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Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitching Comparison

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	6	181	42	1	3449.1	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	7	49	14032	4107	104	3.66	1.134	7.7	1.0	2.5	5.2
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	152	156	.494	3.46	535	360	73	87	24	12	2622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	56	1760	42	18	67	10902	3455	102	3.38	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	9	6	.600	3.26	22	19	2	4	1	1	132.1	114	49	48	21	35	6	70	1	0	2	536	155		2.38	1.126	7.8	1.4	2.4	4.8
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	0	1	.000	3.66	6	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	18	8	8	1	4	0	15	0	0	0	77	22		1.27	1.119	8.2	0.5	1.8	6.9

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Value

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	36.3	5.6
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	20.6	-2.2

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals Against

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	4107	12803	1990	524	70	202	132	60.48	8	183	132	93	.231	.285	.371	.656	92	.139	.246	1373	4744	968	3961	4107
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	3455	9706	1685	385	45	134	109	55.14	21	220	130	67	.238	.308	.349	.656	90	.110	.271	1049	3386	629	3314	3455

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	155	493	68	21	4	8	7	53.33	0	6	5	2	.231	.282	.418	.700		.187	.230	57	206	46	150	155
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	22	72	11	4	2	1	1	50.00	0	2	1	0	.250	.289	.403	.692		.153	.304	8	29	7	22	22

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	295	62	56.8	16	6	38	0	100.0	6	24
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	204	57	54.2	173	53	31	12	50.0	73	175

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	13	68	55.2	4	1	25	0	100.0	2	3
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	1	50	50.0	6	2	33	0		1	4

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	14.3	6.8	7.5
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	16.1	8.8	7.4

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	13.1	6.5	6.5
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	19.5	5.2	14.3

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	597	95	381	63.82
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	219	77	145	66.21

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Rudy May	3	6	.333	3.65	12	11	0	3	1	0	69.0	55	32	28	6	28	4	37	0	1	1	287	1.203	7.2	0.8	3.7	4.8
2	Catfish Hunter	6	4	.600	3.04	12	11	0	4	3	0	80.0	58	28	27	9	23	2	42	1	0	0	319	1.013	6.5	1.0	2.6	4.7

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Game Logs

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Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	NYY	1977-05-22 (1)	GS-6, L	5.1	5	4	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	22	6	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	43			-0.2	-0.91			1.21
2	Rudy May	BAL	1977-05-22 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	9	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	70			0.3	3.51			1.21
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1973-09-05	GS-7, W	6.1	8	6	6	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	29	12	25	5	1	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	3	32			-0.2	-2.80			0.72
4	Rudy May	CAL	1973-09-05	GS-1, L	0.0	3	5	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	21			-0.4	-4.81			1.50
5	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1973-05-17	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	6	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	77			0.3	3.91			0.53
6	Rudy May	CAL	1973-05-17	GS-6, L	6.0	5	4	4	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	7	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	48			-0.2	-1.40			0.60
7	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1972-07-03	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	3	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	85			0.4	3.27			0.89
8	Rudy May	CAL	1972-07-03	GS-8, L	7.1	8	5	4	1	0	3	2	4	0	0	0	32	12	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	4	0	1	45			-0.1	-0.85			1.22
9	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1972-06-25 (1)	CG, W	9.0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	31	6	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	87			0.2	2.31			0.92
10	Rudy May	CAL	1972-06-25 (1)	GS-3, L	2.0	3	3	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	9	12	1	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	41			-0.3	-2.86			1.47
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Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (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	1969	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
3	1971	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	1972	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	8	.133	.176	.133	.310	0	1	0	0	0

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-01	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1969	1969-05-01	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-2	b5	---	0		Single to RF
3	1969	1969-05-01	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-2	b7	---	0		Groundout: C-1B
4	1970	1970-05-15	CAL	OAK	down 1-0	t2	1-3	2		Groundout: 1B-P
5	1970	1970-05-15	CAL	OAK	ahead 1-2	t4	1--	0		Strikeout
6	1970	1970-05-15	CAL	OAK	ahead 1-2	t6	1--	1		Strikeout
7	1970	1970-07-04	CAL	OAK	tied 1-1	b2	-23	1		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; K. McMullen Scores; J. Johnstone to 3B
8	1970	1970-07-04	CAL	OAK	tied 3-3	b4	1--	2		Foul Popfly: SS
9	1970	1970-08-03	CAL	OAK	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
10	1971	1971-07-05	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-1	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
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Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (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	1969	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1970	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	0
3	1971	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1972	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.313	.563	1	0	0	0	1

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-01	OAK	CAL	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
2	1969	1969-05-01	OAK	CAL	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout
3	1969	1969-07-20 (2)	OAK	CAL	ahead 6-9	t8	---	1		Strikeout
4	1970	1970-05-15	OAK	CAL	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1970	1970-05-15	OAK	CAL	down 2-1	b5	---	2		Strikeout
6	1970	1970-07-04	OAK	CAL	down 2-1	t3	1--	0		Reached on E1/Sacrifice Bunt; D. Green to 3B; C. Hunter to 1B
7	1970	1970-07-04	OAK	CAL	tied 3-3	t5	---	1		Double to RF
8	1970	1970-08-03	OAK	CAL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Popfly: SS
9	1971	1971-07-05	OAK	CAL	down 1-0	t2	-23	2		Flyball: LF
10	1971	1971-07-05	OAK	CAL	down 2-0	t5	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
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Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Comparison

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Totals

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	0	8	160	.226	.234	.287	.521	52	189	10	0	39	5	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	341	12	42	9	0	0	14	0	0	22	164	.123	.180	.150	.330	-4	51	4	2	17	1	0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Value

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	4.6	4.5	4.8	-0.2	-35	-1	1	0
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-45	1	-2	0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Sabermetric

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	25	157	171	563	46	.288	105	-43	-4.6	.061	4.1	100.0	2
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	9	66	69	321	11	.236	26	-47	-5.0	.026	2.1		0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	0	4	4	20	1	.167	1			.000	2.3		0
2	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Win Probability

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	-2.7	-3.9	1.0	-38.86	-4.4	-38.43	0.93
2	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-4.7	-5.0	-0.1	-46.23	-5.1	-48.93	0.91

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Head-to-Head Batting

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Rudy May	12	21	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.158	.190	.211	.401	4	0	0	0	1	0
2	Catfish Hunter	12	22	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.238	.238	.286	.524	6	1	0	1	0	0

Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: Game Logs

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Rudy May vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	NYY	1977-05-22 (1)																																	P
2	Rudy May	BAL	1977-05-22 (1)																																	P
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1973-09-05																																	P
4	Rudy May	CAL	1973-09-05																																	P
5	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1973-05-17																																	P
6	Rudy May	CAL	1973-05-17																																	P
7	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1972-07-03	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	0.031	2.15	0.05%	-0.27			P
8	Rudy May	CAL	1972-07-03	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.062	0.28	-0.01%	-0.37			P
9	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1972-06-25 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	0.018	1.63	0.03%	0.71			P
10	Rudy May	CAL	1972-06-25 (1)	*	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.025	0.95	0.01%	0.19			P
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