John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Pitching Comparison

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	21-33	1974	1986	123	108	.532	3.59	325	322	0	62	18	0	2148.2	2093	967	856	137	778	49	1146	54	12	68	9077	3040	105	3.62	1.336	8.8	0.6	3.3	4.8
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	3801	98	3.84	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	30	1983	1983	1	2	.333	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	17	8	5	1	6	3	12	1	0	0	82	26		1.19	1.211	8.1	0.5	2.8	5.7
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	3	4	.429	5.79	12	5	1	1	1	0	37.1	42	27	24	5	12	1	19	3	0	1	169	62		1.31	1.446	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Value

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	31.1	12.7
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	18.9	-5.1

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Totals Against

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	3040	8116	1555	342	59	130	94	58.04	21	250	82	46	.258	.325	.365	.690	96	.107	.284	972	2964	538	2925	3040
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	3801	10626	1983	494	84	218	104	67.70	24	270	106	101	.261	.315	.385	.700	99	.123	.273	1303	4087	794	3654	3801

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	26	75	13	2	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	.227	.293	.320	.613		.093	.258	7	24	4	24	26
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	62	152	30	6	1	0	2	0.00	0	4	1	0	.276	.341	.428	.769		.151	.289	24	65	12	57	62

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	187	58	52.2	0	0		0		0	3
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	234	55	50.9	38	10	26	2	60.0	19	76

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	2	67	55.0						0	0
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	2	40	47.6	9	4	44	0		1	7

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	12.6	8.6	4.1
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	9.7	7.1	2.6

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	14.6	7.3	7.3
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	11.2	7.1	4.1

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2		92
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2		76

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	293	98	184	62.80
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	568	80	352	61.97

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	3	2	.600	5.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.1	40	21	20	2	7	0	20	1	0	0	138	1.549	11.9	0.6	2.1	5.9
2	Bob Forsch	2	1	.667	3.10	5	3	1	1	1	0	20.1	23	8	7	0	9	3	7	1	0	0	92	1.574	10.2	0.0	4.0	3.1

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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	John Denny	CIN	1986-05-21	GS-6, L	5.1	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	26	10	23	3	3	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	34			-0.4	-2.09			1.09
2	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-05-21	GS-6, W	6.0	10	3	2	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	32	15	28	7	3	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	40			-0.1	-0.22			0.92
3	John Denny	PHI	1985-09-18	GS-7, L	6.0	8	6	5	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	29	12	26	5	2	0	2	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	35			-0.2	-2.55			0.77
4	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-09-18	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	33	8	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	80			0.3	4.19			0.56
5	John Denny	PHI	1985-06-26	GS-6, W	6.0	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	9	24	7	0	0	4	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	44			-0.2	-1.21			1.31
6	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-06-26	7-8	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.15	0	0	0.57
7	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-14	GS-8, W	8.0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	35	11	35	9	1	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	65			0.3	2.62			0.80
8	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-08-14	GS-4, L	3.1	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	18	9	15	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	31			-0.2	-2.33			1.05
9	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-05	GS-5, W	5.0	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	8	22	5	2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	34			-0.1	-2.69			0.70
10	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-08-05	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.08

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (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	1983	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-08-14	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	b3	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 3B; I. de Jesús to 2B
2	1983	1983-08-14	PHI	STL	ahead 0-3	b4	-2-	1		Single to CF; B. Díaz to 3B
3	1985	1985-09-18	PHI	STL	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
4	1985	1985-09-18	PHI	STL	down 3-0	b5	1--	2		Flyball: LF
5	1986	1986-05-21	CIN	STL	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1		Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); J. Denny to 2B
6	1986	1986-05-21	CIN	STL	ahead 0-3	t3	12-	2		Strikeout
7	1986	1986-05-21	CIN	STL	ahead 1-3	t5	12-	2		Single to RF; B. Bell to 3B; R. Oester to 2B

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (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	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-08-14	STL	PHI	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	2		Flyball: LF
2	1985	1985-09-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
3	1985	1985-09-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1985	1985-09-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-4	t6	-2-	2		Groundout: P-1B
5	1986	1986-05-21	STL	CIN	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1986	1986-05-21	STL	CIN	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Comparison

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Totals

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	570	44	97	9	2	0	29	9	5	19	164	.170	.197	.193	.390	9	110	4	1	63	3	0
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	1	27	249	.213	.235	.321	.557	53	287	14	1	115	5	0

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	1	1	0

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Value

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	-67	2	-2	0
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	5.7	5.6	5.6	0.2	-64	1	-4	0

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Sabermetric

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	11	117	132	548	27	.237	73	-73	-7.6	.023	3.5	64.3	14
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	65	218	225	838	77	.279	149	-62	-6.5	.109	3.6	75.0	4

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	0	1	1	6	0	.200	2			.000	6.0		0
2	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	0	2	2	5	1	.333	2			.000			0

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Win Probability

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	-7.1	-7.1	-0.7	-76.62	-7.8	-75.16	0.92
2	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	-5.1	-6.6	0.9	-68.80	-7.3	-70.41	0.89

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Batting

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Denny	5	14	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Forsch	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Bob Forsch: 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	John Denny	CIN	1986-05-21	*	6	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	0.028	0.37	0.01%	0.32			P
2	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-05-21	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.045	0.35	-0.01%	-0.37			P
3	John Denny	PHI	1985-09-18	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.040	0.00	0.00%	-0.37			P
4	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-09-18	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.042	1.61	-0.10%	-0.90			P
5	John Denny	PHI	1985-06-26	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.059	0.17	-0.01%	-0.53			P
6	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-06-26		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-14	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	-0.040	3.68	-0.10%	-0.25			P
8	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-08-14	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.051	2.72	-0.04%	-0.47			P
9	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-05	*	6	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.029	1.56	-0.05%	-0.37			P
10	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-08-05		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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