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Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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 Butler	22-30	1969	1977	23	35	.397	4.21	134	86	17	10	5	1	591.2	555	304	277	65	312	8	408	6	0	8	2584	904	88	4.22	1.465	8.4	1.0	4.7	6.2
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	24			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Value

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	2.9	-2.3
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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 Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	904	2222	366	105	19	22	35	38.60	2	32	33	17	.250	.341	.402	.743	112	.152	.278	307	893	189	873	904
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	24	68	14	1	2	2	0	100.00	0	1	1	0	.265	.306	.382	.688		.118	.315	8	26	4	22	24

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	32	37	48.1	54	19	35	0	100.0	17	48
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	33	52.3						0	0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2	15.8	12.1	3.7
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	134	86	591.2
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	0	0		6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	6	6	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	1.154	8.3	1.0	2.1	4.2
2	Bill Butler	0	0		9.64	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	24	2.143	13.5	1.9	5.8	9.6

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Bill Butler	KCR	1969-05-06	GS-5	4.2	7	5	5	0	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	24	11	19	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	1	2	32			-0.2	-2.04			1.12
2	Denny McLain	DET	1969-05-06	GS-9	8.2	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	11	32	6	1	0	1	1	0	12	2	0	0	2	46			0.2	-0.14			0.85

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batter vs. Pitcher

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (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	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Butler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-06	DET	KCR	tied 1-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1969	1969-05-06	DET	KCR	ahead 1-2	b4	12-	2		Strikeout Looking

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (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	1969	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 Butler (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Butler (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-06	KCR	DET	tied 1-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	117	1	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	79	.051	.118	.051	.169	-51	6	2	0	6	1	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.0	-25	1	0	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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 Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	0	15	15	120	1	.154	7	-23	-2.6	.000	1.5		0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.00	1

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Butler	22-30	1969	1977	79	133	-2.1	-2.3	0.2	-19.77	-2.0	-23.67	0.98
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86	-9.0	-87.11	0.88

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Denny McLain	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Butler	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Bill Butler: 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	Bill Butler	KCR	1969-05-06	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.017	1.04	-0.02%	-0.15			P
2	Denny McLain	DET	1969-05-06	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	-0.053	0.48	-0.03%	-0.85			P

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