Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Pitching Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	363	245	.597	3.09	750	665	67	382	63	28	5243.2	4830	2016	1798	434	1434	112	2583	42	5	81	21547	6583	119	3.46	1.195	8.3	0.7	2.5	4.4

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	4	3	.571	3.05	8	6	2	3	1	0	56.0	47	19	19	5	13	1	32	0	0	1	224	60			1.071	7.6	0.8	2.1	5.1

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Value

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	92.5	41.0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Totals Against

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	6583	19790	3585	670	141	96	81	54.24	80	429	220	72	.244	.296	.358	.653	85	.114	.261	2108	7084	1245	6306	6583

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0	60	209											.225	.270					.244				60	60

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Starting & Relieving

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	426	64	56.9	72	13	18	8	77.8	67	85

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958									2	2

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Ratios

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	12.0	6.7	5.3

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0	14.3	5.8	8.5

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Pitch Summary

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2		108

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	2	3	.400	3.46	10	7	2	2	1	1	52.0	51	22	20	4	7	0	17	0	0	0	206	1.115	8.8	0.7	1.2	2.9
2	Don Drysdale	2	3	.400	3.24	10	10	0	3	0	0	77.2	57	32	28	10	21	4	58	3	1	4	315	1.004	6.6	1.2	2.4	6.7

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	1965-09-06	GS-9	8.0	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	2	34	10	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	1	2	46			-0.5	-2.67			0.87
2	Warren Spahn	SFG	1965-09-06	GS-2	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	1	1	1	26			-0.2	-1.99			1.01
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-08-19	GS-11	11.0	6	5	4	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	42	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	3	68			-0.1	0.07			1.22
4	Warren Spahn	SFG	1965-08-19	GS-7	6.1	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	7	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	1	54			0.1	0.74			1.19
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-06-11	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	32	5	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	80			0.5	2.83			1.42
6	Warren Spahn	NYM	1965-06-11	CG, L	9.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	6	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	3	74			0.0	1.83			0.89
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-06-16	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	31	5	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	83	101	74	0.3	2.76			0.94
8	Warren Spahn	MLN	1964-06-16	GS-7, L	7.0	6	5	4	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	29	9	26	3	2	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	3	46	93	61	-0.2	-2.08			0.72
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-04-19	GS-7	7.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	27	6	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	67	90	58	-0.1	0.92			1.40
10	Warren Spahn	MLN	1964-04-19	GS-8	8.0	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	13	31	10	0	0	0	1	1	10	1	1	1	0	56	100	68	0.0	1.34			1.48
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Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (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	1963	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1964	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	1965	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-30	MLN	LAD	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1963	1963-05-30	MLN	LAD	ahead 1-3	b4	---	2	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: SS
3	1963	1963-05-30	MLN	LAD	ahead 1-4	b6	1--	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1963	1963-06-28	MLN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	1 (0-0)	Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); W. Spahn to 1B
5	1963	1963-06-28	MLN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t4	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1963	1963-06-28	MLN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 1B unassisted
7	1964	1964-04-19	MLN	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1964	1964-04-19	MLN	LAD	down 1-0	t6	1--	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
9	1964	1964-04-19	MLN	LAD	ahead 1-2	t7	123	2	2 (1-0)	Flyball: RF
10	1964	1964-06-16	MLN	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: LF
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Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Warren Spahn (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	1963	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1964	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
3	1965	6	6	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	14	4	0	0	2	2	1	1	.286	.333	.714	1.048	0	0	0	0	0

Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-30	LAD	MLN	down 1-0	t3	---	1	6 (2-2)	Single to 3B
2	1963	1963-05-30	LAD	MLN	down 3-1	t5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Lineout: LF
3	1963	1963-06-28	LAD	MLN	down 1-0	b3	---	2	4 (1-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
4	1963	1963-06-28	LAD	MLN	down 1-0	b6	---	2	2 (0-1)	Flyball: 1B
5	1964	1964-04-19	LAD	MLN	tied 0-0	b3	12-	0	3 (1-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; J. Roseboro to 2B
6	1964	1964-04-19	LAD	MLN	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2	3 (2-0)	Flyball: RF
7	1964	1964-06-16	LAD	MLN	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Flyball: CF
8	1964	1964-06-16	LAD	MLN	ahead 0-2	b5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: CF
9	1964	1964-06-16	LAD	MLN	ahead 1-2	b7	--3	2	4 (3-0)	Walk
10	1965	1965-06-11	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
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Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batting Comparison

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batting Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	1872	141	363	57	6	35	189	4	2	94	487	.194	.234	.287	.520	43	537	23	7	68	14	0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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
2	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batting Value

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	7.6	7.5	7.9	-0.1	-146	6	-7	0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batting Sabermetric

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	98	464	496	1616	133	.240	295	-150	-15.4	.093	3.8	66.67	6

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	21	0	5	5	16		.364	4			.000	2.2		0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Batting Win Probability

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	-13.1	-11.9	-2.5	-126.28		-118.13	0.91

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Totals

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	Warren Spahn	10	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Drysdale	10	27	25	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	4	.200	.259	.440	.699	11	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: Game Logs

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Don Drysdale vs. Warren Spahn: 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	1965-09-06	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	0.015	4.89	0.13%	0.04			P
2	Warren Spahn	SFG	1965-09-06	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-08-19	*	12	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.114	10.85	0.60%	0.77			P
4	Warren Spahn	SFG	1965-08-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.046	7.03	-0.22%	-0.56			P
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-06-11	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.277	3.59	0.77%	0.71			P
6	Warren Spahn	NYM	1965-06-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.102	0.19	-0.01%	-0.49			P
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-06-16	*	9	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	-0.024	0.97	-0.02%	-0.28			P
8	Warren Spahn	MLN	1964-06-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.054	2.56	-0.07%	-0.40			P
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-04-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.070	1.81	-0.06%	-0.64			P
10	Warren Spahn	MLN	1964-04-19	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.124	3.46	-0.15%	-1.06			P
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