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Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Pitching Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	6	6	.500	4.04	69	7	22	1	0	4	118.0	105	64	53	14	37	3	86	3	1	5	484	154	91	3.66	1.203	8.0	1.1	2.8	6.6

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964	0	0		40.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	5			7.500	40.5	13.5	27.0	0.0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Value

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	7	118.0	-0.3	-1.2

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Totals Against

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	7	118.0	154	433	63	19	9	5	6	45.45	0	9	6	5	.242	.303	.425	.728	109	.182	.269	58	184	42	145	154

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964	2	0	0.2	5	4											.750	.833					.667				5	5

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Starting & Relieving

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	2	29	48.6	68	16	24	3	57.1	22	62

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964									0	2

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Ratios

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	7	118.0	17.8	7.6	10.1

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964	2	0	0.2	0.0	28.6	-28.6

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Pitch Summary

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	7	118.0		83

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964	2	0	0.2

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Don Drysdale	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	14	3	3	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	68	0.833	7.0	0.0	0.5	7.5
2	Gordie Richardson	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	1.875	16.9	3.4	0.0	10.1

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	1965-08-11	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	33	9	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	79			0.7	3.75			1.49
2	Gordie Richardson	NYM	1965-08-11	6-7, L	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.79	2	0	1.89
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-08-31	CG, W	9.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	35	9	35	7	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	69			0.0	1.40			0.66
4	Gordie Richardson	STL	1964-08-31	6-6	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	2				-0.1	-1.74	0	0	0.58

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Gordie Richardson (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gordie Richardson (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	1964	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Gordie Richardson (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gordie Richardson (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-08-31	LAD	STL	ahead 3-5	t6	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; N. Oliver to 3B
2	1965	1965-08-11	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b6	12-	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1965	1965-08-25	LAD	NYM	down 7-5	t9	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Batting Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Batting Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.048	.130	.048	.178	-48	1	0	0	1	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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. Gordie Richardson: Batting Value

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	24	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	-1	0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Batting Sabermetric

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	0.00	2
2	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	24	0	3	4	21	0	.250	0	-4	-0.4	.000	1.2		0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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
2	Gordie Richardson	25	1964	1964	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Batting Win Probability

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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		-80.96	0.96
2	Gordie Richardson	25-27	1964	1966	69	24	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	-3.70		-3.73	0.73

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	Don Drysdale	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Gordie Richardson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Gordie Richardson: 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	1965-08-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.105	9.91	-0.44%	-0.72			P
2	Gordie Richardson	NYM	1965-08-11		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-08-31	*	9	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.170	0.00	0.00%	0.87			P
4	Gordie Richardson	STL	1964-08-31		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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