Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Totals

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	268	152	.638	2.86	558	521	15	211	53	4	3948.0	3349	1395	1253	303	1311	37	2212	38	11	85	16114	4849	125	3.50	1.180	7.6	0.7	3.0	5.0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	8	3	.727	2.61	17	15	1	6	2	0	124.1	101	36	36	10	50	4	90	2	0	6	518	156		1.50	1.214	7.3	0.7	3.6	6.5

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Value

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	20.6	-2.2
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	558	521	3948.0	67.6	32.2

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Totals Against

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	558	521	3948.0	4849	14548	2446	512	88	265	164	61.77	15	272	133	84	.230	.294	.340	.634	82	.110	.251	1467	4946	903	4698	4849

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	17	15	124.1	156	459	69	18	4	2	4	33.33	0	5	3	3	.220	.298	.342	.640		.122	.251	49	157	32	153	156

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	204	57	54.2	173	53	31	12	50.0	73	175
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	337	65	58.5	31	6	19	0	100.0	15	37

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	1	50	50.0	6	2	33	0		1	4
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	11	73	61.7	1	0	0	0		1	2

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Ratios

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	16.1	8.8	7.4
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	558	521	3948.0	13.7	8.1	5.6

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	19.5	5.2	14.3
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	17	15	124.1	17.4	9.7	7.7

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Pitch Summary

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	558	521	3948.0		137

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	219	77	145	66.21
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	17	15	124.1	640	120	407	63.59

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Totals

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	2	3	.400	3.26	9	7	0	3	2	0	49.2	41	21	18	3	17	0	38	0	1	2	204	1.168	7.4	0.5	3.1	6.9
2	Jim Palmer	5	3	.625	2.47	9	8	1	4	1	0	65.2	47	21	18	6	17	0	37	0	0	1	260	0.975	6.4	0.8	2.3	5.1

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Game Logs

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Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	Rudy May	NYY	1980-08-18	4-5	1.1	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.74	3	0	1.28
2	Jim Palmer	BAL	1980-08-18	GS-8, W	7.1	6	5	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	8	27	2	2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	4	46			-0.1	-0.97			0.84
3	Rudy May	NYY	1975-09-28 (1)	CG, L	9.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	34	9	31	5	2	0	0	1	0	13	0	1	1	3	63			0.0	1.27			0.68
4	Jim Palmer	BAL	1975-09-28 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	35	8	35	7	1	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	75			0.5	4.27			1.10
5	Rudy May	NYY	1975-06-25	GS-8	7.1	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	32	10	28	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	67			0.1	1.46			1.01
6	Jim Palmer	BAL	1975-06-25	CG, L	9.0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	32	6	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	2	74			0.0	2.05			1.31
7	Rudy May	CAL	1973-07-22	GS-4, L	3.0	4	6	5	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	8	13	3	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	27			-0.3	-3.66			0.86
8	Jim Palmer	BAL	1973-07-22	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	39	12	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	2	64			0.2	1.91			0.50
9	Rudy May	CAL	1973-07-10	GS-7	6.1	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	27	9	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	55			0.3	2.15			0.96
10	Jim Palmer	BAL	1973-07-10	GS-9	8.1	9	7	6	1	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	35	11	32	5	1	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	1	4	40			-0.2	-2.24			0.64
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Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Jim Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Jim Palmer (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	1965	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Jim Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Jim Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-06	CAL	BAL	ahead 0-1	b2	1-3	1		Walk; J. Gotay to 2B
2	1965	1965-06-06	CAL	BAL	ahead 0-2	b4	---	2		Flyball: LF
3	1972	1972-08-23	CAL	BAL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1972	1972-09-02	CAL	BAL	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1972	1972-09-02	CAL	BAL	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1		Lineout: SS

Jim Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Palmer (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	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-06	BAL	CAL	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1965	1965-06-06	BAL	CAL	down 2-0	t5	12-	2		Flyball: RF
3	1972	1972-08-23	BAL	CAL	tied 0-0	b2	---	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1972	1972-08-23	BAL	CAL	ahead 0-1	b4	1-3	1		Fielder's Choice P/Sacrifice Bunt; B. Robinson Scores; A. Etchebarren to 3B/Adv on E1; J. Palmer to 1B
5	1972	1972-09-02	BAL	CAL	down 2-0	t2	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1972	1972-09-02	BAL	CAL	down 2-0	t5	---	2		Strikeout

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Comparison

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Totals

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	222	537	489	52	85	9	1	3	41	1	0	16	207	.174	.200	.215	.414	18	105	1	0	31	1	0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	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
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	20	38	35	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.086	.135	.114	.249	4	1	0	1	0	0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Value

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-45	1	-2	0
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	222	537	0.9	0.9	1.1	-0.2	-49	2	-2	0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	9	66	69	321	11	.236	26	-47	-5.0	.026	2.1		0
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	222	537	13	101	110	437	26	.293	90	-54	-5.9	.041	2.4	100.0	1

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Jim Palmer	20-37	1966	1983	20	38	1	5	6	34	1	.143	6			.029	2.5		0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-4.7	-5.0	-0.1	-46.23	-5.1	-48.93	0.91
2	Jim Palmer	19-38	1965	1984	222	537	-2.4	-4.4	1.6	-35.89	-3.9	-46.28	0.86

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Totals

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	9	7	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Palmer	9	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: Game Logs

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Rudy May vs. Jim Palmer: 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	Rudy May	NYY	1980-08-18																																	P
2	Jim Palmer	BAL	1980-08-18																																	P
3	Rudy May	NYY	1975-09-28 (1)																																	P
4	Jim Palmer	BAL	1975-09-28 (1)																																	P
5	Rudy May	NYY	1975-06-25																																	P
6	Jim Palmer	BAL	1975-06-25																																	P
7	Rudy May	CAL	1973-07-22																																	P
8	Jim Palmer	BAL	1973-07-22																																	P
9	Rudy May	CAL	1973-07-10																																	P
10	Jim Palmer	BAL	1973-07-10																																	P
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