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Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	3	0	1.000	1.75	5	5	0	0	0	0	36.0	29	8	7	2	8	0	20	1	0	0	139	1.028	7.3	0.5	2.0	5.0
2	Neal Heaton	0	4	.000	3.90	5	4	0	1	0	0	27.2	23	13	12	4	12	1	10	0	1	2	117	1.265	7.5	1.3	3.9	3.3

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	1990-07-15	GS-6, L	5.1	6	3	3	0	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	25	10	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	45	87	51	-0.1	-1.15			0.58
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-07-15	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	6	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	67	86	55	0.3	2.16			0.94
3	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-05-07	CG(8), L	8.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	30	8	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	61	111	79	-0.1	0.53			1.08
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-05-07	GS-9, W	8.1	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	34	11	33	9	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	1	62	106	74	0.3	2.13			1.14
5	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-04-27	GS-7, L	7.0	3	2	1	1	0	5	0	3	0	1	1	29	9	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	63	123	71	0.0	0.94			1.25
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-04-27	GS-8, W	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	30	7	27	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	1	66	91	59	0.3	2.36			1.19
7	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-08-28	9-9, L	0.1	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	6	-0.2	-1.06	0	0	2.76
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-08-28	GS-7	6.2	5	3	2	1	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	27	8	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	58	116	79	0.2	1.72			1.16
9	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-07-04	GS-7	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	9	28	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	2	48			0.0	0.64			0.97
10	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-07-04	GS-7	6.0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	23	6	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	59			0.2	1.73			0.92

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1989	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	0	0	0
3	1990	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.222	.422	1	0	0	0	0

Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Neal Heaton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-07-04	SDP	MON	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: 2B
2	1987	1987-07-04	SDP	MON	ahead 1-2	t5	---	2		Flyball: LF
3	1987	1987-07-04	SDP	MON	ahead 1-3	t7	---	2		Double to LF (LF-CF)
4	1989	1989-04-27	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	0	4 (1-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); G. Green to 2B
5	1989	1989-04-27	SDP	PIT	tied 1-1	t4	---	2	2 (1-0)	Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
6	1989	1989-04-27	SDP	PIT	tied 1-1	t7	---	1	9 (3-2)	Walk
7	1989	1989-05-07	SDP	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
8	1989	1989-05-07	SDP	PIT	down 1-0	b5	123	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
9	1989	1989-05-07	SDP	PIT	ahead 1-2	b8	---	0	5 (2-2)	Flyball: RF
10	1990	1990-07-15	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2	4 (2-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1989	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	1	0	0	0	0
3	1990	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Neal Heaton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-07-04	MON	SDP	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1987	1987-07-04	MON	SDP	down 2-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1989	1989-04-27	PIT	SDP	tied 1-1	b3	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice (P's Left); J. Ortiz to 2B
4	1989	1989-04-27	PIT	SDP	tied 1-1	b6	---	0	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
5	1989	1989-05-07	PIT	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1989	1989-05-07	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
7	1989	1989-05-07	PIT	SDP	down 2-1	t7	---	2	4 (1-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
8	1990	1990-07-15	PIT	SDP	down 2-0	b3	---	2	5 (1-2)	Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Deep 3B)

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	5	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.214	.414	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Neal Heaton	5	8	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	4	0	0	1	0	0

Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Neal Heaton vs. Ed Whitson: 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	1990-07-15	*	6	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	0.014	1.19	0.02%	0.12			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-07-15	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.048	0.06	0.00%	-0.89			P
3	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-05-07	*	9	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0.032	0.48	0.01%	0.22			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-05-07	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.144	2.49	-0.12%	-1.12			P
5	Neal Heaton	PIT	1989-04-27	*	8	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.036	1.45	0.02%	0.19			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-04-27	*	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.88	0.041	1.35	0.04%	0.28			P
7	Neal Heaton	MON	1988-08-28		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-08-28	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.150	0.07	-0.01%	-1.29			P
9	Neal Heaton	MON	1987-07-04	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.046	1.11	-0.03%	-0.41			P
10	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-07-04	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.007	0.01	0.00%	0.01			P

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