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Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Pitching Comparison

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Totals

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	55	43	.561	3.63	584	5	299	0	0	81	909.1	839	398	367	86	405	77	689	7	2	43	3902	1282	104	3.79	1.368	8.3	0.9	4.0	6.8
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	68	71	.489	2.83	661	0	512	0	0	300	1042.0	879	370	328	77	309	83	861	13	8	37	4251	1261	136	2.94	1.140	7.6	0.7	2.7	7.4

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	0	2	.000	5.79	6	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	3	3	0	6	3	4	0	0	0	25	12		3.74	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	7.7
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	2	0	1.000	3.00	6	0	6	0	0	3	12.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	44	10		0.81	0.750	4.5	0.8	2.3	5.3

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Value

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	584	5	909.1	7.0	-1.3
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	0	1042.0	24.4	10.8

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Totals Against

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	584	5	909.1	1282	3406	588	131	34	99	24	80.49	4	64	49	34	.246	.325	.381	.705	99	.134	.283	427	1296	251	1251	1282
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	0	1042.0	1261	3828	637	138	27	97	36	72.93	0	85	75	25	.230	.288	.340	.628	75	.111	.275	382	1302	242	1201	1261

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	6	0	4.2	12	16	5	1	0	1	1	50.00	0	0	2	0	.375	.545	.438	.983		.063	.500	4	7	1	12	12
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	6	0	12.0	10	29	5	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.310	.592		.103	.238	2	9	1	9	10

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Starting & Relieving

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	1	20	37.8	430	163	38	36	69.2	299	579
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	0			445	137	31	101	74.8	512	661

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	0			6	2	33	0		1	6
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	0			7	0	0	0	100.0	6	6

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Ratios

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	584	5	909.1	17.7	10.4	7.3
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	0	1042.0	20.3	7.3	13.0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	6	0	4.2	16.0	24.0	-8.0
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	6	0	12.0	15.9	6.8	9.1

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Pitch Summary

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	584	5	909.1
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	0	1042.0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	6	0	4.2	94		49	52.13
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	6	0	12.0	172		124	72.09

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Head-to-Head Pitching

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Totals

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Bruce Sutter	2	1	.667	4.79	10	0	8	0	0	5	20.2	19	11	11	3	6	0	20	0	0	0	87	1.210	8.3	1.3	2.6	8.7
2	Doug Bair	0	3	.000	7.56	10	0	5	0	0	0	16.2	22	14	14	1	9	4	10	2	0	1	82	1.860	11.9	0.5	4.9	5.4

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Game Logs

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Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	STL	1985-09-08	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.45	0	0	0.08
2	Bruce Sutter	ATL	1985-09-08	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.45	0	0	0.20
3	Doug Bair	CIN	1981-05-01	7-7	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.56	0	0	0.64
4	Bruce Sutter	STL	1981-05-01	7-GF, S	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	7	13	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	1				0.1	-0.85	3	3	2.67
5	Doug Bair	CIN	1980-09-07	7-GF(8), L	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	10	5	9	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-1.04	0	0	1.40
6	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1980-09-07	8-GF, W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.96	0	0	1.44
7	Doug Bair	CIN	1980-06-18	7-GF(8)	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.0	-1.98	3	3	0.06
8	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1980-06-18	7-GF, S	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.38	2	0	0.29
9	Doug Bair	CIN	1979-07-14	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.71
10	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1979-07-14	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.3	0.85	1	0	4.47
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Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batter vs. Pitcher

Doug Bair (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Sutter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Doug Bair (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Sutter (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	1979	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

Doug Bair (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Sutter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Doug Bair (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Sutter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-10	CIN	CHC	ahead 7-8	t11	--3	2		Strikeout

Bruce Sutter (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bair (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bruce Sutter (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bair (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	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bruce Sutter (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bair (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bruce Sutter (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bair (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-08-19	CHC	CIN	ahead 3-6	b8	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1979	1979-05-10	CHC	CIN	tied 7-7	b10	---	2		Groundout: 1B-P
3	1980	1980-06-18	CHC	CIN	ahead 0-7	b7	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1980	1980-09-07	CHC	CIN	ahead 4-6	b8	-23	2		Flyball: RF

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Comparison

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Totals

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	406	56	52	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	23	.096	.096	.173	.269	-26	9	0	0	4	0	0
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	121	102	6	9	0	0	0	6	1	0	7	50	.088	.153	.088	.241	-33	9	1	1	10	1	0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Value

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	406	56	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-9	1	0	0
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	121	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-18	0	0	0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Sabermetric

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	406	56	2	5	5	51	1	.143	5	-9	-0.9	.077	2.3		0
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	121	0	17	19	105	3	.170	12	-19	-2.0	.000	2.0	100.0	1

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	29-34	1979	1984	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Bruce Sutter	29	1982	1982	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Win Probability

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Doug Bair	26-40	1976	1990	406	56	-0.4	-0.9	0.2	-6.54	-0.6	-9.11	0.52
2	Bruce Sutter	23-35	1976	1988	661	121	-0.5	-1.8	1.0	-19.39	-1.8	-19.44	0.60

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Head-to-Head Batting

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Totals

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Bruce Sutter	10	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Doug Bair	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: Game Logs

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Doug Bair vs. Bruce Sutter: 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	Doug Bair	STL	1985-09-08		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bruce Sutter	ATL	1985-09-08		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Doug Bair	CIN	1981-05-01		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bruce Sutter	STL	1981-05-01		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	-0.004	0.13	0.00%	-0.14			P
5	Doug Bair	CIN	1980-09-07		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1980-09-07		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.015	0.00	0.00%	-0.59			P
7	Doug Bair	CIN	1980-06-18		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1980-06-18		3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.000	0.00	0.00%	-0.22			P
9	Doug Bair	CIN	1979-07-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bruce Sutter	CHC	1979-07-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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