Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitching Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	6326	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	0	0	47.1	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	0	0	193	57		3.29	1.077	8.2	1.0	1.5	6.8
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	41		3.38	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Value

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	96.1	51.9
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Against

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	6326	18715	3374	712	116	424	196	68.39	22	389	176	121	.248	.301	.367	.668	86	.119	.286	2089	6866	1258	6109	6326
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	57	180	33	5	0	5	1	83.33	0	4	2	1	.239	.277	.350	.627		.111	.271	18	63	10	53	57
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	41	100	24	5	0	1	1	50.00	0	2	4	0	.300	.358	.380	.738		.080	.326	15	38	6	39	41

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	429	63	56.9	4	2	50	2	0.0	3	7
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	6	100	58.7	2	2	100	0		1	2
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	2	40	47.0	5	2	40	1	0.0	0	4

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	18.1	6.5	11.6
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	18.7	4.1	14.5
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0		90
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	671	99	435	64.83
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	246	67	160	65.04

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Jim Kaat	2	1	.667	3.65	4	3	1	1	0	0	24.2	25	11	10	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	97	1.095	9.1	0.4	0.7	2.2
2	Bert Blyleven	1	2	.333	3.73	4	4	0	2	0	0	31.1	33	15	13	2	6	0	27	0	0	1	128	1.245	9.5	0.6	1.7	7.8

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-09-11	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	31	6	30	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	79			0.7	3.19			1.56
2	Jim Kaat	STL	1980-09-11	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.46
3	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-07-01	GS-8	8.0	11	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	34	12	32	6	5	0	1	0	0	16	1	1	0	5	56			0.2	1.69			1.44
4	Jim Kaat	STL	1980-07-01	CG(10), L	9.2	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	10	35	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	1	59			0.0	1.39			1.47
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-09-06	CG(8), L	8.0	5	5	5	0	2	4	0	8	0	0	0	33	9	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	56			-0.2	-1.09			0.96
6	Jim Kaat	CHW	1975-09-06	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	28	8	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	59			0.2	1.42			1.21
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1973-09-09	GS-7, L	6.1	12	7	5	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	30	12	28	10	1	1	0	1	0	15	0	1	1	2	32			-0.4	-3.71			1.04
8	Jim Kaat	CHW	1973-09-09	GS-8, W	7.0	10	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	11	30	6	2	2	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	4	37			0.0	-1.52			0.74

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (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	1980	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-01	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; K. Oberkfell to 2B
2	1980	1980-07-01	STL	PIT	down 2-1	t5	---	1		Flyball: RF
3	1980	1980-07-01	STL	PIT	down 2-1	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-01	PIT	STL	ahead 1-2	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1980	1980-07-01	PIT	STL	ahead 1-2	b5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; P. Garner to 2B

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	-19	66	4	2	56	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	3	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-1.6	-1.7	-1.6	0.0	-71	1	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	7	66	75	452	11	.229	44	-74	-7.9	.016	2.3		0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.3	6

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	0	1	1	10	0	.200	1			.000	3.5		0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8	1	.667	2			.000	1.5		0

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-6.3	-6.9	-0.2	-62.98	-6.6	-68.85	0.90
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31	-9.5	-90.13	0.97

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Jim Kaat	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-09-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.009	2.43	-0.01%	-0.07			P
2	Jim Kaat	STL	1980-09-11		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-07-01	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.94	-0.034	2.11	-0.05%	-0.40			P
4	Jim Kaat	STL	1980-07-01	*	10	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.27	-0.162	0.97	-0.04%	-1.25			P
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-09-06																																	P
6	Jim Kaat	CHW	1975-09-06																																	P
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1973-09-09																																	P
8	Jim Kaat	CHW	1973-09-09																																	P

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