Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Pitching Comparison

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	2645	89	3.89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1
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

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	0	1	.000	5.84	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	13	8	8	0	10	2	6	0	0	1	61	24		2.87	1.865	9.5	0.0	7.3	4.4
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

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Value

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	1.2	-13.5
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Totals Against

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	2645	6601	1367	275	45	188	93	66.90	5	211	91	48	.271	.343	.371	.714	107	.100	.293	850	2448	419	2540	2645
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

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	24	47	9	2	2	3	0	100.00	0	1	2	2	.277	.390	.404	.794		.128	.302	10	19	4	23	24
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

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Starting & Relieving

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	118	49	48.3	128	48	38	10	54.5	61	172
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	0	0	38.0	3	0	0	0		2	4
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Ratios

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	10.4	9.7	0.8
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	9.8	16.4	-6.6
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2		91
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	209	52	112	53.59
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	1	1	.500	2.25	4	3	1	1	0	0	20.0	21	5	5	1	3	1	7	1	1	0	84	1.200	9.5	0.5	1.4	3.2
2	Don Sutton	1	1	.500	3.96	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.0	19	11	11	4	9	0	18	0	0	1	101	1.120	6.8	1.4	3.2	6.5

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	KCR	1985-06-11	9-GF	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-0.54	2	1	4.32
2	Don Sutton	OAK	1985-06-11	GS-7	7.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	8	27	8	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	53			0.0	0.29			1.20
3	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-09-12	GS-3, L	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	14	6	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	42			-0.2	-1.38			1.35
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-09-12	GS-7, W	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	27	7	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	63			0.2	1.16			1.07
5	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-06-02	GS-8	8.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	10	31	8	0	0	2	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	59			0.0	1.54			1.44
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-06-02	GS-7	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	27	7	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	65			0.2	2.10			0.96
7	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-05-27	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	35	9	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	69			0.2	3.07			0.60
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-05-27	GS-4, L	4.0	3	5	5	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	18	6	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	39			-0.3	-3.19			0.63

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike LaCoss (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	1980	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-27	CIN	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-05-27	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-5	b4	---	2		Strikeout
3	1980	1980-06-02	CIN	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1980	1980-06-02	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Strikeout
5	1980	1980-06-02	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t7	1--	2		Strikeout

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (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	1980	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-27	LAD	CIN	tied 0-0	t2	123	2		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-06-02	LAD	CIN	tied 0-0	b2	1-3	2		Lineout: 2B
3	1980	1980-06-02	LAD	CIN	down 1-0	b5	---	0		Lineout: CF
4	1980	1980-09-12	LAD	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Walk; D. Thomas to 2B

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Comparison

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Totals

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	77	5	2	61	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

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Value

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	0.1	-74	0	-2	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Sabermetric

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	13	80	87	488	19	.203	47	-72	-7.6	.035	2.5		0
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

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Win Probability

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-7.1	-7.6	-0.3	-81.21	-8.6	-79.59	0.89
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	4	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Mike LaCoss 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	Mike LaCoss	KCR	1985-06-11																																	P
2	Don Sutton	OAK	1985-06-11																																	P
3	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-09-12	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-09-12	*	8	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.028	6.15	0.10%	0.05			P
5	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-06-02	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.105	3.58	-0.18%	-0.96			P
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-06-02	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.084	4.90	-0.15%	-0.67			P
7	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1980-05-27	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	-0.021	0.47	-0.03%	-0.99			P
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1980-05-27	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	-0.076	9.15	-0.14%	-0.73			P

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