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Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Pitching Comparison

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	59	72	.450	3.74	231	185	15	25	7	2	1235.2	1199	575	514	115	368	38	673	11	12	7	5163	1637	96	3.73	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	78		1.22	1.206	7.7	0.8	3.2	6.5

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Value

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	231	185	1235.2	12.7	1.8

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Totals Against

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	231	185	1235.2	1637	4685	808	238	38	146	59	71.22	6	75	56	42	.256	.309	.397	.706	103	.141	.275	585	1858	391	1578	1637

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	78	241											.228	.295					.261				78	78

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Starting & Relieving

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	94	51	51.6	21	4	19	3	40.0	15	46

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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								100.0	2	7

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Ratios

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	231	185	1235.2	13.0	7.1	5.9

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Pitch Summary

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	231	185	1235.2		97

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	0	1	.000	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	34	0.889	5.0	0.0	3.0	4.0
2	Vida Blue	1	1	.500	3.29	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.2	14	5	5	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	55	1.171	9.2	0.0	1.3	7.2

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	1980-08-21	GS-5, L	4.2	9	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	10	21	8	1	0	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	26			-0.3	-3.16			1.20
2	Craig Swan	NYM	1980-08-21	GS-2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	55			0.1	0.87			0.79
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-06-18 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	32	6	29	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	86			0.6	3.86			1.16
4	Craig Swan	NYM	1978-06-18 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	27	7	22	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	1	65			0.2	2.00			1.13

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Craig Swan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Craig Swan (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	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

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Craig Swan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Craig Swan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-18 (1)	NYM	SFG	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1978	1978-06-18 (1)	NYM	SFG	tied 0-0	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Flynn to 2B

Craig Swan (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Craig Swan (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Craig Swan (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Craig Swan (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-18 (1)	SFG	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1978	1978-06-18 (1)	SFG	NYM	tied 0-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1978	1978-06-18 (1)	SFG	NYM	ahead 0-1	b7	1--	2		Strikeout Looking

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batting Comparison

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batting Totals

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	229	421	358	18	54	3	0	1	18	0	1	24	131	.151	.206	.168	.374	7	60	4	1	38	0	0

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batting Value

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	229	421	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-47	1	-3	0

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batting Sabermetric

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	0.00	2
2	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	229	421	4	79	80	347	16	.235	35	-47	-4.7	.017	2.7	0.00	1

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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		.000	0			.000	1.1		0

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Batting Win Probability

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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		-70.30	0.96
2	Craig Swan	22-33	1973	1984	229	421	-4.1	-4.7	0.5	-47.40		-49.10	0.96

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Head-to-Head Batting

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	Craig Swan	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Vida Blue	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. Craig Swan: 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	1980-08-21	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.087	1.15	-0.04%	-0.68			P
2	Craig Swan	NYM	1980-08-21	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-06-18 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	-0.048	1.55	-0.07%	-0.43			P
4	Craig Swan	NYM	1978-06-18 (1)	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.055	0.77	-0.02%	-0.46			P

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