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Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	177	122	.592	3.33	600	356	82	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	63	1673	37	26	28	10366	3165	114	3.41	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0
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. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	2	2	.500	2.88	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	33	19	11	5	11	1	29	0	0	0	146	44		2.84	1.282	8.7	1.3	2.9	7.6
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. John Candelaria: Value

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	39.9	18.0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	3165	9538	1619	450	85	80	106	43.01	14	182	105	93	.252	.295	.394	.689	92	.142	.279	1124	3754	780	3028	3165
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. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	44	135											.244	.301					.277				44	44
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	23	54											.278	.371					.333				23	23

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	204	57	54.7	243	66	27	17	63.0	82	244
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986									0	0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982									0	0

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	16.1	5.7	10.4
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	19.9	7.5	12.3
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2		95
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	1	2	.333	4.33	4	4	0	1	0	0	27.0	26	19	13	4	14	4	18	2	0	4	123	1.481	8.7	1.3	4.7	6.0
2	John Candelaria	2	1	.667	1.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	30.0	21	12	5	0	7	2	18	1	0	0	121	0.933	6.3	0.0	2.1	5.4

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	PIT	1977-05-11	GS-9, W	8.2	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	36	10	33	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	2	69			0.4	2.89			1.61
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1977-05-11	CG(8), L	8.0	6	2	2	0	1	5	2	5	0	0	3	35	12	30	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	2	62			0.1	1.99			1.05
3	John Candelaria	PIT	1976-07-15	GS-5, W	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	4	15	3	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	1	1	1	58			0.1	1.22			0.67
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-07-15	GS-5, L	4.0	8	9	4	5	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	24	13	21	6	0	1	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	2	20			-0.4	-6.56			0.81
5	John Candelaria	PIT	1976-07-05	GS-8	7.2	6	5	4	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	11	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	51			0.2	0.28			0.68
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-07-05	GS-7	7.0	8	6	5	1	1	4	1	5	1	0	0	35	14	30	4	3	0	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	40			-0.2	-2.71			0.67
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1975-08-27	GS-9, L	8.2	3	5	0	5	0	3	2	6	1	0	0	37	11	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	71			-0.2	0.64			1.69
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-08-27	GS-8, W	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	1	29	7	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	3	69			0.2	1.60			0.85

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (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	1975	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
3	1977	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-08-27	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1975	1975-08-27	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
3	1975	1975-08-27	PIT	ATL	tied 2-2	b8	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1976	1976-07-05	PIT	ATL	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1976	1976-07-05	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1976	1976-07-05	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-3	t6	1--	1		Single to LF; M. Sanguillén to 2B
7	1976	1976-07-15	PIT	ATL	tied 0-0	b2	123	2		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); D. Parker Scores/No RBI/unER; R. Zisk to 3B; M. Sanguillén to 2B
8	1976	1976-07-15	PIT	ATL	ahead 1-6	b4	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
9	1977	1977-05-11	PIT	ATL	tied 1-1	b2	---	1		Strikeout
10	1977	1977-05-11	PIT	ATL	ahead 1-2	b4	---	2		Walk
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John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Candelaria (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	1975	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	1977	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	1

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-08-27	ATL	PIT	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: CF
2	1975	1975-08-27	ATL	PIT	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Flyball: RF
3	1975	1975-08-27	ATL	PIT	tied 2-2	t7	12-	2		Lineout: 1B
4	1976	1976-07-05	ATL	PIT	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: 2B
5	1976	1976-07-05	ATL	PIT	down 3-0	b5	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1976	1976-07-15	ATL	PIT	down 4-0	t3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
7	1977	1977-05-11	ATL	PIT	tied 1-1	t2	-23	1		Lineout: 2B
8	1977	1977-05-11	ATL	PIT	down 2-1	t5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Bonnell to 3B
9	1977	1977-05-11	ATL	PIT	down 2-1	t7	1--	1		Strikeout

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	596	39	104	20	3	1	48	0	2	44	162	.174	.233	.223	.456	26	133	19	2	43	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. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	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. John Candelaria: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	2.0	2.0	1.9	0.1	-57	-2	-2	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. John Candelaria: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	24	150	161	559	32	.236	86	-61	-6.4	.049	3.7	0.00	2
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	50	289	307	1454	63	.206	182	-200	-20.9	.042	4.9	0.00	1

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	0	1	1	8		.500	0			.000	1.3		0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5		.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	-5.5	-6.0	-0.2	-67.76		-65.03	0.89
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13		-204.02	0.96

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	John Candelaria	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	PIT	1977-05-11	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.061	2.13	-0.08%	-0.74			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1977-05-11	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	-0.158	0.51	-0.03%	-1.28			P
3	John Candelaria	PIT	1976-07-15	*	5	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.107	1.48	0.06%	0.79			P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-07-15	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.053	0.31	-0.01%	-0.72			P
5	John Candelaria	PIT	1976-07-05	*	8	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.018	0.45	-0.01%	-0.16			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-07-05	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.041	0.29	-0.01%	-0.37			P
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1975-08-27	*	9	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	-0.067	3.62	-0.16%	-0.57			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-08-27	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.119	0.00	0.00%	-0.77			P

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