Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Pitching Comparison

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	124	99	.556	3.81	345	295	17	79	15	3	2039.1	2105	947	863	202	559	49	750	15	9	40	8544	2774	92	3.99	1.306	9.3	0.9	2.5	3.3
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	3	2	.600	3.24	9	3	3	1	0	0	25.0	17	9	9	3	7	2	12	0	0	0	98	25		2.51	0.960	6.1	1.1	2.5	4.3
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	76		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Value

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	6.4	-11.3
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Totals Against

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	2774	7792	1463	387	53	70	66	51.47	15	200	116	62	.270	.318	.411	.729	110	.141	.276	1034	3204	642	2679	2774
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0	25	89	13	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	2	.191	.245	.303	.548		.112	.184	9	27	4	24	25
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	76	184	29	6	2	4	4	50.00	1	4	2	3	.207	.326	.277	.603		.071	.268	19	51	9	72	76

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	163	55	50.9	54	17	31	3	50.0	17	50
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	1	33	52.7	9	1	11	0		3	6
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	0			13	3	23	2	80.0	19	26

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1	8.8	6.5	2.2
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0	12.2	7.1	5.1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	345	295	2039.1
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	3	25.0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	407		242	59.46

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	3	0	1.000	3.82	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	32	16	13	4	11	0	12	1	0	1	135	1.402	9.4	1.2	3.2	3.5
2	Tug McGraw	0	0		5.14	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	30	1.000	5.1	1.3	3.9	5.1

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5
2	Tug McGraw	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-06-22	GS-8, W	7.0	12	5	4	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	33	15	31	9	1	0	0	1	0	19	2	0	0	3	36			-0.2	-2.12			1.18
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-06-22	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.60
3	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-05-18	GS-2	2.0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	41			-0.2	-2.03			0.87
4	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-05-18	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	2.32	3	0	0.69
5	Ross Grimsley	MON	1978-04-22 (2)	GS-9, W	8.1	8	3	3	0	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	38	14	33	2	3	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	6	53			0.2	0.47			1.14
6	Tug McGraw	PHI	1978-04-22 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.32
7	Ross Grimsley	CIN	1973-06-05	GS-7	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	28	7	27	2	3	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	61			0.1	1.06			1.31
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-06-05	9-10	1.0	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-1.53	0	0	2.07
9	Ross Grimsley	CIN	1971-07-09	GS-7, W	6.1	4	3	2	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	9	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	2	54			0.0	-0.56			1.14
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-07-09	4-6	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.60	1	0	0.64

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ross Grimsley (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-09	NYM	CIN	down 4-2	t5	---	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	1	1	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

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Ross Grimsley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-09	CIN	NYM	ahead 3-4	b6	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1978	1978-04-22 (2)	MON	PHI	ahead 3-5	b8	12-	2		Strikeout

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Comparison

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Totals

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	353	21	45	4	0	0	15	0	0	6	116	.127	.144	.139	.283	-19	49	5	1	39	1	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	7	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	-1.3	-1.3	-1.4	0.1	-57	1	-1	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Sabermetric

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	4	52	56	353	10	.189	36	-57	-5.9	.011	3.0		0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	22-24	1972	1974	9	7	1	2	2	5	2	.667	1			.167	2.0		0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	2	5	0	.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ross Grimsley	21-32	1971	1982	174	400	-4.2	-5.6	0.7	-53.49	-5.9	-57.10	0.86
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79	-2.1	-21.82	1.07

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Batting

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	5	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Tug McGraw	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Ross Grimsley vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-06-22	*	8	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.049	4.04	0.10%	0.26			P
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-06-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ross Grimsley	MON	1979-05-18	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-05-18		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Ross Grimsley	MON	1978-04-22 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.050	1.73	-0.05%	-1.03			P
6	Tug McGraw	PHI	1978-04-22 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Ross Grimsley	CIN	1973-06-05	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	-0.028	0.83	-0.02%	-0.30			P
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-06-05		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Ross Grimsley	CIN	1971-07-09	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.027	0.05	0.00%	-0.42			P
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-07-09		4	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	0.032	0.98	0.03%	0.23			P

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