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Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	48	51	.485	4.31	365	39	184	6	2	41	770.2	779	422	369	63	389	62	489	7	8	37	3425	1234	84	3.87	1.516	9.1	0.7	4.5	5.7
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	2		11.45	1.500	6.8	6.8	6.8	13.5

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Value

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	365	39	770.2	-2.3	-7.9
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	365	39	770.2	1234	2944	595	103	18	43	24	64.18	1	68	53	31	.265	.349	.376	.725	109	.111	.296	392	1107	184	1175	1234
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971	1	0	1.1	2	5											.200	.333					.000				2	2

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	18	46	48.2	284	96	34	24	63.1	184	326
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971									0	1

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	365	39	770.2	14.3	11.4	2.9
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971	1	0	1.1	33.3	16.7	16.7

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	365	39	770.2		74
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971	1	0	1.1

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	0	1.000	2.20	3	2	0	1	0	0	16.1	11	6	4	0	6	0	10	0	0	3	67	1.041	6.1	0.0	3.3	5.5
2	Jerry Johnson	0	1	.000	9.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	7	7	1	9	0	2	0	2	0	41	3.000	15.4	1.3	11.6	2.6

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	SDP	1976-07-27	GS-2, L	1.2	5	3	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	13	9	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	31			-0.3	-2.63			1.33
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-07-27	CG, W	9.0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	33	7	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	79			0.3	2.63			0.84
3	Jerry Johnson	SDP	1975-08-05	GS-5	4.1	6	4	4	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	24	11	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	30			-0.3	-2.33			1.28
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-08-05	GS-6	5.1	6	5	4	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	2	27	12	21	5	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	1	1	1	38			-0.3	-2.53			1.13
5	Jerry Johnson	SFG	1972-08-14	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.42	0	0	0.21
6	J.R. Richard	HOU	1972-08-14	5-6, W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	7	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.1	0.85	0	0	0.53

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jerry Johnson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jerry Johnson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1975	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jerry Johnson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jerry Johnson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-08-05	HOU	SDP	down 3-1	t2	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1975	1975-08-05	HOU	SDP	down 4-2	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. DaVanon to 2B
3	1976	1976-07-27	HOU	SDP	tied 1-1	b2	---	1		Strikeout

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Johnson (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	1975	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

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-08-05	SDP	HOU	ahead 1-3	b2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1975	1975-08-05	SDP	HOU	ahead 2-4	b4	---	0		Strikeout

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	283	134	122	4	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	42	.123	.156	.156	.312	-11	19	3	0	6	1	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	283	134	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-18	0	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	283	134	4	20	21	117	4	.185	8	-19	-2.0	.033	2.9		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	27	1971	1971	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jerry Johnson	24-33	1968	1977	283	134	-1.7	-1.9	0.1	-19.40		-19.05	0.93
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jerry Johnson	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Jerry Johnson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	Jerry Johnson	SDP	1976-07-27	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-07-27	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.031	0.07	0.00%	-0.45			P
3	Jerry Johnson	SDP	1975-08-05	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.41			P
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-08-05	*	6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	-0.133	0.00	0.00%	-1.03			P
5	Jerry Johnson	SFG	1972-08-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	J.R. Richard	HOU	1972-08-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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