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Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	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
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	42	54	.438	3.62	307	76	124	11	6	31	840.2	734	375	338	69	381	44	681	27	2	46	3558	1175	100	3.40	1.326	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.3

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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. Dick Selma: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	9.6	1.2

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	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
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	1175	3084	524	117	24	41	39	51.25	11	65	45	23	.238	.325	.359	.684	98	.121	.282	364	1106	210	1142	1175

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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											.278	.371					.333				23	23

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	36	47	52.0	173	60	35	19	62.0	124	231

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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									0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	19.1	10.7	8.4

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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. Dick Selma: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	0	1.000	3.04	5	3	1	2	0	1	26.2	23	10	9	2	4	0	14	0	0	0	105	1.013	7.8	0.7	1.4	4.7
2	Dick Selma	0	2	.000	3.21	5	2	1	0	0	0	14.0	11	11	5	3	7	0	7	0	0	0	57	1.286	7.1	1.9	4.5	4.5

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-04-25	9-GF, S	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.09	2	1	1.49
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1973-04-25	5-5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.91	2	0	0.46
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-09-24	CG, W	9.0	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	36	11	35	8	1	0	1	0	0	14	2	0	1	2	56			0.0	-0.55			1.10
4	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-09-24	7-7	0.1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.70	0	0	0.45
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-07-25	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	32	6	31	4	2	0	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	2	71			0.4	1.45			0.92
6	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-07-25	GS-7, L	7.0	4	4	0	4	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	26	7	24	2	0	1	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	2	64			-0.1	-1.32			0.85
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-09-14	GS-8	8.0	5	4	3	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	33	11	29	4	0	0	1	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	58			-0.2	-0.62			1.07
8	Dick Selma	NYM	1967-09-14	8-GF, BL	1.1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				-0.6	-1.25	1	0	4.41
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1966-04-17	8-8,BS	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-1.93	2	2	3.13
10	Dick Selma	NYM	1966-04-17	GS-5	4.2	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	7	16	1	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	3	41			-0.2	-0.88			1.02

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (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	1968	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-25	NYM	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Buchek to 2B
2	1968	1968-07-25	NYM	ATL	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Selma (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	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-25	ATL	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-07-25	ATL	NYM	tied 0-0	b6	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	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
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	203	13	35	5	2	0	7	1	0	5	76	.172	.195	.217	.412	17	44	4	1	16	1	0

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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. Dick Selma: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-1.1	-1.1	-1.3	0.4	-196	0	-5	0
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-23	1	-1	0

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	50	289	307	1454	63	.206	182	-200	-20.9	.042	4.9	0.00	1
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	7	41	43	189	10	.273	20	-24	-2.5	.044	2.7	100.00	1

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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		.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13		-204.02	0.96
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	-2.9	-2.6	-0.5	-31.24		-27.25	0.92

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	5	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Dick Selma	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Dick Selma: 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	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-04-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1973-04-25		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-09-24	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.86			P
4	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-09-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-07-25	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.035	0.28	-0.01%	-0.38			P
6	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-07-25	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.048	0.05	0.00%	-0.34			P
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1967-09-14	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.22			P
8	Dick Selma	NYM	1967-09-14		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	-0.007	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1966-04-17		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Dick Selma	NYM	1966-04-17	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.019	3.01	-0.02%	-0.27			P

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