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Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	221	204	.520	3.59	702	500	93	107	29	16	3584.1	3466	1620	1431	276	1262	71	1747	65	8	172	15166	4959	98	3.79	1.319	8.7	0.7	3.2	4.4
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	6345	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	20.0	14	0	0	0	5	1	7	2	0	0	82	22		2.57	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	0	3	1	0	100.1	92	46	41	12	16	0	61	3	1	2	407	118		1.59	1.076	8.3	1.1	1.4	5.5

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	4959	13599	2594	508	88	415	122	77.28	14	282	126	112	.255	.319	.366	.685	99	.111	.273	1606	4978	872	4793	4959
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	6345	19870	3385	728	107	432	143	75.13	14	292	208	127	.236	.286	.355	.640	85	.119	.265	2035	7050	1307	6117	6345

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	22	74	11	3	0	2	0	100.00	0	0	1	0	.189	.259	.230	.489		.041	.209	6	17	3	21	22
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	118	380	62	17	1	6	3	66.67	0	6	7	1	.242	.278	.387	.664		.145	.260	43	147	30	111	118

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987	2	100	75.0	0	0				0	1
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	155	128	96	61.94
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	2	1	.667	5.30	9	5	2	1	1	0	35.2	42	23	21	4	12	1	11	0	0	2	158	1.514	10.6	1.0	3.0	2.8
2	Don Sutton	4	2	.667	4.45	9	9	0	3	0	0	56.2	61	28	28	8	18	0	35	0	0	1	243	1.394	9.7	1.3	2.9	5.6

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	HOU	1978-04-23	GS-3, L	3.0	8	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	9	17	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	23			-0.4	-4.68			0.75
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1978-04-23	CG, W	9.0	8	3	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	11	33	4	3	0	1	0	0	14	2	0	0	4	56			0.1	0.98			0.79
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1978-04-12	GS-5	4.0	7	6	6	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	11	19	4	2	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	20			-0.3	-3.82			0.83
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1978-04-12	GS-3	2.1	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	8	14	5	2	0	1	0	0	13	0	1	0	3	33			-0.3	-2.37			1.37
5	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-09-30	GS-7	7.0	11	5	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	12	30	10	1	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	1	36			-0.4	-1.61			1.25
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-09-30	GS-7	7.0	9	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	27	6	2	1	0	1	0	13	1	0	1	3	45			-0.2	-0.61			1.17
7	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-05-06	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.07
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1975-05-06	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	1	32	5	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	82			0.4	2.92			0.85
9	Joe Niekro	ATL	1974-09-23	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.67
10	Don Sutton	LAD	1974-09-23	GS-8, W	7.1	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	29	8	27	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	2	55			0.1	0.06			0.94
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Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Joe 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	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1969	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1977	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1
4	1978	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0	1

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-08	CHC	LAD	ahead 2-3	b2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; A. Phillips to 2B
2	1969	1969-06-27	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-3	b2	-2-	1		Flyball: RF
3	1969	1969-06-27	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-3	b5	---	0		Foul Popfly: 1B
4	1969	1969-06-27	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-5	b6	1--	2		Walk; C. Gaston to 2B
5	1977	1977-09-30	HOU	LAD	down 3-1	t3	---	0		Single to LF
6	1977	1977-09-30	HOU	LAD	down 3-1	t5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
7	1977	1977-09-30	HOU	LAD	ahead 3-4	t7	1--	1		Strikeout
8	1978	1978-04-12	HOU	LAD	down 3-0	b2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; A. Howe to 3B; R. Metzger to 2B
9	1978	1978-04-23	HOU	LAD	down 3-1	t2	-2-	2		Flyball: RF

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (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	1968	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1974	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1975	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1977	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-08	LAD	CHC	down 3-2	t3	---	0		Single to CF (Line Drive)
2	1969	1969-06-27	LAD	SDP	down 3-0	t3	---	2		Single to 2B
3	1969	1969-06-27	LAD	SDP	down 3-0	t5	---	1		Lineout: 2B
4	1974	1974-07-29	LAD	ATL	ahead 1-7	t5	12-	2		Strikeout
5	1975	1975-05-06	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-3	b8	12-	2		Flyball: CF
6	1977	1977-09-30	LAD	HOU	tied 1-1	b2	-23	1		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1977	1977-09-30	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-3	b4	---	2		Strikeout
8	1978	1978-04-12	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-3	t2	1--	0		Foul Popfly: 1B
9	1978	1978-04-23	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-3	b2	---	1		Flyball: RF
10	1978	1978-04-23	LAD	HOU	ahead 2-6	b3	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	973	55	152	26	1	1	72	1	0	38	262	.156	.188	.188	.376	8	183	17	1	147	6	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	1	0	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	-2	212	29	6	136	3	0

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	2	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.0	1
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	16	261	274	1327	46	.197	128	-185	-19.4	.013	3.7	100.0	1

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94	-13.6	-130.61	0.92
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	9	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	1	0	2	0	0
2	Don Sutton	9	24	22	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.364	.391	.409	.800	9	1	0	1	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Joe 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	Joe Niekro	HOU	1978-04-23	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.031	1.77	-0.03%	-0.30			P
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1978-04-23	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.21	-0.014	0.43	-0.02%	-0.33			P
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1978-04-12	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	-0.075	2.23	-0.05%	-0.66			P
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1978-04-12	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	-0.017	1.44	-0.02%	-0.33			P
5	Joe Niekro	HOU	1977-09-30	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.052	0.00	0.00%	-0.42			P
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-09-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.088	0.00	0.00%	-0.90			P
7	Joe Niekro	HOU	1975-05-06		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1975-05-06	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.015	1.41	-0.02%	-0.70			P
9	Joe Niekro	ATL	1974-09-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Don Sutton	LAD	1974-09-23	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.176	1.23	0.11%	1.79			P
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