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Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Pitching Comparison

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	209	166	.557	2.95	518	465	34	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	154	10	82	14097	4299	121	3.02	1.148	8.1	0.7	2.2	6.5
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	141	119	.542	3.45	987	74	577	18	2	174	2139.1	2099	934	821	172	623	136	1361	15	5	112	8971	2882	110	3.19	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	5.7

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	3	3	.500	2.95	7	6	1	3	1	0	39.2	36	17	13	8	12	2	36	1	0	0	162	49			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Value

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	987	74	2139.1	29.0	5.5

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	4299	12904	2259	471	74	96	84	53.33	51	272	116	66	.239	.293	.352	.645	85	.113	.275	1342	4536	825	4093	4299
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	987	74	2139.1	2882	8135	1590	288	49	133	66	66.83	7	191	114	73	.258	.309	.369	.678	90	.111	.289	946	3001	509	2737	2882

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	49	146											.247	.308					.275				49	49

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	32	43	46.8	823	295	36	76	69.6	577	913

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966									1	1

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	987	74	2139.1	15.2	6.9	8.2

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	22.2	7.4	14.8

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	987	74	2139.1		107

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	8	0	1.000	2.16	11	10	1	3	0	0	79.0	74	23	19	8	23	3	47	1	0	1	326	1.228	8.4	0.9	2.6	5.4
2	Lindy McDaniel	1	2	.333	1.91	11	1	5	0	0	1	28.1	16	6	6	3	5	3	18	0	0	0	104	0.741	5.1	1.0	1.6	5.7

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-08-30	GS-7, W	6.2	5	3	3	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	28	8	25	4	1	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	54			0.0	0.59			1.09
2	Lindy McDaniel	SFG	1967-08-30	5-7	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.53	1	1	0.34
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-05-27	GS-8, W	7.1	9	5	1	4	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	34	14	32	6	3	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	3	51			-0.2	-2.05			1.17
4	Lindy McDaniel	SFG	1967-05-27	4-6	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	12	4	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.28	0	0	1.59
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-05-16 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	33	8	30	4	2	0	3	1	0	8	0	1	0	2	71			0.2	1.75			1.62
6	Lindy McDaniel	CHC	1965-05-16 (2)	8-GF, L	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	8	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-0.56	0	0	1.75
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1962-07-25	GS-8, W	7.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	29	8	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	59	89	61	0.1	1.51			1.12
8	Lindy McDaniel	STL	1962-07-25	7-7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	4	0.0	0.47	2	1	1.29
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1962-06-19	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	37	11	35	7	1	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	2	65	128	87	0.4	2.25			1.60
10	Lindy McDaniel	STL	1962-06-19	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		33	22	0.1	1.29	2	1	1.18
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Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lindy McDaniel (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lindy McDaniel (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (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	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1959	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1961	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1962	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1965	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1967	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	0	0	0	0	1

Lindy McDaniel (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lindy McDaniel (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-18	BRO	STL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1	6 (3-2)	Flyball: SS
2	1957	1957-09-18	BRO	STL	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	1	7 (3-2)	Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
3	1959	1959-08-14	LAD	STL	ahead 0-1	t9	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1961	1961-09-22	LAD	STL	ahead 1-5	t5	---	1	2 (1-0)	Single to LF (Line Drive)
5	1961	1961-09-22	LAD	STL	ahead 3-6	t7	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
6	1962	1962-06-19	LAD	STL	ahead 2-3	b8	---	0	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	1965	1965-05-16 (2)	LAD	CHC	tied 2-2	b9	---	2		Double to CF (Line Drive)
8	1967	1967-05-27	LAD	SFG	tied 4-4	t4	1--	1		Strikeout
9	1967	1967-05-27	LAD	SFG	tied 4-4	t6	12-	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1967	1967-08-30	LAD	SFG	ahead 2-5	t6	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Lindy McDaniel (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Lindy McDaniel (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	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1961	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Lindy McDaniel (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Lindy McDaniel (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-18	STL	BRO	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1957	1957-09-18	STL	BRO	down 2-0	b4	1--	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1961	1961-09-22	STL	LAD	down 5-1	b5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive)
4	1967	1967-05-27	SFG	LAD	tied 4-4	b4	---	2		Single to RF
5	1967	1967-08-30	SFG	LAD	down 5-2	b5	---	1		Flyball: CF

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Comparison

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	0	2	60	370	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	345	34	5	69	6	0
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	865	412	378	19	56	11	0	3	17	0	0	8	159	.148	.168	.201	.369	0	76	4	1	25	0	0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	865	412	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	0.0	-52	1	-1	0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.00	2
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	865	412	14	65	71	351	14	.245	33	-54	-5.7	.053	2.4		0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	0	2	2	10		.000	0			.000	1.4		0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44		-80.96	0.96
2	Lindy McDaniel	19-39	1955	1975	865	412	-4.3	-4.5	0.1	-47.29		-49.34	0.99

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Batting

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	11	36	32	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.125	.121	.156	.277	5	1	0	3	1	0
2	Lindy McDaniel	11	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0

Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Lindy McDaniel vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-08-30	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.52			P
2	Lindy McDaniel	SFG	1967-08-30		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.014	0.08	0.00%	-0.14			P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1967-05-27	*	8	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.59	-0.099	1.09	-0.04%	-0.75			P
4	Lindy McDaniel	SFG	1967-05-27		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	0.51	0.015	1.25	0.02%	0.11			P
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-05-16 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.009	4.79	-0.02%	-0.59			P
6	Lindy McDaniel	CHC	1965-05-16 (2)		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1962-07-25	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.145	8.18	-0.54%	-1.51			P
8	Lindy McDaniel	STL	1962-07-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1962-06-19	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	0.024	4.48	0.08%	-0.07			P
10	Lindy McDaniel	STL	1962-06-19		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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