John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Pitching Comparison

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Totals

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	188	147	.561	3.92	448	446	0	18	8	0	2840.1	2862	1347	1237	319	815	32	2294	133	12	125	12030	3913	110	3.94	1.295	9.1	1.0	2.6	7.3
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	41	26	.612	3.33	174	76	26	2	1	1	599.1	566	247	222	50	163	4	496	15	2	15	2467	761	119	3.40	1.216	8.5	0.8	2.4	7.4

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	8	6	.571	3.44	29	23	2	0	0	0	144.0	135	58	55	7	47	6	114	4	0	10	601	190		2.57	1.264	8.4	0.4	2.9	7.1
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	0	2	.000	4.96	4	2	1	0	0	0	16.1	15	12	9	4	2	0	16	2	0	0	69	20		5.11	1.041	8.3	2.2	1.1	8.8

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Value

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	38.1	12.0
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	174	76	599.1	7.9	3.0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Totals Against

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	3913	10935	1938	556	49	256	76	77.11	7	259	72	72	.262	.319	.409	.728	94	.147	.303	1437	4473	924	3810	3913
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	174	76	599.1	761	2255	386	120	10	22	11	66.67	12	54	23	10	.251	.305	.380	.684	89	.129	.300	264	856	180	744	761

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	190	540	100	26	2	6	3	66.67	0	16	3	5	.250	.312	.344	.657		.094	.302	61	186	35	186	190
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	4	2	16.1	20	59	8	3	0	0	0		0	1	1	2	.254	.292	.508	.801		.254	.268	10	30	7	19	20

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Starting & Relieving

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	267	60	52.5	0	0		0		0	2
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	45	59	53.8	39	16	41	3	25.0	26	98

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	10	43	53.8	6	4	67	0		2	6
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	1	50	42.0	1	1	100	0		1	2

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Ratios

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	19.1	6.8	12.3
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	174	76	599.1	20.1	6.6	13.5

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	19.0	7.8	11.1
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	4	2	16.1	23.2	2.9	20.3

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Pitch Summary

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	43915	101	28491	64.88
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	174	76	599.1	9144	91	5975	65.34

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	2243	90	1418	63.22
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	4	2	16.1	251	83	161	64.14

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Totals

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	Kris Medlen	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5
2	John Lackey	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	6.4

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Game Logs

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John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	STL	2015-07-23	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	8	26	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	60	111	72	0.2	1.28			1.05
2	Kris Medlen	KCR	2015-07-23	4-5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		35	17	0.1	0.94	0	0	0.60

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Kris Medlen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Kris Medlen (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	2015	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

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Kris Medlen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Kris Medlen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-07-23	STL	KCR	ahead 2-4	b4	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Comparison

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Totals

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	236	6	26	7	0	0	8	1	1	9	97	.110	.143	.140	.283	-24	33	3	0	20	0	0
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	150	154	129	9	18	4	0	1	8	1	0	11	60	.140	.211	.194	.405	12	25	0	1	12	1	0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Value

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-44	0	-1	0
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	150	154	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	-17	0	1	0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Sabermetric

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	7	35	35	234	7	.187	14	-45	-4.5	.030	2.4	50.0	2
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	150	154	5	30	31	124	7	.246	16	-16	-1.7	.054	2.2	100.0	1

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	0	3	3	10	1	.286	0			.000	2.4		0
2	Kris Medlen	26-29	2012	2015	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Win Probability

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-4.7	-4.1	-0.6	-46.88	-4.6	-45.95	1.00
2	Kris Medlen	23-32	2009	2018	150	154	-1.4	-1.5	-0.1	-16.85	-1.7	-16.17	0.88

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Head-to-Head Batting

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Totals

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	Kris Medlen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	John Lackey	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: Game Logs

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John Lackey vs. Kris Medlen: 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	John Lackey	STL	2015-07-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.029	0.38	-0.01%	-0.38			P
2	Kris Medlen	KCR	2015-07-23		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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