John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	24		1.19	1.211	8.1	0.5	2.8	5.7
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Value

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	24	75											.227	.293					.258				24	24
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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									0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	2	1	.667	3.94	4	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	16	8	7	2	8	0	9	1	0	0	72	1.500	9.0	1.1	4.5	5.1
2	John Denny	1	1	.500	4.76	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	26	12	12	2	13	2	21	0	0	1	104	1.721	10.3	0.8	5.2	8.3

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	1986-07-30	GS-6, L	5.1	10	6	6	0	1	5	1	8	0	0	0	31	15	25	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	3	27			-0.3	-4.14			0.70
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-07-30	GS-8, W	7.2	6	2	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	34	11	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	57			0.2	1.22			0.59
3	John Denny	PHI	1984-05-13	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	5	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	68			0.2	2.17			0.59
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-05-13	GS-5, L	5.0	6	5	4	1	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	23	8	20	4	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	40			-0.3	-2.74			0.68
5	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-18	GS-8	7.1	6	1	1	0	0	5	1	7	0	0	1	32	12	26	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	2	64			0.4	2.92			1.58
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-08-18	8-9	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.92	0	0	0.91
7	John Denny	STL	1978-06-26	GS-3	3.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	8	13	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	31			-0.1	-2.59			0.92
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-06-26	4-6, W	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1				0.1	1.29	1	0	0.82

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-05-13	SDP	PHI	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1986	1986-07-30	SDP	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
3	1986	1986-07-30	SDP	CIN	ahead 0-5	b3	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1986	1986-07-30	SDP	CIN	ahead 0-5	b5	12-	2		Strikeout

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	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

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-05-13	PHI	SDP	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1984	1984-05-13	PHI	SDP	ahead 0-4	t4	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1986	1986-07-30	CIN	SDP	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1986	1986-07-30	CIN	SDP	down 5-0	t5	---	0		Flyball: 3B

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	64.29	14
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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		.200	2			.000	6.0		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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		-75.16	0.92
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	John Denny	4	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0

John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Denny vs. Ed Whitson: 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	1986-07-30	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.034	0.60	-0.02%	-0.43			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-07-30	*	8	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.39	-0.038	0.45	-0.03%	-1.22			P
3	John Denny	PHI	1984-05-13	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.33	-0.020	0.42	-0.02%	-0.48			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-05-13	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.015	0.99	-0.01%	-0.15			P
5	John Denny	PHI	1983-08-18	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.088	4.68	-0.19%	-0.68			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-08-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	John Denny	STL	1978-06-26	*	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.65	-0.020	0.04	0.00%	-0.41			P
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-06-26		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.028	1.56	-0.03%	-0.35			P

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