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Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitching Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	48	63	.432	3.74	217	148	20	26	6	0	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	21	2	26	4364	1448	97	4.02	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	65	58	.528	3.53	647	15	381	1	0	126	1049.1	919	448	411	94	459	81	819	29	7	18	4459	1445	106	3.62	1.313	7.9	0.8	3.9	7.0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	3		1.99	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Value

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	6.1	-2.9
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	14.4	4.0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals Against

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	1448	3888	727	134	28	76	34	69.09	10	89	43	28	.254	.322	.379	.702	102	.125	.268	481	1475	261	1392	1448
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	1445	3844	637	158	30	76	39	66.09	22	53	85	40	.239	.322	.369	.691	96	.130	.278	468	1419	282	1407	1445

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	3	5											.400	.500					1.000				3	3

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Starting & Relieving

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	86	58	50.9	33	15	45	1	0.0	20	69
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	2	13	44.1	628	183	29	41	75.4	381	632

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981									1	2

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Ratios

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	11.5	8.8	2.7
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	18.4	10.3	8.1

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	33.3	11.1	22.2

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitch Summary

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Head-to-Head Pitching

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	0	0		3.86	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	0.0
2	Alan Foster	2	0	1.000	2.53	3	3	0	1	0	0	21.1	21	6	6	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	90	1.266	8.9	0.8	2.5	4.2

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Game Logs

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Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	STL	1974-05-17	GS-6	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	23	9	21	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	36			-0.1	-2.07			0.56
2	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-05-17	7-7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.24
3	Alan Foster	STL	1973-05-16	GS-8, W	7.1	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	8	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	62			0.3	2.43			1.03
4	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1973-05-16	8-8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.77	3	0	0.78
5	Alan Foster	CLE	1971-05-09	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	38	11	35	3	3	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	72			0.3	3.24			1.04
6	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1971-05-09	6-6	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1				0.0	-0.53	0	0	0.56

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (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	1971	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-09	CLE	CAL	ahead 1-3	b6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Heidemann to 2B

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Totals

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	295	17	35	2	0	0	17	0	0	16	84	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	37	2	0	34	2	0
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	61	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	.246	.324	.295	.619	76	18	1	0	2	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Value

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	-49	2	0	0
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.7	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-1	0	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Sabermetric

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	2	51	54	298	9	.164	34	-47	-5.0	.007	3.5		0
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	3	22	24	49	7	.313	9	-2	-0.2	.049	4.7		0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Win Probability

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-4.0	-4.6	0.4	-46.84		-47.89	0.97
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.91		-0.78	0.76

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Head-to-Head Batting

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Alan Foster	3	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	2	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: Game Logs

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Alan Foster vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Alan Foster	STL	1974-05-17	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.036	0.73	-0.05%	-1.15			P
2	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-05-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Alan Foster	STL	1973-05-16	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	-0.039	0.18	-0.01%	-0.48			P
4	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1973-05-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Alan Foster	CLE	1971-05-09	*	9	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.76	-0.050	0.22	-0.01%	-0.48			P
6	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1971-05-09		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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