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Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Pitching Comparison

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	87	108	.446	4.25	263	254	5	31	6	0	1674.0	1779	880	791	154	620	30	888	32	11	53	7211	2532	99	4.25	1.433	9.6	0.8	3.3	4.8
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	74	67	.525	4.16	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	2005	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	2	.000	3.63	16	3	2	0	0	0	22.1	20	9	9	2	15	0	15	1	0	0	100	36		4.59	1.567	8.1	0.8	6.0	6.0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Value

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	263	254	1674.0	19.7	4.0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	12.8	2.2

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Against

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	263	254	1674.0	2532	6441	1314	293	18	153	78	66.23	25	200	70	47	.276	.340	.399	.739	100	.123	.298	889	2570	465	2431	2532
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	2005	5039	852	278	23	104	44	70.27	12	104	65	46	.259	.340	.415	.755	100	.156	.287	728	2093	455	1946	2005

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	36	74	13	3	2	4	0	100.00	1	1	1	1	.270	.396	.446	.842		.176	.310	17	33	7	36	36

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	135	53	48.6	9	6	67	0		5	9
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	59	39	47.8	285	95	33	27	48.1	157	542

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	0	41.0	11	1	9	0		2	13

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	263	254	1674.0	12.3	8.6	3.7
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	15.8	10.5	5.4

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	15.0	15.0	0.0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	263	254	1674.0		99
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	5205	87	3156	60.63

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	195		107	54.87

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	6	5	2	3	1	4	1	0	0	24	1.600	9.0	3.6	5.4	7.2
2	Kent Mercker	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	1.800	14.4	1.8	1.8	5.4

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	MIL	1999-04-08	GS-5, L	5.0	5	6	5	1	2	3	1	4	1	0	0	24	10	20	3	0	0	3	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	36	81	47	-0.4	-3.20			1.24
2	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-04-08	GS-5, W	5.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	9	22	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	41	80	51	-0.1	-0.20			1.00

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Abbott (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Abbott (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (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	1999	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Abbott (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Abbott (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-04-08	MIL	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
2	1999	1999-04-08	MIL	STL	ahead 2-3	t4	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Abbott (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Abbott (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	1999	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Abbott (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Abbott (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-04-08	STL	MIL	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Comparison

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Totals

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	18	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.095	.095	.095	.190	-51	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	.113	.150	.161	.311	-18	40	1	0	22	1	0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	18	24	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-45	1	-1	0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	18	24	0	2	3	22	0	.182	3	-5	-0.5	.000	2.1		0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	8	39	42	244	8	.203	29	-45	-4.4	.048	2.2		0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Abbott	21-31	1989	1999	18	24	-0.3	-0.4	0.2	-3.23	-0.3	-5.25	1.25
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-3.6	-4.0	0.2	-42.44	-4.2	-45.21	0.96

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Kent Mercker	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Jim Abbott vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Jim Abbott	MIL	1999-04-08	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.045	0.90	-0.03%	-0.44			P
2	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-04-08	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.039	1.52	-0.02%	-0.47			P

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