Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

29.7

702

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3584.1

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2930.0

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela 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	1	1	.500	3.32	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.0	22	9	7	0	4	0	8	0	0	1	83	1.368	10.4	0.0	1.9	3.8
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	0	1.000	3.95	3	2	0	1	1	0	13.2	13	6	6	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	59	1.390	8.6	0.0	4.0	5.3

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela 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	1983-04-05	GS-3	3.0	8	6	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	10	15	6	1	1	2	0	0	11	0	1	1	2	21			-0.4	-4.72			0.66
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-04-05	GS-3	2.2	7	6	6	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	19	12	15	5	2	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	2	18			-0.5	-5.18			1.17
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-04-09	GS-7, L	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	29	9	26	5	2	1	2	1	0	12	0	1	1	3	53			0.0	0.93			0.88
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1981-04-09	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	33	7	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	80			0.5	3.77			1.16
5	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-10-06	CG, W	9.0	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	36	9	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	77			0.2	2.99			0.46
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1980-10-06	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.89	0	0	0.04

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (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	1980	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-10-06	HOU	LAD	ahead 1-7	t7	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; C. Reynolds to 2B
2	1981	1981-04-09	HOU	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
3	1981	1981-04-09	HOU	LAD	down 1-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1983	1983-04-05	HOU	LAD	down 5-1	b2	1--	1		Flyball: CF

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1981	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1983	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-04-09	LAD	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Lineout: 2B
2	1981	1981-04-09	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	0		Popfly: P
3	1981	1981-04-09	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-2	b7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Russell to 2B
4	1983	1983-04-05	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-4	t2	---	0		Single to RF
5	1983	1983-04-05	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-6	t3	1--	2		Strikeout

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela 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	3	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela 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	1983-04-05	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.021	1.45	-0.02%	-0.26			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-04-05	*	3	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	0.014	0.53	0.01%	0.17			P
3	Joe Niekro	HOU	1981-04-09	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.011	0.87	0.01%	0.17			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1981-04-09	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.96	-0.057	0.75	-0.03%	-0.70			P
5	Joe Niekro	HOU	1980-10-06	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.38	-0.021	15.63	-0.53%	-0.78			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1980-10-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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