Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Pitching Comparison

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	6345	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	39		2.52	0.963	4.7	0.7	4.0	6.7
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	0	3	1	0	100.1	92	46	41	12	16	0	61	3	1	2	407	118		1.59	1.076	8.3	1.1	1.4	5.5

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Value

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Totals Against

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	6345	19870	3385	728	107	432	143	75.13	14	292	208	127	.236	.286	.355	.640	85	.119	.265	2035	7050	1307	6117	6345

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	39	124	13	3	0	2	0	100.00	0	5	0	1	.153	.264	.250	.514		.097	.168	10	31	6	38	39
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	118	380	62	17	1	6	3	66.67	0	6	7	1	.242	.278	.387	.664		.145	.260	43	147	30	111	118

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Starting & Relieving

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	2	50	56.8	3	1	33	0		1	6
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Ratios

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	192	64	124	64.58
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	1	0	1.000	0.98	3	2	0	0	0	0	18.1	10	2	2	0	9	1	9	0	0	0	71	1.036	4.9	0.0	4.4	4.4
2	Don Sutton	0	2	.000	1.73	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	18	6	5	2	5	0	17	0	0	0	98	0.885	6.2	0.7	1.7	5.9

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	CAL	1983-08-24	9-13	4.2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	17	3	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.7	2.74	2	0	2.83
2	Don Sutton	MIL	1983-08-24	GS-9	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	9	30	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	0	74			0.7	4.20			1.42
3	Bruce Kison	CAL	1983-04-05	GS-7, W	6.2	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	28	9	24	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	60			0.2	1.98			1.28
4	Don Sutton	MIL	1983-04-05	CG(8), L	8.0	6	3	2	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	32	9	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	61			0.0	0.97			0.85
5	Bruce Kison	PIT	1975-05-16	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	26	7	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	65			0.2	2.05			0.90
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1975-05-16	CG, L	9.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	32	5	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	75			-0.2	0.92			1.40

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bruce Kison (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bruce Kison (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (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	1975	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

Bruce Kison (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bruce Kison (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-05-16	PIT	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
2	1975	1975-05-16	PIT	LAD	down 1-0	t6	---	2		Strikeout

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (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	1975	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Kison (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-05-16	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Single to RF
2	1975	1975-05-16	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batting Comparison

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batting Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	1	0	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	-2	212	29	6	136	3	0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	2	0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batting Value

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batting Sabermetric

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	50.0	4
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	16	261	274	1327	46	.197	128	-185	-19.4	.013	3.7	100.0	1

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	0	.000	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Batting Win Probability

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	-4.2	-40.54	0.86
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Batting

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Bruce Kison vs. Don Sutton: 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	CAL	1983-08-24																																	P
2	Don Sutton	MIL	1983-08-24																																	P
3	Bruce Kison	CAL	1983-04-05																																	P
4	Don Sutton	MIL	1983-04-05																																	P
5	Bruce Kison	PIT	1975-05-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.027	0.82	-0.02%	-0.18			P
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1975-05-16	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.025	2.42	-0.04%	0.02			P

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