Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Pitching Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	43	40	.518	3.52	186	104	35	18	6	9	785.2	707	337	307	77	270	27	449	19	0	9	3290	1035	103	3.80	1.244	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.1

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	1	0	1.000	2.08	4	2	0	1	0	0	21.2	16	5	5	1	5	1	12	0	0	0	85	22			0.969	6.6	0.4	2.1	5.0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Value

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	186	104	785.2	7.1	1.3

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Totals Against

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	186	104	785.2	1035	2945	509	98	23	32	17	65.31	0	62	37	19	.240	.306	.367	.674	92	.127	.258	336	1081	198	996	1035

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	4	2	21.2	22	80	10	5	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.200	.247	.300	.547		.100	.224	6	24	6	21	22

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Starting & Relieving

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	59	57	53.2	64	23	36	4	69.2	35	82

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	2	100	64.5	2	1	50	0		0	2

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Ratios

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	186	104	785.2	13.6	8.2	5.4

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	4	2	21.2	14.1	5.9	8.2

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Pitch Summary

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	186	104	785.2		87

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	4	2	21.2	127	111	81	63.78

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	2	1	.667	3.86	3	2	1	1	0	0	11.2	7	6	5	2	5	0	14	1	0	1	47	1.029	5.4	1.5	3.9	10.8
2	Bill Stafford	1	1	.500	9.64	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	7	10	10	1	9	0	6	0	0	0	44	1.714	6.8	1.0	8.7	5.8

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	1965-09-29	CG, W	9.0	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	1	33	7	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	75			0.3	0.99			0.87
2	Bill Stafford	NYY	1965-09-29	2-3, L	1.2	2	4	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-3.32	0	0	0.96
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1964-10-04	12-GF(13), W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	0.92	0	0	2.31
4	Bill Stafford	NYY	1964-10-04	8-8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.46	0	0	1.38
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1962-05-12	GS-1, L	0.2	1	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	37			-0.2	-2.28			1.73
6	Bill Stafford	NYY	1962-05-12	GS-7, W	6.2	5	6	6	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	31	11	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	38			0.0	-0.40			0.85

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bill Stafford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bill Stafford (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bill Stafford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Bill Stafford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-29	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Bill Stafford (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Stafford (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Stafford (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Stafford (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-29	NYY	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batting Comparison

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batting Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	187	271	245	15	38	7	2	0	14	0	1	7	63	.155	.181	.200	.381	5	49	2	1	16	1	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batting Value

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	187	271	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-32	1	-1	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batting Sabermetric

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	0.0	1
2	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	187	271	9	46	50	227	12	.208	29	-32	-3.3	.045	3.9	0.0	1

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	Bill Stafford	21-23	1960	1962	4	6	0	0	0	6	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Batting Win Probability

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	-10.2	-104.97	0.95
2	Bill Stafford	21-28	1960	1967	187	271	-2.6	-3.3	0.2	-31.68	-3.4	-35.02	0.85

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Head-to-Head Batting

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Totals

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Stafford	3	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: Game Logs

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Sam McDowell vs. Bill Stafford: 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	1965-09-29	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	-0.082	0.00	0.00%	-1.18			P
2	Bill Stafford	NYY	1965-09-29		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1964-10-04		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bill Stafford	NYY	1964-10-04		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1962-05-12	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bill Stafford	NYY	1962-05-12	*	7	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	0.009	1.42	0.02%	-0.10			P

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