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Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner

Regular Season: 3 PA , .333/.333/.333, 0 HR, 1 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	1972	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1973	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Plate Appearances

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Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-08-15	KCR	NYY	down 6-4	b9	-23	1		Single to CF; A. Otis Scores; C. Taylor Scores
2	1973	1973-05-20	KCR	OAK	ahead 0-5	t4	12-	0		Strikeout
3	1973	1973-05-20	KCR	OAK	ahead 1-6	t6	1--	2		Flyball: CF

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Batting Comparison

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Totals

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	98	95	87	2	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	.138	.148	.161	.309	-11	14	0	0	7	0	0
2	Steve Hovley	24-28	1969	1973	436	1152	1019	122	263	39	5	8	88	29	12	116	128	.258	.335	.330	.665	89	336	13	4	9	4	9

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Value

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	98	95	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-12	0	0	0
2	Steve Hovley	24-28	1969	1973	436	1152	1.7	-2.4	2.1	-1.6	-14	6	1	-3

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Sabermetric

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	98	95	2	13	14	82	4	.240	4	-13	-1.4	.023	2.4		0
2	Steve Hovley	24-28	1969	1973	436	1152	52	383	395	794	123	.287	202	-12	-1.2	.072	8.0	70.73	41

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Win Probability

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	98	95	-1.1	-1.2	-0.1	-11.94		-12.37	0.87
2	Steve Hovley	24-28	1969	1973	436	1152	-2.2	-0.6	-1.4	-1.48		-4.66	1.06

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Pitching Comparison

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Totals

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	14	18	.438	4.35	109	42	17	4	0	2	331.0	345	180	160	35	133	8	193	4	0	13	1449	500	79	3.95	1.444	9.4	1.0	3.6	5.2

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Value

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	109	42	331.0	-1.2	-4.1

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Totals Against

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	109	42	331.0	500	1283	253	51	6	14	10	58.33	2	23	23	5	.269	.338	.400	.738	118	.131	.293	176	513	92	482	500

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Starting & Relieving

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	19	45	51.2	63	14	22	3	40.0	17	67

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Ratios

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	109	42	331.0	13.3	9.2	4.1
2	Steve Hovley	24-28	1969	1973

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Pitch Summary

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rob Gardner	20-28	1965	1973	109	42	331.0

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Totals

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	Steve Hovley	3	12	9	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.444	.545	.444	.990	4	1	0	1	0	0
2	Rob Gardner	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: Game Logs

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Steve Hovley vs. Rob Gardner: 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	Rob Gardner	OAK	1973-05-20																																	P
2	Steve Hovley	KCR	1973-05-20	*	9	1	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.016	1.50	-0.02%	-0.43			RF
3	Rob Gardner	NYY	1972-08-26	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.008	0.77	-0.01%	-0.08			P
4	Steve Hovley	KCR	1972-08-26		4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0.002	0.00	0.00%	-0.01			CF
5	Rob Gardner	NYY	1972-08-15		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Steve Hovley	KCR	1972-08-15	*	9	2	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.349	0.08	0.01%	1.65			CF

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