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Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Pitching Comparison

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Totals

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	0	1	.000	6.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	24.0	27	17	16	5	21	2	12	0	1	2	114	48	60	7.10	2.000	10.1	1.9	7.9	4.5
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	11	6	.647	2.97	119	0	36	0	0	4	157.2	141	62	52	13	64	15	104	3	2	2	670	216	124	3.82	1.300	8.0	0.7	3.7	5.9

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Value

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	0	24.0	-0.3	-0.7
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	1.1	-0.1

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Totals Against

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	0	24.0	48	89	19	3	0	4	1	80.00	0	4	3	1	.303	.432	.506	.938	174	.202	.301	20	45	8	48	48
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	216	589	96	28	4	20	7	74.07	0	9	5	9	.239	.313	.367	.680	97	.127	.266	69	216	45	208	216

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	0			16	10	63	0		2	17
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	0			75	23	31	6	40.0	36	119

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Ratios

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	0	24.0	10.5	18.4	-7.9
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	15.5	9.6	6.0

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	0	24.0
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Pitching

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Totals

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	0	1	.000	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	16	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	6.8
2	John Costello	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.545	2.5	0.0	2.5	9.8

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	PHI	1988-08-04	5-6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		26	17	0.0	0.87	0	0	0.25
2	John Costello	STL	1988-08-04	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		43	26	0.0	0.87	0	0	0.02
3	Danny Clay	PHI	1988-06-02	13-GF(14), L	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	10	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		34	20	-0.2	-0.13	0	0	1.84
4	John Costello	STL	1988-06-02	13-GF(14), W	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	14	0.5	1.92	3	0	3.92

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batter vs. Pitcher

Danny Clay (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Danny Clay (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (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	1988	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

Danny Clay (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Danny Clay (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-06-02	STL	PHI	ahead 2-3	t14	123	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Danny Clay (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Danny Clay (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	1988	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 Costello (Pitcher) vs. Danny Clay (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Danny Clay (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-06-02	PHI	STL	down 3-2	b14	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Comparison

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Totals

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Value

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	0	0

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	3	0	0	0	3	0		0	-1	-0.1	.000	1.0		0
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	0	0	0	15	0	.000	0	-3	-0.3	.000	1.3		0

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Danny Clay	26	1988	1988	17	3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.74	-0.1	-0.81	1.36
2	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-4.23	-0.4	-3.54	0.86

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Batting

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Totals

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Costello	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Danny Clay vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Danny Clay vs. John Costello: 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	Danny Clay	PHI	1988-08-04		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	John Costello	STL	1988-08-04		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Danny Clay	PHI	1988-06-02		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.057	0.54	-0.01%	-0.14			P
4	John Costello	STL	1988-06-02		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.043	1.58	-0.02%	-0.72			P

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