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Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Pitching Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	135	132	.506	3.43	501	308	78	88	24	18	2325.0	2215	991	886	183	806	74	1629	61	6	73	9801	3205	104	3.27	1.299	8.6	0.7	3.1	6.3

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	76		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Value

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	31.4	10.2

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Totals Against

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	3205	8786	1574	380	78	134	94	58.77	8	201	101	42	.252	.318	.376	.693	101	.123	.290	1062	3300	641	3082	3205

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	76	184	29	6	2	4	4	50.00	1	4	2	3	.207	.326	.277	.603		.071	.268	19	51	9	72	76

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Starting & Relieving

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	185	60	54.2	191	59	31	11	62.1	78	193

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	0			13	3	23	2	80.0	19	26

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Ratios

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	16.6	8.2	8.4

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Pitch Summary

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0		94

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	407		242	59.46

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	1	1	.500	2.25	6	1	4	0	0	1	12.0	12	3	3	1	3	0	9	0	0	1	46	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	6.8
2	Chris Short	4	1	.800	1.79	6	6	0	3	1	0	45.1	41	11	9	2	10	1	35	0	0	0	179	1.125	8.1	0.4	2.0	6.9

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-05-19	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.43	0	0	0.11
2	Chris Short	PHI	1971-05-19	CG, W	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	34	9	34	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	79			0.3	2.91			0.96
3	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-09-23	7-GF, W	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	8	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1				0.4	1.87	2	0	2.83
4	Chris Short	PHI	1970-09-23	GS-6	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	21	6	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	50			-0.2	-1.40			1.07
5	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-07-02 (2)	5-6	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0				0.0	0.16	1	1	1.07
6	Chris Short	PHI	1970-07-02 (2)	GS-8, W	7.1	9	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	11	29	7	1	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	2	52			0.0	0.73			1.26
7	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-06-20	9-GF	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	3	-0.1	0.58	3	1	3.82
8	Chris Short	PHI	1970-06-20	CG, W	9.0	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	32	7	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	82	140	90	0.6	3.53			1.43
9	Tug McGraw	NYM	1966-09-04	GS-5, L	5.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	7	18	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	3	42			-0.1	-0.79			0.72
10	Chris Short	PHI	1966-09-04	SHO, W	9.0	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	36	12	33	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	0	3	72			0.4	3.98			1.06
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Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (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	1966	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-09-04	NYM	PHI	down 2-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; J. Grote to 2B

Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (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	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-09-04	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Flyball: CF
2	1966	1966-09-04	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1970	1970-06-20	PHI	NYM	ahead 1-2	t9	123	1	3 (1-1)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	697	29	88	5	2	0	24	1	0	14	198	.126	.146	.139	.285	-19	97	13	3	57	4	0

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Value

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	-2.8	-2.8	-2.9	0.2	-111	0	-2	0

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Sabermetric

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	7	105	115	683	17	.175	53	-112	-11.9	.013	3.5	100.00	1

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	2	5	0	.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Win Probability

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79	-2.1	-21.82	1.07
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	-10.7	-10.8	-0.5	-120.22	-12.7	-113.09	0.95

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Head-to-Head Batting

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Chris Short	6	17	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.286	.500	4	1	0	3	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Chris Short: 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	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-05-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Chris Short	PHI	1971-05-19	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.95	-0.051	0.27	-0.01%	-0.26			P
3	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-09-23		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.017	1.74	-0.03%	-0.23			P
4	Chris Short	PHI	1970-09-23	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P
5	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-07-02 (2)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Chris Short	PHI	1970-07-02 (2)	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.79	0.022	0.62	0.01%	0.18			P
7	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-06-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Chris Short	PHI	1970-06-20	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.185	1.37	-0.10%	-2.18			P
9	Tug McGraw	NYM	1966-09-04	*	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
10	Chris Short	PHI	1966-09-04	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.045	0.24	-0.01%	-0.50			P
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