Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	2	.714	3.89	10	10	0	4	0	0	71.2	74	37	31	10	28	2	48	1	2	1	308	1.423	9.3	1.3	3.5	6.0
2	Ed Whitson	0	2	.000	4.72	10	4	4	0	0	1	34.1	34	18	18	2	16	1	23	2	0	1	154	1.456	8.9	0.5	4.2	6.0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	CLE	1986-04-27	GS-7	6.1	9	7	4	3	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	36	17	28	7	1	0	2	0	0	13	0	1	0	2	29			-0.5	-3.01			0.95
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1986-04-27	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.51	0	0	0.24
3	Phil Niekro	CLE	1986-04-17	GS-8, W	7.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	6	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	70			0.3	3.16			0.81
4	Ed Whitson	NYY	1986-04-17	7-GF(8)	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.81	1	1	0.06
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1983-07-30	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	36	11	32	5	0	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	69			0.3	2.00			1.06
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-07-30	8-GF	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	4	9	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.11	0	0	0.23
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1980-08-15	GS-7	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	25	7	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	2	60			0.1	1.04			0.64
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-15	GS-7	6.0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	5	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	61			0.2	1.64			0.90
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1980-06-02	CG, W	9.0	11	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	12	34	9	1	1	0	0	0	14	3	1	0	2	59			0.3	1.91			1.29
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-06-02	GS-7, L	6.2	9	4	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	30	10	28	8	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	1	42			-0.2	-1.16			0.99
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Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1979	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	1	0	0	1	0
2	1980	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	9	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	.333	.455	.333	.788	1	0	0	1	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-09	ATL	PIT	down 7-5	b5	12-	1		Hit By Pitch; B. Bonnell to 3B; D. Chaney to 2B
2	1979	1979-07-05	ATL	SFG	down 2-0	b3	1--	1	3 (0-2)	Flyball: LF
3	1979	1979-07-05	ATL	SFG	down 3-0	b5	123	1	1 (0-0)	Single to LF (Ground Ball); J. Burroughs Scores; P. Frías Scores; B. Benedict to 2B
4	1979	1979-07-05	ATL	SFG	down 3-2	b7	---	2	1 (0-0)	Single to LF (Ground Ball)
5	1979	1979-09-13	ATL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1979	1979-09-13	ATL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Benedict to 2B
7	1980	1980-06-02	ATL	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
8	1980	1980-06-02	ATL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	1		Single to LF; L. Gómez to 3B
9	1980	1980-06-02	ATL	SFG	ahead 1-2	t7	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
10	1980	1980-08-15	ATL	SFG	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Walk
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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (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	1979	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-05	SFG	ATL	ahead 0-2	t2	12-	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1979	1979-07-05	SFG	ATL	ahead 0-3	t4	1-3	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1979	1979-07-05	SFG	ATL	ahead 2-3	t7	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1979	1979-07-05	SFG	ATL	ahead 2-4	t8	12-	2	4 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1979	1979-09-13	SFG	ATL	down 1-0	b3	---	0	10 (3-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
6	1980	1980-06-02	SFG	ATL	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Strikeout
7	1980	1980-06-02	SFG	ATL	down 2-0	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. LeMaster to 2B
8	1980	1980-08-15	SFG	ATL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: LF
9	1980	1980-08-15	SFG	ATL	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	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. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	0.0	1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	-19.9	-204.02	0.96
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	10	23	19	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.263	.333	.263	.596	5	2	1	2	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	10	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Ed Whitson: 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	CLE	1986-04-27																																	P
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1986-04-27																																	P
3	Phil Niekro	CLE	1986-04-17																																	P
4	Ed Whitson	NYY	1986-04-17																																	P
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1983-07-30	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.241	3.47	-0.34%	-2.61			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-07-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1980-08-15	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.038	0.21	0.00%	-0.29			P
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-15	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.028	0.64	-0.02%	-0.35			P
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1980-06-02	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	0.030	0.38	0.01%	0.17			P
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-06-02	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.050	0.98	-0.02%	-0.38			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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