Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	62	63	.496	3.57	304	144	57	34	11	6	1238.2	1131	566	492	127	435	27	720	23	4	38	5200	1661	99	3.83	1.264	8.2	0.9	3.2	5.2
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	4	10	.286	4.40	93	11	31	1	0	5	173.2	184	95	85	19	69	12	98	4	0	8	776	268	77	4.02	1.457	9.5	1.0	3.6	5.1

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	2	1	.667	1.48	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.1	19	5	4	0	10	1	11	0	0	2	100	30			1.192	7.0	0.0	3.7	4.1
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Value

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	304	144	1238.2	9.5	-0.8
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	-2.1	-3.0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Totals Against

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	304	144	1238.2	1661	4660	772	185	47	52	35	59.77	4	98	58	26	.243	.309	.384	.693	100	.142	.262	557	1791	359	1589	1661
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	268	677	136	25	4	7	2	77.78	0	15	18	5	.272	.340	.405	.745	119	.133	.292	97	274	48	257	268

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	3	24.1	30	88	16	3	0	0	0		0	2	2	0	.216	.296	.250	.546		.034	.247	7	22	3	29	30
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	79	55	53.3	106	36	34	2	75.0	57	160
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	5	45	48.5	81	23	28	4	55.6	31	82

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	100	64.0						0	0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	0			0	0				1	1

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	304	144	1238.2	13.8	8.4	5.5
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	12.6	8.9	3.7

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	3	24.1	11.0	10.0	1.0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	33.3	0.0	33.3

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	304	144	1238.2
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	3	24.1	225	113	134	59.56
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Mel Nelson	0	1	.000	5.14	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	4	4	2	2	0	6	1	0	0	29	1.000	6.4	2.6	2.6	7.7
2	Jim Bouton	1	1	.500	3.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	8	6	5	2	4	0	7	1	0	0	58	0.800	4.8	1.2	2.4	4.2

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Game Logs

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Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	NYY	1963-07-13	GS-6, L	6.0	4	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	6	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	54			-0.1	-0.44			0.83
2	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-07-13	7-7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.37	2	0	3.08
3	Jim Bouton	NYY	1963-05-17	CG, W	9.0	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	6	1	0	0	34	8	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	70			0.4	1.04			1.07
4	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-17	GS-7, L	7.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	6	1	0	0	28	7	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	56			-0.1	-0.86			0.77

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Bouton (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bouton (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (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	1963	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Bouton (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bouton (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-17	LAA	NYY	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1963	1963-05-17	LAA	NYY	down 2-1	t5	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; B. Perry to 3B

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bouton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bouton (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	1963	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bouton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bouton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-17	NYY	LAA	ahead 1-2	b2	---	1		Strikeout
2	1963	1963-05-17	NYY	LAA	ahead 1-2	b5	---	1		Groundout: P unassisted
3	1963	1963-05-17	NYY	LAA	ahead 1-4	b7	---	1		Strikeout

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Comparison

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Totals

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	307	394	347	8	35	3	0	0	21	0	0	14	160	.101	.142	.110	.252	-28	38	2	3	29	1	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	34	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.147	.171	.147	.318	-7	5	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Value

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	307	394	-1.9	-1.9	-1.8	-0.2	-60	0	-1	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	307	394	3	52	56	344	8	.186	29	-59	-6.6	.009	2.2		0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	0	6	6	30	2	.238	5	-5	-0.5	.000	2.6		0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	24-25	1963	1964	3	9	0	1	1	8	0	.200	1			.000	2.3		0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bouton	23-39	1962	1978	307	394	-4.8	-5.8	0.1	-53.09	-5.4	-58.44	0.84
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	-3.94	-0.5	-4.63	0.87

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Mel Nelson	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Bouton	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: Game Logs

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Jim Bouton vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Bouton	NYY	1963-07-13	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.043	5.15	-0.15%	-0.34			P
2	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-07-13		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Jim Bouton	NYY	1963-05-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.030	1.24	-0.05%	-0.43			P
4	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-17	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.065	1.92	-0.06%	-0.51			P

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