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John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	166	136	.550	4.31	445	423	8	21	6	1	2648.1	2866	1374	1268	257	700	59	1766	90	8	33	11324	3780	99	3.85	1.347	9.7	0.9	2.4	6.0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	2	1	.667	4.80	6	5	0	1	0	0	30.0	40	19	16	3	7	1	15	1	0	0	137	49		4.18	1.567	12.0	0.9	2.1	4.5
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Value

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	445	423	2648.1	21.8	-0.8
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	445	423	2648.1	3780	10358	2013	538	58	162	106	60.45	23	224	107	69	.277	.326	.414	.740	98	.138	.310	1413	4291	853	3656	3780
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	6	5	30.0	49	128	26	10	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.313	.353	.477	.830		.164	.336	22	61	14	48	49
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	218	52	49.5	12	5	42	1	50.0	8	22
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	2	40	43.2	0	0				0	1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	445	423	2648.1	15.6	6.2	9.4
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	6	5	30.0	10.9	5.1	5.8
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	445	423	2648.1	11097	94	6958	62.70
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	6	5	30.0	477	91	300	62.89
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	0	1	.000	4.61	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	10	8	7	1	5	1	6	0	1	1	56	1.098	6.6	0.7	3.3	4.0
2	John Burkett	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	15	4	4	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	61	1.063	8.4	0.0	1.1	5.1

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	SFG	1991-04-24	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	8	32	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	75	126	83	0.3	2.96			0.96
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1991-04-24	GS-7, L	6.1	7	4	4	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	1	27	10	23	5	2	0	0	1	0	9	1	1	0	2	43	102	62	-0.2	-0.82			1.06
3	John Burkett	SFG	1991-04-09	GS-7	7.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	27	10	25	9	0	0	0	1	2	9	1	1	0	0	50	88	59	-0.1	0.30			1.21
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1991-04-09	GS-8	7.1	3	4	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	29	7	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	59	102	70	0.1	0.89			1.15

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Burkett (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Burkett (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1991	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Burkett (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Burkett (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1991	1991-04-09	SDP	SFG	ahead 0-2	b2	1-3	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1991	1991-04-09	SDP	SFG	tied 2-2	b5	---	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
3	1991	1991-04-09	SDP	SFG	ahead 2-3	b7	1--	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
4	1991	1991-04-24	SDP	SFG	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
5	1991	1991-04-24	SDP	SFG	tied 1-1	t5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Burkett (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Burkett (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	1991	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Burkett (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Burkett (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1991	1991-04-09	SFG	SDP	down 2-0	t3	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); S. Decker to 2B
2	1991	1991-04-09	SFG	SDP	tied 2-2	t5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
3	1991	1991-04-24	SFG	SDP	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2	6 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1991	1991-04-24	SFG	SDP	tied 1-1	b5	--3	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
5	1991	1991-04-24	SFG	SDP	ahead 1-3	b7	-2-	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; J. Uribe to 3B

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	289	629	540	22	50	6	0	0	18	0	0	26	226	.093	.136	.104	.240	-34	56	12	1	62	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	289	629	-2.7	-2.7	-2.8	0.1	-107	-1	-2	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	289	629	6	77	84	564	10	.159	40	-104	-10.6	.011	2.4		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	31-38	1996	2003	6	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Burkett	22-38	1987	2003	289	629	-8.5	-9.7	0.0	-102.71	-10.4	-106.33	0.87
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Burkett	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Burkett vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Burkett	SFG	1991-04-24	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.75	-0.097	1.08	-0.08%	-0.89			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1991-04-24	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.046	1.98	-0.06%	-0.35			P
3	John Burkett	SFG	1991-04-09	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	-0.036	1.44	-0.03%	-0.29			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1991-04-09	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.086	1.46	-0.08%	-1.05			P

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