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Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Pitching Comparison

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	138	106	.566	3.88	335	332	1	12	6	0	2051.0	1897	957	884	238	629	28	1901	76	3	59	8579	2663	111	3.78	1.232	8.3	1.0	2.8	8.3
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	143	91	.611	3.52	328	324	1	29	12	0	2156.2	2116	923	843	223	464	12	1824	50	2	41	8917	2701	118	3.45	1.196	8.8	0.9	1.9	7.6

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	7	3	.700	3.07	14	13	0	3	3	0	93.2	67	32	32	11	21	1	99	4	0	3	366	94		2.93	0.940	6.4	1.1	2.0	9.5
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	7	3	.700	2.52	11	11	0	3	0	0	82.0	66	27	23	2	10	0	89	1	0	2	320	81		0.88	0.927	7.2	0.2	1.1	9.8

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Value

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	35.3	17.0
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	42.5	23.2

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Totals Against

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	2663	7766	1213	407	39	164	54	75.23	3	139	66	41	.244	.306	.399	.704	86	.154	.293	956	3096	684	2602	2663
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	2701	8294	1425	435	33	69	33	67.65	9	166	53	54	.255	.297	.396	.693	87	.141	.300	988	3286	691	2630	2701

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	94	338	34	19	3	6	1	85.71	1	7	2	1	.198	.253	.370	.623		.172	.245	37	125	33	92	94
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0	81	308	44	18	2	3	0	100.00	0	3	1	0	.214	.241	.305	.547		.091	.295	27	94	22	77	81

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Starting & Relieving

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	190	57	54.1	0	0		0		1	3
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	201	62	55.4	2	0	0	0		1	4

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	8	62	62.3	0	0		0		0	1
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	8	73	65.2						0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Ratios

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	22.2	7.3	14.8
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	20.5	5.2	15.3

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	27.0	5.7	21.3
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0	27.8	3.1	24.7

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Pitch Summary

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	335	332	2051.0	32502	98	20906	64.32
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	33074	102	22419	67.78

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	13	93.2	1339	100	862	64.38
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0	1233	112	836	67.80

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Head-to-Head Pitching

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	1	1	.500	3.95	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	12	6	6	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	54	1.098	7.9	1.3	2.0	4.0
2	Cliff Lee	1	1	.500	2.81	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	11	5	5	2	3	0	11	0	0	0	59	0.875	6.2	1.1	1.7	6.2

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Game Logs

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Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	BOS	2012-05-20	GS-8, W	7.2	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	30	9	27	5	2	0	1	0	0	9	2	0	1	2	64	103	72	0.2	2.46			0.65
2	Cliff Lee	PHI	2012-05-20	GS-7, L	7.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	10	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	3	44	112	77	-0.3	-1.60			0.53
3	Josh Beckett	BOS	2011-06-28	GS-6, L	6.0	5	5	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	6	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	12	0	1	1	3	42	84	53	-0.2	-2.23			0.66
4	Cliff Lee	PHI	2011-06-28	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	29	4	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	86	112	71	0.3	4.16			0.64

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batter vs. Pitcher

Cliff Lee (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cliff Lee (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (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	2011	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
2	2012	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.250	.667	.917	0	1	0	0	0

Cliff Lee (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cliff Lee (Pitcher) vs. Josh Beckett (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2011	2011-06-28	PHI	BOS	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
2	2011	2011-06-28	PHI	BOS	ahead 0-2	b5	--3	1	3 (2-0)	Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF Line); D. Brown Scores
3	2012	2012-05-20	PHI	BOS	down 5-0	b3	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); F. Galvis to 3B
4	2012	2012-05-20	PHI	BOS	down 5-0	b5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (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	2011	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	2012	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	1

Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Josh Beckett (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2011	2011-06-28	BOS	PHI	down 2-0	t3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Lineout: 1B
2	2011	2011-06-28	BOS	PHI	down 3-0	t6	1--	0	5 (1-2)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS)
3	2012	2012-05-20	BOS	PHI	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B (Front of Home); M. Byrd to 2B; J. Beckett to 1B
4	2012	2012-05-20	BOS	PHI	ahead 0-5	t4	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
5	2012	2012-05-20	BOS	PHI	ahead 0-5	t7	---	0	2 (0-1)	Single to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Comparison

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	289	19	41	12	0	3	18	0	0	12	110	.142	.175	.215	.390	4	62	4	0	33	1	0
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	291	18	51	7	1	2	19	2	2	5	110	.175	.189	.227	.415	13	66	3	0	24	1	0

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	14	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	12	17	15	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.267	.267	.333	.600	5	0	0	2	0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Value

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	-42	0	-1	0
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-36	1	-1	0

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Sabermetric

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	15	53	56	286	16	.215	34	-40	-4.0	.073	2.6		0
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	10	56	59	270	14	.272	35	-36	-3.7	.052	2.6	50.0	4

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	23-29	2003	2009	14	14	0	3	3	11	1	.400	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	12	17	1	4	4	13	1	.400	1			.067	3.0	100.0	1

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Win Probability

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Josh Beckett	21-34	2001	2014	153	335	-3.7	-4.0	0.0	-47.14	-4.7	-44.83	0.92
2	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	-3.2	-3.4	-0.1	-29.69	-2.9	-34.17	0.91

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Head-to-Head Batting

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Cliff Lee	2	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.200	.500	.700	2	0	0	0	1	0

Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: Game Logs

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Cliff Lee vs. Josh Beckett: 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	Josh Beckett	BOS	2012-05-20	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.042	0.49	-0.02%	-0.32			P
2	Cliff Lee	PHI	2012-05-20	*	8	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	0.45	0.050	0.38	0.03%	0.78			P
3	Josh Beckett	BOS	2011-06-28	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.092	1.75	-0.08%	-0.89			P
4	Cliff Lee	PHI	2011-06-28	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.52	0.007	0.60	0.01%	-0.13			P

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