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Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Pitching Comparison

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Totals

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	108	117	.480	3.62	519	189	216	62	10	58	1875.0	1901	827	755	157	558	75	987	54	3	34	7899	2610	103	3.58	1.311	9.1	0.8	2.7	4.7
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	288	231	.555	3.34	760	700	22	162	46	3	4710.1	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	102	2245	98	16	187	19692	6479	111	3.38	1.283	9.1	0.6	2.4	4.3

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975	0	1	.000	1.04	4	0	3	0	0	2	8.2	5	1	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	31	8		1.28	0.808	5.2	0.0	2.1	3.1
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	6	3	.667	2.65	14	13	1	3	1	0	88.1	82	36	26	6	24	1	48	4	0	4	367	110		2.46	1.200	8.4	0.6	2.4	4.9

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Value

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	519	189	1875.0	20.5	4.2
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	62.1	21.7

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Totals Against

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	519	189	1875.0	2610	7146	1378	316	50	121	73	62.37	12	193	77	63	.266	.321	.390	.711	101	.124	.288	904	2788	523	2513	2610
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	6479	18042	3665	699	117	240	154	60.91	20	604	196	96	.265	.315	.367	.682	94	.102	.287	2112	6622	1118	6140	6479

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975	4	0	8.2	8	28											.179	.258					.200				8	8
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	110	335											.245	.303					.271				110	110

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Starting & Relieving

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	110	58	52.7	356	120	34	28	67.4	216	330
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	431	62	52.5	56	15	27	0	100.0	22	60

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975								100.0	3	4
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982									1	1

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Ratios

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	519	189	1875.0	12.5	7.1	5.4
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	11.4	6.4	5.0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975	4	0	8.2	9.7	6.5	3.2
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	13.1	6.5	6.5

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Pitch Summary

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	519	189	1875.0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1		88

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975	4	0	8.2
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Totals

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	1	2	.333	2.90	6	4	0	1	0	0	31.0	35	12	10	1	11	2	11	1	0	0	135	1.484	10.2	0.3	3.2	3.2
2	Tommy John	4	1	.800	2.54	6	5	0	2	1	0	39.0	41	12	11	2	8	0	11	0	0	0	160	1.256	9.5	0.5	1.8	2.5

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	BOS	1980-06-30	3-8	6.0	4	1	0	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	24	7	20	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	2				0.0	1.54	2	2	0.43
2	Tommy John	NYY	1980-06-30	GS-7, W	6.2	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	30	10	28	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	44			0.1	0.35			0.99
3	Dick Drago	BOS	1979-07-02	7-7	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-2.39	1	1	0.41
4	Tommy John	NYY	1979-07-02	CG, W	9.0	5	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	9	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	70			0.2	2.63			1.01
5	Dick Drago	KCR	1971-09-03 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	8	31	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	74			0.5	3.01			1.37
6	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-03 (1)	GS-7, L	6.1	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	10	26	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	2	44			0.0	0.22			0.98
7	Dick Drago	KCR	1971-05-25	GS-5	4.2	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	8	19	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	43			0.0	-0.24			1.31
8	Tommy John	CHW	1971-05-25	6-7	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.11	0	0	0.73
9	Dick Drago	KCR	1970-07-12	GS-7, L	6.1	8	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	28	11	23	6	1	1	0	0	0	11	2	1	1	2	40			-0.1	-0.43			1.28
10	Tommy John	CHW	1970-07-12	GS-6, W	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	28	10	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	2	44			-0.1	-0.24			1.07
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Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Dick Drago (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Dick Drago (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	1969	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	1

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Dick Drago (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Dick Drago (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-09-19	KCR	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
2	1970	1970-07-12	KCR	CHW	down 2-0	b2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; P. Schaal to 3B; J. Hernández to 2B
3	1970	1970-07-12	KCR	CHW	ahead 2-3	b4	---	1		Strikeout Looking
4	1970	1970-07-12	KCR	CHW	ahead 2-3	b6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Hernández to 2B
5	1971	1971-09-03 (1)	KCR	CHW	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	1		Strikeout Looking
6	1971	1971-09-03 (1)	KCR	CHW	ahead 0-1	t4	1-3	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
7	1971	1971-09-03 (1)	KCR	CHW	ahead 0-2	t7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Dick Drago (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Drago (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (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	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Dick Drago (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Drago (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-09-19	CHW	KCR	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1969	1969-09-19	CHW	KCR	ahead 0-3	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; B. Spence to 3B
3	1970	1970-07-12	CHW	KCR	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Lineout: RF
4	1970	1970-07-12	CHW	KCR	down 3-2	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Knoop to 2B
5	1971	1971-09-03 (1)	CHW	KCR	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1971	1971-09-03 (1)	CHW	KCR	down 1-0	b5	1--	2		Strikeout

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Comparison

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Totals

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	153	328	274	11	21	4	0	0	12	0	0	21	149	.077	.145	.091	.237	-31	25	1	1	32	0	0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	900	43	141	13	0	5	54	0	0	33	211	.157	.187	.188	.375	7	169	20	1	93	3	0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	2	0	0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Value

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	153	328	-1.4	-1.4	-1.3	-0.1	-48	1	-1	0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-113	-1	-4	0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Sabermetric

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	153	328	4	43	47	286	7	.168	23	-47	-5.1	.015	1.8		0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	18	175	185	875	33	.198	92	-114	-12.2	.031	4.3		0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	30	1975	1975	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	0	1	1	13		.125	0			.000	3.0		0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Win Probability

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Drago	24-36	1969	1981	153	328	-4.1	-4.4	0.0	-40.51		-45.89	0.94
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-8.9	-11.2	1.3	-102.43		-112.93	0.90

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Head-to-Head Batting

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Totals

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	6	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	1	0	2	0	0
2	Tommy John	6	8	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	1	0	0

Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Dick Drago: 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	Dick Drago	BOS	1980-06-30																																	P
2	Tommy John	NYY	1980-06-30																																	P
3	Dick Drago	BOS	1979-07-02																																	P
4	Tommy John	NYY	1979-07-02																																	P
5	Dick Drago	KCR	1971-09-03 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.160	0.00	0.00%	-1.75			P
6	Tommy John	CHW	1971-09-03 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.061	0.00	0.00%	-0.42			P
7	Dick Drago	KCR	1971-05-25	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.011	0.50	0.01%	0.10			P
8	Tommy John	CHW	1971-05-25		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Dick Drago	KCR	1970-07-12	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.62			P
10	Tommy John	CHW	1970-07-12	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.28			P
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