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Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Pitching Comparison

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	60	47	.561	3.78	339	114	79	4	2	21	961.2	947	469	404	85	378	48	726	9	16	47	4113	1391	107	3.68	1.378	8.9	0.8	3.5	6.8
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	146	155	.485	3.68	445	413	10	78	30	1	2708.0	2737	1258	1106	228	857	78	1473	47	13	60	11488	3814	95	3.74	1.327	9.1	0.8	2.8	4.9

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	0	1	.000	3.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	10	9	2	3	1	13	0	0	1	85	22		3.17	1.082	8.4	0.9	1.3	5.8

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Value

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	339	114	961.2	9.0	1.0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	20.9	-2.3

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Totals Against

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	339	114	961.2	1391	3651	625	220	17	87	34	71.90	14	97	42	32	.259	.328	.399	.727	100	.139	.300	484	1456	322	1334	1391
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	3814	10373	1961	464	84	235	110	68.12	13	262	134	73	.264	.321	.391	.712	107	.127	.287	1320	4053	776	3641	3814

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	22	81											.235	.262					.258				22	22

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	59	52	51.3	154	57	37	7	75.0	79	225
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	230	56	51.3	17	9	53	1	50.0	10	32

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986									0	0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	339	114	961.2	17.7	9.2	8.5
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	12.8	7.5	5.4

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	15.3	3.5	11.8

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	339	114	961.2		88
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0		94

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	0	3	.000	18.56	4	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	12	12	11	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	2.438	20.3	8.4	1.7	6.8
2	Bob Knepper	2	0	1.000	5.40	4	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	22	12	12	4	7	0	5	1	0	0	86	1.450	9.9	1.8	3.2	2.3

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	ATL	1990-06-08	6-6	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		6	4	0.0	-2.51	2	2	0.04
2	Bob Knepper	SFG	1990-06-08	GS-3	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	16	8	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	32	67	42	-0.3	-2.52			1.18
3	Joe Hesketh	MON	1989-08-17	5-6, L	1.0	3	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2		24	12	-0.3	-3.66	2	0	1.85
4	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-08-17	4-8, W	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	4	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		60	40	0.2	2.21	0	0	0.66
5	Joe Hesketh	MON	1989-05-04	10-GF(10), L	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		15	12	-0.3	-0.56	0	0	1.16
6	Bob Knepper	HOU	1989-05-04	GS-6	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	11	22	5	1	0	3	2	1	11	1	0	0	2	39	99	57	-0.2	-1.35			0.64
7	Joe Hesketh	MON	1986-06-01	GS-3, L	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	7	14	5	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	1	2	26			-0.3	-3.66			0.82
8	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-06-01	GS-7, W	6.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	25	8	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	4	45			-0.1	-1.68			0.82

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Hesketh (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Hesketh (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (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	1986	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1989	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Hesketh (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Hesketh (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-06-01	HOU	MON	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Flyball: CF
2	1989	1989-08-17	SFG	MON	tied 5-5	t6	-2-	0	4 (3-0)	Walk

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Hesketh (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Hesketh (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	1986	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Hesketh (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Hesketh (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-06-01	MON	HOU	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; M. Fitzgerald to 2B

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Comparison

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Totals

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	206	105	86	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	58	.070	.167	.070	.236	-31	6	3	0	9	0	0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	0	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9	0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Value

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	206	105	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-16	0	0	0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	-110	3	0	0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	206	105	0	16	16	92	2	.214	4	-15	-1.6	.000	1.5		0
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	36	158	166	829	37	.214	100	-107	-11.0	.060	2.5	100.00	2

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	0	1	1	6		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Hesketh	25-35	1984	1994	206	105	-1.9	-1.6	-0.5	-18.66		-16.66	0.90
2	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	-11.0	-10.4	-1.3	-109.26		-109.31	0.94

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Knepper	4	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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Joe Hesketh vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Joe Hesketh	ATL	1990-06-08		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Knepper	SFG	1990-06-08	*	4	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.164	0.98	0.05%	1.63			P
3	Joe Hesketh	MON	1989-08-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-08-17		6	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.011	3.33	0.02%	-0.12			PH P
5	Joe Hesketh	MON	1989-05-04		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Knepper	HOU	1989-05-04	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.043	0.91	-0.03%	-0.42			P
7	Joe Hesketh	MON	1986-06-01	*	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.021	1.96	-0.02%	-0.18			P
8	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-06-01	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	-0.010	0.45	-0.01%	-0.18			P

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