Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	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
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Value

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	22.5	3.6
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	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
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	20-36	1961	1977	193	61	55.6	37	16	43	3	50.0	37	88
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	17.2	9.8	7.4
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1		78
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	1	0	1.000	1.38	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	17	0	0	0	49	0.846	5.5	0.0	2.1	11.8
2	Al Downing	0	2	.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	8	6	0	6	0	11	0	0	1	51	1.333	7.5	0.0	4.5	8.3

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Al Downing	LAD	1973-08-01	GS-6, L	5.1	4	4	3	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	47			-0.1	-0.75			1.07
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1973-08-01	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	34	8	31	5	0	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	83			0.4	4.11			0.90
3	Al Downing	LAD	1973-07-27	GS-7, L	6.2	6	4	3	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	1	29	10	25	4	1	1	0	1	1	9	0	1	0	2	52			-0.3	-1.37			1.05
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1973-07-27	GS-4	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	15	3	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	56			-0.1	-0.23			0.89

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1973	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-07-27	HOU	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Strikeout
2	1973	1973-08-01	HOU	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
3	1973	1973-08-01	HOU	LAD	tied 0-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (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	1973	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-07-27	LAD	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1973	1973-08-01	LAD	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
3	1973	1973-08-01	LAD	HOU	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	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
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-0.2	-98	0	-3	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	17	128	136	696	21	.210	85	-100	-10.8	.033	2.4		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.0	4

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-8.6	-9.7	0.1	-83.44	-9.1	-96.89	0.89
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13	-6.2	-56.66	0.94

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Al Downing	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0

Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Al Downing vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Al Downing	LAD	1973-08-01	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	0.027	2.33	0.05%	0.28			P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1973-08-01	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.051	0.15	-0.01%	-0.51			P
3	Al Downing	LAD	1973-07-27	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.038	2.88	-0.06%	-0.27			P
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1973-07-27	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.038	0.36	-0.01%	-0.34			P

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