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Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields

Regular Season: 5 PA , .600/.600/1.000, 0 HR, 1 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Year-by-Year Totals

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	1988	5	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	0	0	0	0	0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Plate Appearances

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Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-08-07	MIN	NYY	down 5-1	t9	1--	2	2 (1-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); G. Larkin to 2B
2	1988	1988-08-12	MIN	NYY	down 3-1	b7	---	1	5 (2-2)	Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
3	1988	1988-08-12	MIN	NYY	down 6-4	b9	---	0	2 (0-1)	Single to LF (Line Drive)
4	1988	1988-08-14	MIN	NYY	down 9-3	b7	1--	1	9 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1988	1988-08-14	MIN	NYY	down 9-3	b9	12-	1	2 (0-1)	Triple to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); K. Puckett Scores; G. Gaetti Scores

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Batting Comparison

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Totals

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Brian Harper	19-35	1979	1995	1001	3386	3151	339	931	186	7	63	428	8	17	133	188	.295	.329	.419	.748	103	1320	107	44	15	43	27
2	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	29	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Brian Harper	25-31	1985	1991	17	46	44	3	14	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.318	.348	.409	.757	18	0	0	0	0	0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Value

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brian Harper	19-35	1979	1995	1001	3386	12.3	0.6	14.0	1.9	11	-13	-13	-14
2	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	29	20	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-3	0	0	0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Sabermetric

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Harper	19-35	1979	1995	1001	3386	256	1108	1158	2402	406	.295	704	7	0.7	.123	16.8	32.00	25
2	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	29	20	0	3	3	17	0	.167	0	-3	-0.3	.000	2.7		0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Harper	25-31	1985	1991	17	46	4	16	16	30		.359	6			.091	8.8		0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Win Probability

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brian Harper	19-35	1979	1995	1001	3386	0.8	-0.4	1.2	-9.40		-11.75	1.05
2	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	29	20	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	-3.00		-3.73	0.73

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Pitching Comparison

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Totals

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	8	8	.500	5.26	102	6	32	0	0	3	219.0	269	146	128	32	91	13	126	3	1	15	991	381	78	4.79	1.644	11.1	1.3	3.7	5.2

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Value

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	102	6	219.0	-2.1	-3.8

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Totals Against

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	102	6	219.0	381	874	197	34	6	33	4	89.19	0	36	13	10	.308	.371	.470	.841	131	.162	.326	156	411	72	363	381

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Starting & Relieving

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	3	50	47.7	106	52	49	5	37.5	32	96

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Ratios

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brian Harper	19-35	1979	1995
2	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	102	6	219.0	12.7	9.2	3.5

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brian Harper	25-31	1985	1991

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Pitch Summary

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Shields	26-30	1985	1989	102	6	219.0

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Head-to-Head Batting

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Totals

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Brian Harper	3	14	14	1	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	8	2	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Shields	3

Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: Game Logs

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Brian Harper vs. Steve Shields: 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	Brian Harper	MIN	1988-08-14	*	9	6	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.246	1.17	-0.13%	-0.23			DH
2	Steve Shields	NYY	1988-08-14																																	P
3	Brian Harper	MIN	1988-08-12	*	9	2	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.135	1.42	0.09%	0.85			C
4	Steve Shields	NYY	1988-08-12																																	P
5	Brian Harper	MIN	1988-08-07	*	9	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.096	1.25	-0.08%	-0.71			C
6	Steve Shields	NYY	1988-08-07																																	P

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