John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Pitching Comparison

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Totals

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	124	99	.556	3.81	345	295	17	79	15	3	2039.1	2105	947	863	202	559	49	750	15	9	40	8544	2774	92	3.99	1.306	9.3	0.9	2.5	3.3

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	3	2	.600	3.24	9	3	3	1	0	0	25.0	17	9	9	3	7	2	12	0	0	0	98	25		2.51	0.960	6.1	1.1	2.5	4.3

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Value

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	6.4	-11.3

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Totals Against

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	2774	7792	1463	387	53	70	66	51.47	15	200	116	62	.270	.318	.411	.729	110	.141	.276	1034	3204	642	2679	2774

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0	25	89	13	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	2	.191	.245	.303	.548		.112	.184	9	27	4	24	25

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Starting & Relieving

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	163	55	50.9	54	17	31	3	50.0	17	50

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	1	33	52.7	9	1	11	0		3	6

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Ratios

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	8.8	6.5	2.2

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0	12.2	7.1	5.1

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Pitch Summary

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Totals

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	2	0	1.000	3.38	3	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	11	6	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	59	0.750	6.2	0.0	0.6	2.3
2	John Denny	1	2	.333	3.68	3	3	0	1	0	0	22.0	20	10	9	1	8	1	11	0	0	0	90	1.273	8.2	0.4	3.3	4.5

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	CLE	1982-06-29	GS-7, W	7.0	3	2	2	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	28	7	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	64			0.1	1.50			1.23
2	Ross Grimsley	BAL	1982-06-29	6-8	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.59	2	0	0.43
3	John Denny	STL	1979-06-26	GS-7, L	7.0	8	5	4	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	32	12	27	6	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	2	42			-0.4	-1.65			1.41
4	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-06-26	GS-6, W	5.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	23	7	21	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	44			-0.2	-0.79			1.11
5	John Denny	STL	1978-09-11	CG(8), L	8.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	9	30	6	2	0	1	1	0	14	1	0	0	3	55			-0.1	0.50			0.55
6	Ross Grimsley	MON	1978-09-11	CG, W	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	3	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	78			0.4	2.94			0.83

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (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	1978	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-09-11	MON	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1978	1978-09-11	MON	STL	ahead 0-3	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1978	1978-09-11	MON	STL	ahead 0-3	b7	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1979	1979-06-26	MON	STL	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Single to C; C. Speier to 3B/Adv on E2; R. Grimsley to 2B
5	1979	1979-06-26	MON	STL	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Flyball: LF
6	1979	1979-06-26	MON	STL	tied 2-2	t6	-23	2		Single to P (Line Drive); G. Carter Scores; L. Parrish Scores

Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ross Grimsley (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	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-09-11	STL	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
2	1978	1978-09-11	STL	MON	down 3-0	t6	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1979	1979-06-26	STL	MON	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1979	1979-06-26	STL	MON	ahead 1-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batting Comparison

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batting Totals

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	353	21	45	4	0	0	15	0	0	6	116	.127	.144	.139	.283	-19	49	5	1	39	1	0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	7	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	1	0	0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batting Value

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	-1.3	-1.3	-1.4	0.1	-57	1	-1	0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batting Sabermetric

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	4	52	56	353	10	.189	36	-57	-5.9	.011	3.0		0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	7	1	2	2	5	2	.667	1			.167	2.0		0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Batting Win Probability

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	-4.2	-5.6	0.7	-53.49	-5.9	-57.10	0.86

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Head-to-Head Batting

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Totals

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	Ross Grimsley	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Denny	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Ross Grimsley: 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	CLE	1982-06-29																																	P
2	Ross Grimsley	BAL	1982-06-29																																	P
3	John Denny	STL	1979-06-26	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.050	1.52	-0.05%	-0.54			P
4	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-06-26	*	6	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.350	6.28	0.65%	2.51			P
5	John Denny	STL	1978-09-11	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.019	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
6	Ross Grimsley	MON	1978-09-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P

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