Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
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. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	41		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6
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. Jim Kaat: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155
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. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	41	100	24	5	0	1	1	50.00	0	2	4	0	.300	.358	.380	.738		.080	.326	15	38	6	39	41
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. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	2	40	47.0	5	2	40	1	0.0	0	4
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	1	50	45.5						0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	246	67	160	65.04
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	97	97	55	56.70

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	1.07	3	3	0	2	1	0	25.1	18	3	3	0	4	0	20	0	0	0	96	0.868	6.4	0.0	1.4	7.1
2	Jim Kaat	0	2	.000	6.30	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	12	7	7	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	43	1.600	10.8	1.8	3.6	3.6

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	STL	1982-07-19	8-8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.49	1	0	0.26
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-07-19	GS-8, W	7.1	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	7	26	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	63			0.2	2.02			1.31
3	Jim Kaat	PHI	1978-07-26	GS-4, L	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	20	10	18	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	28			-0.3	-2.20			1.12
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1978-07-26	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	37	10	35	7	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	66			0.3	2.06			1.21
5	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-06-09	GS-6, L	5.1	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	6	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	49			-0.1	-0.28			0.95
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1977-06-09	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	32	5	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	91			0.5	4.93			0.96

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1977	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-09	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1977	1977-06-09	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	t5	---	1		Strikeout (C-1B)
3	1978	1978-07-26	PHI	ATL	tied 2-2	b2	1--	0		Flyball: SS

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (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	1977	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-09	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1977	1977-06-09	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-3	b5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1978	1978-07-26	ATL	PHI	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1978	1978-07-26	ATL	PHI	ahead 2-3	t4	1--	2		Single to LF; D. Chaney to 2B

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
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. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	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. Jim Kaat: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-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. Jim Kaat: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.3	6
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. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8	1	.667	2			.000	1.5		0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31	-9.5	-90.13	0.97
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. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	3	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	STL	1982-07-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-07-19	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.108	4.12	0.16%	0.50			P
3	Jim Kaat	PHI	1978-07-26	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.035	4.19	-0.06%	-0.34			P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1978-07-26	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	-0.015	0.01	0.00%	-0.44			P
5	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-06-09	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.048	1.44	-0.05%	-0.43			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1977-06-09	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.022	0.03	0.00%	0.04			P

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