Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitching Comparison

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	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
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	3	1	.750	5.57	74	1	25	0	0	0	72.2	84	49	45	9	42	4	59	2	1	7	336	132	79	4.90	1.734	10.4	1.1	5.2	7.3

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	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	77		0.88	0.927	7.2	0.2	1.1	9.8

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Value

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	42.5	23.2
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	-0.4	-1.3

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals Against

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	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
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	132	289	61	13	1	6	5	54.55	0	8	2	1	.291	.383	.436	.819	120	.145	.338	49	126	23	128	132

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0	77	308											.214	.241					.295				77	77

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Starting & Relieving

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	201	62	55.4	2	0	0	0		1	4
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	0	0	60.0	39	17	44	3	0.0	25	73

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011									0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Ratios

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	20.5	5.2	15.3
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	17.6	12.5	5.1

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0	27.8	3.1	24.7

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitch Summary

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	328	324	2156.2	33074	102	22419	67.78
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	1399	25	825	58.97

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	11	11	82.0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	0.667	4.0	0.0	2.0	6.0
2	Merkin Valdéz	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Game Logs

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Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	PHI	2009-07-31	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	6	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	79	109	76	0.5	3.57			0.87
2	Merkin Valdéz	SFG	2009-07-31	5-6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		23	16	0.1	1.02	0	0	1.15

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Merkin Valdéz (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	2009	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

Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-07-31	PHI	SFG	ahead 0-1	t6	-2-	2	2 (0-1)	Lineout: LF (LF Line)

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Comparison

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	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
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	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. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Value

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-36	1	-1	0
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Sabermetric

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	10	56	59	270	14	.272	35	-36	-3.7	.052	2.6	50.00	4
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0.0				0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	30-32	2009	2011	12	17	1	4	4	13		.400	1			.067	3.0	100.00	1

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Win Probability

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Cliff Lee	23-35	2002	2014	133	321	-3.2	-3.4	-0.1	-29.69		-34.17	0.91
2	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.31		-0.18	2.05

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Head-to-Head Batting

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Merkin Valdéz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: Game Logs

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Cliff Lee vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Cliff Lee	PHI	2009-07-31	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.044	1.07	-0.04%	0.11			P
2	Merkin Valdéz	SFG	2009-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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