Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Pitching Comparison

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Totals

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	48	63	.432	3.74	217	148	20	26	6	0	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	21	2	26	4364	1448	97	4.02	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4
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. Alan Foster: 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	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	115		2.46	1.200	8.4	0.6	2.4	4.9

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Value

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	6.1	-2.9
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	62.1	21.7

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Totals Against

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	1448	3888	727	134	28	76	34	69.09	10	89	43	28	.254	.322	.379	.702	102	.125	.268	481	1475	261	1392	1448
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. Alan Foster: 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	115	335	67	9	0	2	3	40.00	1	11	3	1	.245	.302	.325	.628		.081	.270	32	109	15	110	115

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Starting & Relieving

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	86	58	50.9	33	15	45	1	0.0	20	69
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	431	62	52.5	56	15	27	0	100.0	22	60

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	8	62	54.8	3	2	67			1	1

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Ratios

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1	11.5	8.8	2.7
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	11.4	6.4	5.0

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	13.1	6.5	6.5

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Pitch Summary

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	217	148	1025.1
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1		88

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	1180	96	718	60.85

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Totals

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Tommy John	0	1	.000	3.24	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	32	1.080	9.7	0.0	0.0	4.3
2	Alan Foster	1	1	.500	3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	3	3	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	36	1.269	8.3	0.0	3.1	7.3

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	STL	1973-04-25	11-11, L	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-2.34	0	0	2.13
2	Tommy John	LAD	1973-04-25	7-9	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.38	0	0	1.42
3	Alan Foster	CLE	1971-06-09	GS-9, W	8.2	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	33	9	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	73			0.4	2.82			0.99
4	Tommy John	CHW	1971-06-09	GS-6, L	5.1	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22	8	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	42			-0.1	-1.55			0.87

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (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	1971	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

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Alan Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-06-09	CHW	CLE	down 1-0	t3	1-3	0		Double Play: Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B; T. Egan out at Hm/SS-C
2	1971	1971-06-09	CHW	CLE	down 1-0	t5	1--	2		Flyball: RF

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Alan Foster (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	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Alan Foster (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-06-09	CLE	CHW	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1971	1971-06-09	CLE	CHW	ahead 0-1	b6	---	0		Groundout: C-1B

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batting Comparison

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batting Totals

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	295	17	35	2	0	0	17	0	0	16	84	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	37	2	0	34	2	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. Alan Foster: 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. Alan Foster: Batting Value

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	-49	2	0	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. Alan Foster: Batting Sabermetric

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	2	51	54	298	9	.164	34	-47	-5.0	.007	3.5		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. Alan Foster: 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	0	1	1	13	0	.125	0			.000	3.0		0

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batting Win Probability

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Alan Foster	20-29	1967	1976	225	347	-4.0	-4.6	0.4	-46.84	-5.0	-47.89	0.97
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-8.9	-11.2	1.3	-102.43	-11.0	-112.93	0.90

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Head-to-Head Batting

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Totals

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Tommy John	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Alan Foster	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Alan Foster: 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	Alan Foster	STL	1973-04-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Tommy John	LAD	1973-04-25		4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Alan Foster	CLE	1971-06-09	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.042	0.32	-0.01%	-0.54			P
4	Tommy John	CHW	1971-06-09	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.215	0.40	-0.03%	-1.81			P

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