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Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Pitching Comparison

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	119	90	.569	3.62	416	225	70	72	10	19	1944.1	2122	885	783	176	531	27	713	27	1	24	8271	2819	108	3.91	1.364	9.8	0.8	2.5	3.3
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	0	0		2.93	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.1	15	5	5	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	61	18		0.04	1.174	8.8	0.6	1.8	4.7
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	72		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Value

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	21.4	3.9
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Totals Against

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	2819	7580	1588	306	52	101	58	63.52	48	228	83	48	.280	.327	.404	.731	102	.124	.289	1012	3060	534	2680	2819
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1	18	58											.259	.295					.286				18	18
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	72	184											.207	.330					.274				72	72

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	127	56	49.4	155	47	30	5	79.2	70	191
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981									1	2
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981								100.0	19	26

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1	8.6	6.4	2.2
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1	13.1	4.9	8.2
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	416	225	1944.1		85
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	2	15.1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	0	1	.000	2.08	6	0	5	0	0	2	8.2	7	2	2	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	36	1.269	7.3	0.0	4.2	8.3
2	Bill Lee	1	2	.333	3.72	6	6	0	1	1	0	36.1	48	18	15	3	6	0	8	0	0	0	162	1.486	11.9	0.7	1.5	2.0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	MON	1980-04-20	GS-7	6.2	9	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	10	30	4	3	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	5	41			-0.4	-2.17			1.14
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1980-04-20	8-GF, BL	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0				-0.6	-1.31	0	0	3.19
3	Bill Lee	MON	1980-04-12	GS-4, L	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	8	20	2	3	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	6	31			-0.3	-2.12			0.79
4	Tug McGraw	PHI	1980-04-12	8-GF, S	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.89	2	0	0.46
5	Bill Lee	MON	1979-09-29	GS-8	7.2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	9	32	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	58			0.3	2.51			1.32
6	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-09-29	9-GF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-0.72	2	1	5.39
7	Bill Lee	MON	1979-06-24	GS-7, L	6.2	11	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	31	13	28	7	2	1	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	4	38			-0.1	-0.16			0.94
8	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-06-24	7-GF, S	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.40	0	0	0.94
9	Bill Lee	MON	1979-05-30	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	8	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	78			0.5	4.19			1.12
10	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-05-30	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.93	0	0	0.29
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Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bill 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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-30	MON	PHI	ahead 0-2	b7	12-	2		Strikeout

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Comparison

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Totals

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	197	12	41	3	1	2	10	0	0	1	63	.208	.212	.264	.476	31	52	1	0	10	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-19	1	-1	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Sabermetric

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	6	42	43	167	14	.295	20	-19	-2.0	.056	3.1		0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	28-34	1975	1981	4	6	0	1	1	5		.333	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	1	5		.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Lee	22-35	1969	1982	225	208	-1.1	-2.0	0.7	-17.32		-20.67	0.88
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79		-21.82	1.07

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Lee	6	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	1	0	0

Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Bill Lee vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Bill Lee	MON	1980-04-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.061	1.90	-0.06%	-0.94			P
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1980-04-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bill Lee	MON	1980-04-12	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.025	1.47	-0.02%	-0.22			P
4	Tug McGraw	PHI	1980-04-12		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bill Lee	MON	1979-09-29	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.058	3.51	-0.16%	-0.91			P
6	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-09-29		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Bill Lee	MON	1979-06-24	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.053	4.76	-0.10%	-0.41			P
8	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-06-24		3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.006	0.35	-0.01%	-0.43			P
9	Bill Lee	MON	1979-05-30	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.040	1.78	-0.08%	-0.73			P
10	Tug McGraw	PHI	1979-05-30		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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