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Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willie Hernández

16.7

744

11

1044.2

70-63

147

3.38

119

788

18.0

349

8.0

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9.7

434

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1432.0

67-94

18

3.82

96

790

12.9

543

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Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Pitching Comparison

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	70	63	.526	3.38	744	11	419	0	0	147	1044.2	952	431	392	97	349	79	788	25	10	37	4366	1380	119	3.51	1.245	8.2	0.8	3.0	6.8
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	0	0		1.32	10	0	5	0	0	3	13.2	9	2	2	1	2	1	7	1	0	0	51	12		0.66	0.805	5.9	0.7	1.3	4.6

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Value

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	16.6	6.6
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Totals Against

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	1380	3891	673	164	18	59	43	57.84	11	72	65	36	.245	.308	.371	.679	87	.126	.281	454	1443	279	1326	1380
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	12	36	6	2	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	.250	.300	.389	.689		.139	.276	5	14	3	12	12

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	2	18	39.3	587	194	33	43	77.4	419	733
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	0			8	4	50	1	75.0	5	10

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	18.0	8.0	10.1
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	13.7	3.9	9.8

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	175		122	69.71

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Pitching

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	2	1	.667	1.77	12	0	6	0	0	3	20.1	14	5	4	0	6	4	12	1	0	0	78	0.984	6.2	0.0	2.7	5.3
2	Bob Shirley	1	3	.250	3.97	12	6	2	0	0	1	47.2	46	23	21	7	12	0	24	1	0	0	194	1.217	8.7	1.3	2.3	4.5

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	DET	1986-09-21	9-GF, S	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.1	0.52	0	0	1.49
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-09-21	3-GF(8)	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.2	3.49	1	0	0.44
3	Willie Hernández	DET	1986-06-09	8-10	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	8	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.63	3	2	1.03
4	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-06-09	11-GF(11), S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.52	2	0	3.40
5	Willie Hernández	DET	1985-06-23	8-GF, S	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1				0.1	0.01	0	0	0.98
6	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-06-23	GS-7, L	6.1	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	6	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	53			0.0	0.86			0.84
7	Willie Hernández	DET	1984-09-27	8-GF(8), L	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.2	-0.53	0	0	2.42
8	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-09-27	GS-8, W	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	8	29	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	68			0.4	2.79			1.20
9	Willie Hernández	DET	1984-06-26	8-GF(10), W	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.45	1	0	2.02
10	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-06-26	2-8	5.1	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	8	23	6	1	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.14	3	2	1.08
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Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batter vs. Pitcher

Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-17	CHC	SDP	down 5-1	b5	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (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	1979	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

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-17	SDP	CHC	ahead 1-5	t6	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Comparison

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Totals

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	63	4	13	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	29	.206	.219	.238	.457	23	15	0	0	6	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Value

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-8	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	0	0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Sabermetric

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	2	14	14	56	5	.382	7	-6	-0.8	.032	2.2	100.00	2
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	-0.5	-0.7	0.1	-8.31	-0.8	-7.32	0.84
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	0.91

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Batting

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Willie Hernández vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Willie Hernández	DET	1986-09-21																																	P
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-09-21																																	P
3	Willie Hernández	DET	1986-06-09																																	P
4	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-06-09																																	P
5	Willie Hernández	DET	1985-06-23																																	P
6	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-06-23																																	P
7	Willie Hernández	DET	1984-09-27																																	P
8	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-09-27																																	P
9	Willie Hernández	DET	1984-06-26		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-06-26																																	P
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