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Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Pitching Comparison

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	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
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	22	12	.647	4.31	431	0	87	0	0	4	363.0	376	203	174	41	156	33	256	12	2	20	1594	561	104	4.51	1.466	9.3	1.0	3.9	6.3

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	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
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	0	1	.000	2.45	10	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	9	0	0	0	30	8		2.95	0.955	4.9	2.5	3.7	11.0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Value

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	12.8	2.2
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	431	0	363.0	0.8	-2.3

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Totals Against

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	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
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	431	0	363.0	561	1389	254	74	7	24	16	60.00	7	38	20	17	.271	.346	.423	.768	103	.152	.302	218	587	122	544	561

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	36	74	13	3	2	4	0	100.00	1	1	1	1	.270	.396	.446	.842		.176	.310	17	33	7	36	36
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	10	0	7.1	8	19	0	2	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	0	.211	.318	.632	.950		.421	.250	3	12	4	7	8

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Starting & Relieving

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	59	39	47.8	285	95	33	27	48.1	157	542
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	0			402	119	30	14	22.2	87	431

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	0	41.0	11	1	9	0		2	13
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	0			11	2	18	0		0	10

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Ratios

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	15.8	10.5	5.4
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	431	0	363.0	16.1	9.8	6.3

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	15.0	15.0	0.0
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	10	0	7.1	30.0	10.0	20.0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Pitch Summary

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	5205	87	3156	60.63
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	431	0	363.0	199		124	62.31

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	195		107	54.87
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	10	0	7.1	118		77	65.25

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	2	1	.667	4.02	4	2	2	0	0	0	15.2	13	8	7	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	60	1.213	7.5	0.6	3.4	4.6
2	Jim Poole	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	29	0.875	4.5	0.0	3.4	5.6

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Game Logs

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Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-08-09	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	26	8	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	60	120	77	0.0	2.04			0.48
2	Jim Poole	PHI	1999-08-09	6-7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		23	15	0.0	1.15	0	0	0.02
3	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-05-24	17-GF(17), L	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0		21	10	-0.5	-2.49	0	0	1.78
4	Jim Poole	SFG	1998-05-24	13-16, W	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	16	5	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1		63	32	0.6	2.05	0	0	2.51
5	Kent Mercker	CIN	1997-08-11	GS-7, W	7.0	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	26	8	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	57	98	65	0.1	0.52			0.40
6	Jim Poole	SFG	1997-08-11	8-8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	11	0.0	0.50	0	0	0.10
7	Kent Mercker	ATL	1990-09-05	9-GF	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.49	1	0	0.31
8	Jim Poole	LAD	1990-09-05	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.01

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Poole (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Poole (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Poole (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Poole (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-08-09	STL	PHI	ahead 2-11	t7	---	1	2 (1-0)	Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Comparison

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	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
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	188	11	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	-4	2	0	0	3	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Value

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-45	1	-1	0
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	188	11	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	0	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Sabermetric

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	8	39	42	244	8	.203	29	-45	-4.4	.048	2.2		0
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	188	11	1	1	1	10	1	.167	1	-2	-0.2	.125	4.0		0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Jim Poole	29-32	1995	1998	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Win Probability

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-3.6	-4.0	0.2	-42.44	-4.2	-45.21	0.96
2	Jim Poole	24-34	1990	2000	188	11	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-3.23	-0.2	-2.08	1.09

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Head-to-Head Batting

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Totals

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Poole	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: Game Logs

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Kent Mercker vs. Jim Poole: 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	Kent Mercker	STL	1999-08-09	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.043	0.05	0.00%	-1.06			P
2	Jim Poole	PHI	1999-08-09		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-05-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Jim Poole	SFG	1998-05-24		5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	-0.082	4.46	-0.06%	-0.36			P
5	Kent Mercker	CIN	1997-08-11	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.028	0.02	0.00%	-1.00			P
6	Jim Poole	SFG	1997-08-11		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Kent Mercker	ATL	1990-09-05		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Jim Poole	LAD	1990-09-05		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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