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Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitching Comparison

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	14	7	.667	3.33	108	2	45	1	0	12	211.0	196	84	78	20	88	11	118	1	0	6	890	292	123	3.78	1.346	8.4	0.9	3.8	5.0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	39	38	.506	3.79	314	48	98	4	1	11	782.2	709	392	330	94	351	26	406	36	1	18	3368	1148	101	4.49	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	1	0	1.000	1.35	5	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	11	2	2	0	4	1	6	0	0	1	53	15			1.125	7.4	0.0	2.7	4.1

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Value

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	4.7	2.1
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	4.7	-1.5

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals Against

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	292	783	128	37	11	6	6	50.00	0	23	11	7	.250	.324	.402	.727	93	.152	.270	105	315	68	285	292
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	1148	2919	475	123	17	29	22	56.86	3	69	40	21	.243	.329	.393	.723	102	.150	.252	380	1148	234	1096	1148

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1	15	46											.239	.300					.275				15	15

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Starting & Relieving

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	1	50	58.0	94	31	33	2	85.7	45	106
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	19	40	48.3	233	92	39	14	44.0	98	266

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956									1	5

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Ratios

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	13.3	9.9	3.4
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	12.1	10.4	1.6

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1	11.3	7.5	3.8

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitch Summary

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0		119
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2		75

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Steve Ridzik	0	0		8.31	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	13	8	8	0	5	0	3	1	0	1	42	2.077	13.5	0.0	5.2	3.1
2	Don Bessent	1	1	.500	2.89	3	1	1	0	0	0	18.2	16	6	6	2	3	1	8	0	0	1	70	1.018	7.7	1.0	1.4	3.9

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Game Logs

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Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	BRO	1957-05-11	12-GF(15), L	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	3	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		37	28	0.0	0.83	0	0	2.24
2	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1957-05-11	4-6	2.2	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	13	6	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		59	33	-0.1	-1.12	1	0	1.73
3	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-08-16	6-12	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	25	6	23	2	2	1	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	3		104	64	0.9	4.03	1	0	2.09
4	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1956-08-16	1-5	3.2	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	8	15	3	3	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	3		63	39	-0.3	-2.00	2	2	0.98
5	Don Bessent	BRO	1955-07-17 (2)	GS-9, W	8.0	9	5	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	32	11	30	5	2	1	0	0	0	16	3	0	0	4	44	106	70	0.1	-0.41			0.61
6	Steve Ridzik	CIN	1955-07-17 (2)	4-7	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	12	5	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		38	21	0.0	-2.33	2	1	0.21

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Bessent (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Bessent (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (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	1955	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

Don Bessent (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Bessent (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-17 (2)	CIN	BRO	down 6-1	t5	---	2	7 (3-2)	Strikeout Looking

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (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	1955	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

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-17 (2)	BRO	CIN	ahead 2-6	b6	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Comparison

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Totals

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	44	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	.114	.111	.114	.225	-41	5	2	0	5	1	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	198	16	38	10	0	1	7	0	0	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	0	9	0	0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	1	0	0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Value

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-9	0	0	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-19	0	0	0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Sabermetric

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	0	5	6	47	0	.161	4	-9	-0.9	.000	3.1		0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	11	45	47	172	11	.255	22	-20	-2.0	.066	3.8		0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	5	0	2	2	3		1.000	1			.000	1.5		0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Win Probability

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	-0.7	-0.8	0.1	-10.04		-8.85	1.07
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	-2.2	-1.9	-0.6	-20.92		-19.29	0.90

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Steve Ridzik	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Bessent	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0

Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: Game Logs

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Don Bessent vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Don Bessent	BRO	1957-05-11		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.043	5.00	-0.07%	-0.16			P
2	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1957-05-11		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.015	0.90	-0.01%	-0.16			P
3	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-08-16		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.107	10.80	-0.32%	-0.55			P
4	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1956-08-16		5	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.061	0.00	0.00%	0.52			P
5	Don Bessent	BRO	1955-07-17 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	0.071	0.66	0.04%	0.43			P
6	Steve Ridzik	CIN	1955-07-17 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.004	0.01	0.00%	-0.11			P

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