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Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Pitching Comparison

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	129	112	.535	3.44	452	279	74	64	17	22	2111.2	2141	929	807	186	547	79	1163	51	5	50	8858	2857	103	3.43	1.273	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.0
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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	2	1	.667	2.65	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.1	28	11	11	4	8	2	16	2	0	0	143	38		0.31	0.964	6.8	1.0	1.9	3.9
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	22			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Value

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	20.4	1.7
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	2857	8121	1592	313	50	108	90	54.55	14	165	84	55	.264	.312	.383	.695	101	.120	.286	981	3112	549	2739	2857
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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	38	131											.214	.270					.216				38	38
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	22	68											.265	.306					.315				22	22

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	157	56	52.1	147	51	35	9	71.0	74	173
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972									0	1
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968									0	0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Ratios

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	13.1	6.2	7.0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	11.2	5.6	5.6
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2		84
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	0	1	.000	14.73	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	5	6	6	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	17	1.636	12.3	7.4	2.5	4.9
2	Nelson Briles	2	0	1.000	4.20	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	15	7	7	3	2	0	8	0	0	0	58	1.133	9.0	1.8	1.2	4.8

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-19	GS-6, W	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	8	22	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	3	46			0.0	-0.46			0.99
2	Denny McLain	ATL	1972-07-19	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.42	0	0	0.01
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-09	CG, W	9.0	7	4	4	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	9	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	4	61			0.2	0.24			0.70
4	Denny McLain	ATL	1972-07-09	GS-3, L	2.2	5	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	6	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	23			-0.3	-4.69			0.72

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (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	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-07-09	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	2		Flyball: CF

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Comparison

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	469	29	72	9	2	3	29	0	0	21	171	.154	.192	.200	.392	12	94	5	2	37	3	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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	1	2	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

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-55	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	14	95	99	442	23	.232	55	-54	-5.9	.047	2.7		0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.00	1

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	0	2	2	12		.200	1			.000	1.8		0
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	-4.5	-5.7	0.2	-54.48		-56.85	0.81
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86		-87.11	0.88

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Batting

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Nelson Briles	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Nelson Briles vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-19	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.042	1.13	-0.06%	-0.63			P
2	Denny McLain	ATL	1972-07-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-07-09	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.25	-0.027	0.68	-0.04%	-0.71			P
4	Denny McLain	ATL	1972-07-09	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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