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Sterling Hitchcock

8.1

281

200

1285.2

74-76

3

4.80

90

997

17.7

471

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33-39

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Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Pitching Comparison

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	74	76	.493	4.80	281	200	27	10	2	3	1285.2	1374	738	685	181	471	25	997	42	11	61	5635	1954	90	4.58	1.435	9.6	1.3	3.3	7.0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	33	39	.458	4.75	145	79	18	5	1	0	583.0	617	336	308	75	223	8	310	21	4	13	2530	886	97	4.96	1.441	9.5	1.2	3.4	4.8

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	4	0	1.000	1.76	9	4	1	0	0	0	30.2	23	8	6	4	11	2	41	1	0	2	123	35		2.63	1.109	6.8	1.2	3.2	12.0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Value

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	281	200	1285.2	9.5	-1.9
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	4.4	-0.8

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Totals Against

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	281	200	1285.2	1954	5031	903	265	25	135	51	72.58	31	93	43	48	.273	.337	.444	.781	107	.171	.306	763	2232	471	1887	1954
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	886	2249	409	118	15	40	17	70.18	0	68	13	24	.274	.342	.440	.782	104	.166	.287	343	990	208	861	886

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	9	4	30.2	35	109	16	3	0	4	0	100.00	0	2	2	0	.211	.289	.349	.638		.138	.297	15	38	7	35	35

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Starting & Relieving

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	94	47	48.5	43	10	23	1	75.0	27	81
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	35	44	47.2	47	11	23	4	0.0	18	66

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	2	50	64.3	1	0	0	0		1	5

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Ratios

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	281	200	1285.2	17.7	8.4	9.3
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	12.3	8.8	3.4

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	9	4	30.2	33.3	8.9	24.4

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Pitch Summary

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	281	200	1285.2	4839	97	2937	60.69
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	5496	95	3485	63.41

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	9	4	30.2	506	90	324	64.03

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	José Mercedes	0	1	.000	29.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	12	11	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	25	4.200	32.4	5.4	5.4	2.7
2	Sterling Hitchcock	1	0	1.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	5	4	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	26	1.800	16.2	1.8	0.0	10.8

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Game Logs

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Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	SDP	1998-05-04	GS-5, W	5.0	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	26	11	25	6	2	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	37	97	67	0.1	-2.44			0.38
2	José Mercedes	MIL	1998-05-04	GS-4, L	3.1	12	11	11	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	25	15	22	8	2	0	2	0	0	20	0	0	0	4	-9	79	52	-0.4	-8.64			0.68

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sterling Hitchcock (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sterling Hitchcock (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (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	1998	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sterling Hitchcock (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sterling Hitchcock (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-05-04	SDP	MIL	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2	2 (0-1)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep 2B); C. Hernández Scores
2	1998	1998-05-04	SDP	MIL	ahead 0-4	t3	12-	2	3 (0-2)	Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); E. Giovanola Scores; C. Gomez to 3B

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Sterling Hitchcock (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Sterling Hitchcock (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	1998	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

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Sterling Hitchcock (Batter): Plate Appearances

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José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Sterling Hitchcock (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-05-04	MIL	SDP	down 8-0	b3	---	0	8 (3-2)	Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Comparison

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Totals

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	131	240	210	14	19	0	0	0	5	0	1	7	112	.090	.120	.090	.210	-43	19	5	0	23	0	0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.053	.100	.053	.153	-58	1	0	1	0	0	0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	9	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Value

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	131	240	-1.3	-1.3	-1.3	-0.1	-46	0	-2	0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	0	0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Sabermetric

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	131	240	0	26	28	220	3	.194	19	-44	-4.2	.000	1.9	0.0	1
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	0	2	2	18	0	.143	0	-4	-0.4	.000	1.6		0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	24-30	1995	2001	9	9	0	2	3	7	1	.250	2			.000	9.0		0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Win Probability

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sterling Hitchcock	21-33	1992	2004	131	240	-4.2	-4.2	-0.2	-48.26	-4.9	-47.32	0.96
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	-0.3	-0.4	-0.1	-3.64	-0.3	-4.22	0.70

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Head-to-Head Batting

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	José Mercedes	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sterling Hitchcock	1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0

Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: Game Logs

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Sterling Hitchcock vs. José Mercedes: 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	Sterling Hitchcock	SDP	1998-05-04	*	6	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	0.140	0.75	0.11%	1.39			P
2	José Mercedes	MIL	1998-05-04	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.005	0.26	0.00%	-0.24			P

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