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Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Masahiro Tanaka

17.3

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Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Pitching Comparison

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	78	46	.629	3.74	174	173	0	7	4	0	1054.1	983	476	438	159	208	1	991	26	0	32	4299	1256	114	3.91	1.130	8.4	1.4	1.8	8.5

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	5	4	.556	3.33	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.0	38	21	20	6	15	0	44	1	0	2	212	56		3.88	0.981	6.3	1.0	2.5	7.3

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Value

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	17.5	8.0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Totals Against

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	1256	4030	595	218	11	27	18	60.00	7	72	11	22	.244	.284	.422	.706	88	.178	.284	487	1700	388	1217	1256

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0	56	196	25	6	1	1	0	100.00	0	5	0	0	.194	.255	.327	.581		.133	.219	19	64	13	54	56

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Starting & Relieving

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	100	58	55.0	0	0		0		0	1

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	4	40	56.1						0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Ratios

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	23.1	4.8	18.2

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0	20.8	7.1	13.7

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Pitch Summary

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	14611	93	9761	66.81

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0	739	82	468	63.33

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Head-to-Head Pitching

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	1	0	1.000	1.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	3.4
2	Masahiro Tanaka	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	18	1.500	11.3	2.3	2.3	13.5

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Game Logs

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Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	2019-05-01	GS-6, W	5.1	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	7	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	54	90	55	0.2	1.50			1.03
2	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	2019-05-01	GS-4, L	4.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	18	6	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	45	74	47	-0.1	-0.86			0.80

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batter vs. Pitcher

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (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	2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Merrill Kelly (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2019	2019-05-01	NYY	ARI	down 2-0	t3	---	1	5 (1-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Masahiro Tanaka (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	2019	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

Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Merrill Kelly (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2019	2019-05-01	ARI	NYY	ahead 0-2	b2	--3	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2019	2019-05-01	ARI	NYY	ahead 0-3	b4	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batting Comparison

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batting Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.037	.071	.037	.108	-69	1	0	0	1	0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batting Value

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-6	0	0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batting Sabermetric

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	0	2	3	27	0	.067	1	-8	-0.8	.000	2.3		0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Batting Win Probability

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-6.57	-0.8	-5.80	0.86

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Head-to-Head Batting

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Totals

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: Game Logs

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Merrill Kelly vs. Masahiro Tanaka: 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	2019-05-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.049	0.68	-0.03%	-0.70			P
2	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	2019-05-01	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.018	0.75	-0.01%	-0.17			P

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