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Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Pitching Comparison

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	2	10	.167	8.35	31	12	5	0	0	0	74.1	104	76	69	19	44	2	60	2	0	2	364	158	52	6.70	1.991	12.6	2.3	5.3	7.3
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	33	39	.458	4.75	145	79	18	5	1	0	583.0	617	336	308	75	223	8	310	21	4	13	2530	886	97	4.96	1.441	9.5	1.2	3.4	4.8

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Value

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	31	12	74.1	-2.5	-3.4
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	4.4	-0.8

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Totals Against

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	31	12	74.1	158	311	68	16	1	20	3	86.96	0	9	4	3	.334	.417	.576	.992	166	.241	.362	77	179	36	150	158
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	886	2249	409	118	15	40	17	70.18	0	68	13	24	.274	.342	.440	.782	104	.166	.287	343	990	208	861	886

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Starting & Relieving

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	1	8	39.6	6	2	33	1	0.0	5	19
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	35	44	47.2	47	11	23	4	0.0	18	66

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Ratios

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	31	12	74.1	16.5	12.1	4.4
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	12.3	8.8	3.4

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Pitch Summary

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	31	12	74.1		74
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	145	79	583.0	5496	95	3485	63.41

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Head-to-Head Pitching

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	26	0.714	5.1	2.6	1.3	9.0
2	José Mercedes	0	0		1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	1.200	10.8	1.8	0.0	5.4

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Game Logs

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Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	FLA	1998-04-03	GS-7, L	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	26	6	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	67	108	65	0.1	1.36			0.98
2	José Mercedes	MIL	1998-04-03	GS-5	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	6	21	5	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	54	84	52	0.2	1.40			0.94

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batter vs. Pitcher

Eric Ludwick (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eric Ludwick (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (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	1998	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Eric Ludwick (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eric Ludwick (Pitcher) vs. José Mercedes (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-04-03	MIL	FLA	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1998	1998-04-03	MIL	FLA	tied 1-1	t5	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Eric Ludwick (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Eric Ludwick (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	1998	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Eric Ludwick (Batter): Plate Appearances

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José Mercedes (Pitcher) vs. Eric Ludwick (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-04-03	FLA	MIL	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1998	1998-04-03	FLA	MIL	tied 1-1	b5	---	0	7 (2-2)	Flyball: CF

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Comparison

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Totals

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	25	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.053	.100	.053	.153	-58	1	0	1	0	0	0

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Value

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	25	11	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-3	0	0	0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	0	0

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Sabermetric

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	25	11	0	0	0	11	0	.000	0	-4	-0.4	.000	2.2		0
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	0	2	2	18	0	.143	0	-4	-0.4	.000	1.6		0

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Win Probability

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Eric Ludwick	24-27	1996	1999	25	11	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-2.91	-0.4	-3.27	0.90
2	José Mercedes	23-32	1994	2003	20	20	-0.3	-0.4	-0.1	-3.64	-0.3	-4.22	0.70

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Head-to-Head Batting

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Totals

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	José Mercedes	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: Game Logs

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Eric Ludwick vs. José Mercedes: 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	Eric Ludwick	FLA	1998-04-03	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.053	0.92	-0.03%	-0.45			P
2	José Mercedes	MIL	1998-04-03	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	-0.046	0.84	-0.03%	-0.38			P

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