Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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		1.22	1.206	7.7	0.8	3.2	6.5
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	1	1	.500	5.79	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	13	9	9	2	6	0	17	0	0	1	61	1.357	8.4	1.3	3.9	10.9
2	Vida Blue	1	1	.500	3.65	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	12	6	5	2	3	0	9	0	0	1	53	1.216	8.8	1.5	2.2	6.6

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	1986-09-27	GS-5, W	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	21	8	19	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	3	50			0.0	0.20			1.16
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-09-27	GS-5, L	5.0	9	8	8	0	2	4	0	7	0	0	1	28	13	23	3	4	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	1	6	20			-0.4	-5.80			0.80
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1981-04-14	GS-8, L	7.1	7	4	3	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	10	30	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	3	55			0.0	-1.23			0.79
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1981-04-14	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	33	6	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	83			0.4	2.81			0.99

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1981	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-04-14	LAD	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1981	1981-04-14	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1981	1981-04-14	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-2	t7	---	1		Strikeout
4	1986	1986-09-27	LAD	SFG	tied 2-2	t2	-2-	2		Flyball: RF
5	1986	1986-09-27	LAD	SFG	down 4-2	t5	---	0		Flyball: CF

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (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	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-04-14	SFG	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1981	1981-04-14	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	b5	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1986	1986-09-27	SFG	LAD	ahead 2-3	b2	---	1		Flyball: CF
4	1986	1986-09-27	SFG	LAD	ahead 2-4	b4	---	1		Strikeout

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Vida Blue	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Vida Blue vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	1986-09-27	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.28			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-09-27	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.061	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1981-04-14	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.050	0.73	-0.02%	-0.33			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1981-04-14	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.57	-0.055	0.56	-0.03%	-0.71			P

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