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Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Pitching Comparison

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	176	157	.529	4.03	681	377	168	10	4	86	2671.1	2759	1333	1195	217	794	67	1722	78	13	55	11358	3784	109	3.83	1.330	9.3	0.7	2.7	5.8
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	5	7	.417	3.42	26	12	4	0	0	1	97.1	81	45	37	12	32	6	70	4	0	1	408	128		4.19	1.161	7.5	1.1	3.0	6.5
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	250		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Value

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	681	377	2671.1	33.1	8.9
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Totals Against

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	681	377	2671.1	3784	10329	1994	502	46	249	68	78.55	8	315	100	56	.267	.323	.388	.710	88	.121	.301	1309	4004	765	3631	3784
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	26	12	97.1	128	365	53	15	1	8	2	80.00	0	8	6	0	.222	.292	.367	.659		.145	.244	40	134	28	117	128
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	250	770	120	31	4	8	7	53.33	0	7	4	3	.223	.287	.340	.627		.117	.278	79	262	52	242	250

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	205	54	49.5	148	49	33	23	78.9	168	304
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	5	42	54.4	10	0	0	1	50.0	4	14
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Ratios

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	681	377	2671.1	15.2	7.0	8.2
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	26	12	97.1	17.2	7.8	9.3
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	681	377	2671.1	37053	94	23190	62.59
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	26	12	97.1	1225	92	760	62.04
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	0	1	.000	3.00	4	2	2	0	0	1	15.0	14	6	5	1	1	0	15	0	0	1	61	1.000	8.4	0.6	0.6	9.0
2	Derek Lowe	0	2	.000	5.40	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	28	15	14	5	7	0	17	1	0	0	102	1.500	10.8	1.9	2.7	6.6

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	LAD	2007-07-02	GS-6	5.0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	22	8	21	8	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	52	104	65	0.0	0.65			1.01
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2007-07-02	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	27	9	26	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	51	87	64	-0.1	0.19			1.28
3	Derek Lowe	LAD	2005-08-16	GS-7	7.0	6	4	3	1	3	3	0	5	1	0	0	31	12	26	2	1	0	2	0	0	16	2	1	0	4	53	120	68	-0.1	-0.41			1.17
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-08-16	GS-7	7.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	28	7	28	6	1	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	59	98	71	0.1	0.59			1.16
5	Derek Lowe	BOS	2004-07-04	GS-5, L	4.1	8	8	8	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	10	20	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	14	81	49	-0.6	-5.66			1.29
6	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-07-04	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	7	0.0	0.53	0	0	0.03
7	Derek Lowe	BOS	2002-06-29	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	27	8	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	61	110	66	0.1	1.92			0.79
8	John Smoltz	ATL	2002-06-29	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	8	0.2	0.56	0	0	2.79

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Derek Lowe (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Derek Lowe (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (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	2005	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2007	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Derek Lowe (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Derek Lowe (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-08-16	LAD	ATL	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2005	2005-08-16	LAD	ATL	tied 3-3	t4	---	2	1 (0-0)	Popfly: SS
3	2005	2005-08-16	LAD	ATL	tied 3-3	t7	---	1	6 (2-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
4	2007	2007-07-02	LAD	ATL	tied 0-0	b2	1-3	2	2 (0-1)	Flyball: CF
5	2007	2007-07-02	LAD	ATL	down 1-0	b5	---	0	6 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Derek Lowe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Derek Lowe (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	2005	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2007	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Derek Lowe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Derek Lowe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-08-16	ATL	LAD	ahead 1-2	b2	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2005	2005-08-16	ATL	LAD	tied 3-3	b4	--3	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2007	2007-07-02	ATL	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0	2 (1-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); S. Thorman to 2B
4	2007	2007-07-02	ATL	LAD	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Comparison

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Totals

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	258	534	436	30	65	13	0	1	25	1	0	29	129	.149	.201	.186	.387	4	81	7	0	67	2	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	26	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	258	534	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	-61	0	-3	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Sabermetric

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	258	534	14	94	105	447	21	.208	54	-63	-6.1	.037	3.4	100.0	1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.0	5

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	25-39	1998	2012	26	16	0	3	3	13	0	.167	0			.000	2.0		0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.0	3

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Derek Lowe	24-40	1997	2013	258	534	-6.1	-6.2	0.0	-67.45	-6.2	-68.81	0.98
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42	-11.7	-125.09	0.91

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Batting

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Totals

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Derek Lowe	4	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0

Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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Derek Lowe vs. John Smoltz: 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	Derek Lowe	LAD	2007-07-02	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.086	2.77	-0.09%	-0.77			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2007-07-02	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.038	1.74	-0.03%	-0.39			P
3	Derek Lowe	LAD	2005-08-16	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.066	0.67	-0.03%	-0.51			P
4	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-08-16	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.061	1.39	-0.05%	-0.53			P
5	Derek Lowe	BOS	2004-07-04	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.046	1.61	0.04%	0.32			P
6	John Smoltz	ATL	2004-07-04		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Derek Lowe	BOS	2002-06-29																																	P
8	John Smoltz	ATL	2002-06-29		1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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