Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Pitching Comparison

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Totals

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	121	106	.533	3.36	466	272	90	59	21	14	1999.0	1818	870	747	125	950	59	1309	42	6	91	8591	2937	105	3.52	1.385	8.2	0.6	4.3	5.9
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	123	107	.535	3.22	405	317	37	73	24	3	2268.1	1946	938	811	177	933	32	1639	31	11	77	9539	3036	106	3.37	1.269	7.7	0.7	3.7	6.5

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	0	3	.000	4.87	6	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	21	14	11	3	8	0	14	0	0	0	91	32		0.65	1.426	9.3	1.3	3.5	6.2

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Value

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	466	272	1999.0	18.1	1.9
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	22.5	3.6

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Totals Against

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	466	272	1999.0	2937	7427	1381	278	34	72	49	59.50	11	234	122	49	.245	.332	.342	.674	97	.097	.280	851	2539	437	2810	2937
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	3036	8397	1434	285	50	93	62	60.00	29	175	119	57	.232	.309	.341	.650	92	.109	.267	892	2862	512	2910	3036

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	32	81	12	4	2	1	0	100.00	0	3	1	0	.259	.326	.469	.795		.210	.281	13	38	9	29	32

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Starting & Relieving

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	159	58	53.7	174	52	30	8	63.6	90	194
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	193	61	55.6	37	16	43	3	50.0	37	88

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	1	33	47.3	1	1	100	0		0	3

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Ratios

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	466	272	1999.0	15.2	11.1	4.2
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	17.2	9.8	7.4

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	15.4	8.8	6.6

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Pitch Summary

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	466	272	1999.0		116
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1		78

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	240	79	152	63.33

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Totals

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	0	3	.000	4.24	4	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	19	10	8	2	9	1	12	0	0	0	75	1.647	10.1	1.1	4.8	6.4
2	Al Downing	2	0	1.000	1.32	4	3	1	2	1	1	27.1	14	4	4	1	7	0	27	0	0	2	101	0.768	4.6	0.3	2.3	8.9

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Game Logs

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Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	SEP	1969-09-02	GS-7	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	29	10	25	5	1	0	0	1	1	11	0	0	1	2	59	116	71	0.1	1.05			1.35
2	Al Downing	NYY	1969-09-02	GS-9	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	9	0	0	1	35	8	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	70	115	80	-0.1	0.93			0.90
3	Steve Barber	BAL	1967-05-24	GS-4, L	3.0	2	2	2	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	14	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	47			-0.1	-1.13			1.24
4	Al Downing	NYY	1967-05-24	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	30	4	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	94			0.5	3.69			1.06
5	Steve Barber	BAL	1964-08-16	7-7, BL	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2				-0.4	-1.55	0	0	2.32
6	Al Downing	NYY	1964-08-16	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.57	2	0	4.71
7	Steve Barber	BAL	1963-08-30	GS-6, L	6.0	7	4	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	26	10	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	45			-0.2	-1.39			0.68
8	Al Downing	NYY	1963-08-30	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	35	9	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	72			0.3	2.92			0.91

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Steve Barber (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Steve Barber (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	1963	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0	0	0	0

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Steve Barber (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Steve Barber (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-08-30	NYY	BAL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1		Strikeout
2	1963	1963-08-30	NYY	BAL	ahead 0-3	t5	---	0		Single (Deep SS)
3	1967	1967-05-24	NYY	BAL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
4	1969	1969-09-02	NYY	SEP	down 2-0	b2	-2-	2	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1969	1969-09-02	NYY	SEP	down 2-0	b5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Foul Popfly: 1B
6	1969	1969-09-02	NYY	SEP	tied 2-2	b7	---	1	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive)

Steve Barber (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Barber (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (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	1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Steve Barber (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Barber (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-08-30	BAL	NYY	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1967	1967-05-24	BAL	NYY	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
3	1969	1969-09-02	SEP	NYY	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1969	1969-09-02	SEP	NYY	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Donaldson to 2B

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Comparison

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Totals

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	416	649	563	24	65	5	2	5	27	0	1	38	320	.115	.174	.158	.332	-5	89	2	2	45	1	0
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	717	36	91	12	3	2	51	0	0	37	293	.127	.169	.160	.330	-5	115	15	0	53	2	0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Value

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	416	649	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	-76	1	-1	0
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-0.2	-98	0	-3	0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Sabermetric

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	416	649	12	105	116	547	20	.251	46	-79	-8.4	.043	1.8	0.0	1
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	17	128	136	696	21	.210	85	-100	-10.8	.033	2.4		0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	1.7		0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Win Probability

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Barber	22-36	1960	1974	416	649	-6.4	-7.4	0.3	-75.72	-8.0	-77.64	0.90
2	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-8.6	-9.7	0.1	-83.44	-9.1	-96.89	0.89

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Totals

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Al Downing	4	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0

Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: Game Logs

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Al Downing vs. Steve Barber: 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	Steve Barber	SEP	1969-09-02	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.74	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.38			P
2	Al Downing	NYY	1969-09-02	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	-0.26			P
3	Steve Barber	BAL	1967-05-24	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.025	1.99	-0.03%	-0.20			P
4	Al Downing	NYY	1967-05-24	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	0.005	0.77	0.00%	-0.18			P
5	Steve Barber	BAL	1964-08-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Al Downing	NYY	1964-08-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Steve Barber	BAL	1963-08-30	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	-0.014	0.01	0.00%	-0.14			P
8	Al Downing	NYY	1963-08-30	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0.002	0.10	0.00%	-0.18			P

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