Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Pitching Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	6326	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	152	156	.494	3.46	535	360	73	87	24	12	2622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	56	1760	42	18	67	10902	3455	102	3.38	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	0	0	47.1	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	0	0	193	57		2.01	1.077	8.2	1.0	1.5	6.8
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	0	1	.000	3.66	6	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	18	8	8	1	4	0	15	0	0	0	77	22		1.27	1.119	8.2	0.5	1.8	6.9

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	96.1	51.9
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	20.6	-2.2

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Totals Against

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	6326	18715	3374	712	116	424	196	68.39	22	389	176	121	.248	.301	.367	.668	86	.119	.286	2089	6866	1258	6109	6326
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	3455	9706	1685	385	45	134	109	55.14	21	220	130	67	.238	.308	.349	.656	90	.110	.271	1049	3386	629	3314	3455

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	57	180	33	5	0	5	1	83.33	0	4	2	1	.239	.277	.350	.627		.111	.271	18	63	10	53	57
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	22	72	11	4	2	1	1	50.00	0	2	1	0	.250	.289	.403	.692		.153	.304	8	29	7	22	22

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	429	63	56.9	4	2	50	2	0.0	3	7
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	204	57	54.2	173	53	31	12	50.0	73	175

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	6	100	58.7	2	2	100	0		1	2
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	1	50	50.0	6	2	33	0		1	4

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Ratios

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	18.1	6.5	11.6
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	16.1	8.8	7.4

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	18.7	4.1	14.5
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	19.5	5.2	14.3

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0		90
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	671	99	435	64.83
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	219	77	145	66.21

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Rudy May	0	4	.000	3.76	7	5	0	2	0	0	38.1	31	19	16	4	15	2	34	0	0	0	159	1.200	7.3	0.9	3.5	8.0
2	Bert Blyleven	6	0	1.000	1.37	7	7	0	2	0	0	52.2	38	12	8	3	12	0	46	0	0	0	203	0.949	6.5	0.5	2.1	7.9

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1979-07-27 (2)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	34	8	31	0	5	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	5	79			0.2	3.19			0.57
2	Rudy May	MON	1979-07-27 (2)	4-5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.93	0	0	0.22
3	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1979-05-21	GS-9, W	8.1	6	2	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	8	28	4	1	0	1	1	1	10	1	0	1	2	69			0.3	1.54			1.22
4	Rudy May	MON	1979-05-21	6-8	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	5	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1				0.0	0.40	0	0	0.92
5	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1978-09-17	GS-8, W	7.0	4	2	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	6	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	65			0.2	1.67			0.80
6	Rudy May	MON	1978-09-17	GS-5, L	5.0	5	4	4	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	23	8	20	3	0	1	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	43			-0.2	-1.66			0.71
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1973-09-22	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	34	7	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	68			0.2	1.47			0.77
8	Rudy May	CAL	1973-09-22	CG(8), L	8.0	6	6	3	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	33	10	32	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	58			-0.3	-2.03			0.68
9	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-05-17	GS-9, W	8.0	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	33	9	32	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	75			-0.2	-0.14			1.55
10	Rudy May	CAL	1971-05-17	CG, L	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	38	12	34	4	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	3	66			-0.1	0.58			0.95
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Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (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	1970	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1979	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	0	0	1

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-07-09	MIN	CAL	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1970	1970-07-09	MIN	CAL	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Single to SS
3	1970	1970-09-04	MIN	CAL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	2		Strikeout
4	1970	1970-09-04	MIN	CAL	ahead 0-3	t4	--3	2		Flyball: CF
5	1971	1971-05-17	MIN	CAL	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: RF
6	1971	1971-05-17	MIN	CAL	tied 2-2	t5	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; J. Holt to 3B
7	1971	1971-05-17	MIN	CAL	ahead 2-3	t7	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1971	1971-05-17	MIN	CAL	ahead 2-3	t9	1--	1		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
9	1978	1978-09-17	PIT	MON	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	2		Strikeout
10	1978	1978-09-17	PIT	MON	ahead 0-4	b4	---	0		Strikeout
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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (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	1970	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0	0	0

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-07-09	CAL	MIN	ahead 1-2	b2	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1970	1970-07-09	CAL	MIN	ahead 1-2	b4	12-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1970	1970-09-04	CAL	MIN	down 3-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1971	1971-05-17	CAL	MIN	ahead 0-1	b2	1-3	2		Single to CF; S. O'Brien to 2B; J. Stephenson Scores/unER
5	1971	1971-05-17	CAL	MIN	down 3-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout Looking
6	1971	1971-05-17	CAL	MIN	down 3-2	b7	---	2		Single to LF
7	1978	1978-09-17	MON	PIT	down 1-0	t3	-2-	1		Strikeout

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	-19	66	4	2	56	0	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	341	12	42	9	0	0	14	0	0	22	164	.123	.180	.150	.330	-4	51	4	2	17	1	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	3	0	0
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-1.6	-1.7	-1.6	0.0	-71	1	0	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-45	1	-2	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	7	66	75	452	11	.229	44	-74	-7.9	.016	2.3		0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	9	66	69	321	11	.236	26	-47	-5.0	.026	2.1		0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	0	1	1	10	0	.200	1			.000	3.5		0
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-6.3	-6.9	-0.2	-62.98	-6.6	-68.85	0.90
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-4.7	-5.0	-0.1	-46.23	-5.1	-48.93	0.91

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Batting

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Rudy May	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	7	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	1	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Rudy May: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1979-07-27 (2)	*	9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	-0.023	0.62	-0.05%	-1.43			P
2	Rudy May	MON	1979-07-27 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1979-05-21	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.024	1.47	0.02%	-0.32			P
4	Rudy May	MON	1979-05-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1978-09-17	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.040	1.84	-0.09%	-0.75			P
6	Rudy May	MON	1978-09-17	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.35			P
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1973-09-22																																	P
8	Rudy May	CAL	1973-09-22																																	P
9	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-05-17	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.084	1.38	-0.08%	-0.78			P
10	Rudy May	CAL	1971-05-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.102	1.43	0.08%	0.93			P
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