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Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Pitching Comparison

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	115	88	.567	3.66	380	246	54	36	8	12	1809.2	1693	839	736	150	662	58	1073	68	11	58	7676	2529	102	3.74	1.301	8.4	0.7	3.3	5.3
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	18	9	.667	3.74	191	1	112	0	0	23	293.1	289	133	122	23	140	35	175	6	2	2	1286	450	95	3.98	1.463	8.9	0.7	4.3	5.4

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	5	1	.833	1.98	10	4	1	1	0	0	36.1	19	10	8	3	16	0	27	3	0	2	144	38		2.52	0.963	4.7	0.7	4.0	6.7

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Value

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	380	246	1809.2	14.3	-1.0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	1.1	-1.4

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Totals Against

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	380	246	1809.2	2529	6819	1188	304	51	112	58	65.88	3	163	75	52	.248	.319	.374	.693	95	.126	.273	821	2549	505	2423	2529
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	450	1104	213	51	2	20	10	66.67	2	22	23	13	.262	.344	.374	.719	108	.112	.289	145	413	76	435	450

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	10	4	36.1	38	124											.153	.266					.170				38	38

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Starting & Relieving

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	134	54	51.6	113	43	38	9	57.1	54	134
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	0	0	30.0	122	37	30	12	65.7	112	190

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982									1	6

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Ratios

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	380	246	1809.2	14.0	8.6	5.4
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	13.6	10.9	2.7

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	10	4	36.1	18.8	11.1	7.6

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Pitch Summary

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	380	246	1809.2		76
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	10	4	36.1

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	2	0	1.000	0.56	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	11	1	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	58	0.750	6.2	0.0	0.6	5.6
2	Butch Metzger	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Game Logs

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Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	PIT	1977-06-29	GS-7, W	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	7	27	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	64			0.3	2.39			0.65
2	Butch Metzger	STL	1977-06-29	5-5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.22	1	0	0.19
3	Bruce Kison	PIT	1976-08-25	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	30	5	29	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	83			0.5	3.67			0.95
4	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-08-25	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.41	0	0	0.07

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batter vs. Pitcher

Butch Metzger (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Butch Metzger (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (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	1976	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

Butch Metzger (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Butch Metzger (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1976	1976-08-25	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-3	t9	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Comparison

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	263	457	404	31	66	15	5	3	31	2	2	16	158	.163	.200	.248	.448	24	100	5	3	33	1	0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.118	.000	.118	-64	0	1	0	4	0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Value

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	263	457	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	-40	0	-1	0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2	0	0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Sabermetric

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	263	457	23	85	93	379	22	.258	59	-44	-4.5	.084	2.6	50.00	4
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0	2	4	20	0	.000	1	-3	-0.3	.000	1.9		0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	21-32	1971	1982	10	8	0	1	1	7		.000	0			.000	1.8		0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Win Probability

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bruce Kison	21-35	1971	1985	263	457	-3.1	-3.8	0.2	-40.78		-40.54	0.86
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0.1	-0.2	0.3	-2.46		-2.18	0.70

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Head-to-Head Batting

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Butch Metzger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: Game Logs

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Bruce Kison vs. Butch Metzger: 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	Bruce Kison	PIT	1977-06-29	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.062	0.44	-0.03%	-0.96			P
2	Butch Metzger	STL	1977-06-29		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bruce Kison	PIT	1976-08-25	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.77	-0.057	0.01	0.00%	-0.91			P
4	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-08-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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