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Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Pitching Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	19-32	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
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	63	58	.521	4.15	229	140	51	35	3	18	1004.0	967	503	463	118	378	27	677	22	4	28	4296	1426	88	3.90	1.340	8.7	1.1	3.4	6.1

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	51			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Value

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	229	140	1004.0	6.7	-2.7

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Totals Against

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	19-32	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
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	229	140	1004.0	1426	3826	691	134	24	78	31	71.56	2	70	41	29	.253	.321	.393	.714	104	.140	.278	492	1503	276	1367	1426

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	51	146	26	2	0	1	4	20.00	1	2	3	0	.247	.308	.425	.733		.178	.275	19	62	10	49	51

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Starting & Relieving

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	62	44	49.7	66	15	23	4	81.8	51	89

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	4	67	58.5	0	0				1	1

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Ratios

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	229	140	1004.0	15.8	8.8	7.0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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. Sammy Ellis: Pitch Summary

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	229	140	1004.0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	412	82	283	68.69

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	Sammy Ellis	2	2	.500	6.11	4	3	1	1	1	0	17.2	15	12	12	3	10	1	10	0	0	1	78	1.415	7.6	1.5	5.1	5.1
2	Don Drysdale	1	1	.500	3.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	23	8	8	3	4	1	14	0	1	0	96	1.125	8.6	1.1	1.5	5.3

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-08-13	GS-7, L	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	29	10	28	3	4	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	5	51			-0.1	0.34			0.49
2	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1967-08-13	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	33	7	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	80			0.4	4.30			0.80
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-09-04	GS-2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	44			-0.1	-1.00			0.91
4	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1966-09-04	GS-3, L	2.0	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	15	9	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	23			-0.3	-2.84			1.11
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-05-07	GS-7, W	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	4	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	65			0.1	1.51			0.18
6	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1966-05-07	GS-2, L	1.2	5	7	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	5	15			-0.4	-5.32			0.54
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-08-22	GS-8	8.0	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	34	11	32	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	64	112	78	0.2	2.34			1.08
8	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1964-08-22	11-GF(15), W	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	18	3	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		74	46	0.7	2.09	0	0	2.38

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Sammy Ellis (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Sammy Ellis (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	1966	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Sammy Ellis (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Sammy Ellis (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-05-07	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-4	t2	---	1		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	1966	1966-09-04	LAD	CIN	down 2-1	t2	---	2		Single to CF
3	1967	1967-08-13	LAD	CIN	down 2-0	t2	1--	2		Flyball: CF
4	1967	1967-08-13	LAD	CIN	down 3-0	t5	1--	1		Strikeout

Sammy Ellis (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sammy Ellis (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	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	3	3	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	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sammy Ellis (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sammy Ellis (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-09-04	CIN	LAD	tied 2-2	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1967	1967-08-13	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-3	b2	-2-	1		Strikeout
3	1967	1967-08-13	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-3	b4	--3	1		Foul Popfly: LF
4	1967	1967-08-13	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-3	b7	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	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
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	231	352	299	19	31	3	0	0	7	0	0	18	134	.104	.160	.114	.274	-23	34	3	2	33	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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. Sammy Ellis: Batting Value

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	231	352	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-44	0	-1	0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Sabermetric

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.0	2
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	231	352	3	51	62	304	7	.188	26	-50	-5.4	.010	2.2		0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	0	.000	0			.000	1.4		0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Win Probability

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44	-9.6	-80.96	0.96
2	Sammy Ellis	21-28	1962	1969	231	352	-3.8	-4.9	0.6	-51.98	-5.4	-50.00	0.89

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	Sammy Ellis	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Drysdale	4	9	8	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.625	.875	5	0	0	1	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Sammy Ellis: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-08-13	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.050	0.00	0.00%	-0.50			P
2	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1967-08-13	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	-0.050	0.41	-0.03%	-1.07			P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-09-04	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	0.013	3.08	0.06%	0.13			P
4	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1966-09-04	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-05-07	*	8	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.08	0.051	0.17	0.06%	0.51			P
6	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1966-05-07	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-08-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.056	0.03	0.00%	-0.33			P
8	Sammy Ellis	CIN	1964-08-22		5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.028	2.33	0.03%	0.11			P

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