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Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Pitching Comparison

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Totals

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	21	26	.447	4.53	73	60	2	1	0	0	355.2	364	183	179	61	109	2	273	18	2	4	1515	496	95	4.95	1.330	9.2	1.5	2.8	6.9
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	90	77	.539	4.38	240	227	9	10	3	1	1347.2	1463	702	656	185	368	19	963	69	3	64	5778	1955	96	4.45	1.359	9.8	1.2	2.5	6.4

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	1	1	.500	4.32	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	8	0	0	0	34	11		5.67	1.320	7.6	2.2	4.3	8.6

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Value

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	73	60	355.2	3.2	0.1
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	240	227	1347.2	13.0	1.1

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Totals Against

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	73	60	355.2	496	1381	220	73	10	24	7	77.42	3	31	2	5	.264	.325	.463	.788	114	.200	.288	210	640	144	491	496
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	240	227	1347.2	1955	5275	941	313	24	73	30	70.87	3	149	29	35	.277	.331	.451	.782	111	.174	.307	794	2379	522	1900	1955

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	2	1	8.1	11	30	4	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.233	.324	.467	.790		.233	.250	4	14	3	11	11

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Starting & Relieving

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	22	37	49.5	4	0	0	0		2	13
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	101	44	49.1	5	2	40	1	50.0	9	13

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	0	0	45.0	0	0		0		0	1

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Ratios

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	73	60	355.2	18.0	7.2	10.8
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	240	227	1347.2	16.7	6.4	10.3

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	2	1	8.1	23.5	11.8	11.8

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Pitch Summary

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	73	60	355.2	5306	86	3424	64.53
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	240	227	1347.2	18611	89	11858	63.72

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	2	1	8.1	132	31	86	65.15

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Totals

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	27	1.333	7.5	0.0	4.5	6.0
2	Iván Nova	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	23	0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	4.5

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Game Logs

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Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	PHI	2018-04-20	GS-6	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	27	9	22	3	2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	2	59	96	56	0.2	1.96			1.21
2	Iván Nova	PIT	2018-04-20	GS-6	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	23	5	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	61	92	60	0.2	1.96			1.11

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ben Lively (Pitcher) vs. Iván Nova (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ben Lively (Pitcher) vs. Iván Nova (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	2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Lively (Pitcher) vs. Iván Nova (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ben Lively (Pitcher) vs. Iván Nova (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-04-20	PHI	PIT	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
2	2018	2018-04-20	PHI	PIT	tied 0-0	b5	---	1	1 (0-0)	Popfly: 2B (Weak 2B)

Iván Nova (Pitcher) vs. Ben Lively (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Iván Nova (Pitcher) vs. Ben Lively (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	2018	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Iván Nova (Pitcher) vs. Ben Lively (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Iván Nova (Pitcher) vs. Ben Lively (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-04-20	PIT	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2018	2018-04-20	PIT	PHI	tied 0-0	t4	1--	2	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2018	2018-04-20	PIT	PHI	ahead 0-1	t6	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Comparison

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Totals

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	20	33	33	2	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	11	.182	.182	.364	.545	39	12	0	0	0	0	0
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	80	166	149	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	.040	.040	.040	.081	-78	6	1	0	17	0	0

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Value

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	20	33	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-2	0	0	0
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	80	166	-1.4	-1.4	-1.4	0.0	-39	0	0	0

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Sabermetric

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	20	33	2	6	7	27	3	.200	8	-3	-0.3	.182	3.0		0
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	80	166	0	6	8	161	1	.113	2	-37	-3.7	.000	1.6		0

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Iván Nova	24	2011	2011	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Win Probability

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ben Lively	25-32	2017	2024	20	33	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.77	0.1	0.61	0.94
2	Iván Nova	23-33	2010	2020	80	166	-3.4	-3.7	0.0	-39.04	-4.0	-40.38	0.90

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Head-to-Head Batting

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Totals

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Iván Nova	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: Game Logs

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Ben Lively vs. Iván Nova: 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	Ben Lively	PHI	2018-04-20	*	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.045	0.95	-0.03%	-0.39			P
2	Iván Nova	PIT	2018-04-20	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.092	1.34	-0.07%	-0.78			P

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