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Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Pitching Comparison

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Totals

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	174	150	.537	3.49	451	410	18	127	31	3	2867.1	2787	1273	1111	249	910	70	1601	49	2	98	12069	3905	105	3.57	1.289	8.7	0.8	2.9	5.0
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	243	142	.631	2.89	471	457	11	244	52	2	3507.0	3153	1329	1126	320	709	82	2303	40	20	51	14236	4138	123	3.04	1.101	8.1	0.8	1.8	5.9

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	6	4	.600	2.30	13	12	0	2	1	0	70.1	61	22	18	2	18	1	39	0	0	1	286	86		1.17	1.123	7.8	0.3	2.3	5.0
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	0	1	.000	1.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	10	0	0	2	45	10		2.80	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	7.5

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Value

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	451	410	2867.1	27.0	1.0
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	471	457	3507.0	61.8	29.8

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Totals Against

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	451	410	2867.1	3905	10942	1995	445	98	151	108	58.30	15	255	107	57	.255	.313	.382	.695	98	.127	.277	1325	4175	792	3746	3905
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	471	457	3507.0	4138	13296	2367	396	70	176	82	68.22	43	207	125	65	.237	.277	.350	.626	80	.113	.264	1306	4649	786	3902	4138

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	13	12	70.1	86	264	44	13	2	1	1	50.00	2	6	4	0	.231	.280	.318	.598		.087	.265	26	84	17	79	86
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	2	2	12.0	10	43	3	0	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	.140	.178	.326	.503		.186	.129	2	14	3	8	10

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Starting & Relieving

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	232	57	53.5	20	10	50	2	60.0	18	41
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	289	63	59.2	11	3	27	1	66.7	11	14

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	5	42	56.5	1	0	0	0		0	1
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	1	50	66.0						0	0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Ratios

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	451	410	2867.1	13.3	7.5	5.7
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	471	457	3507.0	16.2	5.0	11.2

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	13	12	70.1	13.6	6.3	7.3
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	2	2	12.0	22.2	4.4	17.8

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Pitch Summary

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	451	410	2867.1		97
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	471	457	3507.0		99

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	13	12	70.1	175	88	106	60.57
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	2	2	12.0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Totals

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	1	3	.250	3.72	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	29	12	12	1	16	0	24	0	0	0	130	1.552	9.0	0.3	5.0	7.4
2	Juan Marichal	3	1	.750	2.61	5	5	0	3	1	0	41.1	39	15	12	2	9	0	36	1	0	0	172	1.161	8.5	0.4	2.0	7.8

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Game Logs

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Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1971-05-20	GS-8	7.1	7	4	4	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	33	12	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	1	51			0.2	1.03			1.41
2	Juan Marichal	SFG	1971-05-20	GS-7	6.1	11	6	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	12	29	10	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	30			-0.2	-1.74			0.96
3	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1969-08-15	GS-6, L	6.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	8	24	6	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	53			0.0	0.69			1.08
4	Juan Marichal	SFG	1969-08-15	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	35	8	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	85			0.5	4.04			1.11
5	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1968-09-02 (1)	GS-4, L	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	16	7	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	42			-0.2	-2.11			1.01
6	Juan Marichal	SFG	1968-09-02 (1)	CG, W	9.0	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	38	11	37	8	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	62			0.1	-0.34			0.67
7	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1968-05-24	GS-6, L	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	11	20	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	2	0	0	36			-0.2	-2.92			1.05
8	Juan Marichal	SFG	1968-05-24	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	36	11	33	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	65			0.4	1.66			1.32
9	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1966-09-09	GS-8, W	7.2	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	30	7	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	75			0.4	3.03			1.22
10	Juan Marichal	SFG	1966-09-09	GS-8, L	8.0	6	3	1	2	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	33	9	29	5	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	69			0.1	0.79			1.06

