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Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Pitching Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	9	11	.450	5.00	59	21	13	3	1	1	165.2	174	101	92	23	82	2	80	5	2	3	734	267	79	4.91	1.545	9.5	1.2	4.5	4.3
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	209	166	.557	2.95	518	465	34	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	154	10	82	14097	4299	121	3.02	1.148	8.1	0.7	2.2	6.5

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	3	3	.500	2.95	7	6	1	3	1	0	39.2	36	17	13	8	12	2	36	1	0	0	162	49			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Value

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	21	165.2	-0.4	-2.0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Totals Against

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	21	165.2	267	632	122	20	9	12	3	80.00	0	21	9	6	.275	.360	.445	.805	122	.169	.282	104	281	52	261	267
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	4299	12904	2259	471	74	96	84	53.33	51	272	116	66	.239	.293	.352	.645	85	.113	.275	1342	4536	825	4093	4299

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	49	146											.247	.308					.275				49	49

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Starting & Relieving

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	9	43	47.0	32	14	44	1	50.0	13	38
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966									1	1

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Ratios

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	21	165.2	10.9	11.2	-0.3
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	22.2	7.4	14.8

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Pitch Summary

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	21	165.2		84
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	John Briggs	0	1	.000	9.82	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	19	2.182	12.3	2.5	7.4	7.4
2	Don Drysdale	1	0	1.000	3.52	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	1.435	10.6	0.0	2.3	1.2

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	CHC	1958-08-14	GS-4, L	3.2	5	4	4	0	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	19	8	16	3	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	35	69	38	-0.3	-2.40			1.28
2	Don Drysdale	LAD	1958-08-14	GS-8, W	7.2	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	12	31	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	2	48	119	78	0.1	0.65			0.94

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. John Briggs (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. John Briggs (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	1958	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. John Briggs (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. John Briggs (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1958	1958-08-14	CHC	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	1	6 (3-2)	Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball); L. Walls Scores; C. Neeman to 3B
2	1958	1958-08-14	CHC	LAD	tied 2-2	t4	-2-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B

John Briggs (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Briggs (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (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	1958	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Briggs (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Briggs (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1958	1958-08-14	LAD	CHC	down 2-1	b2	1--	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1958	1958-08-14	LAD	CHC	tied 2-2	b4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to LF (Line Drive); N. Larker to 3B; C. Neal to 2B

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Totals

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	51	48	3	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	17	.208	.204	.271	.475	26	13	2	0	2	1	0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	0	2	60	370	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	345	34	5	69	6	0

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Value

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	51	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-4	0	-1	0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Sabermetric

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	51	2	10	12	43	3	.313	10	-5	-0.6	.063	2.8		0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.00	2

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	0	2	2	10		.000	0			.000	1.4		0

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Win Probability

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Briggs	22-26	1956	1960	59	51	0.1	-0.4	0.6	-2.43		-4.00	0.95
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44		-80.96	0.96

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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	John Briggs	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Drysdale	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. John Briggs: 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 Briggs	CHC	1958-08-14	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.044	0.16	0.00%	0.67			P
2	Don Drysdale	LAD	1958-08-14	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.122	0.07	0.01%	1.97			P

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