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Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Pitching Comparison

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	70	54	.565	3.72	167	150	8	53	7	0	1060.2	1003	483	438	73	433	22	659	25	3	28	4505	1504	105	3.54	1.354	8.5	0.6	3.7	5.6
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	27	48	.360	3.91	228	77	59	5	1	8	627.2	619	299	273	60	246	36	452	19	6	9	2701	915	89	3.55	1.378	8.9	0.9	3.5	6.5

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Value

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	167	150	1060.2	16.0	6.1
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	4.3	-1.0

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Totals Against

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	167	150	1060.2	1504	3963	760	148	22	85	38	69.11	33	76	53	30	.253	.328	.357	.685	91	.104	.285	471	1414	243	1461	1504
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	915	2381	429	112	18	30	18	62.50	7	51	30	23	.260	.331	.398	.729	114	.138	.296	321	947	190	884	915

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Starting & Relieving

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	80	53	53.3	19	5	26	0		8	17
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	34	44	49.6	153	48	31	8	50.0	59	151

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Ratios

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	167	150	1060.2	14.6	9.6	5.0
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	16.7	9.1	7.6

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Pitch Summary

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	167	150	1060.2
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2		50

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	24	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2	Mike Paul	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	26	2.063	13.5	0.0	5.1	8.4

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Game Logs

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Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	KCR	1972-10-03	GS-6, L	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	24	6	23	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	56			0.0	0.30			0.85
2	Mike Paul	TEX	1972-10-03	GS-6, W	5.1	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	26	12	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	54			0.1	0.88			1.86

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Busby (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Busby (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Steve Busby (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Busby (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-10-03	TEX	KCR	ahead 0-1	t2	--3	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1972	1972-10-03	TEX	KCR	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; V. Harris to 2B

Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Steve Busby (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Steve Busby (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	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

Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Steve Busby (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Steve Busby (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-10-03	KCR	TEX	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1972	1972-10-03	KCR	TEX	down 1-0	b4	123	1		Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Comparison

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Totals

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	7	15	15	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.267	.467	39	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	148	8	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	56	.115	.144	.135	.279	-19	20	1	0	7	0	0

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Value

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	7	15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-21	1	0	0

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	7	15	1	3	3	12	1	.250	4	-1	-0.1	.067	5.0		0
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	3	22	25	139	4	.185	9	-23	-2.4	.020	2.6		0

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Win Probability

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Busby	22-30	1972	1980	7	15	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	-1.20	-0.1	-0.96	1.05
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	-2.0	-2.2	0.0	-19.42	-1.9	-21.57	0.93

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Paul	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: Game Logs

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Steve Busby vs. Mike Paul: 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	Steve Busby	KCR	1972-10-03	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.228	0.00	0.00%	-1.55			P
2	Mike Paul	TEX	1972-10-03	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.045	0.00	0.00%	-0.46			P

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