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Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Pitching Comparison

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Totals

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	7	5	.583	3.58	95	4	50	0	0	6	173.1	193	80	69	17	50	14	72	5	1	3	738	260	109	3.79	1.402	10.0	0.9	2.6	3.7
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	75	82	.478	3.39	602	69	314	11	3	111	1246.2	1130	546	469	105	527	71	834	27	2	44	5331	1770	110	3.58	1.329	8.2	0.8	3.8	6.0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	0	0		1.69	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	23	8		0.25	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.4	5.1

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Value

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	4	173.1	2.7	1.0
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	17.2	4.5

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Totals Against

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	4	173.1	260	665	135	32	9	17	8	68.00	4	12	10	9	.290	.340	.442	.782	116	.152	.301	102	294	58	248	260
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	1770	4655	836	168	21	37	53	41.11	2	77	77	44	.243	.321	.356	.676	90	.113	.273	538	1656	294	1684	1770

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1	8	20											.250	.348					.294				8	8

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Starting & Relieving

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	2	50	46.8	57	26	46	4	60.0	50	91
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	33	48	49.1	430	139	32	39	74.0	314	533

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969									0	3

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Ratios

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	4	173.1	9.8	6.8	3.0
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	15.6	9.9	5.8

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1	13.0	8.7	4.3

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Pitch Summary

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	4	173.1
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2		88

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Totals

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	1	0	1.000	3.18	2	0	1	0	0	1	5.2	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	0.706	6.4	1.6	0.0	3.2
2	Al Worthington	0	1	.000	14.54	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	8	7	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	21	2.077	16.6	6.2	2.1	2.1

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Game Logs

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Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	PIT	1957-07-07 (1)	7-GF, S	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.07	0	0	0.14
2	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-07-07 (1)	GS-3, L	2.1	7	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	7	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	5	19			-0.4	-4.81			0.67
3	Nelson King	PIT	1957-06-03	3-6, W	3.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2				0.2	1.01	1	0	1.19
4	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-06-03	5-6	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				0.0	-0.06	0	0	0.50

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Nelson King (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Nelson King (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	1957	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Nelson King (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Nelson King (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-06-03	PIT	NYG	ahead 3-5	b5	--3	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; J. O'Brien Scores

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Comparison

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Totals

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	29	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	5	0	0
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	255	22	35	7	0	1	15	0	0	8	85	.137	.165	.176	.341	-7	45	3	1	25	3	0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Value

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	29	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	-7	0	-1	0
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	-1.0	-1.0	-0.9	-0.4	-41	2	-2	0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Sabermetric

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	29	0	0	1	29	0	.000	1	-6	-0.6	.000	2.6		0
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	8	44	47	251	12	.198	36	-39	-3.9	.039	3.0		0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Win Probability

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson King	26-29	1954	1957	95	29	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	-5.19		-5.51	0.90
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	-4.2	-3.8	-0.1	-39.88		-41.35	1.08

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Head-to-Head Batting

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Totals

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Al Worthington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: Game Logs

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Nelson King vs. Al Worthington: 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	Nelson King	PIT	1957-07-07 (1)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	-0.001	0.00	0.00%	-0.16			P
2	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-07-07 (1)	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Nelson King	PIT	1957-06-03		4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.017	0.15	0.00%	-0.28			P
4	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-06-03		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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