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Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	48	63	.432	3.74	217	148	20	26	6	0	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	21	2	26	4364	1448	97	4.02	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4
2	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

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Value

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	6.1	-2.9
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Totals Against

Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	1448	3888	727	134	28	76	34	69.09	10	89	43	28	.254	.322	.379	.702	102	.125	.268	481	1475	261	1392	1448
2	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

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	86	58	50.9	33	15	45	1	0.0	20	69
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	11.5	8.8	2.7
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Alan Foster 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	2	1	.667	4.18	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.2	23	11	11	4	2	0	18	2	0	3	98	1.056	8.7	1.5	0.8	6.8
2	Alan Foster	1	1	.500	2.51	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	18	8	4	2	2	0	5	2	0	2	63	1.395	11.3	1.3	1.3	3.1

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	STL	1974-08-20	GS-2, L	1.2	8	6	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	9	13	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	24.0			-0.5	-5.26			1.10
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1974-08-20	GS-7, W	6.2	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	31	11	28	6	1	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	36.0			-0.1	-2.07			0.64
3	Alan Foster	LAD	1970-06-22	GS-9, W	8.2	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	36	12	33	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	58.0			0.3	2.31			1.28
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1970-06-22	GS-9, L	8.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	2	32	9	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	3	59.0			-0.1	-0.16			0.74
5	Alan Foster	LAD	1968-09-29	GS-4	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	2	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	62.0			0.2	1.53			0.71
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-09-29	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	35	8	34	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	74.0			0.4	2.45			1.62

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Alan Foster (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	1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1974	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.200	.200	.800	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-29	ATL	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1970	1970-06-22	ATL	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1970	1970-06-22	ATL	LAD	tied 1-1	b4	1--	2		Flyball: CF
4	1970	1970-06-22	ATL	LAD	down 3-1	b7	---	2		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	1974	1974-08-20	ATL	STL	tied 2-2	b2	12-	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); L. Foster Scores/No RBI/unER; V. Correll to 3B; P. Niekro to 1B

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1974	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-29	LAD	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1970	1970-06-22	LAD	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: 1B
3	1970	1970-06-22	LAD	ATL	ahead 1-3	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1970	1970-06-22	LAD	ATL	ahead 1-3	t7	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1974	1974-08-20	STL	ATL	tied 2-2	t2	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Totals

Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	295	17	35	2	0	0	17	0	0	16	84	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	37	2	0	34	2	0
2	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

Alan Foster 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

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	-49	2	0	0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-1.1	-1.1	-1.3	0.4	-196	0	-5	0

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	2	51	54	298	9	.164	34	-47	-5.0	.007	3.5		0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	50	289	307	1454	63	.206	182	-200	-20.9	.042	4.9	0.00	1

Alan Foster 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		.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-4.0	-4.6	0.4	-46.84		-47.89	0.97
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13		-204.02	0.96

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Totals

Alan Foster 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	9	9	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.444	.556	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	Alan Foster	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Phil Niekro: Game Logs

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Alan Foster 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	Alan Foster	STL	1974-08-20	*	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.011	1.70	-0.03%	-0.10			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1974-08-20	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	0.117	0.08	0.01%	0.94			P
3	Alan Foster	LAD	1970-06-22	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.050	0.45	-0.03%	-0.85			P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1970-06-22	*	9	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.061	1.18	0.04%	0.39			P
5	Alan Foster	LAD	1968-09-29	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.016	0.00	0.00%	-0.12			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-09-29	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.061	0.00	0.00%	-0.56			P

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