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Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Pitching Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	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
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	53	44	.546	3.67	416	16	245	2	1	82	799.1	747	377	326	78	374	55	606	32	2	45	3480	1207	102	3.82	1.402	8.4	0.9	4.2	6.8

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	2	0	1.000	0.71	4	0	4	0	0	2	12.2	8	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	47	11			0.789	5.7	0.0	1.4	3.6

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Value

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	5.6	-1.5

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Totals Against

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	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
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	1207	2997	537	107	25	21	28	42.86	3	58	48	29	.249	.336	.380	.716	103	.130	.286	388	1138	210	1153	1207

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2	11	44											.182	.234					.205				11	11

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	6	38	48.9	323	112	35	30	73.2	245	400

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959								100.0	4	4

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	17.4	10.7	6.7

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2	10.6	4.3	6.4

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1		100

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	3	0	1.000	1.21	4	3	1	2	0	0	29.2	23	4	4	1	12	1	40	1	0	2	121	1.180	7.0	0.3	3.6	12.1
2	Larry Sherry	0	1	.000	6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	5	0	1	1	9	0	0	1	31	1.500	12.2	0.0	1.4	12.2

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1967-06-27	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	36	9	35	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	75			0.2	2.80			0.44
2	Larry Sherry	DET	1967-06-27	6-6	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2				-0.1	-1.87	0	0	0.35
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1966-09-18	GS-6	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	25	9	23	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	66			0.2	1.68			0.96
4	Larry Sherry	DET	1966-09-18	9-GF(10), L	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.11	0	0	2.19
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-09-20	9-GF(14), BW	5.2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	22	6	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1				0.5	2.06	2	1	2.80
6	Larry Sherry	DET	1965-09-20	5-6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.49	1	0	0.47
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-30	CG, W	9.0	4	2	2	0	1	7	0	13	1	0	1	38	13	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	77			0.0	1.99			0.48
8	Larry Sherry	DET	1965-05-30	8-GF	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	11	5	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2				0.0	-1.11	0	0	0.02

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Sherry (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	1965	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	1.000	1.500	0	1	0	0	0

Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-05-30	CLE	DET	ahead 2-8	t8	-2-	2		Single to RF; P. González to 3B
2	1967	1967-06-27	CLE	DET	ahead 1-5	t6	--3	1		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; C. Salmon Scores

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	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
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	0	0	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	41	3	1	8	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	5	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Value

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-15	-1	-1	0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Sabermetric

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.00	1
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	7	33	33	134	11	.204	13	-15	-1.5	.108	4.0		0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	5	5	0	2	2	3		.667	0			.000	4.0		0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Win Probability

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26		-104.97	0.95
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	-1.8	-1.3	-0.3	-18.07		-15.15	1.17

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Head-to-Head Batting

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	4	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.231	.333	.564	4	0	0	0	1	0
2	Larry Sherry	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1967-06-27	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.250	.667	.917	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.21	0.022	0.44	0.03%	1.11			P
2	Larry Sherry	DET	1967-06-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1966-09-18	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P
4	Larry Sherry	DET	1966-09-18		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-09-20		6	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.000	0.00	0.00%	0.03			P
6	Larry Sherry	DET	1965-09-20		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-30	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.042	0.70	-0.04%	-0.37			P
8	Larry Sherry	DET	1965-05-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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