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Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	19	25	.432	3.69	62	54	2	6	1	0	339.0	302	159	139	25	192	7	178	10	3	18	1486	528	104	4.29	1.457	8.0	0.7	5.1	4.7
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Value

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	54	339.0	3.9	1.0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	54	339.0	528	1265	220	46	11	30	10	75.00	0	40	7	12	.239	.341	.352	.693	96	.113	.258	154	445	82	504	528
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	31	57	51.6	4	2	50	0		2	8
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	54	339.0	12.0	12.9	-0.9
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	54	339.0		88
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	6	0	0	2	36	1.111	5.0	1.0	5.0	6.0
2	Dennis Blair	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	27	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	11.6

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	MON	1975-07-23	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	27	7	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	66	100	65	0.1	1.34			0.88
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-07-23	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	5	0	6	0	0	2	36	11	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	1	74	120	76	0.7	3.30			1.85

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dennis Blair (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dennis Blair (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1975	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

Dennis Blair (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dennis Blair (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-23	HOU	MON	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
2	1975	1975-07-23	HOU	MON	tied 1-1	t5	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; L. Milbourne to 2B
3	1975	1975-07-23	HOU	MON	ahead 1-2	t7	---	2	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Blair (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Blair (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	1975	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Blair (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Blair (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-23	MON	HOU	down 1-0	b3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Single to RF
2	1975	1975-07-23	MON	HOU	down 2-1	b5	---	1	5 (3-1)	Walk

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	123	109	5	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	51	.128	.165	.138	.303	-16	15	1	0	8	1	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	123	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-18	0	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	123	1	19	20	105	3	.237	8	-18	-1.9	.009	2.1		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dennis Blair	20-26	1974	1980	62	123	-1.4	-1.6	0.0	-19.89		-18.22	0.86
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Dennis Blair	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Dennis Blair vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Dennis Blair	MON	1975-07-23	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.083	0.02	0.00%	0.63			P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-07-23	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.94	0.014	0.00	0.00%	0.06			P

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