Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Dennis Eckersley	2	1	.667	1.62	3	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	10	3	3	1	3	1	15	0	0	1	63	0.780	5.4	0.5	1.6	8.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	0	2	.000	4.34	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	13	11	9	2	6	1	18	1	0	1	73	1.018	6.3	1.0	2.9	8.7

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0
2	Dennis Eckersley	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	OAK	1993-09-03	12-GF(13), L	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	7	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		24	14	-0.1	0.17	1	0	2.45
2	Fernando Valenzuela	BAL	1993-09-03	GS-5	4.2	4	4	4	0	1	5	0	4	1	0	0	22	10	16	1	2	0	0	2	1	9	0	0	0	3	39	103	53	-0.3	-2.29			1.44
3	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1984-07-15	GS-8, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	26	5	25	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	70			0.2	2.05			1.15
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-07-15	GS-7, L	7.0	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	10	0	0	1	26	5	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	2	68			-0.2	-0.57			1.15
5	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1984-07-01	GS-8, W	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	30	6	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	72			0.4	2.55			1.21
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-07-01	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	6	25	4	1	1	0	1	1	9	2	0	0	2	57			-0.1	0.11			0.77

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1984	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dennis Eckersley (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-01	LAD	CHC	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1984	1984-07-01	LAD	CHC	down 3-1	b5	12-	0		Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; D. Anderson to 2B
3	1984	1984-07-15	LAD	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
4	1984	1984-07-15	LAD	CHC	tied 0-0	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; G. Rivera to 2B

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (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	1984	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Dennis Eckersley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-01	CHC	LAD	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1984	1984-07-01	CHC	LAD	ahead 0-3	t5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1984	1984-07-15	CHC	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
4	1984	1984-07-15	CHC	LAD	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Strikeout

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Dennis Eckersley	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Dennis Eckersley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Dennis Eckersley vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	OAK	1993-09-03																																	P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	BAL	1993-09-03																																	P
3	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1984-07-15	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.040	2.19	-0.07%	-0.26			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-07-15	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.034	1.77	-0.03%	-0.30			P
5	Dennis Eckersley	CHC	1984-07-01	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.029	1.03	-0.04%	-0.43			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-07-01	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.097	2.46	-0.08%	-0.70			P

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