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Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	28	34	.452	3.48	183	76	31	18	2	12	692.1	644	296	268	82	269	33	507	32	2	18	2948	971	103	3.92	1.319	8.4	1.1	3.5	6.6
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	1	1	.500	3.32	5	2	0	0	0	0	19.0	14	8	7	0	8	2	17	1	0	1	78	25		1.11	1.158	6.6	0.0	3.8	8.1

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Value

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	183	76	692.1	7.0	0.9
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Totals Against

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	183	76	692.1	971	2588	452	99	11	58	24	70.73	2	43	37	23	.249	.325	.391	.715	105	.142	.278	333	1011	192	945	971
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	5	2	19.0	25	68	13	1	0	3	1	75.00	0	1	1	0	.206	.299	.221	.519		.015	.275	6	15	1	23	25

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	46	61	54.0	99	46	46	3	80.0	31	107
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	1	50	54.5	3	0	0	0		0	3

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Ratios

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	183	76	692.1	17.2	9.1	8.1
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	5	2	19.0	21.8	10.3	11.5

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Pitch Summary

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	183	76	692.1
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	5	2	19.0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Sam McDowell	0	0		2.70	2	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	3	3	0	13	2	13	0	0	1	50	1.900	5.4	0.0	11.7	11.7
2	Bob Johnson	0	0		1.08	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	3	1	1	1	0	10	0	0	1	35	0.960	7.6	1.1	1.1	10.8

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	PIT	1973-06-06	6-6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.53	2	1	1.42
2	Sam McDowell	SFG	1973-06-06	6-7, H	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	9	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.17	0	0	1.69
3	Bob Johnson	KCR	1970-05-02	GS-8	8.0	7	3	1	2	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	34	10	32	5	1	0	3	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	69			-0.2	0.68			1.53
4	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-05-02	GS-9	8.1	5	3	3	0	0	10	2	10	0	0	1	41	15	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	61			0.1	1.27			1.63

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bob Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bob Johnson (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	1970	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bob Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bob Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-05-02	CLE	KCR	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B
2	1970	1970-05-02	CLE	KCR	down 2-1	t4	1-3	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1970	1970-05-02	CLE	KCR	down 2-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout

Bob Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (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	1970	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-05-02	KCR	CLE	tied 0-0	b2	123	1		Strikeout
2	1970	1970-05-02	KCR	CLE	ahead 1-2	b4	---	0		Walk
3	1970	1970-05-02	KCR	CLE	ahead 1-2	b6	---	0		Strikeout

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	169	187	157	8	15	2	0	0	8	0	0	16	93	.096	.179	.108	.287	-17	17	3	0	14	0	0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Value

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	169	187	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-25	0	0	0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	169	187	2	31	32	159	4	.234	16	-25	-2.7	.013	1.7		0
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.00	1

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	28-29	1971	1972	5	6	0	0	0	6	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Johnson	26-34	1969	1977	169	187	-2.1	-2.5	0.3	-24.00	-2.6	-25.86	0.94
2	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26	-10.2	-104.97	0.95

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Sam McDowell	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Johnson	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Bob Johnson: 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	Bob Johnson	PIT	1973-06-06		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Sam McDowell	SFG	1973-06-06		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.060	2.59	-0.09%	-1.12			P
3	Bob Johnson	KCR	1970-05-02	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.066	1.09	-0.03%	-0.63			P
4	Sam McDowell	CLE	1970-05-02	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.141	1.08	-0.07%	-1.06			P

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