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Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	19	23	.452	4.11	195	28	48	5	0	7	423.0	416	207	193	40	170	30	242	8	5	22	1832	613	87	3.93	1.385	8.9	0.9	3.6	5.1
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. Rich Folkers: 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	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. Rich Folkers: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	1.9	-2.0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	613	1611	288	73	15	25	9	73.53	3	35	26	17	.258	.329	.397	.726	110	.138	.279	214	639	128	594	613
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. Rich Folkers: 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	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. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	12	43	48.4	137	64	47	7	50.0	48	167
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	1	50	45.5						0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	13.2	9.3	3.9
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0		84
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	97	97	55	56.70

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	3	0	1.000	2.63	8	6	2	2	1	2	51.1	52	17	15	4	14	2	29	3	0	2	215	1.286	9.1	0.7	2.5	5.1
2	Rich Folkers	0	2	.000	4.94	8	2	2	0	0	0	23.2	22	13	13	4	8	1	15	1	0	1	99	1.268	8.4	1.5	3.0	5.7

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-09-26	8-8	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.0	-2.33	2	2	0.12
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-09-26	GS-7	6.2	11	4	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	32	13	29	9	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	2	40			-0.2	-1.13			1.24
3	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-06-26 (2)	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.82	0	0	0.05
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-06-26 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	3	2	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	36	11	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	3	66			-0.1	0.67			0.79
5	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-09-04	GS-9	8.1	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	30	6	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	73			0.5	3.59			1.60
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-09-04	GS-8	8.0	8	1	1	0	1	2	1	9	0	0	0	32	10	30	6	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	2	69			0.3	2.78			0.95
7	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-04-20	6-GF, BL	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	4	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				-0.5	-0.58	0	0	2.32
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-04-20	GS-8	8.0	9	3	3	0	2	3	1	4	1	0	0	34	13	30	4	2	1	0	1	0	19	1	0	0	5	53			0.0	0.78			0.99
9	Rich Folkers	STL	1974-08-20	5-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	0	0	0.09
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1974-08-20	GS-7, W	6.2	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	31	11	28	6	1	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	36			-0.1	-2.07			0.64
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Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (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	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-04-20	SDP	ATL	ahead 2-3	t7	---	0		Flyball: 1B
2	1975	1975-09-04	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1		Single to LF
3	1975	1975-09-04	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-1	t6	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1975	1975-09-04	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-1	t7	123	2		Popfly: P

Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rich Folkers (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	1974	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1975	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1976	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1974	1974-07-14	ATL	STL	ahead 0-4	t4	---	1		Strikeout
2	1974	1974-07-14	ATL	STL	ahead 0-7	t6	---	1		Flyball: RF
3	1974	1974-08-20	ATL	STL	ahead 3-8	b5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1975	1975-04-20	ATL	SDP	down 3-2	b6	---	0		Strikeout
5	1975	1975-09-04	ATL	SDP	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Popfly: P
6	1975	1975-09-04	ATL	SDP	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Walk
7	1976	1976-06-26 (2)	ATL	SDP	ahead 3-7	t8	---	2		Single to CF (Line Drive)

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	77	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	28	.143	.183	.156	.339	-4	12	1	0	7	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. Rich Folkers: 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	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. Rich Folkers: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-11	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. Rich Folkers: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	1	15	16	75	3	.220	8	-10	-1.0	.013	2.8		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. Rich Folkers: 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	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	-1.1	-1.1	-0.3	-10.90	-1.2	-11.62	0.80
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. Rich Folkers: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	8	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	1	0	1	0	0
2	Rich Folkers	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-09-26		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-09-26	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.054	0.00	0.00%	-0.79			P
3	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-06-26 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1976-06-26 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.81	-0.062	0.38	-0.02%	-0.96			P
5	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-09-04	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.073	0.00	0.00%	-0.72			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-09-04	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.023	0.00	0.00%	0.03			P
7	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-04-20		4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.035	1.40	-0.04%	-0.38			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1975-04-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.072	1.65	-0.07%	-0.53			P
9	Rich Folkers	STL	1974-08-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Phil Niekro	ATL	1974-08-20	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	0.117	0.08	0.01%	0.94			P
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