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John Candelaria

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John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Pitching Comparison

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	209	161	.565	3.27	502	473	11	143	37	2	3343.1	2939	1357	1213	263	1185	61	2175	23	13	103	13837	4332	108	3.43	1.233	7.9	0.7	3.2	5.9
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	177	122	.592	3.33	600	356	82	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	63	1673	37	26	28	10366	3165	114	3.41	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	1	5	.167	4.31	17	10	2	1	1	2	64.2	55	31	31	6	23	2	47	0	0	3	270	78		1.22	1.206	7.7	0.8	3.2	6.5
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	2	2	.500	2.88	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	33	19	11	5	11	1	29	0	0	0	146	44		2.84	1.282	8.7	1.3	2.9	7.6

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Value

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	44.9	15.2
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	39.9	18.0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Totals Against

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	4332	12376	2130	458	88	197	164	54.57	41	261	153	97	.237	.303	.352	.656	89	.115	.267	1349	4362	809	4147	4332
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	3165	9538	1619	450	85	80	106	43.01	14	182	105	93	.252	.295	.394	.689	92	.142	.279	1124	3754	780	3028	3165

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2	78	241											.228	.295					.261				78	78
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	44	135											.244	.301					.277				44	44

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Starting & Relieving

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	278	59	56.2	23	9	39	0	100.0	11	29
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	204	57	54.7	243	66	27	17	63.0	82	244

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975								100.0	2	7
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986									0	0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Ratios

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1	15.7	8.6	7.2
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	16.1	5.7	10.4

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2	17.4	8.5	8.9
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	19.9	7.5	12.3

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Pitch Summary

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	502	473	3343.1		80
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2		95

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	10	64.2
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	John Candelaria	1	1	.500	5.14	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	16	8	8	2	3	0	10	0	0	0	60	1.357	10.3	1.3	1.9	6.4
2	Vida Blue	1	1	.500	3.38	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	12	6	6	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	61	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	3.9

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Game Logs

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John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	SFG	1980-05-25	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	7	32	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	3	67			0.3	2.15			0.93
2	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-05-25	GS-5, L	5.0	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	9	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	31			-0.3	-2.70			0.78
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1979-09-02	GS-7, L	7.0	5	4	4	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	9	24	3	2	0	2	0	0	7	1	1	0	2	52			-0.2	-0.95			0.93
4	John Candelaria	PIT	1979-09-02	CG, W	9.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	37	10	35	5	2	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	4	66			0.3	0.93			1.32

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (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	1979	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-09-02	SFG	PIT	down 3-1	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-09-02	SFG	PIT	down 3-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1980	1980-05-25	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Flyball: CF
4	1980	1980-05-25	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-3	t4	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (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	1979	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-09-02	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-2	t2	--3	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	1979	1979-09-02	PIT	SFG	ahead 1-3	t4	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1979	1979-09-02	PIT	SFG	ahead 2-3	t7	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; S. Nicosia to 2B
4	1980	1980-05-25	PIT	SFG	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Comparison

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Totals

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	2	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330	-4	74	2	3	53	1	0
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	596	39	104	20	3	1	48	0	2	44	162	.174	.233	.223	.456	26	133	19	2	43	3	0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Value

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-68	3	-2	0
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	2.0	2.0	1.9	0.1	-57	-2	-2	0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Sabermetric

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	13	105	114	517	20	.206	48	-70	-7.5	.041	1.9	0.00	2
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	24	150	161	559	32	.236	86	-61	-6.4	.049	3.7	0.00	2

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	21-25	1971	1975	17	15	0	2	2	13		.000	0			.000	1.1		0
2	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	0	1	1	8		.500	0			.000	1.3		0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Win Probability

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vida Blue	19-36	1969	1986	273	618	-6.4	-7.0	0.3	-73.26		-70.30	0.96
2	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	-5.5	-6.0	-0.2	-67.76		-65.03	0.89

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Head-to-Head Batting

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	John Candelaria	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Vida Blue	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: Game Logs

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John Candelaria vs. Vida Blue: 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	Vida Blue	SFG	1980-05-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.026	0.15	-0.01%	-0.62			P
2	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-05-25	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.015	1.34	-0.02%	-0.15			P
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1979-09-02	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.040	0.00	0.00%	-0.28			P
4	John Candelaria	PIT	1979-09-02	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.82	-0.051	2.72	-0.10%	-0.75			P

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