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Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	143	122	.540	2.52	1070	52	651	20	5	228	2254.1	1757	773	632	150	778	79	1610	62	4	90	9164	2715	147	3.06	1.125	7.0	0.6	3.1	6.4

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1			0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	11.6

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Value

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	49.7	26.7

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	2715	8135	1344	217	46	176	78	69.29	17	171	149	49	.216	.288	.309	.597	70	.093	.250	739	2515	413	2597	2715

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1	1	9											.111	.111					.167				1	1

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	36	69	59.7	716	252	35	75	75.2	651	1018

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954								100.0	1	2

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	17.6	8.5	9.1

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1	33.3	0.0	33.3

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	0	1	.000	2.13	8	0	6	0	0	2	12.2	9	5	3	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	51	1.184	6.4	0.0	4.3	7.1
2	Denny McLain	5	3	.625	1.50	8	8	0	4	2	0	54.0	33	13	9	2	11	0	34	0	0	3	205	0.815	5.5	0.3	1.8	5.7

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	1969-08-22	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	9	33	6	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	72			0.4	2.84			0.96
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	CAL	1969-08-22	8-GF	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.85	0	0	0.44
3	Denny McLain	DET	1969-08-13	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	7	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	79			0.4	4.29			0.94
4	Hoyt Wilhelm	CAL	1969-08-13	7-GF(8)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.95	0	0	0.11
5	Denny McLain	DET	1968-06-16 (2)	GS-7, W	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	24	5	22	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	70			0.1	1.79			0.84
6	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1968-06-16 (2)	8-8,BS	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-2.00	3	2	4.16
7	Denny McLain	DET	1967-09-10 (2)	GS-1, L	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	43			-0.2	-1.61			1.31
8	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1967-09-10 (2)	7-8, H	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.34	1	0	1.81
9	Denny McLain	DET	1967-08-08 (1)	CG(10), W	10.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	5	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	84			0.6	3.22			1.23
10	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1967-08-08 (1)	8-GF(10), L	2.1	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.1	0.38	2	0	3.05
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Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batter vs. Pitcher

Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm (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	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.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

Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-25	DET	CHW	ahead 0-8	b8	---	0		Flyball: 2B
2	1967	1967-08-08 (1)	DET	CHW	tied 1-1	b10	---	0		Single to SS
3	1969	1969-08-13	DET	CAL	ahead 0-3	b8	---	1		Strikeout Looking

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	0	1	26	166	.088	.139	.106	.246	-31	46	8	0	34	1	0

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	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. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	-2.9	-2.9	-2.8	-0.8	-80	1	-1	0

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	5	64	72	438	7	.139	44	-79	-8.1	.019	2.6	0.00	1

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	1	0	0	0	1			0			.000	1.0		0

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	-7.0	-7.2	0.2	-75.06		-77.76	1.00

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	Hoyt Wilhelm	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	8	19	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.059	.056	.059	.114	1	1	0	1	1	0

Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Hoyt Wilhelm: 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	1969-08-22	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.005	0.04	0.00%	-0.03			P
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	CAL	1969-08-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Denny McLain	DET	1969-08-13	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.74	0.000	0.04	0.00%	-0.33			P
4	Hoyt Wilhelm	CAL	1969-08-13		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Denny McLain	DET	1968-06-16 (2)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.046	5.32	-0.15%	-0.27			P
6	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1968-06-16 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Denny McLain	DET	1967-09-10 (2)	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1967-09-10 (2)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.014	5.45	-0.08%	-0.37			P
9	Denny McLain	DET	1967-08-08 (1)	*	10	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.070	10.39	-0.25%	-0.50			P
10	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHW	1967-08-08 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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