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Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Pitching Comparison

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	109	96	.532	4.41	345	256	30	17	6	0	1697.0	1857	929	831	247	401	23	923	62	7	35	7266	2404	103	4.72	1.331	9.8	1.3	2.1	4.9
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	74	67	.525	4.16	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	2005	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	3	1	.750	5.40	8	5	2	0	0	0	33.1	44	20	20	8	9	1	15	2	0	0	152	55		6.31	1.590	11.9	2.2	2.4	4.1
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	2	.000	3.63	16	3	2	0	0	0	22.1	20	9	9	2	15	0	15	1	0	0	100	36		4.59	1.567	8.1	0.8	6.0	6.0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Value

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	345	256	1697.0	15.9	0.5
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	12.8	2.2

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Totals Against

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	345	256	1697.0	2404	6705	1197	372	41	109	48	69.43	11	124	39	57	.277	.321	.455	.776	101	.178	.288	989	3052	660	2320	2404
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	2005	5039	852	278	23	104	44	70.27	12	104	65	46	.259	.340	.415	.755	100	.156	.287	728	2093	455	1946	2005

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	8	5	33.1	55	138											.319	.369					.313				55	55
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	36	74											.270	.400					.316				36	36

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Starting & Relieving

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	139	54	48.3	47	18	38	2	0.0	30	89
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	59	39	47.8	285	95	33	27	48.1	157	542

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008									2	3
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003									2	13

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Ratios

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	345	256	1697.0	12.7	5.5	7.2
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	15.8	10.5	5.4

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	8	5	33.1	9.9	5.9	3.9
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	15.0	15.0	0.0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Pitch Summary

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	345	256	1697.0	19556	92	13370	68.37
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	5205	87	3156	60.63

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	8	5	33.1
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Kent Mercker	1	1	.500	10.57	5	1	2	0	0	0	7.2	12	9	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	36	1.957	14.1	3.5	3.5	1.2
2	Paul Byrd	2	1	.667	3.77	5	4	1	1	0	0	28.2	31	13	12	5	7	0	17	0	0	1	122	1.326	9.7	1.6	2.2	5.3

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Game Logs

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Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	CLE	2006-06-30	GS-7	6.0	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	29	11	27	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	57	108	70	0.1	2.35			0.63
2	Kent Mercker	CIN	2006-06-30	9-GF, W	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1		8	7	0.0	-0.44	0	0	0.17
3	Paul Byrd	CLE	2006-06-24	GS-8, W	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	29	5	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	76	113	81	0.4	4.38			0.77
4	Kent Mercker	CIN	2006-06-24	7-7	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		15	8	0.0	-0.45	0	0	0.19
5	Paul Byrd	ATL	2004-10-03	GS-4, L	4.0	9	9	9	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	23	11	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	6	7	75	50	-0.5	-6.88			0.61
6	Kent Mercker	CHC	2004-10-03	8-8	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		4	2	-0.1	-1.00	0	0	0.92
7	Paul Byrd	PHI	1999-05-11	CG, W	9.0	7	4	3	1	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	34	10	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	62	125	79	0.0	1.04			0.99
8	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-05-11	GS-5, L	4.2	8	6	6	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	24	12	20	3	4	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	5	22	74	44	-0.5	-3.55			0.89
9	Paul Byrd	NYM	1995-09-19	8-GF	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		26	16	0.0	1.48	2	0	0.15
10	Kent Mercker	ATL	1995-09-19	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	4	0.0	0.53	0	0	0.00

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Paul Byrd (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Paul Byrd (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	1999	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Paul Byrd (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Paul Byrd (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-05-11	PHI	STL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1999	1999-05-11	PHI	STL	ahead 2-3	t4	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)

Paul Byrd (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Paul Byrd (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (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	1999	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Paul Byrd (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Paul Byrd (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-05-11	STL	PHI	down 3-0	b3	12-	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Comparison

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	173	197	156	11	24	0	0	0	10	0	0	12	39	.154	.224	.154	.377	-1	24	2	2	27	0	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	.113	.150	.161	.311	-18	40	1	0	22	1	0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Value

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	173	197	0.2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	-25	0	-1	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-45	1	-1	0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Sabermetric

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	173	197	0	38	41	161	9	.205	21	-24	-2.3	.000	4.0		0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	8	39	42	244	8	.203	29	-45	-4.4	.048	2.2		0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	33-37	2004	2008	8	2	0	1	1	1		1.000	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Win Probability

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Paul Byrd	24-38	1995	2009	173	197	-1.7	-2.3	0.3	-25.03		-26.56	0.83
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-3.6	-4.0	0.2	-42.44		-45.21	0.96

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Head-to-Head Batting

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Kent Mercker	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Paul Byrd	5	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	2	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: Game Logs

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Kent Mercker vs. Paul Byrd: 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	Paul Byrd	CLE	2006-06-30	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.34	-0.036	0.02	0.00%	-1.29			P
2	Kent Mercker	CIN	2006-06-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Paul Byrd	CLE	2006-06-24																																	P
4	Kent Mercker	CIN	2006-06-24																																	P
5	Paul Byrd	ATL	2004-10-03	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.010	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
6	Kent Mercker	CHC	2004-10-03		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Paul Byrd	PHI	1999-05-11	*	9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.091	0.65	-0.06%	-2.90			P
8	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-05-11	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.059	2.44	-0.04%	-0.61			P
9	Paul Byrd	NYM	1995-09-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Kent Mercker	ATL	1995-09-19		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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