Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	20	22	.476	3.75	104	45	16	9	1	0	408.0	400	198	170	38	207	16	234	2	1	18	1770	627	98	4.07	1.488	8.8	0.8	4.6	5.2
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

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Value

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	45	408.0	3.7	0.3
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	45	408.0	627	1538	297	56	9	26	17	60.47	2	44	14	9	.260	.347	.382	.729	110	.122	.284	204	587	103	609	627
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

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	28	62	52.4	39	12	31	1	0.0	16	59
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	45	408.0	13.2	11.7	1.5
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	45	408.0		66
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	2.000	14.4	0.0	3.6	3.6
2	J.R. Richard	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	0	4	0	9	0	0	2	33	1.571	9.0	0.0	5.1	11.6

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	ATL	1971-09-16	GS-5	5.0	8	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	10	18	8	0	0	1	2	0	8	0	1	0	0	39			-0.2	-0.90			1.32
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1971-09-16	GS-8, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	2	33	12	28	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	52			-0.2	-1.01			1.70

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Kelley (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Kelley (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	1971	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

Tom Kelley (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Kelley (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-16	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	t2	---	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1971	1971-09-16	ATL	HOU	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Tom Kelley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Tom Kelley (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	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

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Tom Kelley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Tom Kelley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-16	HOU	ATL	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; D. Menke to 2B
2	1971	1971-09-16	HOU	ATL	ahead 1-2	b5	---	0		Flyball: 2B

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	124	116	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	61	.095	.118	.095	.212	-40	11	1	0	5	0	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

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	124	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-21	1	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	124	0	14	15	111	3	.200	8	-22	-2.5	.000	1.9		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.0	4

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	20-29	1964	1973	104	124	-2.2	-2.2	-0.2	-16.67	-1.6	-20.04	0.89
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13	-6.2	-56.66	0.94

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Tom Kelley vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Tom Kelley 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	Tom Kelley	ATL	1971-09-16	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.041	0.03	0.00%	-0.29			P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1971-09-16	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.058	0.00	0.00%	-0.45			P

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