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Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	197	171	.535	3.50	1071	361	577	100	20	390	3285.2	3076	1382	1278	347	738	91	2401	75	16	28	13534	3998	116	3.41	1.161	8.4	1.0	2.0	6.6
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	1	3	.250	3.00	28	1	26	0	0	15	36.0	35	12	12	3	3	0	22	0	0	0	141	38		2.34	1.056	8.8	0.8	0.8	5.5

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Value

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	1071	361	3285.2	62.3	30.4
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Totals Against

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	1071	361	3285.2	3998	12518	2087	571	71	380	78	82.97	15	146	109	93	.246	.290	.386	.676	84	.140	.277	1427	4830	989	3889	3998
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	28	1	36.0	38	132	27	5	0	4	2	66.67	0	2	0	1	.265	.279	.371	.651		.106	.296	17	49	8	38	38

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	206	57	54.0	349	91	26	71	84.6	577	710
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	0	0	30.0	15	7	47	2	88.2	26	27

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Ratios

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	1071	361	3285.2	17.7	5.5	12.3
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	28	1	36.0	15.6	2.1	13.5

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	1071	361	3285.2		76
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	28	1	36.0	474	66	339	71.52

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	1	1	.500	4.96	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	12	9	9	1	8	0	16	0	0	0	68	1.224	6.6	0.6	4.4	8.8
2	Dennis Eckersley	1	1	.500	3.15	3	3	0	1	1	0	20.0	26	9	7	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	83	1.450	11.7	0.5	1.4	5.4

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1986-08-31	GS-6	5.1	11	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	12	24	8	2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	1	3	36			-0.3	-1.25			1.29
2	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-31	GS-6	6.0	2	3	3	0	1	5	0	9	0	0	0	25	7	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	60			-0.1	-0.08			0.75
3	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1986-08-20	GS-6, L	5.2	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	27	12	26	8	2	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	2	34			-0.2	-2.52			0.82
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-20	GS-8, W	7.1	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	29	7	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	60			0.2	1.06			0.48
5	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1985-04-21	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	6	29	5	0	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	79			0.3	3.87			0.67
6	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-21	GS-3, L	3.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	6	13	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	37			-0.2	-1.71			0.94

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	1986	5	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	0	0	0	0	0

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-08-20	ATL	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Single to RF
2	1986	1986-08-20	ATL	CHC	ahead 0-2	t4	1-3	2		Double to RF; K. Griffey Scores; R. Ramírez Scores
3	1986	1986-08-20	ATL	CHC	ahead 0-4	t6	1-3	2		Single to LF; R. Ramírez Scores; O. Virgil to 3B
4	1986	1986-08-31	ATL	CHC	down 3-0	b3	---	2		Single
5	1986	1986-08-31	ATL	CHC	down 3-1	b5	---	1		Strikeout

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (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	1985	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-04-21	CHC	MON	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1986	1986-08-20	CHC	ATL	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
3	1986	1986-08-20	CHC	ATL	down 4-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
4	1986	1986-08-31	CHC	ATL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Strikeout (C-1B)
5	1986	1986-08-31	CHC	ATL	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	2		Strikeout

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Comparison

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	218	196	181	9	24	3	0	3	12	0	0	9	84	.133	.173	.199	.372	0	36	1	0	5	1	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Value

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	218	196	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-24	0	-1	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	218	196	6	33	35	164	8	.221	18	-25	-2.7	.066	2.2		0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	29-43	1984	1998	28	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dennis Eckersley	20-43	1975	1998	218	196	-1.6	-2.0	0.2	-18.69	-2.0	-21.00	0.88
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	3	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.833	1.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dennis Eckersley	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Dennis Eckersley vs. David Palmer: 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	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1986-08-31	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.46			P
2	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-31	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.009	0.03	0.00%	-0.03			P
3	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1986-08-20	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.26			P
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-20	*	8	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0.202	0.09	0.02%	2.85			P
5	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1985-04-21	*	9	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	0.005	0.79	0.01%	0.40			P
6	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-21	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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