Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz

Regular Season: 4 PA , .500/.667/.500, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	1998	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Plate Appearances

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Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-05-07	SDP	ATL	tied 0-0	t1	-2-	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); S. Finley to 3B
2	1998	1998-05-07	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0	2 (1-0)	Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
3	1998	1998-05-07	SDP	ATL	down 4-2	t5	---	2	7 (3-2)	Walk
4	1998	1998-08-21	SDP	ATL	down 5-4	t7	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Flyball: LF

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Batting Comparison

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	218	356	301	41	65	5	4	1	19	4	2	44	49	.216	.316	.269	.585	58	81	9	1	8	2	1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Value

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	218	356	-0.2	-1.3	-0.4	0.5	-16	-1	-2	3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Sabermetric

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	218	356	10	110	115	257	28	.253	59	-16	-1.6	.053	6.1	66.7	6
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.0	5

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.0	3

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Win Probability

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	218	356	-1.8	-1.6	-0.1	-14.04	-1.3	-17.26	1.05
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42	-11.7	-125.09	0.91

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Pitching Comparison

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3		7.63	2.250	6.8	0.0	13.5	0.0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	250		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Value

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	1	0	1.1	0.0	0.1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Totals Against

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	1	0	1.1	3	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	78	.000	.200	0	1	0	3	3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	250	770	120	31	4	8	7	53.33	0	7	4	3	.223	.287	.340	.627		.117	.278	79	262	52	242	250

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ed Giovanola	30	1999	1999	0			0	0		0		1	1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Ratios

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	1	0	1.1	0.0	28.6	-28.6
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ed Giovanola	26-30	1995	1999	1	0	1.1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	2	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	3	0	0	2	0	0
2	Ed Giovanola	2	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	1	0	0

Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Ed Giovanola vs. John Smoltz: 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	Ed Giovanola	SDP	1998-08-21		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	-0.065	0.00	0.00%	-0.36			PH
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1998-08-21	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.049	0.00	0.00%	-0.45			P
3	Ed Giovanola	SDP	1998-05-07	*	9	2	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.82	0.006	0.99	0.00%	0.09			2B
4	John Smoltz	ATL	1998-05-07	*	8	9	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	0.313	2.06	0.22%	2.74			P

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