Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Pitching Comparison

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	217	191	.532	3.44	586	496	40	195	41	10	3638.1	3366	1537	1390	347	1099	67	2832	92	8	124	15140	4733	104	3.20	1.227	8.3	0.9	2.7	7.0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	3	1	.750	1.57	5	5	0	3	0	0	46.0	34	9	8	3	11	0	31	1	0	0	180	49		1.16	0.978	6.7	0.6	2.2	6.1

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Value

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	586	496	3638.1	47.9	16.6
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Totals Against

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	586	496	3638.1	4733	13686	2381	564	74	161	150	51.77	58	255	171	91	.246	.304	.374	.678	95	.128	.285	1576	5119	985	4557	4733
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	5	46.0	49	166	27	4	0	4	1	80.00	2	2	1	1	.205	.257	.283	.540		.078	.233	12	47	7	46	49

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	293	59	56.4	76	26	34	1	90.9	40	90
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	100	71.6						0	0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	586	496	3638.1	18.7	7.3	11.4
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	5	46.0	17.2	6.1	11.1

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	586	496	3638.1		98
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	5	46.0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	4	6	.400	4.62	12	10	1	4	0	0	62.1	56	37	32	6	38	2	59	2	0	5	273	1.508	8.1	0.9	5.5	8.5
2	Mickey Lolich	7	2	.778	2.78	12	11	1	5	2	0	77.2	64	27	24	6	17	3	68	4	0	2	313	1.043	7.4	0.7	2.0	7.9

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	DET	1973-08-03	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	31	6	30	4	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	1	74			0.2	2.56			0.38
2	Sam McDowell	NYY	1973-08-03	GS-4, L	3.1	7	7	6	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	20	10	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	22			-0.3	-3.89			0.67
3	Mickey Lolich	DET	1970-06-19	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	30	10	25	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	48			-0.2	-0.62			1.31
4	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-06-19	CG, W	9.0	4	2	2	0	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	32	9	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	2	72			0.3	2.35			1.00
5	Mickey Lolich	DET	1970-04-22	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	32	6	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	84			0.4	4.35			0.73
6	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-04-22	GS-6, L	6.0	6	4	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	26	9	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	45			-0.1	-1.10			0.92
7	Mickey Lolich	DET	1969-09-18	GS-5, L	4.1	8	6	6	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	22	10	21	4	2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	4	26			-0.4	-4.50			0.58
8	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-09-18	CG, W	9.0	10	4	4	0	1	2	0	13	2	0	1	41	14	36	6	2	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	4	62			0.2	0.29			1.38
9	Mickey Lolich	DET	1969-04-10	CG, W	9.0	6	3	2	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	33	8	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	2	2	70			0.1	1.29			0.58
10	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-04-10	GS-5, L	5.0	6	7	6	1	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	25	10	21	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	30			-0.4	-4.62			0.93
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Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mickey Lolich (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mickey Lolich (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (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	1965	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1968	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
5	1969	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
6	1970	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	2
	Totals	16	13	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	.077	.250	.077	.327	0	0	0	0	3

Mickey Lolich (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mickey Lolich (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-05	DET	CLE	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1965	1965-06-05	DET	CLE	tied 1-1	t6	---	0		Strikeout Looking
3	1965	1965-06-05	DET	CLE	tied 1-1	t8	1--	2		Single to CF; G. Thomas to 2B
4	1966	1966-07-22	DET	CLE	ahead 1-6	t7	---	0		Walk
5	1967	1967-08-18	DET	CLE	ahead 0-2	b2	-23	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted; E. Mathews Scores; N. Cash to 3B
6	1968	1968-06-08	DET	CLE	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
7	1968	1968-06-08	DET	CLE	ahead 1-2	b5	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1968	1968-06-08	DET	CLE	ahead 1-3	b7	-2-	2		Flyball: CF
9	1969	1969-04-10	DET	CLE	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Walk
10	1969	1969-04-10	DET	CLE	ahead 2-3	b4	1--	2		Strikeout
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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Mickey Lolich (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Mickey Lolich (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	1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1969	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1970	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.154	.231	1	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Mickey Lolich (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Mickey Lolich (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-12	CLE	DET	ahead 1-9	t8	---	1		Strikeout
2	1965	1965-06-05	CLE	DET	tied 1-1	b2	12-	2		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); C. Carreon to 2B; M. Alvis to 3B
3	1965	1965-06-05	CLE	DET	tied 1-1	b4	12-	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1965	1965-06-05	CLE	DET	tied 1-1	b7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1968	1968-06-08	CLE	DET	down 2-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-06-08	CLE	DET	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Lineout: SS
7	1969	1969-04-10	CLE	DET	down 3-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
8	1969	1969-09-18	CLE	DET	ahead 1-5	t2	---	0		Double to CF
9	1969	1969-09-18	CLE	DET	ahead 2-5	t4	---	2		Strikeout
10	1970	1970-04-22	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
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Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Comparison

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Totals

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	477	1017	821	63	90	5	2	0	31	1	1	105	362	.110	.215	.121	.335	-2	99	20	5	85	1	0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	20	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.158	.200	.316	.516	6	0	0	0	0	0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	477	1017	0.1	0.1	0.4	-0.3	-105	0	-3	0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Sabermetric

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	477	1017	7	200	218	838	32	.196	94	-110	-12.2	.011	2.3	50.0	2
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.0	1

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	27-31	1968	1972	5	20	1	4	4	16	2	.182	3			.158	2.7		0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mickey Lolich	22-38	1963	1979	477	1017	-10.4	-10.3	-0.9	-106.33	-11.2	-103.55	0.93
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26	-10.2	-104.97	0.95

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Batting

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	12	20	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.118	.167	.176	.343	3	0	0	2	0	0
2	Mickey Lolich	12	27	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	.048	.231	.048	.278	1	3	0	1	0	0

Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Mickey Lolich vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Mickey Lolich	DET	1973-08-03																																	P
2	Sam McDowell	NYY	1973-08-03																																	P
3	Mickey Lolich	DET	1970-06-19	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.173	1.85	-0.11%	-1.66			P
4	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-06-19	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	-0.075	0.69	-0.02%	-0.89			P
5	Mickey Lolich	DET	1970-04-22	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.005	0.74	-0.01%	-0.28			P
6	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-04-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.077	1.75	-0.05%	-0.58			P
7	Mickey Lolich	DET	1969-09-18	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.054	0.00	0.00%	-0.52			P
8	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-09-18	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	0.003	0.00	0.00%	-0.15			P
9	Mickey Lolich	DET	1969-04-10	*	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.009	0.51	-0.01%	0.04			P
10	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-04-10	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.016	0.99	-0.02%	-0.15			P
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