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Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Pitching Comparison

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Totals

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	121	116	.511	3.84	398	296	42	32	12	11	2053.1	1978	982	876	217	623	49	1039	49	43	65	8627	2764	104	4.15	1.267	8.7	1.0	2.7	4.6
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	240	236	.504	3.66	638	616	10	143	34	1	4188.1	4063	1910	1704	448	1255	116	2773	129	27	119	17641	5684	106	3.79	1.270	8.7	1.0	2.7	6.0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	0	2	.000	3.86	6	3	1	0	0	0	21.0	22	10	9	4	10	2	15	1	0	2	93	35		3.07	1.524	9.4	1.7	4.3	6.4
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	0	1	.000	4.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	12	6	5	2	6	0	4	4	0	1	52	22		7.45	1.742	10.5	1.7	5.2	3.5

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Value

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	398	296	2053.1	21.1	3.3
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	638	616	4188.1	57.1	19.5

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Totals Against

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	398	296	2053.1	2764	7818	1382	330	49	129	94	57.85	36	160	78	55	.253	.310	.391	.701	94	.138	.266	957	3057	596	2650	2764
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	638	616	4188.1	5684	15973	2830	694	91	306	197	60.83	56	309	165	117	.254	.312	.393	.705	97	.139	.281	1984	6283	1233	5447	5684

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	6	3	21.0	35	80	15	1	2	0	1	0.00	1	1	1	1	.275	.359	.488	.846		.213	.290	14	39	7	33	35
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	2	2	10.1	22	40	7	3	0	0	0		0	1	1	1	.300	.431	.525	.956		.225	.286	11	21	5	22	22

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Starting & Relieving

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	168	57	50.8	93	28	30	5	68.8	42	102
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	365	59	53.4	29	16	55	1	50.0	10	22

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	1	33	49.0	3	1	33	0		1	3
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	0	0	43.5						0	0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Ratios

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	398	296	2053.1	12.0	7.2	4.8
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	638	616	4188.1	15.7	7.1	8.6

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	6	3	21.0	16.1	10.8	5.4
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	2	2	10.1	7.7	11.5	-3.8

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Pitch Summary

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	398	296	2053.1		94
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	638	616	4188.1		102

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	6	3	21.0	269	81	154	57.25
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	2	2	10.1	167	84	103	61.68

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Totals

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	4	0	1.000	1.68	8	6	1	3	2	0	53.2	34	11	10	3	14	0	23	1	0	1	202	0.894	5.7	0.5	2.3	3.9
2	Frank Tanana	1	3	.250	4.37	8	7	0	1	0	0	47.1	40	24	23	8	17	1	23	2	0	1	197	1.204	7.6	1.5	3.2	4.4

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Game Logs

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Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	SFG	1993-07-04	GS-6	6.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	24	9	20	4	1	0	2	1	0	10	2	0	1	2	43	90	53	-0.1	-1.05			1.24
2	Frank Tanana	NYM	1993-07-04	GS-6	5.0	9	6	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	25	12	21	6	1	0	0	2	0	16	1	1	1	3	27	89	55	-0.5	-4.53			1.07
3	Bud Black	CLE	1989-09-12	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	32	7	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	79	104	68	0.7	4.38			1.38
4	Frank Tanana	DET	1989-09-12	CG(8), L	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	30	7	28	5	1	0	0	1	1	7	0	1	0	1	68	112	70	0.2	2.89			1.11
5	Bud Black	CLE	1989-09-01	GS-8	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	31	8	27	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	69	119	67	0.2	2.78			1.01
6	Frank Tanana	DET	1989-09-01	GS-9	8.2	3	1	1	0	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	32	7	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	1	78	137	84	0.3	3.03			1.15
7	Bud Black	KCR	1988-04-18	7-GF(8)	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		27	15	0.0	0.62	2	1	0.60
8	Frank Tanana	DET	1988-04-18	GS-8, W	7.2	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	31	9	27	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	61	130	77	0.2	1.53			1.04
9	Bud Black	KCR	1986-07-11 (2)	3-8	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	22	7	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.74	1	0	1.34
10	Frank Tanana	DET	1986-07-11 (2)	GS-3	2.2	5	5	5	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	16	8	13	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	27			-0.3	-3.67			0.97
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Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bud Black (Pitcher) vs. Frank Tanana (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bud Black (Pitcher) vs. Frank Tanana (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	1993	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bud Black (Pitcher) vs. Frank Tanana (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bud Black (Pitcher) vs. Frank Tanana (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1993	1993-07-04	NYM	SFG	down 3-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Double to RF (Ground Ball)
2	1993	1993-07-04	NYM	SFG	ahead 3-4	b4	---	2	1 (0-0)	Lineout: SS

Frank Tanana (Pitcher) vs. Bud Black (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Frank Tanana (Pitcher) vs. Bud Black (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	1993	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Frank Tanana (Pitcher) vs. Bud Black (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Frank Tanana (Pitcher) vs. Bud Black (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1993	1993-07-04	SFG	NYM	ahead 1-3	t2	---	2	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1993	1993-07-04	SFG	NYM	down 4-3	t5	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Fielder's Choice P/Sacrifice Bunt; M. Benjamin to 2B; B. Black to 1B

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Comparison

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Totals

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	90	210	179	6	26	4	0	0	12	0	0	4	49	.145	.164	.168	.332	-6	30	1	0	27	0	0
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	35	64	59	3	9	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	12	.153	.180	.203	.384	4	12	0	0	3	0	0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Value

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	90	210	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	-28	0	0	0
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	35	64	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Sabermetric

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	90	210	4	30	31	181	7	.200	18	-26	-2.6	.022	3.7		0
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	35	64	2	11	12	54	2	.191	8	-8	-0.8	.051	4.9	0.00	1

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	27-28	1984	1985	6	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			.000	1.0		0
2	Frank Tanana	25-33	1979	1987	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Win Probability

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bud Black	24-38	1981	1995	90	210	-2.0	-2.6	0.4	-24.31	-2.6	-26.50	0.94
2	Frank Tanana	19-39	1973	1993	35	64	-0.5	-0.8	0.2	-3.56	-0.3	-7.94	0.95

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Head-to-Head Batting

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Totals

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Frank Tanana	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0

Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: Game Logs

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Bud Black vs. Frank Tanana: 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	Bud Black	SFG	1993-07-04	*	7	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.046	2.21	0.05%	0.19			P
2	Frank Tanana	NYM	1993-07-04	*	6	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	0.060	0.00	0.00%	0.52			P
3	Bud Black	CLE	1989-09-12																																	P
4	Frank Tanana	DET	1989-09-12																																	P
5	Bud Black	CLE	1989-09-01																																	P
6	Frank Tanana	DET	1989-09-01																																	P
7	Bud Black	KCR	1988-04-18																																	P
8	Frank Tanana	DET	1988-04-18																																	P
9	Bud Black	KCR	1986-07-11 (2)																																	P
10	Frank Tanana	DET	1986-07-11 (2)																																	P
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