Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Pitching Comparison

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	200	117	.631	3.66	452	451	0	15	4	0	2740.0	2610	1215	1114	294	892	13	2488	90	1	63	11487	3691	117	3.78	1.278	8.6	1.0	2.9	8.2
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	69	68	.504	4.07	211	197	4	3	2	0	1189.1	1279	603	538	131	367	15	914	41	0	36	5154	1746	92	4.02	1.384	9.7	1.0	2.8	6.9

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	9	7	.563	2.51	26	22	2	0	0	0	154.0	117	46	43	15	40	0	133	3	0	4	610	160		2.79	1.019	6.8	0.9	2.3	7.8
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015	0	0		5.06	6	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	22	6		-0.36	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	10.1

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Value

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	43.6	19.2
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	211	197	1189.1	6.8	-2.8

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Totals Against

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	3691	10376	1759	517	40	246	108	69.49	28	250	61	67	.252	.314	.394	.708	90	.143	.302	1303	4089	851	3592	3691
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	211	197	1189.1	1746	4651	880	242	26	35	23	60.34	10	114	73	22	.275	.332	.423	.755	113	.148	.316	657	1966	399	1687	1746

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	160	559											.209	.266					.248				160	160
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015	6	0	5.1	6	19											.263	.300					.385				6	6

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	261	58	53.9	0	0		0		0	1
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	115	58	50.3	10	4	40	0		4	14

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018									2	4
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015									0	6

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Ratios

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	21.7	7.8	13.9
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	211	197	1189.1	17.7	7.1	10.6

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0	21.8	6.6	15.2
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015	6	0	5.1	27.3	4.5	22.7

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	452	451	2740.0	41641	101	26140	62.77
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	211	197	1189.1	18978	95	12313	64.88

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	22	154.0
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015	6	0	5.1

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	7	1	0	0	27	1.667	10.5	1.5	4.5	10.5
2	Jon Niese	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	6	4	4	3	4	1	5	0	0	1	26	1.875	10.1	5.1	6.8	8.4

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs

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Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-06-18	GS-6, W	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	3	0	7	1	0	0	27	11	23	4	2	0	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	3	50.0	104	67	0.0	0.00			1.17
2	Jon Niese	PIT	2016-06-18	GS-6, L	5.1	6	4	4	0	3	4	1	5	0	0	1	26	10	21	1	2	0	1	0	0	17	0	1	0	5	41.0	99	57	-0.2	-1.26			1.20

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jon Niese (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Niese (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (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	2016	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Niese (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Niese (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lester (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-06-18	CHC	PIT	tied 1-1	b2	12-	2	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2016	2016-06-18	CHC	PIT	down 3-2	b4	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Jon Niese (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Jon Niese (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	2016	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Jon Niese (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lester (Pitcher) vs. Jon Niese (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-06-18	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2016	2016-06-18	PIT	CHC	ahead 1-2	t4	123	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2016	2016-06-18	PIT	CHC	tied 3-3	t6	---	2	7 (3-2)	Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Comparison

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Totals

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	366	27	42	10	0	4	31	1	0	21	162	.115	.162	.175	.337	-10	64	6	0	34	2	0
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	202	413	347	27	52	7	1	0	19	0	0	35	164	.150	.228	.176	.404	15	61	2	0	31	0	0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	0	0	1	0	0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Value

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-60	0	-2	0
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	202	413	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	-42	2	-1	0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Sabermetric

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	14	63	67	366	14	.188	54	-59	-5.9	.060	2.3	100.00	1
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	202	413	8	87	88	328	20	.284	46	-40	-4.2	.026	2.1		0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	23-34	2007	2018	26	24	0	3	3	21		.100	0			.000	1.9		0
2	Jon Niese	28	2015	2015	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Win Probability

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jon Lester	22-37	2006	2021	192	423	-4.9	-5.4	0.0	-59.67		-56.61	0.92
2	Jon Niese	21-29	2008	2016	202	413	-4.5	-4.3	-0.5	-46.36		-45.66	0.93

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Head-to-Head Batting

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Totals

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jon Niese	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: Game Logs

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Jon Niese vs. Jon Lester: 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	Jon Lester	CHC	2016-06-18	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.088	1.05	-0.03%	-0.76			P
2	Jon Niese	PIT	2016-06-18	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.101	0.91	-0.05%	-1.01			P

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