Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	251	174	.591	2.91	528	482	21	255	56	6	3884.1	3279	1420	1258	257	1336	118	3117	102	13	108	16068	4913	127	2.89	1.188	7.6	0.6	3.1	7.2
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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	7	2	.778	1.89	9	9	0	8	2	0	81.0	55	19	17	6	17	3	92	2	0	2	312	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2
2	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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	97.0	50.5

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	4913	14362	2482	457	83	196	88	69.01	1	293	171	94	.228	.297	.325	.622	77	.097	.273	1407	4673	797	4717	4913
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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	23	54											.278	.371					.333				23	23

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	442	62	54.9	91	31	34	8	78.4	83	148

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968									0	0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982									0	0

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0	14.7	8.0	6.8

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	29.5	5.4	24.0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0	14.3	12.7	1.6

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	864	716	5404.0		112

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	2	14.0

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	2	.500	1.89	5	4	1	2	0	0	33.1	33	9	7	1	2	0	17	1	1	2	131	1.050	8.9	0.3	0.5	4.6
2	Bob Gibson	3	2	.600	1.54	5	5	0	4	3	0	41.0	22	8	7	3	11	0	29	1	0	2	161	0.805	4.8	0.7	2.4	6.4

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-05-26	SHO(8), W	8.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	30	6	28	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	80.0			0.5	3.69			1.08
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-05-26	GS-6, L	5.1	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	23	9	21	6	1	0	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	46.0			0.0	-0.38			1.13
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-05-05	CG, L	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	38	12	35	5	0	0	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	71.0			0.1	1.85			0.72
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-05-05	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	32	7	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	74.0			0.6	2.85			1.40
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-04-25	GS-6, L	6.0	5	6	5	1	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	27	9	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	41.0			-0.3	-3.18			0.36
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-04-25	CG, W	9.0	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	36	10	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	3	64.0			0.1	1.24			0.42
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-08-09	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	31	4	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	84.0			0.7	3.45			1.38
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-08-09	GS-8, L	8.0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	31	8	31	7	1	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	66.0			0.2	2.07			0.97
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-04-28	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	35	9	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	83.0			0.4	4.03			0.93
10	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-04-28	8-GF	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1				0.0	-1.11	0	0	0.13

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (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	1965	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	1	0	0	0
2	1968	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1973	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.125	.200	.125	.325	0	1	0	0	0

Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Niekro (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-04-28	STL	MLN	ahead 0-3	t8	--3	1		Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; J. Javier Scores/unER
2	1968	1968-08-09	STL	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1968	1968-08-09	STL	ATL	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Flyball: LF
4	1968	1968-08-09	STL	ATL	ahead 0-1	t7	1--	2		Single to LF; D. Maxvill to 2B
5	1972	1972-04-25	STL	ATL	down 6-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1972	1972-04-25	STL	ATL	down 6-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1972	1972-05-05	STL	ATL	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1972	1972-05-05	STL	ATL	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
9	1973	1973-05-26	STL	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1973	1973-05-26	STL	ATL	ahead 0-1	b5	---	1		Walk

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1972	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1973	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Phil Niekro (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-08-09	ATL	STL	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; M. Martínez to 2B
2	1968	1968-08-09	ATL	STL	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Foul Popfly: RF
3	1972	1972-04-25	ATL	STL	ahead 0-4	b2	---	0		Flyball: RF
4	1972	1972-04-25	ATL	STL	ahead 1-6	b4	---	0		Flyball: LF
5	1972	1972-04-25	ATL	STL	ahead 1-6	b6	1--	2		Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
6	1972	1972-05-05	ATL	STL	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	1		Strikeout
7	1972	1972-05-05	ATL	STL	ahead 0-2	t4	1-3	1		Fielder's Choice 3B unassisted; O. Cepeda out at Hm/3B; M. Perez to 2B; P. Niekro to 1B
8	1972	1972-05-05	ATL	STL	ahead 0-2	t6	1--	1		Groundout: SS-1B; M. Perez to 2B
9	1972	1972-05-05	ATL	STL	ahead 0-2	t9	---	0		Strikeout
10	1973	1973-05-26	ATL	STL	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
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Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	1328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	10	63	415	.206	.243	.301	.545	50	400	13	8	72	18	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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	28	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	7	.143	.200	.357	.557	10	1	0	2	0	0
2	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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-1.1	-1.1	-1.3	0.4	-196	0	-5	0

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.52	23
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

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	2	6	6	27		.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Phil Niekro	30-43	1969	1982	2	5	0	0	0	5		.000	1			.000	3.0		0

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97
2	Phil Niekro	25-48	1964	1987	742	1707	-17.6	-19.2	0.7	-195.13		-204.02	0.96

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	5	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	.100	.167	.100	.267	1	0	0	2	1	0

Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Phil Niekro vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-05-26	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.030	0.33	-0.01%	-0.33			P
2	Phil Niekro	ATL	1973-05-26	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.044	0.32	-0.01%	-0.36			P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-05-05	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.049	0.80	-0.02%	-0.34			P
4	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-05-05	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.096	0.84	-0.06%	-1.42			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-04-25	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.015	0.29	-0.01%	-0.37			P
6	Phil Niekro	ATL	1972-04-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	-0.014	0.12	-0.01%	-0.82			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-08-09	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.037	0.51	-0.01%	-0.31			P
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	1968-08-09	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.045	0.17	0.00%	-0.27			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-04-28	*	9	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.70	-0.017	0.97	-0.01%	-0.31			P
10	Phil Niekro	MLN	1965-04-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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