Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Pitching Comparison

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	6	181	42	1	3449.1	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	7	49	14032	4107	104	3.66	1.134	7.7	1.0	2.5	5.2
2	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

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	9	6	.600	3.26	22	19	2	4	1	1	132.1	114	49	48	21	35	6	70	1	0	2	536	150		2.38	1.126	7.8	1.4	2.4	4.8
2	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	21		2.57	0.950	6.3	0.0	2.3	3.2

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Value

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	36.3	5.6
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	28.7	-2.5

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Totals Against

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	4107	12803	1990	524	70	202	132	60.48	8	183	132	93	.231	.285	.371	.656	92	.139	.246	1373	4744	968	3961	4107
2	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

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	150	493											.231	.284					.231				150	150
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	21	74											.189	.259					.209				21	21

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Starting & Relieving

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	295	62	56.8	16	6	38	0	100.0	6	24
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	281	56	51.4	160	62	39	12	57.1	93	202

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978								100.0	2	3
2	Joe Niekro	35-42	1980	1987									0	1

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	14.3	6.8	7.5
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	13.1	6.5	6.5
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0	8.5	6.1	2.4

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	702	500	3584.1		80

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	3	2	20.0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Pitching

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Catfish Hunter 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	0	0		3.38	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	11	3	3	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	1.875	12.4	1.1	4.5	3.4
2	Catfish Hunter	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	12	8	7	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	58	1.071	7.7	0.6	1.9	7.7

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1971-04-24	CG, W	9.0	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	34	7	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	71.0			0.1	-0.19			1.01
2	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-04-24	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.1	0.85	0	0	0.77
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1970-08-30	GS-5	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	9	22	2	3	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	5	38.0			-0.3	-1.66			1.14
4	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-08-30	GS-6	6.0	10	3	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	13	25	7	2	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	3	40.0			0.0	-0.19			1.27

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batter vs. Pitcher

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Catfish Hunter (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	1970	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-30	DET	OAK	tied 1-1	b2	---	1		Lineout: 1B
2	1970	1970-08-30	DET	OAK	tied 2-2	b4	--3	2		Double to CF; C. Gutiérrez Scores

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (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	1970	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-30	OAK	DET	tied 1-1	t2	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1970	1970-08-30	OAK	DET	ahead 1-2	t4	1-3	1		Lineout: RF
3	1971	1971-04-24	OAK	DET	ahead 4-5	b7	-2-	2		Single; R. Monday to 3B

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Comparison

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Totals

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	0	8	160	.226	.234	.287	.521	52	189	10	0	39	5	0
2	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

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	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

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	4.6	4.5	4.8	-0.2	-35	-1	1	0
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.2	-122	-1	-1	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Sabermetric

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	25	157	171	563	46	.288	105	-43	-4.6	.061	4.1	100.00	2
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	28	191	204	991	41	.211	126	-117	-12.5	.032	3.7	100.00	1

Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	0	4	4	20		.167	1			.000	2.3		0
2	Joe Niekro	27-42	1972	1987	4	5	0	0	0	5		.000	0			.000	5.0		0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	-2.7	-3.9	1.0	-38.86		-38.43	0.93
2	Joe Niekro	22-43	1967	1988	646	1165	-9.4	-12.6	2.4	-124.94		-130.61	0.92

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Head-to-Head Batting

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Totals

Catfish Hunter 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	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Catfish Hunter	2	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Niekro: Game Logs

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Catfish Hunter 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1971-04-24	*	9	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.031	2.55	-0.04%	-0.11			P
2	Joe Niekro	DET	1971-04-24		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1970-08-30	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.084	1.03	-0.04%	-0.83			P
4	Joe Niekro	DET	1970-08-30	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.103	0.00	0.00%	0.62			P

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