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Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	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
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	46	62	.426	4.43	204	141	29	20	9	2	951.2	884	498	468	131	378	28	549	30	8	25	4064	1335	75	4.46	1.326	8.4	1.2	3.6	5.2

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Value

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	1.5	-7.7

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	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
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	1335	3587	561	154	38	58	22	72.50	12	56	42	27	.246	.321	.420	.741	122	.174	.257	492	1507	323	1292	1335

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	70	50	50.7	30	10	33	1	66.7	29	63

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	13.5	9.3	4.2

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2		89

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	2	0	1.000	2.25	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.0	20	7	6	2	10	1	21	1	0	1	101	1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	7.9
2	Phil Ortega	1	1	.500	6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	6	7	7	1	7	1	8	0	0	0	40	1.393	5.8	1.0	6.8	7.7

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-23	GS-7, W	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	4	1	7	1	0	1	33	13	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	2	0	2	48			-0.4	-1.45			1.47
2	Phil Ortega	WSA	1968-07-23	3-8, L	5.0	2	2	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	6	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.1	1.82	2	0	1.20
3	Denny McLain	DET	1966-08-10	GS-8	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	32	8	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	1	68			0.1	1.43			1.63
4	Phil Ortega	WSA	1966-08-10	10-GF(12), W	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	2	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.1	0.29	0	0	1.61
5	Denny McLain	DET	1965-10-02 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	0	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	36	10	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	75			0.4	2.87			0.78
6	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-10-02 (1)	8-9	1.1	2	4	4	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				0.0	-1.63	0	0	0.16

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batter vs. Pitcher

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (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	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-10-02 (1)	DET	WSA	ahead 0-4	t8	-2-	2		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-07-23	DET	WSA	ahead 1-3	t4	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
3	1968	1968-07-23	DET	WSA	down 4-3	t7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Ortega (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	1968	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	1

Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-23	WSA	DET	down 3-1	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; R. Hansen to 2B
2	1968	1968-07-23	WSA	DET	down 3-1	b5	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Allen to 3B; P. Casanova to 2B
3	1968	1968-07-23	WSA	DET	ahead 3-4	b6	123	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	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
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	253	16	29	3	0	0	11	0	0	26	118	.115	.195	.126	.322	-4	32	5	0	30	3	0

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-33	-1	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.00	1
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	3	55	60	262	10	.210	27	-32	-3.6	.012	2.1		0

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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. Phil Ortega: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86	-9.0	-87.11	0.88
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	-3.7	-3.5	-0.4	-38.25	-4.2	-36.18	0.93

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	3	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Phil Ortega	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Phil Ortega: 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	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-23	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	-0.052	4.31	-0.18%	-0.36			P
2	Phil Ortega	WSA	1968-07-23		6	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.38	-0.169	0.00	0.00%	-1.78			P
3	Denny McLain	DET	1966-08-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.052	0.57	-0.03%	-0.55			P
4	Phil Ortega	WSA	1966-08-10		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.039	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P
5	Denny McLain	DET	1965-10-02 (1)	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.58	0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P
6	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-10-02 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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