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Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	10			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	1	.158	.214	.342	.556		.184	.125	3	13	3	9	10

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	1	100	67.0	0	0				0	1

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	0	1	.000	4.05	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	9	7	3	0	3	1	4	1	0	1	33	1.800	12.2	0.0	4.1	5.4
2	Bob Purkey	4	0	1.000	3.34	5	4	1	2	0	0	32.1	30	15	12	4	7	0	13	1	0	1	133	1.144	8.4	1.1	1.9	3.6

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	MLN	1965-08-16	6-8	2.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	10	4	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.86	0	0	0.69
2	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-08-16	GS-6	5.0	8	8	7	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	24	11	22	6	1	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	21			-0.6	-5.04			1.07
3	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-08-12	12-GF(13), L	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	10	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.2	-0.11	0	0	2.66
4	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-08-12	12-GF(13), W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.3	0.90	0	0	2.34
5	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-06-20	5-5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.14	0	0	0.00
6	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-20	GS-8, W	7.1	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	8	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	55			0.1	1.10			0.58
7	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-06-13 (2)	4-4	0.1	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-3.64	1	1	0.34
8	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-13 (2)	CG, W	9.0	8	2	0	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	1	39	13	35	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	70			0.2	2.39			0.57
9	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-04-21	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.98	0	0	0.06
10	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-04-21	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	8	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	67			0.2	1.39			0.58

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (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	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-04-21	STL	MLN	ahead 1-6	b6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1965	1965-08-12	STL	MLN	ahead 4-5	t13	1-3	2		Flyball: CF

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42	-9.3	-96.94	0.92

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Purkey	5	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	3	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Phil Niekro: 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	MLN	1965-08-16		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.008	1.76	-0.03%	-0.51			P
2	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-08-16	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.059	0.10	0.00%	-0.54			P
3	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-08-12		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-08-12		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.033	0.08	0.00%	-0.46			P
5	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-06-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-20	*	8	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.003	0.21	0.00%	-0.29			P
7	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-06-13 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-13 (2)	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.58	0.053	0.49	0.03%	-0.39			P
9	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-04-21		3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-04-21	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.62	-0.054	0.85	-0.05%	-0.96			P

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