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Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Pitching Comparison

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	138	106	.566	3.88	335	332	1	12	6	0	2051.0	1897	957	884	238	629	28	1901	76	3	59	8579	2663	111	3.78	1.232	8.3	1.0	2.8	8.3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	7	3	.700	3.07	14	13	0	3	3	0	93.2	67	32	32	11	21	1	99	4	0	3	366	94		2.93	0.940	6.4	1.1	2.0	9.5
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	250		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Value

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	35.3	17.0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Totals Against

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	2663	7766	1213	407	39	164	54	75.23	3	139	66	41	.244	.306	.399	.704	86	.154	.293	956	3096	684	2602	2663
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	94	338	34	19	3	6	1	85.71	1	7	2	1	.198	.253	.370	.623		.172	.245	37	125	33	92	94
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	250	770	120	31	4	8	7	53.33	0	7	4	3	.223	.287	.340	.627		.117	.278	79	262	52	242	250

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	190	57	54.1	0	0		0		1	3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	8	62	62.3	0	0		0		0	1
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Ratios

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	22.2	7.3	14.8
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	27.0	5.7	21.3
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	32502	98	20906	64.32
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	1339	100	862	64.38
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	0	1	.000	6.57	6	2	4	0	0	3	12.1	16	10	9	2	4	1	10	0	0	0	55	1.622	11.7	1.5	2.9	7.3
2	Josh Beckett	1	4	.200	3.96	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	34	16	16	4	15	2	32	0	0	5	152	1.349	8.4	1.0	3.7	7.9

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	FLA	2005-09-23	GS-7	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	27	7	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	71	112	67	0.4	3.59			1.07
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-09-23	GS-6	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	27	10	24	5	2	0	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	3	48	94	56	-0.1	0.07			0.76
3	Josh Beckett	FLA	2005-04-05	GS-6, W	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	2	22	5	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	71	108	64	0.1	2.86			0.56
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-04-05	GS-2, L	1.2	6	7	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	8	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	16	65	43	-0.4	-6.36			0.87
5	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-09-18	GS-6, L	6.0	7	4	4	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	1	26	10	23	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	2	43	80	47	-0.1	-1.04			1.30
6	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-09-18	9-GF, S	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		9	7	0.0	-0.82	2	2	1.15
7	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-04-23	GS-5, L	5.0	7	6	6	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	9	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	1	2	31	89	56	-0.3	-3.53			0.65
8	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-04-23	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	6	0.0	0.49	0	0	0.10
9	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-04-17	GS-7, L	6.1	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	29	10	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	4	46	110	74	-0.1	-1.27			0.65
10	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-04-17	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	7	0.0	0.53	0	0	0.45
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Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (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	2005	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	0	0	0	0	0

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-04-05	FLA	ATL	ahead 0-5	b2	---	0	7 (3-2)	Walk
2	2005	2005-09-23	FLA	ATL	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Single to LF (Ground Ball)
3	2005	2005-09-23	FLA	ATL	ahead 0-3	t5	---	0	5 (3-1)	Walk
4	2005	2005-09-23	FLA	ATL	ahead 0-3	t6	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (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	2005	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-04-05	ATL	FLA	down 5-0	t2	-2-	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2005	2005-09-23	ATL	FLA	down 3-0	b3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: P-1B
3	2005	2005-09-23	ATL	FLA	down 3-0	b5	-2-	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; B. McCann to 3B

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Comparison

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Totals

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	289	19	41	12	0	3	18	0	0	12	110	.142	.175	.215	.390	4	62	4	0	33	1	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	14	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	-42	0	-1	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Sabermetric

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	15	53	56	286	16	.215	34	-40	-4.0	.073	2.6		0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.0	5

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	14	0	3	3	11	1	.400	0			.000	1.8		0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.0	3

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	-3.7	-4.0	0.0	-47.14	-4.7	-44.83	0.92
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42	-11.7	-125.09	0.91

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Batting

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Josh Beckett	6	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	0	0	0

Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Josh Beckett vs. John Smoltz: 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	Josh Beckett	FLA	2005-09-23	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	0.041	0.52	0.02%	0.54			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-09-23	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.042	0.69	-0.02%	-0.35			P
3	Josh Beckett	FLA	2005-04-05	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0.009	0.11	0.01%	0.48			P
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-04-05	*	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.015	0.57	-0.01%	-0.31			P
5	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-09-18	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.018	0.24	0.00%	-0.16			P
6	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-09-18		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-04-23	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.014	0.82	-0.01%	-0.23			P
8	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-04-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Josh Beckett	FLA	2004-04-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.049	1.31	-0.04%	-0.42			P
10	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-04-17		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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