Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Pitching Comparison

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Totals

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	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
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	26	36	.419	3.79	238	28	134	8	1	34	550.2	558	266	232	57	145	29	250	21	0	14	2306	755	103	3.92	1.277	9.1	0.9	2.4	4.1

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	110		2.46	1.200	8.4	0.6	2.4	4.9
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	0	1	.000	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	22	4			0.474	4.3	0.0	0.0	2.8

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Value

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	62.1	21.7
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	238	28	550.2	4.0	-0.9

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Totals Against

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	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
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	238	28	550.2	755	2088	405	84	12	53	18	74.65	2	58	35	17	.267	.319	.401	.720	99	.134	.279	272	837	153	724	755

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	110	335											.245	.303					.271				110	110
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	3	0	6.1	4	21											.143	.182					.158				4	4

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Starting & Relieving

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	20-46	1963	1989	431	62	52.5	56	15	27	0	100.0	22	60
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	14	50	51.1	219	63	29	8	81.0	134	210

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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									1	1
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975									0	3

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Ratios

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	11.4	6.4	5.0
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	238	28	550.2	10.8	6.3	4.6

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	3	0	6.1	9.1	0.0	9.1

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Pitch Summary

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1		88
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	238	28	550.2		122

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	3	0	6.1

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Totals

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	2	0	1.000	5.16	3	3	0	1	0	0	22.2	25	13	13	1	2	0	17	0	0	0	91	1.191	9.9	0.4	0.8	6.8
2	Jim Willoughby	0	1	.000	6.75	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	5	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	32	1.950	13.5	4.1	4.1	2.7

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	Tommy John	LAD	1974-05-25	CG, W	9.0	7	5	5	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	36	9	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	54			0.1	-0.64			0.27
2	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1974-05-25	1-2	0.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1				0.0	-2.31	0	0	0.14
3	Tommy John	LAD	1974-04-20	GS-7, W	7.0	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	28	10	28	8	2	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	2	57			0.2	1.09			1.05
4	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1974-04-20	GS-5, L	4.0	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	18	7	15	0	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	4	41			-0.2	-1.84			1.01
5	Tommy John	LAD	1973-09-03	GS-7	6.2	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	27	8	26	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	2	40			0.1	-1.07			0.58
6	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1973-09-03	5-6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.30	2	1	0.18

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Jim Willoughby (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Jim Willoughby (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	1974	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Jim Willoughby (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Jim Willoughby (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1974	1974-04-20	SFG	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1974	1974-04-20	SFG	LAD	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout

Jim Willoughby (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Willoughby (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	1973	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1974	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Willoughby (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Willoughby (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-09-03	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-7	t5	123	1		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; S. Garvey Scores/Team unER; K. McMullen to 3B
2	1974	1974-04-20	LAD	SFG	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: 2B
3	1974	1974-04-20	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-3	b5	---	0		Double to LF
4	1974	1974-05-25	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-6	t1	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Comparison

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Totals

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	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
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	75	79	67	6	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	24	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	15	1	0	8	0	0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Value

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-113	-1	-4	0
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	75	79	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Sabermetric

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	18	175	185	875	33	.198	92	-114	-12.2	.031	4.3		0
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	75	79	3	14	14	66	4	.214	8	-8	-0.8	.075	2.8		0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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		.125	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Jim Willoughby	26	1975	1975	3	1	0	0	0	1			0						0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Win Probability

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-8.9	-11.2	1.3	-102.43		-112.93	0.90
2	Jim Willoughby	22-29	1971	1978	75	79	-1.0	-0.9	-0.1	-9.21		-8.05	0.99

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Head-to-Head Batting

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Totals

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	3	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.222	.300	.333	.633	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Willoughby	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Jim Willoughby: 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	Tommy John	LAD	1974-05-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.007	0.19	-0.01%	-0.64			P
2	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1974-05-25		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Tommy John	LAD	1974-04-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	0.020	1.49	0.03%	0.47			P
4	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1974-04-20	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.041	1.58	-0.05%	-0.35			P
5	Tommy John	LAD	1973-09-03	*	7	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0.026	2.37	0.07%	0.21			P
6	Jim Willoughby	SFG	1973-09-03		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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