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Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt

Regular Season: 8 PA , .286/.375/.714, 1 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	1981	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1982	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Plate Appearances

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Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-31 (1)	CHW	CAL	down 3-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1981	1981-05-31 (1)	CHW	CAL	down 5-0	b5	1--	2		Walk; T. Bernazard to 2B
3	1982	1982-04-14	SEA	CAL	tied 0-0	t2	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1982	1982-04-14	SEA	CAL	down 1-0	t5	---	0		Single to LF
5	1982	1982-04-14	SEA	CAL	down 1-0	t7	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
6	1983	1983-08-29	CLE	CAL	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: C-1B
7	1983	1983-08-29	CLE	CAL	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2		Flyball: CF
8	1983	1983-08-29	CLE	CAL	ahead 0-3	t6	1--	2		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Vukovich Scores

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Batting Comparison

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Totals

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Jim Essian	22-33	1973	1984	710	2146	1855	194	453	85	3	33	207	9	13	231	171	.244	.327	.347	.673	90	643	63	6	33	21	3
2	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Value

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Essian	22-33	1973	1984	710	2146	10.9	3.7	8.8	6.0	-11	-5	-6	20
2	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Sabermetric

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Jim Essian	22-33	1973	1984	710	2146	121	690	725	1532	213	.251	368	-16	-1.8	.102	10.8	40.9	22
2	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.0				0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Win Probability

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Essian	22-33	1973	1984	710	2146	-0.4	-1.7	1.3	-33.38	-3.4	-26.17	1.03
2	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	1	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Pitching Comparison

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Totals

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	117	116	.502	3.83	341	299	22	72	11	6	2108.1	2066	1012	898	183	713	40	1373	55	5	73	8927	2943	105	3.68	1.318	8.8	0.8	3.0	5.9

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	1	0	1.000	3.05	3	2	0	1	0	0	20.2	15	7	7	3	4	0	11	0	0	0	79	19		4.17	0.919	6.5	1.3	1.7	4.8

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Value

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	341	299	2108.1	21.6	3.2

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Totals Against

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	341	299	2108.1	2943	8031	1490	349	44	101	88	53.44	5	193	59	68	.257	.320	.380	.700	93	.123	.288	988	3052	576	2834	2943

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	3	2	20.2	19	74	10	2	0	0	0		0	2	1	0	.203	.244	.351	.595		.149	.200	6	26	5	19	19

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Starting & Relieving

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	164	55	52.4	40	12	30	5	54.5	22	42

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	1	50	65.5	1	0	0	0		0	1

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Ratios

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Essian	22-33	1973	1984
2	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	341	299	2108.1	15.4	8.0	7.4

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	3	2	20.2	13.9	5.1	8.9

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Pitch Summary

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Witt	20-32	1981	1993	341	299	2108.1		101

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Witt	21-25	1982	1986	3	2	20.2	288	119	190	65.97

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Totals

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Mike Witt	5
2	Jim Essian	5	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.222	.300	.556	.856	5	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: Game Logs

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Jim Essian vs. Mike Witt: 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	Jim Essian	CLE	1983-08-29	*	9	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0.016	0.00	0.00%	0.15			C
2	Mike Witt	CAL	1983-08-29																																	P
3	Jim Essian	CLE	1983-05-29		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										C
4	Mike Witt	CAL	1983-05-29																																	P
5	Jim Essian	SEA	1982-04-19		1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										C
6	Mike Witt	CAL	1982-04-19																																	P
7	Jim Essian	SEA	1982-04-14	*	10	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.151	2.73	0.11%	0.38			C
8	Mike Witt	CAL	1982-04-14																																	P
9	Jim Essian	CHW	1981-05-31 (1)	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.011	0.72	-0.01%	-0.01			C
10	Mike Witt	CAL	1981-05-31 (1)																																	P

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