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Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	116	117	.498	3.11	361	290	31	59	18	4	2002.0	1829	783	691	145	554	65	1065	53	1	68	8234	2566	110	3.31	1.190	8.2	0.7	2.5	4.8
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. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972	0	1	.000	13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	10	5			3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	6.8
2	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	22			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Value

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	361	290	2002.0	25.5	8.7
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	361	290	2002.0	2566	7513	1354	285	45	118	73	61.78	7	183	75	36	.243	.299	.351	.650	92	.108	.266	804	2639	475	2436	2566
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. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972	2	0	1.1	5	6											.333	.556					.400				5	5
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	22	68											.265	.306					.315				22	22

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	180	62	54.8	51	15	29	2	66.7	31	71
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972									1	2
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968									0	0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	361	290	2002.0	12.9	6.7	6.2
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972	2	0	1.1	10.0	30.0	-20.0
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	361	290	2002.0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972	2	0	1.1
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	1	3	.250	3.63	4	4	0	1	0	0	17.1	19	13	7	2	8	1	5	0	0	2	77	1.558	9.9	1.0	4.2	2.6
2	Denny McLain	3	1	.750	2.67	4	4	0	2	1	0	27.0	20	8	8	3	10	0	30	0	0	1	109	1.111	6.7	1.0	3.3	10.0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	CHW	1967-07-30 (1)	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	35	8	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	72			0.2	2.47			0.75
2	Denny McLain	DET	1967-07-30 (1)	GS-2, L	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	6	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	30			-0.3	-3.23			0.99
3	Joe Horlen	CHW	1966-08-25	GS-2, L	1.1	6	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	13	9	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	22			-0.4	-4.96			1.00
4	Denny McLain	DET	1966-08-25	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	1	31	4	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	90			0.2	4.02			0.30
5	Joe Horlen	CHW	1966-05-13	GS-4, L	4.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	6	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	43			-0.1	-0.22			0.79
6	Denny McLain	DET	1966-05-13	GS-8, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	30	11	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	60			0.0	-0.34			1.09
7	Joe Horlen	CHW	1965-09-21	GS-3, L	3.0	3	5	0	5	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	6	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	44			-0.4	-3.67			1.48
8	Denny McLain	DET	1965-09-21	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	36	9	34	3	1	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	4	75			0.1	1.99			0.52

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Joe Horlen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Joe Horlen (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
2	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Joe Horlen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Joe Horlen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-21	CHW	DET	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-05-13	CHW	DET	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1967	1967-07-30 (1)	CHW	DET	ahead 0-2	b2	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Martin to 3B; R. Hansen to 2B

Joe Horlen (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Horlen (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	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Horlen (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Horlen (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-21	DET	CHW	down 1-0	b3	12-	0		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-05-13	DET	CHW	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Single to RF
3	1966	1966-08-25	DET	CHW	ahead 0-3	b2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	412	694	618	29	83	4	1	0	26	1	1	18	127	.134	.159	.144	.303	-12	89	10	1	54	3	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. Joe Horlen: 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. Joe Horlen: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	412	694	-2.3	-2.4	-2.1	-0.4	-93	1	-2	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. Joe Horlen: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	412	694	5	102	106	603	18	.168	55	-94	-9.7	.010	4.9	50.00	2
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. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	34	1972	1972	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Horlen	23-34	1961	1972	412	694	-9.3	-9.5	-0.4	-93.24		-97.99	0.93
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86		-87.11	0.88

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Denny McLain	4	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Joe Horlen: 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	Joe Horlen	CHW	1967-07-30 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.47	-0.015	3.68	-0.07%	-1.00			P
2	Denny McLain	DET	1967-07-30 (1)	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Joe Horlen	CHW	1966-08-25	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Denny McLain	DET	1966-08-25	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.020	0.02	0.00%	-1.14			P
5	Joe Horlen	CHW	1966-05-13	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.040	5.11	-0.07%	-0.34			P
6	Denny McLain	DET	1966-05-13	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	0.030	1.33	0.05%	0.27			P
7	Joe Horlen	CHW	1965-09-21	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
8	Denny McLain	DET	1965-09-21	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.066	0.00	0.00%	-0.54			P

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