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Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitching Comparison

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	53	43	.552	3.79	139	139	0	0	0	0	818.2	742	364	345	107	251	10	736	14	6	14	3368	1020	113	4.06	1.213	8.2	1.2	2.8	8.1
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	34	48	.415	4.12	147	108	8	1	0	0	662.1	643	341	303	69	253	8	622	53	3	35	2856	978	101	4.01	1.353	8.7	0.9	3.4	8.5

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	3	1	.750	2.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	12	6	6	4	8	0	28	0	0	0	91	20		3.35	0.833	4.5	1.5	3.0	10.5

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Value

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	139	139	818.2	13.7	6.7
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	5.6	0.2

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals Against

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	139	139	818.2	1020	3076	463	159	13	48	17	73.85	11	66	10	14	.241	.300	.406	.706	92	.164	.283	378	1248	279	1007	1020
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	978	2517	443	120	11	87	17	83.65	5	73	17	16	.255	.334	.394	.728	99	.139	.312	339	992	200	949	978

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	4	4	24.0	20	83	6	2	0	1	1	50.00	0	0	0	0	.145	.220	.313	.533		.169	.157	7	26	6	20	20

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	70	50	53.9				0		0	0
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	49	45	50.8	6	4	67	1	0.0	8	39

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	2	50	64.5						0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	139	139	818.2	21.9	7.5	14.4
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	21.8	8.9	12.9

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	4	4	24.0	30.8	8.8	22.0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	139	139	818.2	10660	93	6906	64.78
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	9608	93	6131	63.81

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	4	4	24.0	357	89	230	64.43

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	25	0.857	7.7	2.6	0.0	15.4
2	Jimmy Nelson	0	0		0.00	1	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

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Game Logs

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Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	ARI	2021-05-20	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	25	6	25	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	1	0	0	2	65	94	63	-0.1	0.69			0.77
2	Jimmy Nelson	LAD	2021-05-20	3-4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29	19	0.1	1.05	0	0	0.72

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (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	2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-05-20	LAD	ARI	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Merrill 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	2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-05-20	ARI	LAD	down 2-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Comparison

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	57	118	99	4	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	52	.040	.095	.051	.146	-59	5	3	0	13	0	0
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	191	3	19	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	116	.099	.118	.110	.228	-38	21	1	0	13	0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Value

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	57	118	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-26	0	0	0
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-38	0	-1	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Sabermetric

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	57	118	1	10	10	111	1	.085	7	-23	-2.3	.010	1.9		0
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	2	23	25	186	3	.253	10	-39	-3.9	.010	1.6		0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	34	2023	2023	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Win Probability

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Merrill Kelly	30-35	2019	2024	57	118	-2.5	-2.3	-0.1	-29.06	-2.9	-26.43	1.06
2	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	-3.5	-3.5	-0.4	-37.90	-3.9	-38.20	0.91

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jimmy Nelson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: Game Logs

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Merrill Kelly vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Merrill Kelly	ARI	2021-05-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.083	0.52	-0.03%	-0.66			P
2	Jimmy Nelson	LAD	2021-05-20		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.016	0.75	-0.01%	-0.25			P

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