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Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	219	100	.687	2.93	476	409	23	46	17	3	2827.1	2221	1006	919	239	760	30	3154	141	6	62	11394	3215	154	2.91	1.054	7.1	0.8	2.4	10.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	6	4	.600	3.46	16	14	1	0	0	0	96.1	74	37	37	10	30	0	96	8	0	1	391	113		2.84	1.080	6.9	0.9	2.8	9.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	476	409	2827.1	86.1	61.4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	476	409	2827.1	3215	10355	1485	443	54	210	70	75.00	18	148	74	63	.214	.276	.337	.613	61	.122	.282	983	3489	736	3122	3215
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	16	14	96.1	113	351	45	19	0	3	2	60.00	0	2	2	0	.211	.288	.350	.638		.140	.261	40	123	29	112	113
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	273	67	61.3	33	7	21	1	75.0	23	67
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	9	64	58.0	0	0				1	2
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	476	409	2827.1	27.7	6.7	21.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	16	14	96.1	24.6	7.7	16.9
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	476	409	2827.1	22606	103	14937	66.08
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	16	14	96.1	1301	107	824	63.34
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	2.250	15.8	2.3	4.5	4.5
2	Pedro Martínez	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	37	1.222	11.0	0.0	0.0	7.0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	MON	1997-05-13	CG, W	9.0	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	37	12	37	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	62	118	86	0.2	1.57			0.88
2	Fernando Valenzuela	SDP	1997-05-13	GS-4, L	4.0	7	6	6	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	9	18	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	24	76	47	-0.3	-3.97			0.41

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Pedro Martínez (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Pedro Martínez (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1997	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

Pedro Martínez (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Pedro Martínez (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1997	1997-05-13	MON	SDP	ahead 0-4	b2	---	1	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1997	1997-05-13	MON	SDP	ahead 1-6	b4	---	0	5 (2-2)	Flyball: LF (Short LF)

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Pedro Martínez (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Pedro Martínez (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	1997	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

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Pedro Martínez (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Pedro Martínez (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1997	1997-05-13	SDP	MON	down 4-0	t3	1--	0	3 (0-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B; F. Valenzuela to 1B

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	277	518	434	22	43	6	2	0	18	0	0	15	190	.099	.134	.122	.256	-32	53	5	3	63	3	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	16	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	277	518	-2.2	-2.2	-2.2	0.0	-93	0	-1	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	277	518	8	61	65	462	9	.174	40	-87	-8.6	.023	2.3		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	26-37	1998	2009	16	5	0	1	1	4	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Pedro Martínez	20-37	1992	2009	277	518	-8.6	-8.4	-0.4	-96.04	-9.3	-97.06	0.97
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Pedro Martínez	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Pedro Martínez vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Pedro Martínez	MON	1997-05-13	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.018	0.17	-0.01%	-0.80			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	SDP	1997-05-13	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.027	0.63	-0.01%	-0.36			P

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