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Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Pitching Comparison

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Totals

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	28	32	.467	4.45	165	67	26	11	3	3	566.0	595	331	280	47	267	27	275	26	0	40	2537	928	84	4.21	1.523	9.5	0.7	4.2	4.4
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	130	99	.568	2.86	344	295	30	98	27	14	2230.1	1719	812	709	174	831	44	1625	40	7	70	9120	2712	121	3.28	1.143	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.6

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	1	2	.333	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	10	9	2	10	1	12	2	0	1	89	31		1.43	1.381	8.1	0.9	4.3	5.1

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Value

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	165	67	566.0	-2.1	-7.1
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Totals Against

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	165	67	566.0	928	2185	441	92	15	55	12	82.09	3	51	39	20	.272	.355	.393	.748	113	.120	.291	309	858	154	888	928
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	2712	8104	1234	276	35	137	63	68.50	14	138	99	44	.212	.287	.319	.606	78	.107	.243	752	2587	485	2590	2712

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971	1	0	0.0	3	3											1.000	1.000					1.000				3	3
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	31	71											.268	.373					.298				31	31

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Starting & Relieving

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	29	43	45.4	76	36	47	2	60.0	26	98
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971									0	1
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974									0	0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Ratios

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	165	67	566.0	10.8	10.5	0.3
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	13.5	11.2	2.2

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Pitch Summary

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	165	67	566.0		92
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971	1	0	0.0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Totals

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Andy Messersmith	3	1	.750	1.67	5	5	0	4	2	0	43.0	29	9	8	0	11	0	25	1	0	1	167	0.930	6.1	0.0	2.3	5.2
2	Don Carrithers	1	1	.500	3.91	5	3	0	1	0	0	25.1	20	12	11	3	14	1	12	3	0	2	111	1.342	7.1	1.1	5.0	4.3

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Game Logs

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Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	MON	1976-07-20	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	5	0	6	1	0	1	37	12	30	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	2	1	0	1	64			0.3	1.19			1.71
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-07-20	CG(8), L	8.0	9	4	4	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	33	11	30	6	2	1	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	3	51			-0.2	-0.28			0.72
3	Don Carrithers	MON	1976-06-04	GS-6, L	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	27	11	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	50			0.0	0.79			0.90
4	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-06-04	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	30	3	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	91			0.6	4.19			1.07
5	Don Carrithers	MON	1975-08-16	GS-8	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	32	9	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	1	67	97	63	0.1	1.82			1.06
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-08-16	GS-8	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	5	28	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	66	108	70	0.1	1.82			1.48
7	Don Carrithers	MON	1975-06-04	6-7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.96	0	0	0.58
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-04	SHO, W	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	36	10	33	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	76			0.5	4.30			1.22
9	Don Carrithers	SFG	1973-05-13	4-4	0.1	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2				-0.2	-4.60	2	2	0.41
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-05-13	CG, W	9.0	6	3	2	1	0	6	0	4	1	0	0	39	13	32	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	63			-0.2	1.32			0.60

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Carrithers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Carrithers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (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	1973	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1975	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1976	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	1
	Totals	11	9	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	1

Don Carrithers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Carrithers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-05-13	LAD	SFG	ahead 3-9	t4	12-	2		Single to CF; R. Cey Scores; S. Yeager to 3B
2	1975	1975-06-04	LAD	MON	ahead 0-3	t7	---	0		Groundout: P-2B-1B
3	1975	1975-08-16	LAD	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 1B-P
4	1975	1975-08-16	LAD	MON	tied 0-0	t5	1--	0	3 (2-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Russell to 2B
5	1975	1975-08-16	LAD	MON	ahead 0-2	t7	-2-	1	2 (1-0)	Flyball: LF
6	1976	1976-06-04	ATL	MON	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Flyball: RF
7	1976	1976-06-04	ATL	MON	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1976	1976-06-04	ATL	MON	ahead 0-2	t6	123	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
9	1976	1976-07-20	ATL	MON	down 2-0	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; R. Gilbreath to 2B
10	1976	1976-07-20	ATL	MON	down 4-1	t5	--3	2		Single; D. May Scores
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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Don Carrithers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Don Carrithers (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	1975	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.750	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.500	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Don Carrithers (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Don Carrithers (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-08-16	MON	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	4 (2-1)	Groundout: C-1B
2	1975	1975-08-16	MON	LAD	down 2-0	b6	---	1	1 (0-0)	Popfly: SS
3	1976	1976-06-04	MON	ATL	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1976	1976-07-20	MON	ATL	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Triple
5	1976	1976-07-20	MON	ATL	ahead 1-4	b3	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1976	1976-07-20	MON	ATL	ahead 2-4	b6	---	2		Strikeout

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Comparison

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Totals

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	163	166	153	11	27	6	1	0	12	1	0	1	47	.176	.181	.229	.409	13	35	1	0	11	1	0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	729	49	124	30	0	5	54	1	0	46	212	.170	.219	.232	.451	29	169	6	1	46	4	0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	1	0	0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Value

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	163	166	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-17	0	0	0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	2.6	2.6	2.7	-0.1	-67	2	-1	0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Sabermetric

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	163	166	7	28	31	139	8	.252	23	-18	-2.0	.052	3.3	100.00	1
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	35	171	181	661	42	.231	98	-70	-7.2	.062	3.4	100.00	1

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	21	1971	1971	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	0	2	2	6		.500	0			.000	2.3		0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Win Probability

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Carrithers	20-27	1970	1977	163	166	-1.1	-1.4	0.0	-9.00		-14.47	0.80
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67		-60.80	0.90

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Totals

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Andy Messersmith	5	19	15	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.133	.321	2	1	0	3	0	0
2	Don Carrithers	5	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.500	.667	3	0	0	0	0	0

Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: Game Logs

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Don Carrithers vs. Andy Messersmith: 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	Don Carrithers	MON	1976-07-20	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	0.007	0.00	0.00%	-0.06			P
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-07-20	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.034	0.17	0.00%	0.59			P
3	Don Carrithers	MON	1976-06-04	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.026	0.28	0.00%	-0.22			P
4	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-06-04	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.145	0.18	-0.02%	-2.18			P
5	Don Carrithers	MON	1975-08-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.035	0.00	0.00%	-0.25			P
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-08-16	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.069	0.01	0.00%	-0.77			P
7	Don Carrithers	MON	1975-06-04		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-04	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	0.057	1.97	0.08%	0.18			P
9	Don Carrithers	SFG	1973-05-13		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-05-13	*	9	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.69	-0.038	1.03	-0.03%	-0.17			P

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