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Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Pitching Comparison

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Totals

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	146	155	.485	3.68	445	413	10	78	30	1	2708.0	2737	1258	1106	228	857	78	1473	47	13	60	11488	3814	95	3.74	1.327	9.1	0.8	2.8	4.9
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	96	111	.464	3.99	392	271	32	43	9	6	1951.1	2069	972	866	165	606	70	952	35	23	41	8306	2802	96	3.87	1.371	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.4

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	0	1	.000	3.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	10	9	2	3	1	13	0	0	1	85	25		3.17	1.082	8.4	0.9	1.3	5.8
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	18	8		4.56	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	0.0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Value

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	20.9	-2.3
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	19.6	2.7

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Totals Against

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	3814	10373	1961	464	84	235	110	68.12	13	262	134	73	.264	.321	.391	.712	107	.127	.287	1320	4053	776	3641	3814
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	2802	7515	1525	327	52	157	99	61.33	8	185	100	50	.275	.330	.399	.729	105	.123	.295	998	2995	544	2710	2802

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	25	81	14	2	1	0	0		0	1	1	0	.235	.262	.358	.620		.123	.258	7	29	5	22	25
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1	8	15	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.333	.412	.333	.745		.000	.333	3	5	0	7	8

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Starting & Relieving

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	230	56	51.3	17	9	53	1	50.0	10	32
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	140	52	49.2	92	33	36	6	50.0	32	121

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	2	67	53.7						0	0
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	0			0	0				0	2

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Ratios

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	12.8	7.5	5.4
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	11.5	7.3	4.2

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	15.3	3.5	11.8
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1	0.0	11.1	-11.1

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Pitch Summary

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0		94
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1		94

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	202	101	137	67.82
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1	15		12	80.00

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Totals

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Rick Mahler	2	3	.400	4.20	9	6	1	0	0	0	45.0	46	26	21	6	13	1	24	1	1	0	190	1.311	9.2	1.2	2.6	4.8
2	Bob Knepper	4	2	.667	2.22	9	8	0	1	0	0	48.2	41	23	12	2	13	4	20	1	0	0	204	1.110	7.6	0.4	2.4	3.7

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Game Logs

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Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-09-05	5-6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		22	16	0.0	0.91	0	0	0.32
2	Rick Mahler	CIN	1989-09-05	8-8	1.0	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		28	15	-0.1	-2.55	0	0	1.06
3	Bob Knepper	HOU	1988-06-17 (1)	GS-7	6.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	24	7	23	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	53	103	63	0.1	0.65			1.06
4	Rick Mahler	ATL	1988-06-17 (1)	GS-7	7.0	8	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	30	10	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	53	86	58	0.0	0.12			0.97
5	Bob Knepper	HOU	1987-07-30	GS-5, W	5.0	6	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	23	9	20	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	3	47			0.0	0.62			0.86
6	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-07-30	GS-6, L	5.2	3	4	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	24	7	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	53			-0.3	-1.19			1.11
7	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-10-05	GS-5, W	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68			0.2	2.24			0.53
8	Rick Mahler	ATL	1986-10-05	GS-5, L	5.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	21	7	20	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	41			-0.2	-1.76			0.59
9	Bob Knepper	HOU	1985-06-25	GS-6, L	6.0	6	6	2	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	29	12	28	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	47			-0.3	-3.37			1.14
10	Rick Mahler	ATL	1985-06-25	GS-8, W	7.2	11	4	4	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	13	31	5	4	0	1	0	0	21	2	1	0	6	42			0.1	-0.79			0.77
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Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1985	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	0	0	0
4	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1987	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1988	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.167	.250	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-20	SFG	ATL	ahead 0-5	t5	---	1	1 (0-0)	Flyball: CF
2	1984	1984-09-11	HOU	ATL	down 4-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1985	1985-06-20	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
4	1985	1985-06-20	HOU	ATL	tied 0-0	t6	---	1		Strikeout
5	1985	1985-06-20	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-2	t8	---	2		Strikeout
6	1985	1985-06-25	HOU	ATL	tied 1-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-06-25	HOU	ATL	down 3-1	b5	---	1		Double
8	1986	1986-10-05	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-3	b2	-2-	1		Strikeout Looking
9	1986	1986-10-05	HOU	ATL	ahead 0-4	b4	---	2		Strikeout
10	1987	1987-07-30	HOU	ATL	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: LF
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Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
3	1986	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1987	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
5	1988	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	12	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	.333	.333	.417	.750	1	0	0	0	0

Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-09-11	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1984	1984-09-11	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-4	t4	-2-	2		Flyball: RF
3	1985	1985-06-20	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	b2	-23	2		Lineout: 1B
4	1985	1985-06-20	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; B. Benedict to 2B
5	1985	1985-06-20	ATL	HOU	tied 0-0	b7	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1985	1985-06-25	ATL	HOU	tied 1-1	t2	12-	2		Strikeout
7	1985	1985-06-25	ATL	HOU	tied 1-1	t5	---	2		Single
8	1985	1985-06-25	ATL	HOU	ahead 1-4	t6	123	1		Strikeout
9	1986	1986-10-05	ATL	HOU	down 3-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: RF
10	1987	1987-07-30	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	1		Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); O. Virgil Scores/unER
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Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Comparison

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Totals

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	0	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9	0
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	581	40	104	17	0	1	37	0	1	20	117	.179	.208	.213	.422	16	124	10	2	66	2	0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Value

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	-110	3	0	0
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-71	-1	-4	0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	36	158	166	829	37	.214	100	-107	-11.0	.060	2.5	100.00	2
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	18	126	130	556	31	.222	76	-70	-7.2	.034	5.0	0.00	1

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	0	1	1	6	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Win Probability

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	-11.0	-10.4	-1.3	-109.26	-11.6	-109.31	0.94
2	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	-6.5	-7.2	0.0	-71.91	-7.3	-77.36	0.90

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Totals

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Rick Mahler	9	15	14	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	5	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Knepper	9	17	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	2	0	0

Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: Game Logs

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Bob Knepper vs. Rick Mahler: 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	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-09-05		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Rick Mahler	CIN	1989-09-05		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Knepper	HOU	1988-06-17 (1)	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.027	2.32	-0.04%	-0.49			P
4	Rick Mahler	ATL	1988-06-17 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.127	0.12	0.01%	0.99			P
5	Bob Knepper	HOU	1987-07-30	*	6	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	-0.017	1.24	-0.02%	-0.17			P
6	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-07-30	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	0.094	0.30	0.03%	1.05			P
7	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-10-05	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.020	0.00	0.00%	-0.43			P
8	Rick Mahler	ATL	1986-10-05	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.32	-0.008	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
9	Bob Knepper	HOU	1985-06-25	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	0.046	0.84	0.04%	0.31			P
10	Rick Mahler	ATL	1985-06-25	*	8	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.062	0.23	-0.01%	-1.72			P
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