Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Pitching Comparison

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	104	114	.477	4.16	497	290	125	2	1	66	1904.1	1806	948	881	280	647	28	1775	84	8	80	8100	2589	98	4.31	1.288	8.5	1.3	3.1	8.4
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	262	147	.641	3.30	526	526	0	26	9	0	3415.2	2891	1354	1252	355	952	27	3416	115	20	97	13945	4045	129	3.42	1.125	7.6	0.9	2.5	9.0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	0	1	.000	4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	6	6	1	3	0	8	3	0	1	57	19		4.21	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	5.7
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	17	12	.586	3.58	38	37	0	2	1	0	226.0	179	93	90	32	74	0	244	5	1	8	920	264		2.79	1.119	7.1	1.3	2.9	9.7

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Value

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	15.9	-0.1
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	526	526	3415.2	81.0	49.6

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Totals Against

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	2589	7243	1096	388	42	73	46	61.34	6	106	70	55	.249	.316	.430	.746	105	.181	.291	996	3118	710	2537	2589
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	526	526	3415.2	4045	12753	1918	559	59	165	81	67.07	31	179	44	78	.227	.285	.363	.648	74	.137	.280	1338	4633	973	3958	4045

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	19	49	7	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	2	.265	.333	.449	.782		.184	.286	8	22	6	19	19
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	264	836	110	34	3	0	2	0.00	0	16	2	3	.214	.281	.377	.658		.163	.261	101	315	69	258	264

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Starting & Relieving

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	147	51	52.4	28	9	32	15	81.5	125	207
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	347	66	58.1				0		0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	1	50	50.5						0	0
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	18	49	57.4	1	1	100	0		0	1

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Ratios

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	21.9	8.0	13.9
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	526	526	3415.2	24.5	6.8	17.7

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	14.0	5.3	8.8
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	26.5	8.0	18.5

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Pitch Summary

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	497	290	1904.1	30596	98	19738	64.51
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	526	526	3415.2	53963	106	35401	65.60

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	2	12.2	196	98	133	67.86
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	3753	100	2466	65.71

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Justin Verlander	2	0	1.000	1.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	4	3	0	3	0	18	1	0	0	58	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	11.6
2	Ian Kennedy	0	1	.000	3.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	12	5	5	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	50	1.324	9.5	0.8	2.4	7.9

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Game Logs

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Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	KCR	2016-07-15	GS-6	5.1	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	7	20	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	57	100	64	0.1	1.52			0.93
2	Justin Verlander	DET	2016-07-15	GS-7, W	7.0	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	28	7	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	71	110	72	0.1	1.56			1.14
3	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-04-12	GS-6, L	6.0	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	28	10	27	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	46	94	63	-0.2	-1.56			1.10
4	Justin Verlander	DET	2014-04-12	GS-7, W	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	30	9	28	6	2	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	60	110	73	0.2	0.85			1.24

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Justin Verlander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Justin Verlander (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	2014	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

Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Justin Verlander (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ian Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Justin Verlander (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2014	2014-04-12	SDP	DET	tied 1-1	b2	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2014	2014-04-12	SDP	DET	down 4-2	b4	-2-	2	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Justin Verlander (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Justin Verlander (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (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	2014	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0

Justin Verlander (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Justin Verlander (Pitcher) vs. Ian Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2014	2014-04-12	DET	SDP	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2	2 (0-1)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); N. Castellanos to 2B
2	2014	2014-04-12	DET	SDP	ahead 1-2	t4	---	1	5 (3-1)	Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
3	2014	2014-04-12	DET	SDP	ahead 2-4	t6	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Comparison

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	321	21	42	11	1	1	18	0	0	33	154	.131	.213	.181	.394	10	58	3	1	42	2	0
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	24	60	50	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	5	2	0	10	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Value

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.0	-43	1	-1	0
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	24	60	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-13	0	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Sabermetric

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	13	76	78	326	19	.244	38	-40	-4.1	.050	2.1		0
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	24	60	0	5	5	57	1	.192	3	-11	-1.1	.000	2.1		0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	26	2011	2011	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	.500	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Win Probability

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ian Kennedy	22-38	2007	2023	216	399	-3.9	-4.1	0.0	-44.76	-4.6	-43.97	0.97
2	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	24	60	-1.1	-1.2	0.1	-14.65	-1.7	-13.33	1.00

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Head-to-Head Batting

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Totals

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Justin Verlander	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ian Kennedy	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: Game Logs

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Ian Kennedy vs. Justin Verlander: 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	Ian Kennedy	KCR	2016-07-15																																	P
2	Justin Verlander	DET	2016-07-15																																	P
3	Ian Kennedy	SDP	2014-04-12	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.048	0.73	-0.02%	-0.37			P
4	Justin Verlander	DET	2014-04-12	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	0.036	0.64	0.02%	0.30			P

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