Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Pitching Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	24			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	24	68	14	1	2	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.265	.306	.382	.688		.118	.315	8	26	4	22	24

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	33	52.3						0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Ratios

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	1	0	1.000	2.57	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	14	4	4	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	55	1.143	9.0	0.6	1.3	5.8
2	Bert Blyleven	0	1	.000	4.85	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	8	7	7	1	6	0	10	0	0	0	51	1.077	5.5	0.7	4.2	6.9

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	MIN	1971-04-27	GS-7, L	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	25	6	23	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	67			0.0	0.82			1.02
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-27	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	32	7	31	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	82			0.5	3.62			1.14
3	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1970-07-31	GS-7	6.0	3	5	5	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	26	8	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	42			-0.2	-1.17			0.83
4	Denny McLain	DET	1970-07-31	GS-6	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	9	22	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	35			-0.1	-0.63			1.05

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (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	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-07-31	MIN	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1970	1970-07-31	MIN	DET	down 3-0	t5	1--	2		Single to CF; T. Tischinski to 3B
3	1971	1971-04-27	MIN	WSA	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Single to CF
4	1971	1971-04-27	MIN	WSA	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1971	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-07-31	DET	MIN	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; C. Gutiérrez to 2B
2	1970	1970-07-31	DET	MIN	ahead 0-3	b5	---	1		Flyball: RF
3	1971	1971-04-27	WSA	MIN	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: P-SS-1B
4	1971	1971-04-27	WSA	MIN	tied 0-0	b6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; T. Harrah to 2B

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batting Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.0	1

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86	-9.0	-87.11	0.88

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Batting

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Denny McLain: 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	MIN	1971-04-27	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.001	1.10	0.00%	0.04			P
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-27	*	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.99	-0.030	1.51	-0.03%	-0.41			P
3	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1970-07-31	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.017	1.41	-0.02%	-0.23			P
4	Denny McLain	DET	1970-07-31	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.95	-0.024	1.30	-0.02%	-0.34			P

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