972	1972-07-19	PIT	ATL	ahead 2-4	b4	-2-	0		Flyball: 1B
9	1972	1972-07-19	PIT	ATL	ahead 3-5	b6	---	1		Strikeout

Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Phil 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	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1972	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0

Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-08-16	MLN	STL	ahead 4-8	t8	1--	1		Double Play: Bunt Popfly: 1B unassisted
2	1967	1967-07-21	ATL	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Single to CF
3	1967	1967-07-21	ATL	STL	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Lineout: LF
4	1967	1967-07-21	ATL	STL	ahead 1-3	t7	1--	1		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); B. Uecker to 2B
5	1967	1967-09-24	ATL	STL	down 1-0	t3	-2-	1		Popfly: 2B
6	1967	1967-09-24	ATL	STL	tied 2-2	t5	-2-	0		Strikeout
7	1967	1967-09-24	ATL	STL	tied 4-4	t7	---	0		Strikeout
8	1969	1969-05-26	ATL	STL	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Flyball: CF
9	1969	1969-05-26	ATL	STL	tied 0-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
10	1972	1972-07-19	ATL	PIT	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Flyball: SS
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Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	469	29	72	9	2	3	29	0	0	21	171	.154	.192	.200	.392	12	94	5	2	37	3	0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	1537	80	260	42	1	7	109	0	1	17	314	.169	.183	.211	.395	8	325	35	12	129	12	0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	1	2	0	0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-55	0	0	0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-1.1	-1.1	-1.3	0.4	-196	0	-5	0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	14	95	99	442	23	.232	55	-54	-5.9	.047	2.7		0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	50	289	307	1454	63	.206	182	-200	-20.9	.042	4.9	0.0	1

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	0	2	2	12	1	.200	1			.000	1.8		0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	-4.5	-5.7	0.2	-54.48	-5.7	-56.85	0.81
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13	-19.9	-204.02	0.96

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Phil Niekro	6	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Nelson Briles	6	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Nelson Briles: 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-19	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.042	1.13	-0.06%	-0.63			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-07-19	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.058	0.12	0.00%	-0.46			P
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-04-10		1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1971-04-10	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	-0.069	2.45	-0.06%	-0.71			P
5	Nelson Briles	STL	1969-05-26	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	0.020	1.00	0.01%	0.23			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-05-26	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.040	1.15	-0.06%	-0.40			P
7	Nelson Briles	STL	1967-09-24	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	0.008	0.00	0.00%	0.10			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-09-24	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.136	0.00	0.00%	-0.94			P
9	Nelson Briles	STL	1967-07-21	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.038	5.40	-0.16%	-0.29			P
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-07-21	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0.015	1.45	0.03%	-0.05			P
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