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Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Batting Comparison

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	7853	1188	2099	360	28	275	1073	50	44	1197	1127	.267	.370	.425	.796	122	3340	197	129	60	70	55
2	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	496	1461	1238	155	291	50	3	46	171	11	4	194	228	.235	.342	.392	.733	105	485	36	13	3	13	9

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Brian Downing	28-35	1979	1986	16	73	61	7	12	1	0	1	8	0	1	8	8	.197	.292	.262	.554	16	1	1	1	2	1

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Value

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	51.5	21.1	53.8	-6.9	279	-14	4	-15
2	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	496	1461	3.8	-1.2	2.9	-2.3	14	-4	-1	9

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Sabermetric

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	663	3425	3535	6125	1294	.280	1986	284	27.9	.158	7.0	53.19	94
2	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	496	1461	99	498	519	1003	175	.251	280	15	1.5	.157	5.4	73.33	15

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Downing	28-35	1979	1986	16	73	2	21	21	54		.204	14			.066	7.6	0.00	1

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Win Probability

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	23.6	26.6	-3.5	293.45		307.14	1.03
2	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	496	1461	3.3	1.5	1.7	5.98		18.81	1.01

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Head-to-Head Batting

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Brian Downing	36	115	100	18	29	5	1	2	14	1	0	13	19	.290	.372	.420	.792	42	0	0	2	0	0
2	Craig Kusick	36	109	94	11	21	2	0	4	10	2	0	13	23	.223	.312	.372	.684	35	2	0	0	2	0

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Game Logs

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Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Brian Downing	CAL	1979-08-25	*	8	5	6	5	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.800	.833	1.400	2.233	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0.022	0.34	0.05%	2.99			C
2	Craig Kusick	TOR	1979-08-25																																	P
3	Brian Downing	CAL	1979-08-18	*	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.128	4.71	-0.30%	-1.20			C
4	Craig Kusick	TOR	1979-08-18		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.70	-0.145	0.00	0.00%	-0.77			PH
5	Brian Downing	CAL	1979-04-19	*	9	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.335	4.59	0.45%	0.93			C
6	Craig Kusick	MIN	1979-04-19		1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.049	3.12	-0.06%	-0.25			PH DH
7	Brian Downing	CAL	1979-04-10	*	9	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0.028	0.73	0.02%	0.43			C
8	Craig Kusick	MIN	1979-04-10	*	8	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.053	1.12	-0.06%	-0.59			DH
9	Brian Downing	CAL	1978-08-05 (1)	*	9	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	-0.122	6.26	-0.22%	-0.72			C
10	Craig Kusick	MIN	1978-08-05 (1)	*	9	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.074	0.07	0.00%	-0.80			DH
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Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Batter vs. Pitcher

Craig Kusick (Pitcher) vs. Brian Downing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Craig Kusick (Pitcher) vs. Brian 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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Craig Kusick (Pitcher) vs. Brian Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Craig Kusick (Pitcher) vs. Brian Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-25	CAL	TOR	ahead 2-22	t8	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Pitching Comparison

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	0	0		4.91	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3	105	6.28	0.818	7.4	2.5	0.0	0.0

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Value

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	1	0	3.2	0.0	0.0

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Totals Against

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: 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	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	1	0	3.2	3	14	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.571	.786	104	.357	.154	2	8	3	3	3

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Starting & Relieving

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Craig Kusick	30	1979	1979	0			2	0	0	0		1	1

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Ratios

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	1	0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Pitch Summary

Brian Downing vs. Craig Kusick: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Craig Kusick	24-30	1973	1979	1	0	3.2

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