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Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Pitching Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	24			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Value

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	24	68	14	1	2	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.265	.306	.382	.688		.118	.315	8	26	4	22	24

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	33	52.3						0	0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Ratios

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Alan Foster	1	0	1.000	1.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	28	0.818	3.7	0.0	3.7	4.9
2	Denny McLain	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	29	0.750	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.1

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	CLE	1971-09-20	GS-8, W	7.1	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	28	7	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	69			0.2	1.77			1.21
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-09-20	GS-8, L	8.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	29	7	28	3	1	0	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	2	62			-0.1	0.22			0.66

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-20	CLE	WSA	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1		Popfly: 2B
2	1971	1971-09-20	CLE	WSA	ahead 0-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1971	1971-09-20	CLE	WSA	ahead 0-3	t8	---	0		Lineout: SS

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-20	WSA	CLE	down 2-0	b3	-2-	1		Strikeout
2	1971	1971-09-20	WSA	CLE	down 2-0	b5	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batting Comparison

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.0	1

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	-5.0	-47.89	0.97
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86	-9.0	-87.11	0.88

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Batting

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	Alan Foster	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Alan Foster vs. Denny McLain: 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	CLE	1971-09-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.64			P
2	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-09-20	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.068	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P

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