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Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Pitching Comparison

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Totals

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	70	75	.483	4.42	206	200	2	8	2	0	1243.2	1292	681	611	152	441	37	806	45	2	33	5380	1836	100	4.54	1.393	9.3	1.1	3.2	5.8
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	54	56	.491	4.81	178	161	4	5	1	0	1002.0	1164	594	536	120	369	18	513	33	3	26	4444	1627	100	4.87	1.530	10.5	1.1	3.3	4.6

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Value

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	206	200	1243.2	13.1	2.7
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	178	161	1002.0	8.4	-0.5

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Totals Against

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	206	200	1243.2	1836	4806	863	257	20	77	36	68.14	6	116	44	44	.269	.333	.426	.759	99	.157	.293	691	2045	429	1778	1836
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	178	161	1002.0	1627	3976	780	245	19	46	28	62.16	13	121	40	25	.293	.356	.454	.810	107	.162	.310	650	1807	384	1566	1627

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Starting & Relieving

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	105	53	49.2	3	2	67	0		2	6
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	81	50	45.5	24	14	58	0		4	17

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Ratios

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	206	200	1243.2	15.0	8.2	6.8
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	178	161	1002.0	11.5	8.3	3.2

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Pitch Summary

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	206	200	1243.2	16682	98	10422	62.47
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	178	161	1002.0	1510	97	847	56.09

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Totals

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Scott Karl	1	0	1.000	2.84	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	1.421	9.9	0.0	2.8	0.0
2	Kris Benson	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	1.800	12.6	0.0	3.6	7.2

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Game Logs

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Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	PIT	1999-04-25	GS-5, L	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	9	20	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	2	43	87	51	-0.1	-0.23			0.98
2	Scott Karl	MIL	1999-04-25	GS-7, W	6.1	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	9	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	49	89	48	0.1	1.16			1.36

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kris Benson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Karl (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kris Benson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Karl (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

Kris Benson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Karl (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kris Benson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Karl (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-04-25	MIL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1999	1999-04-25	MIL	PIT	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)

Scott Karl (Pitcher) vs. Kris Benson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Scott Karl (Pitcher) vs. Kris Benson (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Scott Karl (Pitcher) vs. Kris Benson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Scott Karl (Pitcher) vs. Kris Benson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-04-25	PIT	MIL	down 1-0	b3	---	1	1 (0-0)	Popfly: 1B

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Comparison

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Totals

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	165	386	321	23	42	7	0	1	22	0	0	15	127	.131	.175	.162	.337	-12	52	2	2	47	0	0
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	83	167	134	11	19	2	1	2	7	0	1	8	42	.142	.194	.216	.411	5	29	1	1	23	1	0

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Value

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	165	386	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-57	1	-1	0
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	83	167	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-20	1	-1	0

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Sabermetric

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	165	386	8	59	65	328	13	.212	44	-56	-5.4	.031	2.5		0
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	83	167	5	28	31	141	8	.187	16	-20	-1.9	.075	3.2	0.00	1

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Win Probability

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kris Benson	24-35	1999	2010	165	386	-4.8	-5.1	0.2	-56.52		-58.70	0.97
2	Scott Karl	23-28	1995	2000	83	167	-2.0	-1.9	0.0	-21.98		-22.10	1.02

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Head-to-Head Batting

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Totals

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Scott Karl	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Kris Benson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: Game Logs

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Kris Benson vs. Scott Karl: 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	Kris Benson	PIT	1999-04-25	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.020	0.84	-0.01%	-0.18			P
2	Scott Karl	MIL	1999-04-25	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.082	0.86	-0.05%	-0.97			P

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