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Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	32	27	.542	3.76	325	53	81	3	1	15	673.1	696	301	281	55	222	47	319	15	16	13	2858	966	100	3.95	1.363	9.3	0.7	3.0	4.3
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

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	0	0		4.15	13	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	8	8	0	9	3	12	0	1	0	76	28		1.65	1.615	9.9	0.0	4.7	6.2
2	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

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	325	53	673.1	4.9	-0.8
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	325	53	673.1	966	2552	485	136	20	25	24	51.02	17	70	42	26	.273	.331	.406	.738	108	.134	.291	349	1037	211	933	966
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

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	13	0	17.1	28	66											.288	.373					.352				28	28
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	20	38	48.4	248	84	34	8	65.2	81	272
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988									2	13
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	325	53	673.1	11.2	7.8	3.4
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	13	0	17.1	15.8	11.8	3.9
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	325	53	673.1		73
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	13	0	17.1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	0	0		2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	11	2	2	0	3	1	6	0	2	2	34	1.909	13.5	0.0	3.7	7.4
2	Ed Whitson	1	1	.500	3.26	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	7	7	0	5	1	11	1	0	0	80	1.293	9.3	0.0	2.3	5.1

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	LAD	1989-06-28	8-8,BS	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	2	-0.5	-1.73	3	2	7.20
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-06-28	GS-7, W	7.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	30	9	28	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	2	60	96	63	0.2	2.03			1.07
3	Ricky Horton	STL	1986-07-25	8-8, H	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.79	1	1	2.40
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-07-25	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	27	10	24	5	1	0	2	1	0	7	2	0	0	1	54			-0.1	0.24			0.94
5	Ricky Horton	STL	1984-07-13	GS-7	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	3	1	5	0	2	2	30	11	26	5	3	0	1	1	0	11	0	1	0	3	55			0.1	1.11			1.22
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-07-13	GS-6	5.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	23	8	21	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	46			-0.1	-0.19			1.18

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ricky Horton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ricky Horton (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	1984	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ricky Horton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ricky Horton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-13	SDP	STL	down 1-0	t3	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; G. Templeton to 3B
2	1984	1984-07-13	SDP	STL	ahead 1-2	t4	12-	2		Strikeout
3	1984	1984-07-13	SDP	STL	ahead 1-2	t6	1--	2		Flyball: CF

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ricky Horton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ricky Horton (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ricky Horton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ricky Horton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-13	STL	SDP	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
2	1984	1984-07-13	STL	SDP	down 2-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: 1B-P

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	276	133	110	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	.109	.183	.127	.311	-12	14	0	0	13	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

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	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

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	276	133	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-17	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	276	133	2	22	24	111	4	.156	5	-17	-1.8	.018	3.3		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	25-28	1985	1988	13	1	0	0	0	1			0			.000	1.0		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ricky Horton	24-30	1984	1990	276	133	-1.5	-1.6	-0.2	-18.63		-17.98	0.80
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ricky Horton vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Ricky Horton 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	Ricky Horton	LAD	1989-06-28		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-06-28	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.038	0.37	-0.01%	-0.30			P
3	Ricky Horton	STL	1986-07-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-07-25	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.067	1.65	-0.05%	-0.56			P
5	Ricky Horton	STL	1984-07-13	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.042	0.35	-0.01%	-0.35			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-07-13	*	6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.082	3.44	-0.12%	-0.77			P

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