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Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro

Regular Season: 1 PA , /1.000/, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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	1966	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Plate Appearances

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Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-10-01 (1)	CIN	ATL	ahead 5-11	b8	1--	2		Walk; L. May to 2B

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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 Simpson	18-25	1962	1969	288	597	518	94	107	19	2	15	56	10	10	64	174	.207	.299	.338	.637	84	175	8	6	3	4	5

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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 Simpson	18-25	1962	1969	288	597	-2.2	-4.3	0.7	-3.5	-6	1	-1	-26

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Sabermetric

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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	0.00	1
2	Dick Simpson	18-25	1962	1969	288	597	36	177	188	436	54	.276	135	-10	-1.1	.131	3.0	50.00	20

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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		.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Win Probability

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: 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		-204.02	0.96
2	Dick Simpson	18-25	1962	1969	288	597	0.7	0.6	0.0	2.61		5.65	1.03

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson 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											.278	.371					.333				23	23

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson 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									0	0

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Dick Simpson 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 Simpson	18-25	1962	1969

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Dick Simpson 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

Dick Simpson 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

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

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Dick Simpson 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Dick Simpson	1	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	0	0	1	0	0

Dick Simpson vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Dick Simpson 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	1966-10-01 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Dick Simpson	CIN	1966-10-01 (1)	*	9	7	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.31	0.043	0.00	0.00%	0.34			RF

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