Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	124	108	.534	3.54	347	319	13	45	22	3	2068.2	1858	908	813	173	627	53	1469	33	19	39	8571	2626	100	3.38	1.201	8.1	0.8	2.7	6.4

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	0	1.000	0.50	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	65	11		0.83	0.500	4.0	0.0	0.5	9.5

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	347	319	2068.2	24.0	6.3

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	347	319	2068.2	2626	7743	1318	302	65	298	78	79.26	29	122	100	65	.240	.297	.363	.660	91	.123	.273	854	2809	540	2518	2626

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	2	18.0	11	63	8	0	0	3	0	100.00	0	0	0	1	.127	.138	.127	.265		.000	.178	1	8	0	9	11

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	192	60	54.6	12	9	75	2	60.0	13	28

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	100	86.0						0	0

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	347	319	2068.2	17.1	7.3	9.8

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	2	18.0	29.2	1.5	27.7

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	347	319	2068.2		94

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	2	18.0	236	118	162	68.64

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Mike Scott 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	1	2	.333	4.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	25	13	10	2	10	0	13	1	0	0	89	1.875	12.1	1.0	4.8	6.3
2	Mike Scott	1	0	1.000	0.64	3	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	52	1.000	5.8	0.0	3.2	1.3

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Mike Scott 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	1983-06-21	GS-5, L	4.2	8	3	3	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	25	12	21	4	3	0	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	35			-0.1	-1.27			0.95
2	Mike Scott	HOU	1983-06-21	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	6	29	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	76			0.4	3.83			0.78
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1983-05-06	GS-6, L	6.0	10	4	4	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	29	13	25	7	2	1	1	0	0	14	0	1	0	3	37			-0.1	-1.03			1.18
4	Mike Scott	HOU	1983-05-06	GS-4	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	18	7	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	53			0.2	1.98			1.36
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-06-02	GS-8, W	8.0	7	6	3	3	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	35	11	31	4	2	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	53			-0.1	-1.97			1.34
6	Mike Scott	NYM	1979-06-02	3-4	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.38	0	0	0.75

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike Scott (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Scott (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1983	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mike Scott (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Scott (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-02	ATL	NYM	tied 5-5	b4	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1983	1983-05-06	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1983	1983-05-06	ATL	HOU	down 2-0	b4	123	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1983	1983-06-21	ATL	HOU	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: C-1B

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Scott (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Scott (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1983	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Scott (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Mike Scott (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-02	NYM	ATL	tied 5-5	t4	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1983	1983-05-06	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1983	1983-05-06	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	t4	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; A. Ashby to 3B; B. Doran to 2B
4	1983	1983-06-21	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1983	1983-06-21	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-1	b4	12-	1		Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; R. Knight to 3B; M. Scott to 1B

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Totals

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	348	743	653	33	81	14	0	2	45	2	1	27	279	.124	.158	.155	.313	-11	101	9	0	59	4	0

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	348	743	-1.3	-1.3	-1.5	0.2	-102	1	-1	0

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	348	743	16	108	110	645	18	.210	76	-97	-10.2	.031	2.3	66.7	3

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	31	1986	1986	2	6	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.2		0

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Mike Scott 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	Mike Scott	24-36	1979	1991	348	743	-7.8	-9.6	1.3	-98.06	-10.6	-101.69	0.94

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Mike Scott 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	3	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Scott	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Mike Scott vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Mike Scott 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	1983-06-21	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	0.88	-0.01%	-0.09			P
2	Mike Scott	HOU	1983-06-21	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.058	0.34	-0.02%	-1.35			P
3	Phil Niekro	ATL	1983-05-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.135	5.91	-0.18%	-1.12			P
4	Mike Scott	HOU	1983-05-06	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.058	1.28	-0.03%	-0.54			P
5	Phil Niekro	ATL	1979-06-02	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.103	0.26	0.02%	1.33			P
6	Mike Scott	NYM	1979-06-02		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.013	0.10	0.00%	-0.11			P

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