Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	123	127	.492	4.14	355	332	12	61	17	1	2109.0	2155	1075	970	165	767	72	1145	38	22	53	9047	3055	93	3.75	1.385	9.2	0.7	3.3	4.9

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	1	2	.333	3.38	5	4	1	0	0	0	26.2	21	11	10	4	6	0	14	0	0	0	107	28		2.90	1.013	7.1	1.4	2.0	4.7

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	355	332	2109.0	17.4	-0.7

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	355	332	2109.0	3055	8079	1553	365	72	261	74	77.91	15	190	92	71	.267	.331	.391	.722	102	.124	.291	1054	3159	602	2960	3055

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	5	4	26.2	28	100	11	5	1	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.210	.255	.400	.655		.190	.207	10	40	10	27	28

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	162	49	49.7	4	0	0	0	100.0	12	23

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	2	50	53.5	0	0				1	1

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	355	332	2109.0	12.7	8.5	4.2

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	5	4	26.2	13.1	5.6	7.5

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	355	332	2109.0		96

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	5	4	26.2	292	91	183	62.67

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

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Ruthven 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	4	.000	3.42	5	4	0	1	0	0	26.1	30	11	10	0	7	0	13	1	1	1	113	1.405	10.3	0.0	2.4	4.4
2	Dick Ruthven	3	0	1.000	0.30	5	4	1	1	1	1	30.1	17	3	1	0	10	1	22	1	1	0	118	0.890	5.0	0.0	3.0	6.5

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Dick Ruthven 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	ATL	1983-04-27	GS-6, L	5.1	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	24	8	22	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	41			-0.2	-2.43			0.96
2	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1983-04-27	GS-6, W	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	19	5	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	64			0.2	1.48			0.86
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-05-29	CG(8), L	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	31	8	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	69			0.2	2.73			1.12
4	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1982-05-29	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	35	9	32	4	1	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	82			0.7	4.20			1.33
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-05-23	GS-6, L	6.0	9	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	28	14	24	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	1	45			0.0	0.83			0.99
6	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1982-05-23	GS-8, W	8.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	27	5	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	73			0.4	2.77			1.28
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-07-20	GS-6, L	6.0	8	4	4	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	27	11	25	6	2	0	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	2	43			-0.2	-1.01			0.74
8	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1973-07-20	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.23	1	0	1.55
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-05-04	11-11	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				0.1	0.47	0	0	1.77
10	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1973-05-04	GS-8	8.0	6	2	0	2	0	3	1	6	1	1	0	36	13	32	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	69			0.1	1.76			0.89

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Dick Ruthven (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	1982	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	1
2	1983	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	0	0	0	1

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

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Dick Ruthven (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-05-23	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-1	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; I. de Jesús to 2B
2	1982	1982-05-23	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-2	t4	123	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1982	1982-05-23	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-2	t6	12-	1		Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; I. de Jesús to 2B
4	1982	1982-05-29	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; I. de Jesús to 2B
5	1982	1982-05-29	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	b5	12-	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
6	1982	1982-05-29	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-1	b7	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
7	1983	1983-04-27	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-2	t2	--3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1983	1983-04-27	PHI	ATL	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; I. de Jesús to 2B

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

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Ruthven (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	1982	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Dick Ruthven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-05-23	ATL	PHI	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1982	1982-05-29	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1982	1982-05-29	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	t4	12-	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1982	1982-05-29	ATL	PHI	down 1-0	t7	1--	0		Strikeout
5	1983	1983-04-27	ATL	PHI	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Totals

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	363	773	671	42	123	18	5	1	44	2	5	16	212	.183	.205	.230	.435	19	154	9	3	82	1	0

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	363	773	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.1	-75	1	-3	0

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	363	773	24	142	153	645	34	.266	85	-78	-8.1	.046	3.2	28.6	7

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	27-30	1978	1981	5	4	0	0	0	4	0	.000	0			.000	1.3		0

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Dick Ruthven 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	Dick Ruthven	22-35	1973	1986	363	773	-7.4	-7.8	0.0	-81.32	-8.4	-81.06	0.96

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

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Ruthven 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	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dick Ruthven	5	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	4	0	0

Dick Ruthven vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Dick Ruthven 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	ATL	1983-04-27	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.018	1.45	-0.02%	-0.16			P
2	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1983-04-27	*	6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	-0.062	1.51	-0.06%	-1.33			P
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-05-29	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.151	4.97	-0.22%	-1.07			P
4	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1982-05-29	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	-0.140	1.76	-0.10%	-1.16			P
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1982-05-23	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	1.08	-0.02%	-0.10			P
6	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1982-05-23	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.112	1.95	-0.09%	-1.70			P
7	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-07-20	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	-0.008	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P
8	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1973-07-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-05-04		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Dick Ruthven	PHI	1973-05-04	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.045	1.07	-0.03%	-0.32			P

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