Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Larry Christenson

10.5

243

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1402.2

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395

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5404.0

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Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	83	71	.539	3.79	243	220	13	27	6	4	1402.2	1401	648	591	100	395	34	781	21	26	34	5861	1888	99	3.37	1.280	9.0	0.6	2.5	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. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	1	2	.333	7.40	6	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	28	18	17	3	7	3	15	0	0	1	95	36		3.45	1.694	12.2	1.3	3.0	6.5
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. Larry Christenson: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	220	1402.2	9.0	-2.9
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	220	1402.2	1888	5344	963	277	61	103	58	63.98	22	106	53	47	.262	.313	.393	.706	98	.131	.289	666	2100	438	1817	1888
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. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	6	5	20.2	36	87	13	8	4	0	0		0	2	1	0	.322	.372	.609	.982		.287	.362	25	53	15	35	36
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. Larry Christenson: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	122	55	51.2	5	0	0	0	100.0	13	23
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	2	40	43.4	0	0				0	1
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	1	50	45.5						0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	220	1402.2	13.3	6.7	6.6
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	6	5	20.2	15.8	7.4	8.4
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	220	1402.2		91
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	6	5	20.2	236	56	146	61.86
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	97	97	55	56.70

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	5	1	.833	2.84	6	6	0	3	0	0	50.2	41	18	16	4	19	0	30	1	0	4	211	1.184	7.3	0.7	3.4	5.3
2	Larry Christenson	1	5	.167	4.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	37.2	41	21	18	6	13	1	9	0	1	1	166	1.434	9.8	1.4	3.1	2.2

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	PHI	1979-09-01	GS-7, W	6.1	9	3	3	0	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	31	14	27	7	0	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	2	40			-0.1	-0.39			1.33
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-09-01	CG, L	9.0	13	6	5	1	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	42	17	38	8	1	1	0	2	0	25	0	1	0	5	43			-0.3	-1.47			0.91
3	Larry Christenson	PHI	1979-06-19	GS-7, L	6.1	8	6	4	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	30	12	26	6	1	0	1	1	0	12	0	1	0	2	36			-0.3	-2.16			1.39
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-06-19	GS-8, W	8.0	9	4	4	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	2	34	13	31	8	0	0	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	49			0.2	0.03			1.19
5	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-08-25	GS-4, L	4.0	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	19	8	17	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	47			-0.1	-0.12			0.86
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-08-25	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	36	10	33	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	74			0.3	3.23			1.09
7	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-08-10	GS-7, L	6.2	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	27	8	26	5	1	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	52			0.0	0.89			1.21
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-08-10	GS-9, W	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	31	7	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	71			0.3	2.68			1.27
9	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-04-25	GS-8, L	8.0	5	3	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	32	8	29	2	1	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	60			0.0	0.65			0.71
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-04-25	GS-8, W	7.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	5	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	2	67			0.3	1.44			1.17
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Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry Christenson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry Christenson (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	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1979	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	11	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	.091	.167	.273	.439	2	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry Christenson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Larry Christenson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-24	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2		Triple to CF; M. Schmidt Scores; J. Oates Scores
2	1975	1975-07-24	PHI	ATL	down 3-2	b4	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1975	1975-07-24	PHI	ATL	tied 3-3	b6	---	2		Flyball: LF
4	1976	1976-04-25	PHI	ATL	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; B. Boone to 2B
5	1976	1976-04-25	PHI	ATL	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1976	1976-08-10	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1976	1976-08-10	PHI	ATL	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
8	1976	1976-08-25	PHI	ATL	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
9	1979	1979-06-19	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Walk
10	1979	1979-06-19	PHI	ATL	down 2-1	t5	12-	0		Popfly: 2B
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Larry Christenson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Christenson (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	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	8	8	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	0	0	0	0	0
3	1979	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	16	4	2	0	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	0	0	0	0

Larry Christenson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Christenson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-24	ATL	PHI	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Flyball: CF
2	1975	1975-07-24	ATL	PHI	ahead 2-3	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1975	1975-07-24	ATL	PHI	ahead 3-4	t7	-2-	1		Double to RF; B. Pocoroba Scores
4	1976	1976-04-25	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1976	1976-04-25	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1976	1976-04-25	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-3	t7	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1976	1976-08-10	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1976	1976-08-10	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	12-	2		Strikeout
9	1976	1976-08-10	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t7	--3	2		Double to RF; V. Correll Scores
10	1976	1976-08-25	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	2		Single to LF; V. Correll to 2B
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Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	506	427	31	64	13	2	11	46	2	0	24	223	.150	.195	.267	.462	26	114	2	0	54	1	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. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	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. Larry Christenson: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	506	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	-44	1	-1	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. Larry Christenson: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	506	26	88	95	420	30	.273	66	-46	-4.9	.117	1.9	100.0	2
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. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	23-27	1977	1981	6	6	0	1	1	5	0	.000	1			.000	1.7		0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Larry Christenson	19-29	1973	1983	243	506	-2.7	-3.7	0.6	-32.37	-3.3	-38.77	0.89
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. Larry Christenson: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	21	20	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.400	.650	8	0	0	1	0	0
2	Larry Christenson	6	14	11	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.273	.439	3	0	0	2	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Larry Christenson: 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	Larry Christenson	PHI	1979-09-01	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.069	0.01	0.00%	-0.84			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-09-01	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.070	0.00	0.00%	-0.74			P
3	Larry Christenson	PHI	1979-06-19	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.070	2.41	-0.06%	-0.36			P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-06-19	*	9	9	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.121	0.12	-0.01%	-0.34			P
5	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-08-25	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.024	0.02	0.00%	-0.22			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-08-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.044	0.00	0.00%	-1.10			P
7	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-08-10	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.040	0.09	0.00%	-0.31			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-08-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.069	0.00	0.00%	0.46			P
9	Larry Christenson	PHI	1976-04-25	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.030	1.70	0.03%	0.28			P
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-04-25	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	-0.042	0.86	-0.04%	-0.51			P
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