Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Pitching Comparison

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Totals

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	209	161	.565	3.27	502	473	11	143	37	2	3343.1	2939	1357	1213	263	1185	61	2175	23	13	103	13837	4332	108	3.43	1.233	7.9	0.7	3.2	5.9
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	123	108	.532	3.59	325	322	0	62	18	0	2148.2	2093	967	856	137	778	49	1146	54	12	68	9077	3040	105	3.62	1.336	8.8	0.6	3.3	4.8

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	1	5	.167	4.31	17	10	2	1	1	2	64.2	55	31	31	6	23	2	47	0	0	3	270	82		3.34	1.206	7.7	0.8	3.2	6.5
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	1	2	.333	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	17	8	5	1	6	3	12	1	0	0	82	26		3.28	1.211	8.1	0.5	2.8	5.7

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Value

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	44.9	15.2
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	31.1	12.7

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Totals Against

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	4332	12376	2130	458	88	197	164	54.57	41	261	153	97	.237	.303	.352	.656	89	.115	.267	1349	4362	809	4147	4332
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	3040	8116	1555	342	59	130	94	58.04	21	250	82	46	.258	.325	.365	.690	96	.107	.284	972	2964	538	2925	3040

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2	82	241	35	13	1	0	3	0.00	0	4	4	2	.228	.293	.365	.658		.137	.258	28	88	20	78	82
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	26	75	13	2	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	.227	.293	.320	.613		.093	.258	7	24	4	24	26

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Starting & Relieving

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	278	59	56.2	23	9	39	0	100.0	11	29
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	187	58	52.2	0	0		0		0	3

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	3	30	51.3	5	1	20	1	66.7	2	7
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	2	67	55.0						0	0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Ratios

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	15.7	8.6	7.2
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	12.6	8.6	4.1

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2	17.4	8.5	8.9
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	14.6	7.3	7.3

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1		80
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2		92

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2	194	97	117	60.31
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	293	98	184	62.80

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Totals

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	1	0	1.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	2.3
2	John Denny	0	1	.000	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	30	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	6.1

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-05-01	GS-9, W	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	8	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	66			0.1	1.57			1.66
2	John Denny	STL	1978-05-01	GS-8, L	7.1	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	30	8	27	4	2	0	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	61			0.2	1.90			1.07

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (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	1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-01	SFG	STL	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1978	1978-05-01	SFG	STL	tied 0-0	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
3	1978	1978-05-01	SFG	STL	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (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	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-01	STL	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1978	1978-05-01	STL	SFG	tied 0-0	b5	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Comparison

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Totals

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	2	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330	-4	74	2	3	53	1	0
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	570	44	97	9	2	0	29	9	5	19	164	.170	.197	.193	.390	9	110	4	1	63	3	0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Value

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-68	3	-2	0
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	-67	2	-2	0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Sabermetric

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	13	105	114	517	20	.206	48	-70	-7.5	.041	1.9	0.0	2
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	11	117	132	548	27	.237	73	-73	-7.6	.023	3.5	64.3	14

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	15	0	2	2	13	0	.000	0			.000	1.1		0
2	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	0	1	1	6	0	.200	2			.000	6.0		0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Win Probability

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	-6.4	-7.0	0.3	-73.26	-7.9	-70.30	0.96
2	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	-7.1	-7.1	-0.7	-76.62	-7.8	-75.16	0.92

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Head-to-Head Batting

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Totals

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Denny	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue vs. John Denny: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. John Denny: 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	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-05-01	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.081	1.34	-0.07%	-0.64			P
2	John Denny	STL	1978-05-01	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.047	0.89	-0.03%	-0.35			P

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