Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	80	96	.455	4.37	382	202	62	22	6	10	1507.0	1589	804	732	163	524	51	699	32	21	30	6481	2229	91	4.36	1.402	9.5	1.0	3.1	4.2
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	382	202	1507.0	8.2	-5.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	382	202	1507.0	2229	5810	1099	297	30	139	66	67.80	32	131	60	54	.273	.334	.419	.753	108	.146	.285	822	2435	490	2145	2229
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	91	45	47.1	98	39	40	8	55.6	62	180
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	382	202	1507.0	10.8	8.1	2.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	382	202	1507.0		83
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	2	2	.500	3.99	5	5	0	0	0	0	38.1	33	17	17	0	28	2	23	1	0	1	174	1.591	7.7	0.0	6.6	5.4
2	Neal Heaton	1	2	.333	4.46	5	5	0	0	0	0	36.1	41	21	18	2	10	4	16	2	3	1	161	1.404	10.2	0.5	2.5	4.0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-07-21 (2)	GS-6, L	5.2	7	5	3	2	1	5	2	2	1	0	1	31	16	24	3	3	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	1	4	36	105	57	-0.3	-2.93			0.83
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-07-21 (2)	GS-7, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	6	0	2	1	0	0	29	11	22	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	3	57	123	67	0.2	0.94			0.99
3	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-05-28	GS-8	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	34	11	30	5	3	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	1	3	59	121	76	0.1	1.57			1.26
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1988-05-28	GS-9	9.0	5	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	34	7	31	3	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	2	69	113	65	0.1	2.02			1.65
5	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-05-17	GS-9, W	8.1	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	34	10	33	5	1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	47	100	62	0.0	-0.67			1.11
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1988-05-17	GS-7, L	7.0	10	6	6	0	0	6	1	4	0	0	0	35	16	28	8	2	0	0	1	1	12	0	1	0	2	31	118	61	-0.5	-3.05			1.36
7	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-08-30	GS-7	7.0	9	4	4	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	29	11	28	8	1	0	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	48			-0.2	-0.54			0.81
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-08-30	GS-9, L	8.1	10	5	5	0	0	7	0	10	0	0	0	42	17	34	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	46			0.0	0.88			1.61
9	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-08-20	GS-8, L	7.1	9	5	4	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	33	12	30	6	3	0	2	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	45			0.0	0.23			1.01
10	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-08-20	GS-8, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	7	0	5	0	0	1	34	14	25	1	3	0	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	3	59			0.3	1.29			1.46

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1987	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	0	0	0	0
2	1988	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1989	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	0	0	0	0

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-20	MON	LAD	down 1-0	b2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; V. Law to 3B; M. Fitzgerald to 2B
2	1987	1987-08-20	MON	LAD	down 2-0	b4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1987	1987-08-20	MON	LAD	down 2-1	b6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; M. Fitzgerald to 2B
4	1987	1987-08-30	MON	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1987	1987-08-30	MON	LAD	down 4-1	t4	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
6	1987	1987-08-30	MON	LAD	down 4-1	t6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; C. Candaele to 2B
7	1988	1988-05-17	MON	LAD	down 3-2	t2	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-C-2B/Sacrifice; L. Rivera to 2B
8	1988	1988-05-17	MON	LAD	down 4-3	t4	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
9	1988	1988-05-17	MON	LAD	ahead 4-5	t6	---	0	5 (2-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
10	1988	1988-05-28	MON	LAD	down 1-0	b3	12-	0	3 (1-1)	Fielder's Choice 3B/Sacrifice Bunt; J. Paredes to 3B; L. Rivera to 2B; N. Heaton to 1B
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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (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	1987	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1988	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
3	1989	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-20	LAD	MON	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1987	1987-08-20	LAD	MON	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1987	1987-08-20	LAD	MON	ahead 1-2	t7	-2-	1		Groundout: 1B-P; C. Shipley to 3B
4	1987	1987-08-30	LAD	MON	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2		Flyball: CF
5	1987	1987-08-30	LAD	MON	ahead 1-4	b4	---	1		Flyball: CF
6	1987	1987-08-30	LAD	MON	ahead 2-4	b7	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
7	1988	1988-05-17	LAD	MON	ahead 2-3	b2	---	0	2 (0-1)	Single to RF (Fly Ball)
8	1988	1988-05-17	LAD	MON	ahead 3-4	b4	---	1	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: 1B
9	1988	1988-05-28	LAD	MON	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
10	1988	1988-05-28	LAD	MON	tied 1-1	t5	---	0	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
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Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	184	208	187	12	32	3	0	0	12	2	1	6	51	.171	.197	.187	.384	7	35	4	0	15	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	184	208	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-24	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	184	208	3	38	40	175	9	.235	24	-24	-2.5	.016	3.7	66.7	3
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Neal Heaton	22-33	1982	1993	184	208	-2.5	-2.6	-0.1	-25.37	-2.6	-26.82	0.93
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	5	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Neal Heaton	5	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Neal Heaton vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-07-21 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.107	0.12	0.00%	-0.92			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-07-21 (2)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.038	0.05	0.00%	-0.53			P
3	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-05-28	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.082	0.85	0.03%	0.76			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1988-05-28	*	10	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.137	3.04	-0.19%	-1.20			P
5	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-05-17	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.85	-0.069	0.46	-0.02%	-0.70			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1988-05-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	0.018	1.41	0.02%	0.23			P
7	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-08-30	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.089	2.06	-0.09%	-0.87			P
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-08-30	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.062	0.00	0.00%	-0.83			P
9	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-08-20	*	8	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.76	-0.094	4.12	-0.13%	-0.77			P
10	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-08-20	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	-0.080	0.09	-0.01%	-1.14			P

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