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Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitching Comparison

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	53	37	.589	3.96	465	81	74	0	0	7	820.1	775	398	361	69	344	10	746	43	4	50	3548	1199	104	3.82	1.364	8.5	0.8	3.8	8.2
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	210	92	.695	2.48	425	422	1	25	15	0	2712.2	2055	816	747	225	669	27	2944	42	24	101	10683	2865	157	2.82	1.004	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	4	3	.571	3.45	41	5	4	0	0	1	60.0	54	25	23	4	22	2	56	2	0	6	255	78		3.11	1.267	8.1	0.6	3.3	8.4
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	13	13	.500	4.49	39	32	2	0	0	1	194.1	165	102	97	30	51	5	213	4	0	11	788	220		3.03	1.111	7.6	1.4	2.4	9.9

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	465	81	820.1	5.6	-0.8
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	76.8	55.0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Against

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	465	81	820.1	1199	3123	550	135	21	43	13	76.79	8	78	9	27	.248	.329	.371	.700	93	.123	.302	386	1159	225	1162	1199
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	2865	9843	1406	393	31	85	75	53.13	71	193	90	30	.209	.261	.324	.585	63	.115	.273	840	3185	649	2766	2865

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	41	5	60.0	78	204											.265	.342					.347				78	78
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	220	721											.229	.284					.282				220	220

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	36	44	49.0	151	47	31	25	21.9	74	384
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	294	70	62.3	0	0		0		1	3

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023								100.0	4	36
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023								100.0	2	7

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	465	81	820.1	21.0	9.7	11.3
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	27.6	6.3	21.3

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	41	5	60.0	22.0	8.6	13.3
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	465	81	820.1	12928	90	7999	61.87
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	38501	98	25426	66.04

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	41	5	60.0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	1	0	1.000	1.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	26	1.667	10.5	0.0	4.5	3.0
2	Clayton Kershaw	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	4	4	2	4	0	10	0	0	1	51	1.333	9.0	1.5	3.0	7.5

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.5
2	Clayton Kershaw	0	2	.000	7.36	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	9	9	3	3	1	10	0	0	0	47	1.545	11.5	2.5	2.5	8.2

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	CHW	2023-06-14	6-6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	7	-0.1	-0.38	3	2	1.87	2.30	5.00
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2023-06-14	GS-6	6.0	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	27	9	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	55	97	64	0.1	1.25			0.94	14.70	31.00
3	Joe Kelly	STL	2013-08-06	GS-6, W	5.1	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	9	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	51	88	49	0.1	0.83			1.31
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2013-08-06	GS-6, L	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	24	8	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	55	90	63	0.0	0.68			0.92

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (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	2013	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

Joe Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-08-06	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	t3	12-	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	2013	2013-08-06	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2	4 (2-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Joe Kelly (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Joe Kelly (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	2013	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Joe Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Joe Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-08-06	STL	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	2013	2013-08-06	STL	LAD	ahead 0-1	b5	-23	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B; T. Cruz Scores; P. Kozma to 3B

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Comparison

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Totals

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	189	104	92	7	15	4	0	0	5	1	0	0	27	.163	.179	.207	.385	6	19	0	2	9	1	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	698	46	113	11	1	1	40	1	0	34	211	.162	.205	.185	.390	9	129	15	4	110	1	0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	41	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	39	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	.154	.267	.179	.446	7	0	0	7	0	0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	189	104	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-13	1	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	189	104	4	17	17	87	4	.227	12	-14	-1.4	.043	3.4	100.00	1
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	13	151	166	711	33	.230	85	-91	-9.1	.023	3.3	100.00	1

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	24-35	2012	2023	41	8	0	1	1	7		.333	1			.000	1.6		0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	1	12	12	40		.231	2			.026	3.0		0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Kelly	24-36	2012	2024	189	104	-0.9	-1.2	0.2	-10.79		-13.50	0.91
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04		-98.17	0.94

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Joe Kelly vs. Clayton Kershaw: 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	Joe Kelly	CHW	2023-06-14																																	P
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2023-06-14																																	P
3	Joe Kelly	STL	2013-08-06	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.005	1.12	0.00%	-0.15			P
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2013-08-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.090	1.73	-0.06%	-0.77			P

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