John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Pitching Comparison

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	101	62	.620	3.89	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	1946	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	4	.500	5.21	10	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	4	47	1	0	1	198	64		3.63	1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Value

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	17.3	5.2

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Totals Against

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	1946	5559	910	291	25	55	21	72.37	6	118	33	41	.253	.312	.411	.723	99	.158	.297	722	2283	495	1901	1946

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	64	177	22	11	1	1	0	100.00	0	5	0	0	.243	.323	.469	.792		.226	.281	35	83	21	64	64

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Starting & Relieving

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	115	45	52.4	8	6	75	1	0.0	4	21

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	50	54.9	0	0				1	2

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	21.0	7.5	13.6

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	23.7	10.1	13.6

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	20631	89	13382	64.86

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	788	90	488	61.93

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	John Lackey	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	4.5
2	Michael Wacha	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	8	1	0	0	26	1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	12.0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	John Lackey	1	1	.500	2.77	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	4	4	0	3	0	11	0	0	2	56	1.308	9.7	0.0	2.1	7.6
2	Michael Wacha	1	1	.500	7.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	8	8	2	8	2	11	1	0	0	45	1.655	7.4	1.9	7.4	10.2

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	CHC	2017-09-27	GS-6, W	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	4	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	65			0.2	2.04			0.82
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2017-09-27	GS-7, L	6.0	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	8	1	0	0	26	9	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	45			-0.3	-1.96			1.01

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (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	2017	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-09-27	CHC	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2017	2017-09-27	CHC	STL	down 1-0	t6	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (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	2017	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

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-09-27	STL	CHC	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2017	2017-09-27	STL	CHC	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Comparison

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Totals

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	251	16	23	2	0	0	16	1	0	9	125	.092	.123	.100	.222	-39	25	3	0	29	1	0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Value

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-49	1	-1	0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Sabermetric

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	2	32	38	261	5	.181	32	-50	-4.9	.008	2.0	100.0	1

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	.000	2			.000	1.3		0

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Win Probability

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-4.1	-4.6	0.3	-44.91	-4.5	-49.96	0.93

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Batting

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	John Lackey	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Michael Wacha	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. Michael Wacha: 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	John Lackey	2
2	Michael Wacha	2

John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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John Lackey vs. Michael Wacha: 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	CHC	2017-09-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.056	0.05	0.00%	-0.40			P
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2017-09-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.032	0.36	-0.01%	-0.34			P

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