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Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Pitching Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Totals

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	6842	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1

Steve Carlton 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	82		1.22	1.206	7.7	0.8	3.2	6.5
2	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	6	6	.500	3.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	99.1	96	40	36	7	51	3	84	1	1	7	429	156		2.55	1.480	8.7	0.6	4.6	7.6

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Value

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Totals Against

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	6842	19436	3314	807	137	314	226	58.15	146	405	235	122	.240	.306	.360	.666	89	.120	.284	2170	6995	1358	6558	6842

Steve Carlton 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	82	241	35	13	1	0	3	0.00	0	4	4	2	.228	.293	.365	.658		.137	.258	28	88	20	78	82
2	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	156	367	66	19	4	9	5	64.29	5	13	7	3	.262	.351	.392	.743		.131	.319	50	144	30	148	156

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Starting & Relieving

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32

Steve Carlton 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	3	30	51.3	5	1	20	1	66.7	2	7
2	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Ratios

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Pitch Summary

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84

Steve Carlton 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	194	97	117	60.31
2	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Totals

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	3	0	1.000	2.48	4	4	0	1	0	0	29.0	22	9	8	2	10	1	24	0	0	1	116	1.103	6.8	0.6	3.1	7.4
2	Vida Blue	0	3	.000	4.44	4	3	0	0	0	0	24.1	22	12	12	5	10	0	17	0	0	1	102	1.315	8.1	1.8	3.7	6.3

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton 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	1985-09-02	GS-9	8.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	8	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	62			0.1	0.07			0.98
2	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-09-02	GS-5	5.0	3	3	2	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	22	7	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	2	53			-0.1	-0.85			1.24
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1985-05-20	6-7, L	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.94	0	0	1.31
4	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-05-20	GS-7, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	6	25	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	66			0.3	2.26			1.23
5	Vida Blue	SFG	1980-06-22	GS-8, L	8.0	9	4	4	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	36	13	32	7	1	1	1	1	0	12	0	0	1	2	47			-0.2	-0.53			1.38
6	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-06-22	CG, W	9.0	8	3	3	0	0	3	1	8	0	0	1	37	13	34	6	1	1	0	1	1	11	1	0	0	2	64			0.3	0.91			1.38
7	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-06-05	GS-8, L	7.0	5	4	4	0	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	7	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	56			-0.4	-0.85			1.14
8	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-06-05	GS-8, W	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	8	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	66			0.1	1.61			0.86

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (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	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1985	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Vida Blue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-05	PHI	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1978	1978-06-05	PHI	SFG	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B
3	1980	1980-06-22	PHI	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: 1B-P
4	1980	1980-06-22	PHI	SFG	down 3-1	t5	1--	0		Popfly: SS
5	1980	1980-06-22	PHI	SFG	down 3-2	t6	12-	2		Flyball: CF
6	1980	1980-06-22	PHI	SFG	ahead 3-4	t8	-2-	2		Flyball: LF
7	1985	1985-09-02	PHI	SFG	ahead 1-2	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1985	1985-09-02	PHI	SFG	tied 3-3	t5	---	0		Single

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (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	1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1985	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vida Blue (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-05	SFG	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1978	1978-06-05	SFG	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1978	1978-06-05	SFG	PHI	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1980	1980-06-22	SFG	PHI	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
5	1980	1980-06-22	SFG	PHI	ahead 1-3	b4	12-	2		Strikeout
6	1980	1980-06-22	SFG	PHI	ahead 2-3	b6	1--	2		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-09-02	SFG	PHI	down 2-1	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1985	1985-09-02	SFG	PHI	tied 3-3	b4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. Deer to 2B

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batting Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batting Totals

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	2	41	413	.201	.223	.259	.482	33	446	33	10	94	13	0

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	27	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	0	1	1	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batting Value

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Carlton 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	0.0	2
2	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4

Steve Carlton 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	0	.000	0			.000	1.1		0
2	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Batting Win Probability

Steve Carlton 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	-7.9	-70.30	0.96
2	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Totals

Steve Carlton 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	Steve Carlton	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Vida Blue	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Vida Blue: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton 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	1985-09-02	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	-0.110	0.00	0.00%	-0.80			P
2	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-09-02	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.029	0.00	0.00%	0.16			P
3	Vida Blue	SFG	1985-05-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-05-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.061	0.43	-0.01%	-0.50			P
5	Vida Blue	SFG	1980-06-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.064	0.37	-0.02%	-0.74			P
6	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-06-22	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.156	3.44	-0.20%	-1.12			P
7	Vida Blue	SFG	1978-06-05	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.046	1.45	-0.06%	-0.45			P
8	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-06-05	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.057	2.26	-0.07%	-0.43			P

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