Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Pitching Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 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
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	136	116	.540	3.87	382	364	5	37	13	0	2360.1	2244	1139	1016	239	906	40	1590	59	24	97	10032	3324	95	4.03	1.335	8.6	0.9	3.5	6.1

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 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
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	1	3	.250	3.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	34	20	15	5	18	1	27	2	0	5	157	57		2.41	1.458	8.6	1.3	4.5	6.8

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Value

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	18.8	-2.1

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Totals Against

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 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
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	3324	8897	1542	405	58	226	107	67.87	43	166	95	73	.252	.323	.391	.714	104	.139	.281	1137	3482	702	3209	3324

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 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
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	57	134	25	4	0	5	2	71.43	1	2	2	1	.254	.348	.396	.744		.142	.282	20	53	9	54	57

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	219	60	52.0	10	4	40	1	0.0	5	18

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	4	57	50.0						0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Ratios

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	15.8	9.0	6.8

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	17.2	11.5	5.7

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1		96

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	566	94	347	61.31

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	3	1	.750	5.14	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	26	18	16	4	14	1	21	2	0	1	126	1.429	8.4	1.3	4.5	6.8
2	Steve Carlton	1	3	.250	5.23	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	37	20	18	4	20	3	27	0	0	1	147	1.839	10.7	1.2	5.8	7.8

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 Carlton	PHI	1986-06-11	GS-4, L	3.1	8	5	3	2	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	21	11	18	6	1	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	30			-0.3	-3.83			0.86
2	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-06-11	GS-6, W	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	26	10	22	4	1	0	0	0	1	10	1	1	0	2	52			0.1	-0.28			1.35
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-04-18	GS-7, L	6.2	5	5	5	0	0	8	1	10	0	0	1	32	13	24	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	46			-0.1	-0.56			1.20
4	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-04-18	GS-7, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	26	6	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	64			0.2	1.18			1.27
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-06-12	GS-6	6.0	6	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	9	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	3	55			0.2	1.79			1.36
6	Ron Darling	NYM	1985-06-12	GS-7	7.0	3	3	3	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	28	9	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	60			-0.1	0.26			0.73
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-09-19	GS-8, W	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	33	10	30	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	3	64			0.1	1.70			0.25
8	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-09-19	GS-2, L	1.1	5	6	5	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	13	9	10	4	0	1	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	19			-0.4	-5.60			0.90
9	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-06-20	GS-7, L	7.0	10	7	7	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	0	34	15	29	5	2	1	3	1	0	20	0	0	0	5	27			-0.5	-3.86			0.63
10	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-06-20	GS-7, W	6.2	8	4	3	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	33	13	28	5	3	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	3	46			-0.1	-1.27			1.21

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (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	1984	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-06-20	PHI	NYM	ahead 1-2	t2	---	1		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-06-20	PHI	NYM	down 5-2	t4	-23	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; G. Maddox Scores; O. Virgil to 3B
3	1984	1984-06-20	PHI	NYM	down 7-4	t6	---	0		Strikeout
4	1984	1984-09-19	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-5	b1	--3	2		Flyball: LF
5	1985	1985-06-12	PHI	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
6	1985	1985-06-12	PHI	NYM	ahead 1-3	b5	---	2		Walk
7	1986	1986-04-18	PHI	NYM	down 3-2	t3	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1986	1986-04-18	PHI	NYM	down 3-2	t5	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
9	1986	1986-06-11	PHI	NYM	down 4-0	t3	12-	0		Strikeout
10	1986	1986-06-11	PHI	NYM	down 5-3	t4	12-	1		Flyball: RF

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Darling (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	1984	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	0	0	0	0

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-06-20	NYM	PHI	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1984	1984-06-20	NYM	PHI	ahead 3-5	b4	---	1		Walk
3	1984	1984-06-20	NYM	PHI	ahead 4-7	b6	---	0		Strikeout
4	1985	1985-06-12	NYM	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single to 3B; R. Darling to 2B/Adv on E5 (throw to 1B)
5	1985	1985-06-12	NYM	PHI	down 3-1	t5	---	0		Flyball: RF
6	1985	1985-06-12	NYM	PHI	down 3-1	t6	1--	2		Strikeout
7	1986	1986-04-18	NYM	PHI	ahead 2-3	b1	123	2		Strikeout Looking
8	1986	1986-04-18	NYM	PHI	ahead 2-3	b4	---	1		Strikeout Looking
9	1986	1986-04-18	NYM	PHI	ahead 2-3	b6	1-3	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1986	1986-06-11	NYM	PHI	ahead 0-3	b1	123	2		Strikeout
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Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 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
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	0	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1	0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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	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
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Value

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-65	1	-1	0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	25	92	103	518	22	.211	58	-68	-7.1	.059	3.0	100.0	1

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0
2	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89
2	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	-5.9	-6.6	0.3	-68.31	-7.1	-67.94	0.94

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	5	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Carlton	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	1	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton vs. Ron Darling: 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 Carlton	PHI	1986-06-11	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.099	1.79	-0.05%	-1.01			P
2	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-06-11	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.058	1.58	-0.07%	-1.22			P
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-04-18	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.058	1.73	-0.06%	-0.43			P
4	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-04-18	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.119	2.39	-0.11%	-1.35			P
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-06-12	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.004	0.04	0.00%	0.02			P
6	Ron Darling	NYM	1985-06-12	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.013	1.80	0.01%	0.18			P
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-09-19	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.16	-0.016	0.00	0.00%	-1.56			P
8	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-09-19	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-06-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.051	3.62	-0.10%	-0.36			P
10	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-06-20	*	7	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.018	1.82	-0.03%	-0.18			P

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