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Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitching Comparison

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	171	139	.552	4.08	457	392	30	72	18	6	2697.2	2662	1324	1223	236	1081	75	1679	46	38	100	11548	3896	97	3.93	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.6

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	1	1	.500	3.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	14	9	8	0	12	2	12	1	1	0	84	28		3.54	1.345	6.5	0.0	5.6	5.6

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Value

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	18.8	-2.1
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	31.2	8.0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals Against

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	3896	10219	1882	465	79	314	117	72.85	59	186	110	89	.260	.331	.391	.722	100	.130	.289	1346	3993	780	3789	3896

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	28	68	13	1	0	0	0		0	2	1	2	.206	.325	.221	.546		.015	.241	6	15	1	27	28

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Starting & Relieving

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	219	60	52.0	10	4	40	1	0.0	5	18
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	208	53	50.9	45	15	33	4	60.0	30	65

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	4	57	50.0						0	0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	2	67	53.3						0	0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Ratios

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	15.8	9.0	6.8
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	14.5	9.4	5.2

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	17.2	11.5	5.7
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	14.3	14.3	0.0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitch Summary

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1		96
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2		99

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	566	94	347	61.31
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	279	93	153	54.84

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	5	3	.625	3.18	10	10	0	2	0	0	73.2	66	27	26	8	20	2	48	1	3	3	295	1.167	8.1	1.0	2.4	5.9
2	Ron Darling	3	5	.375	3.27	10	10	0	3	1	0	71.2	50	28	26	12	26	1	60	1	1	1	282	1.060	6.3	1.5	3.3	7.5

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Game Logs

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Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Ron Darling	OAK	1992-05-31	GS-7, L	7.0	5	3	2	1	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	27	9	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	3	55	113	58	0.0	0.17			0.73
2	Rick Sutcliffe	BAL	1992-05-31	GS-9, W	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	30	9	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	59	112	67	0.4	2.25			1.14
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-08-07	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	34	7	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	83			0.3	3.31			0.81
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-08-07	GS-6, L	6.0	10	5	5	0	1	4	2	4	0	0	1	28	14	24	6	2	1	2	1	0	17	0	0	0	4	32			-0.2	-2.13			0.69
5	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-06-23	GS-8, L	8.0	4	4	4	0	1	2	0	11	0	0	0	30	6	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	3	67			-0.2	-0.17			0.79
6	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-06-23	GS-9, W	8.2	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	32	6	30	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	75			0.3	2.88			0.90
7	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-06-08	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	28	7	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	65			0.1	1.64			0.83
8	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-06-08	GS-7	6.2	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	25	7	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	1	65			0.2	2.03			1.15
9	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-06-22	CG, W	9.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	33	6	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	76			0.4	2.09			1.03
10	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1986-06-22	GS-7, L	6.1	7	4	4	0	2	3	0	6	0	1	0	29	10	26	5	0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	46			-0.1	-0.31			0.81
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Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (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	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0
2	1985	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1987	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	22	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	.100	.143	.100	.243	1	0	0	0	0

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-28	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-07-28	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; L. Bowa to 2B
3	1984	1984-07-28	CHC	NYM	ahead 2-3	t7	1--	1		Flyball: CF
4	1984	1984-08-07 (1)	CHC	NYM	tied 2-2	b2	12-	1		Strikeout
5	1984	1984-08-07 (1)	CHC	NYM	down 4-2	b4	12-	2		Lineout: 2B
6	1984	1984-08-07 (1)	CHC	NYM	ahead 4-7	b5	1--	2		Single; L. Bowa to 3B
7	1984	1984-09-14	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Walk; L. Bowa to 2B
8	1984	1984-09-14	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-2	b5	---	2		Popfly: 2B
9	1985	1985-06-17	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: RF
10	1985	1985-06-17	CHC	NYM	down 1-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: 2B-P
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Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Sutcliffe (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	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
4	1987	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	20	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	0	0	0	0

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-28	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1984	1984-07-28	NYM	CHC	down 3-2	b5	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; R. Santana to 3B
3	1984	1984-08-07 (1)	NYM	CHC	tied 2-2	t3	---	0		Single
4	1984	1984-08-07 (1)	NYM	CHC	ahead 2-4	t4	1--	2		Single; R. Santana to 2B
5	1984	1984-09-14	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
6	1985	1985-06-17	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-06-17	NYM	CHC	ahead 0-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
8	1985	1985-06-17	NYM	CHC	ahead 0-2	b7	---	1		Flyball: RF
9	1985	1985-06-27	NYM	CHC	tied 1-1	t3	---	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); R. Darling to 1B
10	1985	1985-06-27	NYM	CHC	tied 1-1	t5	-2-	2		Walk
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Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Comparison

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Totals

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	562	42	102	22	1	4	55	4	0	34	143	.181	.229	.246	.474	30	138	15	2	54	5	0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	8	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	1	0	1	0	0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Value

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-65	1	-1	0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.1	-57	0	2	0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Sabermetric

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	25	92	103	518	22	.211	58	-68	-7.1	.059	3.0	100.0	1
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	27	138	144	534	35	.233	93	-56	-5.9	.064	3.9	100.0	4

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	2	4	4	6	3	.600	1			.500	4.0		0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Win Probability

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	-5.9	-6.6	0.3	-68.31	-7.1	-67.94	0.94
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	-4.5	-5.2	0.1	-52.52	-5.3	-56.23	0.90

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Head-to-Head Batting

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	10	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.095	.136	.095	.232	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	Ron Darling	10	22	20	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	1	0	0

Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Game Logs

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Ron Darling vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Ron Darling	OAK	1992-05-31																																	P
2	Rick Sutcliffe	BAL	1992-05-31																																	P
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-08-07	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.037	0.73	-0.05%	-0.70			P
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-08-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.040	0.19	0.00%	-0.35			P
5	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-06-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.041	1.44	-0.04%	-0.38			P
6	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-06-23	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.026	0.65	-0.03%	-0.48			P
7	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-06-08	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.037	1.61	-0.03%	-0.32			P
8	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-06-08	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.027	1.01	-0.03%	-0.35			P
9	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-06-22	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	0.061	1.00	0.04%	0.47			P
10	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1986-06-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.042	0.12	0.00%	-0.37			P
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