Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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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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