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Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	96	111	.464	3.99	392	271	32	43	9	6	1951.1	2069	972	866	165	606	70	952	35	23	41	8306	2802	96	3.87	1.371	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.4
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	18	7		4.56	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	0.0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	19.6	2.7
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	2802	7515	1525	327	52	157	99	61.33	8	185	100	50	.275	.330	.399	.729	105	.123	.295	998	2995	544	2710	2802
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1	7	15											.333	.412					.333				7	7
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	140	52	49.2	92	33	36	6	50.0	32	121
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990									0	2
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1	11.5	7.3	4.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1	0.0	11.1	-11.1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	392	271	1951.1		94
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	3.1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	2	2	.500	4.75	11	5	6	2	1	0	47.1	53	26	25	5	13	5	13	0	1	1	204	1.394	10.1	1.0	2.5	2.5
2	Ed Whitson	3	2	.600	5.03	11	8	0	0	0	0	53.2	50	30	30	8	24	2	22	2	1	3	232	1.379	8.4	1.3	4.0	3.7

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	CIN	1990-08-04	10-GF(11), L	2.0	3	4	4	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	11	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	2		34	20	-0.3	-3.01	0	0	3.07
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-08-04	GS-7	7.0	10	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	12	29	7	2	0	2	1	0	15	0	0	0	3	51	103	68	0.2	1.45			1.63
3	Rick Mahler	CIN	1989-04-16	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	7	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	76	132	84	0.2	3.98			0.47
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-04-16	GS-8, L	8.0	8	5	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	33	12	29	6	0	0	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	44	94	56	-0.3	-1.47			0.37
5	Rick Mahler	ATL	1988-06-04	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		19	15	0.1	0.85	0	0	0.68
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-06-04	4-7, W	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	2	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		36	27	0.4	2.39	2	0	1.76
7	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-08-11	GS-6	6.0	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	28	10	26	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	3	40			-0.3	-2.09			1.00
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-08-11	GS-7	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	28	7	27	4	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	51			0.0	-0.61			1.01
9	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-08-06	GS-7	7.0	10	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	32	12	30	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	46			0.0	0.67			1.15
10	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-08-06	GS-6	6.0	4	3	3	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	24	7	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	51			-0.1	0.15			1.27
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Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1987	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	1989	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Mahler (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-07	PIT	ATL	ahead 2-3	t8	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1984	1984-09-29	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	1		Strikeout
3	1984	1984-09-29	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-5	t4	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1984	1984-09-29	SDP	ATL	ahead 0-5	t6	--3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1987	1987-08-06	SDP	ATL	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
6	1987	1987-08-06	SDP	ATL	ahead 1-2	t4	1--	2		Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF); G. Templeton to 3B
7	1987	1987-08-11	SDP	ATL	tied 3-3	b2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1987	1987-08-11	SDP	ATL	tied 3-3	b4	1--	2		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); G. Templeton to 2B; E. Whitson to 1B
9	1987	1987-08-11	SDP	ATL	ahead 3-5	b6	---	1		Flyball: CF
10	1989	1989-04-16	SDP	CIN	down 5-0	b2	12-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B
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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (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	1984	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1987	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
4	1989	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	.333	.400	.333	.733	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Rick Mahler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-09-29	ATL	SDP	down 5-0	b3	1--	0		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-09-29	ATL	SDP	down 5-0	b5	1--	1		Single; R. Johnson to 2B
3	1986	1986-08-11	ATL	SDP	ahead 0-2	b2	123	0		Walk; R. Ramírez Scores; O. Virgil to 3B; G. Hubbard to 2B
4	1987	1987-08-06	ATL	SDP	down 2-1	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1987	1987-08-06	ATL	SDP	down 2-1	b5	---	2		Flyball: RF
6	1987	1987-08-11	ATL	SDP	down 3-0	t2	1-3	2		Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); K. Griffey Scores; O. Virgil to 2B
7	1987	1987-08-11	ATL	SDP	tied 3-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
8	1989	1989-04-16	CIN	SDP	ahead 0-5	t1	-2-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive); R. Oester out at Hm/RF-C-3B
9	1989	1989-04-16	CIN	SDP	ahead 0-5	t4	---	2	2 (0-1)	Foul Popfly: C (1B-C into Foul Terr.)
10	1989	1989-04-16	CIN	SDP	ahead 0-5	t6	--3	2	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.)

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	581	40	104	17	0	1	37	0	1	20	117	.179	.208	.213	.422	16	124	10	2	66	2	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-71	-1	-4	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	18	126	130	556	31	.222	76	-70	-7.2	.034	5.0	0.00	1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	28-36	1982	1990	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rick Mahler	25-37	1979	1991	394	671	-6.5	-7.2	0.0	-71.91		-77.36	0.90
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	11	14	13	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.308	.665	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	11	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.059	.059	.059	.118	1	1	0	2	0	0

Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Rick Mahler vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Rick Mahler	CIN	1990-08-04		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-08-04	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.123	0.07	0.00%	-1.34			P
3	Rick Mahler	CIN	1989-04-16	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.019	0.32	-0.02%	-0.81			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1989-04-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.035	1.11	-0.03%	-0.61			P
5	Rick Mahler	ATL	1988-06-04		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-06-04		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.029	0.27	0.00%	-0.33			P
7	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-08-11	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.046	0.28	0.01%	0.71			P
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-08-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.002	0.01	0.00%	-0.11			P
9	Rick Mahler	ATL	1987-08-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.036	0.16	-0.01%	-0.28			P
10	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-08-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	0.002	0.00	0.00%	0.03			P
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