Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitching Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	324	292	.526	3.19	807	773	13	222	61	3	5386.0	3923	2178	1911	321	2795	78	5714	158	33	277	22575	7135	112	2.97	1.247	6.6	0.5	4.7	9.5

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	2	2	.500	3.07	9	7	2	1	0	1	58.2	39	23	20	3	14	1	63	0	0	1	226	57		1.81	0.903	6.0	0.5	2.1	9.7

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Value

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals Against

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	7135	19265	2847	649	106	756	252	75.00	48	314	205	146	.204	.307	.298	.606	77	.095	.269	1779	5747	1076	6876	7135

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	57	208	31	4	1	3	2	60.00	0	4	2	2	.188	.237	.260	.496		.072	.250	13	54	8	53	57

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Starting & Relieving

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	5	71	62.1	5	0	0	0	100.0	2	2

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Ratios

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	27.9	6.2	21.7

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitch Summary

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	396	99	257	64.90

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	1	3	.250	3.38	6	6	0	1	0	0	32.0	23	14	12	1	23	2	32	0	0	1	140	1.438	6.5	0.3	6.5	9.0
2	Steve Carlton	4	1	.800	2.20	6	6	0	3	1	0	45.0	31	12	11	1	19	2	36	0	2	3	178	1.111	6.2	0.2	3.8	7.2

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	1985-05-03	GS-5	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	19	4	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	61			0.3	2.33			1.03
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-05-03	GS-6	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	1	10	0	0	1	27	10	21	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	63			0.2	1.79			1.09
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-04-14	GS-5, L	5.0	9	5	4	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	2	27	15	22	8	1	0	1	1	0	10	2	0	0	1	28			-0.4	-2.81			1.55
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-04-14	CG, W	9.0	6	3	1	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	34	9	33	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	75			0.2	0.95			1.10
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1981-06-10	GS-8, W	8.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	1	9	0	0	1	33	9	29	2	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	4	60			0.0	-0.38			0.97
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1981-06-10	GS-8	7.2	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	29	7	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	76			0.4	3.41			0.96
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-05-23	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	1	0	32	7	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	84			0.4	4.23			0.85
8	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-23	GS-4, L	3.2	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	10	15	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	2	35			-0.2	-1.87			0.89
9	Steve Carlton	STL	1971-09-28	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	37	10	33	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	70			0.2	1.83			0.70
10	Nolan Ryan	NYM	1971-09-28	GS-1, L	0.0	1	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32			-0.3	-3.96			1.76
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Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (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	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1985	4	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	.111	.111	.222	.333	1	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-01 (1)	STL	NYM	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1969	1969-07-01 (1)	STL	NYM	ahead 1-2	b4	---	2		Strikeout
3	1980	1980-05-23	PHI	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
4	1980	1980-05-23	PHI	HOU	ahead 0-3	b4	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; M. Trillo to 3B; R. Avilés to 2B
5	1981	1981-06-10	PHI	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1981	1981-06-10	PHI	HOU	down 1-0	b5	---	1		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-04-14	PHI	HOU	down 2-0	t3	12-	0		Double; G. Wilson Scores/unER; S. Jeltz Scores
8	1985	1985-04-14	PHI	HOU	tied 3-3	t4	1--	2		Strikeout
9	1985	1985-05-03	PHI	HOU	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
10	1985	1985-05-03	PHI	HOU	ahead 0-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (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	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1981	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1985	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-01 (1)	NYM	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1969	1969-07-01 (1)	NYM	STL	down 2-1	t6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1980	1980-05-23	HOU	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
4	1981	1981-06-10	HOU	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1981	1981-06-10	HOU	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	---	2		Flyball: RF
6	1981	1981-06-10	HOU	PHI	ahead 0-1	t7	123	1		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-04-14	HOU	PHI	ahead 0-1	b2	123	1		Groundout: 3B-C/Forceout at Hm; T. Puhl to 3B; M. Bailey to 2B
8	1985	1985-04-14	HOU	PHI	tied 3-3	b4	1--	0		Strikeout
9	1985	1985-04-14	HOU	PHI	ahead 3-5	b5	12-	2		Flyball: 2B
10	1985	1985-05-03	HOU	PHI	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
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Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	3	3	38	371	.110	.148	.134	.282	-18	114	11	0	65	2	0

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3	0	0	1	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Value

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	0.2	-132	2	-2	0

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.0	6

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	0	5	5	14	2	.300	2			.000	2.7		0

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Win Probability

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97	-15.5	-143.77	0.93

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Nolan Ryan	6	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Steve Carlton	6	18	15	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.133	.133	.200	.333	3	0	0	3	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: Game Logs

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Steve Carlton vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	1985-05-03	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.030	0.46	-0.01%	-0.32			P
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-05-03	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.044	1.79	-0.04%	-0.34			P
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-04-14	*	6	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.167	1.97	0.11%	1.44			P
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-04-14	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.156	1.82	-0.11%	-2.23			P
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1981-06-10	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.048	1.18	-0.03%	-0.36			P
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1981-06-10	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.111	0.46	-0.02%	-1.09			P
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-05-23	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.51	-0.034	0.84	-0.03%	-0.74			P
8	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-23	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.017	1.24	-0.02%	-0.15			P
9	Steve Carlton	STL	1971-09-28	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.20	0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.21			P
10	Nolan Ryan	NYM	1971-09-28	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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