Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Pitching Comparison

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Totals

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	44	55	.444	4.17	140	126	3	24	5	0	820.1	865	414	380	85	252	30	338	14	8	7	3476	1167	88	4.18	1.362	9.5	0.9	2.8	3.7
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	19	23	.452	4.41	66	58	4	4	1	0	355.0	396	195	174	32	126	18	129	3	4	6	1545	555	88	4.27	1.470	10.0	0.8	3.2	3.3

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Value

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	140	126	820.1	3.1	-3.6
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	58	355.0	2.0	-1.2

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Totals Against

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	140	126	820.1	1167	3151	596	147	37	65	44	59.63	10	68	35	24	.275	.329	.426	.754	114	.151	.283	450	1341	269	1131	1167
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	58	355.0	555	1386	291	65	8	41	17	70.69	2	48	14	16	.286	.343	.413	.756	110	.128	.293	198	573	105	525	555

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Starting & Relieving

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	69	55	49.0	7	1	14	0		3	14
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	33	57	46.5	2	2	100	0		4	8

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Ratios

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	140	126	820.1	9.7	7.2	2.5
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	58	355.0	8.3	8.2	0.2

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Pitch Summary

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	140	126	820.1
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	58	355.0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Totals

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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 Matula	1	0	1.000	6.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	27	2.118	15.9	1.6	3.2	1.6
2	Nino Espinosa	0	1	.000	19.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3.429	30.9	11.6	0.0	0.0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Game Logs

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Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	PHI	1979-06-18	GS-3, L	2.1	8	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	14	4	1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	4	21			-0.4	-3.76			0.92
2	Rick Matula	ATL	1979-06-18	GS-6, W	5.2	10	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	27	12	24	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	1	3	32			-0.1	-1.42			1.02

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rick Matula (Pitcher) vs. Nino Espinosa (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Matula (Pitcher) vs. Nino Espinosa (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Matula (Pitcher) vs. Nino Espinosa (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Matula (Pitcher) vs. Nino Espinosa (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-18	ATL	PHI	down 3-2	b2	---	2		Single to CF

Nino Espinosa (Pitcher) vs. Rick Matula (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nino Espinosa (Pitcher) vs. Rick Matula (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nino Espinosa (Pitcher) vs. Rick Matula (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nino Espinosa (Pitcher) vs. Rick Matula (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-18	PHI	ATL	ahead 2-3	t2	---	2		Single to RF

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Comparison

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Totals

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	143	292	258	15	44	7	0	0	19	0	1	9	78	.171	.199	.198	.396	10	51	5	0	25	0	0
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	125	111	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	48	.099	.123	.099	.222	-39	11	2	0	11	0	0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Value

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	143	292	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-31	0	-2	0
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	125	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-22	0	0	0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Sabermetric

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	143	292	7	53	57	245	12	.244	34	-33	-3.4	.027	3.3	0.0	1
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	125	0	14	15	113	2	.175	1	-21	-2.3	.000	2.3		0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Win Probability

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nino Espinosa	20-27	1974	1981	143	292	-3.0	-3.2	0.0	-35.07	-3.5	-35.14	0.94
2	Rick Matula	25-27	1979	1981	66	125	-2.4	-2.3	-0.3	-26.76	-2.7	-24.58	0.92

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Head-to-Head Batting

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Totals

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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 Matula	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nino Espinosa	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: Game Logs

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Rick Matula vs. Nino Espinosa: 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	Nino Espinosa	PHI	1979-06-18	*	3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	0.011	0.58	0.01%	0.13			P
2	Rick Matula	ATL	1979-06-18	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.001	0.04	0.00%	-0.04			P

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