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Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Pitching Comparison

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	134	84	.615	3.19	302	262	18	74	30	4	1849.0	1518	729	655	138	810	39	1605	36	2	124	7745	2448	115	3.13	1.259	7.4	0.7	3.9	7.8
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	4	10	.286	4.40	93	11	31	1	0	5	173.2	184	95	85	19	69	12	98	4	0	8	776	268	77	4.02	1.457	9.5	1.0	3.6	5.1

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	5			7.500	54.0	0.0	13.5	13.5
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Value

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	302	262	1849.0	34.1	16.6
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	-2.1	-3.0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Totals Against

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	302	262	1849.0	2448	6777	1110	241	29	115	66	63.54	4	128	82	41	.224	.308	.329	.638	82	.105	.272	698	2231	408	2364	2448
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	268	677	136	25	4	7	2	77.78	0	15	18	5	.272	.340	.405	.745	119	.133	.292	97	274	48	257	268

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961	1	0	0.2	5	6											.667	.714					.800				5	5
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	0	0																	.000				0	0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	155	59	57.8	24	4	17	0	100.0	18	40
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	5	45	48.5	81	23	28	4	55.6	31	82

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961									0	1
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968									1	1

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	302	262	1849.0	20.7	10.5	10.3
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	12.6	8.9	3.7

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961	1	0	0.2	14.3	14.3	0.0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	33.3	0.0	33.3

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	302	262	1849.0		105
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961	1	0	0.2
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	7.5
2	Mel Nelson	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	5.4

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Game Logs

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Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	CIN	1968-09-04	GS-7, W	6.0	8	3	3	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	10	26	2	6	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	6	47			-0.1	-1.53			0.71
2	Mel Nelson	STL	1968-09-04	3-4	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	4	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.13	1	0	0.53

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Maloney (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Maloney (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (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	1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Maloney (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Maloney (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-04	STL	CIN	down 6-3	t4	1--	2		Popfly: 2B

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Maloney (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Maloney (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	1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Maloney (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Maloney (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-04	CIN	STL	ahead 1-6	b3	-2-	2		Popfly: 2B

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Comparison

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Totals

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	321	696	628	51	126	21	4	7	53	2	2	33	139	.201	.241	.280	.521	44	176	11	1	31	3	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	34	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.147	.171	.147	.318	-7	5	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Value

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	321	696	3.4	3.4	3.3	0.2	-47	0	0	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	321	696	32	160	166	549	45	.245	97	-51	-5.3	.080	4.5	50.00	4
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	0	6	6	30	2	.238	5	-5	-0.5	.000	2.6		0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	21	1961	1961	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Win Probability

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Maloney	20-31	1960	1971	321	696	-4.5	-4.1	-1.1	-44.41		-43.77	0.88
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	-3.94		-4.63	0.87

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Totals

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Mel Nelson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: Game Logs

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Jim Maloney vs. Mel Nelson: 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	Jim Maloney	CIN	1968-09-04	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.50	-0.005	0.00	0.00%	-0.46			P
2	Mel Nelson	STL	1968-09-04		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.018	0.01	0.00%	-0.19			P

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