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John Candelaria

41.9

600

356

2525.2

177-122

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3.33

114

1673

16.1

592

5.7

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GS

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21.8

445

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2708.0

146-155

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3.68

95

1473

12.8

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7.5

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John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Pitching Comparison

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 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
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	146	155	.485	3.68	445	413	10	78	30	1	2708.0	2737	1258	1106	228	857	78	1473	47	13	60	11488	3814	95	3.74	1.327	9.1	0.8	2.8	4.9

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 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
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	0	1	.000	3.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	10	9	2	3	1	13	0	0	1	85	22		3.17	1.082	8.4	0.9	1.3	5.8

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Value

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	39.9	18.0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	20.9	-2.3

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Totals Against

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 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
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	3814	10373	1961	464	84	235	110	68.12	13	262	134	73	.264	.321	.391	.712	107	.127	.287	1320	4053	776	3641	3814

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	44	135											.244	.301					.277				44	44
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	22	81											.235	.262					.258				22	22

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	204	57	54.7	243	66	27	17	63.0	82	244
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	230	56	51.3	17	9	53	1	50.0	10	32

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986									0	0
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986									0	0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	16.1	5.7	10.4
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	12.8	7.5	5.4

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	19.9	7.5	12.3
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	15.3	3.5	11.8

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2		95
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0		94

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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	3	2	.600	2.90	7	6	0	2	0	0	40.1	44	13	13	3	9	0	23	0	0	0	166	1.314	9.8	0.7	2.0	5.1
2	Bob Knepper	2	3	.400	3.13	7	7	0	3	1	0	46.0	40	20	16	4	15	2	25	1	0	0	190	1.196	7.8	0.8	2.9	4.9

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 Candelaria	PIT	1985-05-22	8-9,BS	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1				-0.3	-1.08	1	0	3.05
2	Bob Knepper	HOU	1985-05-22	GS-7	7.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	7	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	3	58			0.0	0.13			0.67
3	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-07-25	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	34	8	34	6	0	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	71			0.2	2.91			0.63
4	Bob Knepper	SFG	1980-07-25	GS-3, L	2.1	9	4	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18	11	16	9	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	22			-0.3	-3.54			0.99
5	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-07-15	GS-8, W	8.0	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	10	31	7	1	1	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	2	60			0.3	1.69			1.08
6	Bob Knepper	SFG	1980-07-15	CG(8), L	8.0	6	5	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	30	10	27	4	1	0	0	2	1	10	1	1	0	2	53			-0.2	-1.31			1.27
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1978-07-13	GS-4, L	3.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	8	16	7	0	0	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	1	31			-0.2	-2.94			0.84
8	Bob Knepper	SFG	1978-07-13	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	34	8	31	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	82			0.3	4.22			0.76
9	John Candelaria	PIT	1978-05-11	GS-3, L	2.1	5	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	8	11	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	33			-0.2	-2.18			1.48
10	Bob Knepper	SFG	1978-05-11	CG, W	9.0	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	34	10	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	76			0.2	1.86			1.07
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John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (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	1977	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-06	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-06-06	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-1	t5	-2-	1		Lineout: RF
3	1977	1977-06-06	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-1	t8	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1977	1977-08-19	SFG	PIT	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1978	1978-05-11	SFG	PIT	tied 0-0	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1978	1978-07-13	SFG	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Single to RF; J. LeMaster Scores; M. Hill to 2B
7	1980	1980-07-15	SFG	PIT	tied 2-2	t2	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
8	1980	1980-07-15	SFG	PIT	tied 2-2	t4	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1980	1980-07-15	SFG	PIT	tied 2-2	t7	---	1		Strikeout Looking

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Knepper (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	1977	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1980	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-06	PIT	SFG	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1977	1977-06-06	PIT	SFG	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1977	1977-08-19	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1978	1978-05-11	PIT	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout Looking
5	1978	1978-07-13	PIT	SFG	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
6	1980	1980-07-15	PIT	SFG	tied 2-2	b3	---	0		Single to CF
7	1980	1980-07-15	PIT	SFG	tied 2-2	b6	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
8	1980	1980-07-25	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-3	t1	123	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
9	1980	1980-07-25	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-4	t3	1--	1		Single to RF; S. Nicosia to 2B

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Comparison

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Totals

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 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
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	0	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9	0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 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
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Value

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	2.0	2.0	1.9	0.1	-57	-2	-2	0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	-110	3	0	0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Sabermetric

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	24	150	161	559	32	.236	86	-61	-6.4	.049	3.7	0.00	2
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	36	158	166	829	37	.214	100	-107	-11.0	.060	2.5	100.00	2

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	0	1	1	8		.500	0			.000	1.3		0
2	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	0	1	1	6		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	-5.5	-6.0	-0.2	-67.76		-65.03	0.89
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	-11.0	-10.4	-1.3	-109.26		-109.31	0.94

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Batting

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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	7	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Knepper	7	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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John Candelaria vs. Bob Knepper: 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 Candelaria	PIT	1985-05-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Knepper	HOU	1985-05-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.044	1.39	-0.04%	-0.35			P
3	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-07-25	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.026	2.12	-0.05%	-0.45			P
4	Bob Knepper	SFG	1980-07-25	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	John Candelaria	PIT	1980-07-15	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.008	2.84	0.01%	0.15			P
6	Bob Knepper	SFG	1980-07-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	-0.056	0.80	-0.04%	-0.39			P
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1978-07-13	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	0.53	-0.01%	-0.10			P
8	Bob Knepper	SFG	1978-07-13	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0.076	2.04	0.13%	0.19			P
9	John Candelaria	PIT	1978-05-11	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	0.67	-0.01%	-0.09			P
10	Bob Knepper	SFG	1978-05-11	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.081	1.28	-0.08%	-1.47			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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