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Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Pitching Comparison

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Totals

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	47	18	.723	3.05	119	110	2	3	1	0	657.1	519	246	223	73	165	4	707	24	0	19	2636	729	135	3.33	1.041	7.1	1.0	2.3	9.7
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	34	41	.453	4.58	145	133	4	1	1	1	695.0	699	386	354	121	251	0	692	24	1	24	2988	993	91	4.65	1.367	9.1	1.6	3.3	9.0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	3	3	.500	2.94	15	15	0	0	0	0	79.2	61	28	26	8	31	1	101	1	0	2	325	93		3.03	1.155	6.9	0.9	3.5	11.4
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	4		5.06	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	0.0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Value

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	119	110	657.1	13.5	7.9
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	145	133	695.0	3.5	-2.6

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Totals Against

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	119	110	657.1	729	2424	336	101	9	39	12	76.47	2	41	11	12	.214	.270	.354	.623	70	.139	.269	235	857	183	708	729
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	145	133	695.0	993	2695	424	140	14	34	12	73.91	4	65	6	12	.259	.327	.456	.783	116	.197	.305	405	1230	275	974	993

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	15	15	79.2	93	292											.209	.287					.290				93	93
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023	1	0	1.2	4	7											.429	.500					.429				4	4

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Starting & Relieving

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	62	56	59.0	0	0		1	0.0	2	9
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	47	35	49.6	7	0	0	1	50.0	4	12

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021									0	0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023									0	1

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Ratios

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	119	110	657.1	26.8	6.3	20.6
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	145	133	695.0	23.2	8.4	14.8

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	15	15	79.2	31.1	9.5	21.5
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023	1	0	1.2	0.0	12.5	-12.5

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Pitch Summary

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	119	110	657.1	7473	93	5027	67.27
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	145	133	695.0	10909	86	6948	63.69

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	15	15	79.2
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023	1	0	1.2

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Head-to-Head Pitching

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Totals

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	0	0		5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.714	5.1	3.9	1.3	10.3
2	Yusei Kikuchi	0	0		4.26	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	26	1.105	8.5	1.4	1.4	15.6

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Game Logs

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Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	LAD	2021-05-11	GS-7	7.0	4	4	4	0	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	25	5	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	60	91	62	-0.1	-0.31			0.57
2	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	2021-05-11	GS-7	6.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	26	7	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	59	106	71	0.2	1.75			1.08

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batter vs. Pitcher

Walker Buehler (Pitcher) vs. Yusei Kikuchi (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Walker Buehler (Pitcher) vs. Yusei Kikuchi (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	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Walker Buehler (Pitcher) vs. Yusei Kikuchi (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Walker Buehler (Pitcher) vs. Yusei Kikuchi (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-05-11	SEA	LAD	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2021	2021-05-11	SEA	LAD	ahead 1-3	t5	---	2	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Yusei Kikuchi (Pitcher) vs. Walker Buehler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Yusei Kikuchi (Pitcher) vs. Walker Buehler (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	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Yusei Kikuchi (Pitcher) vs. Walker Buehler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Yusei Kikuchi (Pitcher) vs. Walker Buehler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-05-11	LAD	SEA	down 1-0	b3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2021	2021-05-11	LAD	SEA	down 3-1	b5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Comparison

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Totals

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	93	195	171	11	19	2	0	1	6	0	0	11	99	.111	.165	.140	.305	-17	24	0	0	13	0	0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	16	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Value

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	93	195	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-30	0	0	0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	2	4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0	0	0	0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Sabermetric

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	93	195	3	30	31	165	5	.254	16	-29	-2.9	.029	1.7		0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		0	-1	-0.1	.000	1.0		0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	23-26	2018	2021	16	18	0	0	0	18		.000	1			.000	1.5		0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	32	2023	2023	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Win Probability

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Walker Buehler	22-29	2017	2024	93	195	-2.6	-2.6	-0.5	-29.33		-29.15	0.85
2	Yusei Kikuchi	28-33	2019	2024	2	4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.28		-0.46	0.74

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Head-to-Head Batting

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Totals

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Yusei Kikuchi	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: Game Logs

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Walker Buehler vs. Yusei Kikuchi: 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	Walker Buehler	LAD	2021-05-11	*	7	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	1.06	-0.03%	-0.42			P
2	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	2021-05-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.026	0.51	-0.02%	-0.28			P

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