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ken Holtzman (Pitcher) vs. Juan Marichal (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ken Holtzman (Pitcher) vs. Juan Marichal (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	1966	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ken Holtzman (Pitcher) vs. Juan Marichal (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ken Holtzman (Pitcher) vs. Juan Marichal (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-09-09	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-09-09	CHC	SFG	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1966	1966-09-09	CHC	SFG	ahead 0-1	t7	--3	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1968	1968-05-24	CHC	SFG	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout Looking
5	1968	1968-09-02 (1)	CHC	SFG	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1969	1969-08-15	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1969	1969-08-15	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
8	1971	1971-05-20	CHC	SFG	down 2-0	b2	1--	2		Flyball: 2B
9	1971	1971-05-20	CHC	SFG	ahead 2-3	b4	---	2		Strikeout Looking
10	1971	1971-05-20	CHC	SFG	ahead 2-3	b7	---	0		Flyball: CF

Juan Marichal (Pitcher) vs. Ken Holtzman (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Juan Marichal (Pitcher) vs. Ken Holtzman (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	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Juan Marichal (Pitcher) vs. Ken Holtzman (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Juan Marichal (Pitcher) vs. Ken Holtzman (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-09-09	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Popfly: P; T. Haller to 2B/Adv on E1 (throw)
2	1966	1966-09-09	SFG	CHC	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1968	1968-05-24	SFG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; H. Lanier to 2B
4	1968	1968-05-24	SFG	CHC	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1968	1968-09-02 (1)	SFG	CHC	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout Looking
6	1969	1969-08-15	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1969	1969-08-15	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1971	1971-05-20	SFG	CHC	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Strikeout
9	1971	1971-05-20	SFG	CHC	down 3-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
10	1971	1971-05-20	SFG	CHC	down 3-2	t7	---	0		Strikeout

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Comparison

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Totals

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	283	665	607	35	99	19	1	2	34	0	0	17	170	.163	.186	.208	.393	8	126	11	0	40	1	0
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	464	1343	1221	73	202	29	2	4	75	2	5	38	269	.165	.191	.202	.393	11	247	20	2	71	7	0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	13	14	13	4	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.308	.357	.769	1.126	10	0	0	0	0	0
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Value

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	283	665	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-71	2	-2	0
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	464	1343	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.3	-140	1	-3	0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Sabermetric

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	283	665	22	116	127	560	25	.222	67	-78	-8.4	.044	3.6		0
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	464	1343	35	242	263	1122	51	.207	144	-148	-15.6	.037	4.5	28.6	7

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	26-29	1972	1975	13	14	4	5	5	9	7	.300	4			.462	6.5		0
2	Juan Marichal	24-33	1962	1971	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	2.5		0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Win Probability

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ken Holtzman	19-33	1965	1979	283	665	-7.5	-7.2	-1.0	-80.07	-8.2	-73.58	0.90
2	Juan Marichal	22-37	1960	1975	464	1343	-10.6	-13.0	1.0	-124.93	-13.5	-141.23	0.88

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Head-to-Head Batting

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Totals

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Juan Marichal	5	17	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.188	.313	3	0	0	1	0	0

Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: Game Logs

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Ken Holtzman vs. Juan Marichal: 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	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1971-05-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.053	0.90	-0.04%	-0.56			P
2	Juan Marichal	SFG	1971-05-20	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.084	2.36	-0.11%	-0.57			P
3	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1969-08-15	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.055	1.04	-0.03%	-0.42			P
4	Juan Marichal	SFG	1969-08-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.051	1.56	-0.07%	-0.50			P
5	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1968-09-02 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.010	0.00	0.00%	-0.08			P
6	Juan Marichal	SFG	1968-09-02 (1)	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.130	0.02	0.00%	-2.66			P
7	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1968-05-24	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.010	1.05	-0.02%	-0.08			P
8	Juan Marichal	SFG	1968-05-24	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.63	-0.028	2.46	-0.07%	-0.52			P
9	Ken Holtzman	CHC	1966-09-09	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.090	0.00	0.00%	-0.78			P
10	Juan Marichal	SFG	1966-09-09	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.035	9.64	-0.21%	-0.29			P

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