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Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	11	15	.423	4.54	113	24	35	2	1	8	236.0	195	127	119	14	180	1	181	11	3	11	1060	400	82	4.20	1.589	7.4	0.5	6.9	6.9

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Value

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	113	24	236.0	-0.1	-2.1

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Totals Against

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	113	24	236.0	400	848	144	31	6	17	9	65.38	0	25	14	7	.230	.369	.330	.699	101	.100	.274	104	280	51	386	400

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	9	38	51.5	81	34	42	3	72.7	35	89

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	113	24	236.0	17.1	17.0	0.1

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	113	24	236.0

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

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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	Ken Wright	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	35	0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	9.0
2	Denny McLain	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	1	3	1	4	0	0	1	30	1.286	7.7	1.3	3.9	5.1

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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	WSA	1971-05-28	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	3	1	1	3	1	4	0	0	1	30	9	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	52			-0.2	-1.19			0.56
2	Ken Wright	KCR	1971-05-28	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	35	8	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	82			0.3	3.62			0.64

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Ken Wright (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	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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. Ken Wright (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Ken Wright (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-28	KCR	WSA	ahead 0-3	t2	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1971	1971-05-28	KCR	WSA	ahead 0-3	t4	---	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1971	1971-05-28	KCR	WSA	ahead 0-4	t6	12-	2		Flyball: LF

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

Ken Wright (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	1971	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0

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

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Ken Wright (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-28	WSA	KCR	down 3-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Cullen to 2B
2	1971	1971-05-28	WSA	KCR	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Single to 3B

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Batting Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	86	30	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	0	0	1	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	86	30	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	86	30	0	3	3	27	0	.143	1	-5	-0.6	.000	2.0		0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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 Wright	23-27	1970	1974	86	30	-0.3	-0.5	0.0	-4.52		-5.28	0.49

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

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Totals

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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	Ken Wright	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: Game Logs

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Denny McLain vs. Ken Wright: 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	WSA	1971-05-28	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.75	-0.006	0.17	0.00%	-0.05			P
2	Ken Wright	KCR	1971-05-28	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.033	0.31	-0.02%	-1.17			P

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