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Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Brandon Claussen

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Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Pitching Comparison

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	16	27	.372	5.04	58	58	0	0	0	0	316.0	359	197	177	48	121	8	228	15	1	7	1423	509	87	4.88	1.519	10.2	1.4	3.4	6.5
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	250		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Value

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	58	58	316.0	0.8	-1.7
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Totals Against

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	58	58	316.0	509	1257	228	79	4	28	4	87.50	2	21	19	11	.286	.353	.469	.822	116	.184	.314	210	590	131	495	509
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	250	770	120	31	4	8	7	53.33	0	7	4	3	.223	.287	.340	.627		.117	.278	79	262	52	242	250

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	23	40	45.8				0		0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Ratios

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	58	58	316.0	16.0	8.5	7.5
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	58	58	316.0	5534	95	3559	64.31
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	34	0.778	7.0	2.0	0.0	11.0
2	Brandon Claussen	0	2	.000	5.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	16	6	6	2	6	0	14	0	0	0	52	2.276	14.9	1.9	5.6	13.0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	CIN	2005-06-16	GS-6, L	5.2	9	3	3	0	2	2	0	9	0	0	0	28	11	24	5	2	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	1	4	46	107	67	-0.1	-0.29			0.96
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-06-16	GS-8, W	8.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	28	4	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	75	109	77	0.3	2.05			0.83
3	Brandon Claussen	CIN	2004-09-21	GS-4, L	4.0	7	3	3	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	24	12	20	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	37	93	58	-0.1	-0.90			1.19
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-09-21	9-GF, S	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		16	13	0.1	-0.48	0	0	2.11

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brandon Claussen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon Claussen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (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	2005	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Brandon Claussen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon Claussen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-06-16	ATL	CIN	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	1	5 (3-1)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
2	2005	2005-06-16	ATL	CIN	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	2	7 (3-2)	Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Estrada to 3B
3	2005	2005-06-16	ATL	CIN	ahead 1-3	t6	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. Langerhans to 2B

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Claussen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Claussen (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	2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Claussen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Claussen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-06-16	CIN	ATL	down 2-0	b3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Comparison

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Totals

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	57	114	99	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	40	.101	.136	.101	.237	-37	10	1	0	11	0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	57	114	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-21	0	0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Sabermetric

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	57	114	0	14	15	101	1	.169	7	-20	-2.0	.000	2.5		0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.00	5

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.00	3

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brandon Claussen	24-27	2003	2006	57	114	-1.7	-1.9	-0.1	-22.82	-2.2	-22.22	0.85
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42	-11.7	-125.09	0.91

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Batting

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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 Smoltz	2	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Brandon Claussen	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Brandon Claussen vs. John Smoltz: 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	Brandon Claussen	CIN	2005-06-16	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.018	0.10	0.00%	-0.16			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-06-16	*	9	9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.73	-0.007	0.75	0.00%	0.09			P
3	Brandon Claussen	CIN	2004-09-21	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-09-21		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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