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Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	45	47	.489	3.64	243	100	51	16	7	9	825.1	763	375	334	43	408	28	558	10	0	41	3559	1247	98	3.36	1.419	8.3	0.5	4.4	6.1

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	0	1	.000	6.23	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	7	6	1	2	2	5	0	0	1	39	13		3.10	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	5.2

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	4.3	-2.7

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	1247	3086	597	102	21	50	21	70.42	3	120	35	19	.247	.335	.336	.671	95	.088	.288	350	1033	166	1181	1247

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	13	34											.324	.361					.357				13	13

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	48	48	50.8	124	32	26	4	69.2	51	143

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972									0	1

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	15.7	11.5	4.2

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	12.8	5.1	7.7

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	4	1	.800	3.35	6	4	2	3	0	1	37.2	38	15	14	6	6	0	17	0	0	0	156	1.168	9.1	1.4	1.4	4.1
2	Luke Walker	0	1	.000	3.29	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.2	9	5	5	2	7	0	5	0	0	0	57	1.171	5.9	1.3	4.6	3.3

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	1973-06-12	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	36	10	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	66			0.4	2.48			1.21
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1973-06-12	GS-5, L	4.1	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	21	8	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	41			-0.1	-1.42			0.59
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-07-19	GS-7, L	6.0	11	8	7	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	13	29	9	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	2	22			-0.4	-4.27			0.83
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-07-19	7-GF, S	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.1	1.27	0	0	0.38
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-05-10	CG, W	9.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	35	9	35	4	3	0	0	0	1	18	0	0	0	5	57			0.1	0.24			0.86
6	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-05-10	2-5	3.1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	5	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.17	2	1	0.46
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-04-30	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	36	10	34	4	3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	70			0.2	2.81			0.58
8	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-04-30	6-7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.85	0	0	0.05
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-06-08 (1)	8-GF, W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.3	0.92	0	0	2.68
10	Luke Walker	PIT	1969-06-08 (1)	5-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.08
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Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (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	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1973	2	2	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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-05-10	PIT	ATL	down 3-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: C
2	1973	1973-06-12	PIT	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
3	1973	1973-06-12	PIT	ATL	down 3-0	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Luke Walker (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	1972	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1973	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-04-30	ATL	PIT	ahead 0-6	t6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; D. Evans to 2B
2	1972	1972-05-10	ATL	PIT	ahead 0-4	b3	-23	1		Flyball: C
3	1972	1972-07-19	ATL	PIT	down 5-3	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1973	1973-06-12	ATL	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Single to CF
5	1973	1973-06-12	ATL	PIT	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	2		Flyball: RF

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	0.1	-38	1	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	0	23	25	196	2	.136	11	-39	-4.0	.000	1.8		0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	0	0	0	2		.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-3.3	-3.6	-0.3	-33.39		-35.98	0.87

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	16	13	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	0	3	0	0
2	Luke Walker	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker: 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	1973-06-12	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	0.006	0.06	0.00%	-0.18			P
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1973-06-12	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.040	0.75	-0.02%	-0.39			P
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-07-19	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.058	0.12	0.00%	-0.46			P
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-07-19		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.001	0.05	0.00%	0.32			P
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-05-10	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.010	0.45	-0.01%	0.20			P
6	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-05-10		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.014	0.56	-0.01%	-0.15			P
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-04-30	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.44	-0.005	0.47	0.00%	-0.22			P
8	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-04-30		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1969-06-08 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Luke Walker	PIT	1969-06-08 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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