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Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	29	45	.392	2.97	409	1	285	0	0	86	656.2	564	240	217	50	258	67	360	17	4	9	2741	879	119	3.68	1.252	7.7	0.7	3.5	4.9

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	22			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Value

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	409	1	656.2	11.2	4.3

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	409	1	656.2	879	2396	401	100	13	27	26	50.94	8	49	48	22	.235	.312	.351	.662	93	.115	.256	270	840	163	839	879

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	22	68											.265	.306					.315				22	22

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	0	0	53.0	336	114	34	22	79.6	285	408

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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									0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	409	1	656.2	13.1	9.4	3.7

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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. Ken Sanders: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	409	1	656.2

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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. Ken Sanders: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	3	3	.500	3.48	6	6	0	2	1	0	44.0	35	17	17	4	18	1	32	0	0	1	182	1.205	7.2	0.8	3.7	6.5
2	Ken Sanders	0	0		1.04	6	0	5	0	0	3	8.2	4	2	1	0	5	0	7	0	0	1	35	1.038	4.2	0.0	5.2	7.3

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	OAK	1972-04-30	GS-7, L	6.1	7	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	47			-0.2	-0.79			0.95
2	Ken Sanders	MIL	1972-04-30	8-GF, S	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.79	1	0	1.30
3	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-05-05	GS-7, L	6.1	5	4	4	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	27	9	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	47			0.0	0.14			1.11
4	Ken Sanders	MIL	1971-05-05	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.3	0.85	0	0	2.31
5	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-23	GS-6, L	5.2	4	4	4	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	24	7	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	47			-0.2	-2.13			1.24
6	Ken Sanders	MIL	1971-04-23	8-GF, S	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.21	2	0	0.54
7	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-16	SHO, W	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	33	8	33	6	2	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	79			0.3	3.21			0.72
8	Ken Sanders	OAK	1968-07-16	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.36	0	0	0.04
9	Denny McLain	DET	1966-07-01 (1)	GS-8, W	7.2	8	5	5	0	2	5	0	4	0	0	0	35	13	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	42			-0.1	-1.99			1.20
10	Ken Sanders	KCA	1966-07-01 (1)	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.45	0	0	0.08
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Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ken Sanders (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ken Sanders (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	1964	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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

Ken Sanders (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ken Sanders (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-08-15	DET	KCA	ahead 1-3	t7	-2-	0		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-07-16	DET	OAK	ahead 0-4	t9	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	346	67	52	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	13	.115	.220	.115	.336	-1	6	0	2	8	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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. Ken Sanders: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	346	67	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-7	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	346	67	0	13	13	54	3	.154	8	-8	-0.9	.000	4.0		0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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		-87.11	0.88
2	Ken Sanders	22-34	1964	1976	346	67	-0.9	-0.7	-0.2	-7.88		-7.13	0.99

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	6	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.063	.118	.063	.180	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ken Sanders	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Ken Sanders: 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	OAK	1972-04-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.033	1.20	-0.03%	-0.19			P
2	Ken Sanders	MIL	1972-04-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-05-05	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.157	1.22	0.11%	1.51			P
4	Ken Sanders	MIL	1971-05-05		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Denny McLain	WSA	1971-04-23	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.040	1.20	-0.04%	-0.27			P
6	Ken Sanders	MIL	1971-04-23		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	-0.002	0.09	0.00%	-0.38			P
7	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-16	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.034	1.79	-0.10%	-1.20			P
8	Ken Sanders	OAK	1968-07-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Denny McLain	DET	1966-07-01 (1)	*	8	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.004	2.42	-0.01%	0.08			P
10	Ken Sanders	KCA	1966-07-01 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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