Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Whit Merrifield

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Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Batter vs. Pitcher

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Year-by-Year Totals

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	2018	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2022	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0	0	0	0	0

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Plate Appearances

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Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-06-06	KCR	LAA	tied 0-0	t1	---	0	2 (0-1)	Single to 1B (Line Drive)
2	2018	2018-06-06	KCR	LAA	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	3 (2-0)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
3	2022	2022-06-22	KCR	LAA	tied 0-0	t1	---	0	6 (3-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive)
4	2022	2022-06-22	KCR	LAA	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2022	2022-06-22	KCR	LAA	down 1-0	t6	---	1	6 (3-2)	Walk

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Batting Comparison

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Totals

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1147	4866	4467	632	1249	256	29	94	485	218	56	315	774	.280	.328	.413	.741	101	1845	82	31	8	45	11
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	860	3602	3119	562	878	167	36	225	567	145	37	432	917	.282	.371	.575	.945	157	1792	40	22	0	18	68

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Whit Merrifield	33-34	2022	2023	4	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	1	1	0	0	0
2	Shohei Ohtani	29	2024	2024	16	76	61	14	14	1	0	3	10	0	2	13	22	.230	.373	.393	.767	24	0	1	0	0	0

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Value

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1147	4866	18.3	2.5	18.8	0.7	5	-4	15	-8
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	860	3602	28.7	18.3	28.6	-7.3	227	14	10	0

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Sabermetric

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1147	4866	379	1595	1636	3409	624	.317	1023	6	0.6	.133	5.8	79.6	274
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	860	3602	428	1332	1356	2336	698	.327	904	243	23.7	.293	3.4	79.7	182

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Whit Merrifield	33-34	2022	2023	4	8	0	3	3	6	0	.167	0			.000			0
2	Shohei Ohtani	29	2024	2024	16	76	4	28	28	49	11	.306	21			.164	2.8	0.0	2

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Win Probability

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1147	4866	2.5	0.1	2.4	16.52	1.3	-15.39	1.00
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	860	3602	20.0	24.9	-4.3	256.75	25.0	276.75	0.97

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Pitching Comparison

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Totals

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	38	19.11	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	38	19	.667	3.01	86	86	0	1	1	0	481.2	348	169	161	53	173	2	608	24	2	42	1951	555	142	3.31	1.082	6.5	1.0	3.2	11.4

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Value

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1	0	1.0	-0.1	-0.2
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	86	86	481.2	15.1	10.9

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Totals Against

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1	0	1.0	3	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	319	.600	.250	3	5	1	3	3
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	86	86	481.2	555	1741	226	67	2	12	7	63.16	0	36	2	9	.200	.280	.332	.612	69	.132	.271	162	578	122	545	555

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Starting & Relieving

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whit Merrifield	33	2022	2022	0			0	0		0		1	1
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-28	2018	2023	47	55	59.6				0		0	0

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Ratios

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	86	86	481.2	31.2	8.9	22.3

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whit Merrifield	33-34	2022	2023
2	Shohei Ohtani	29	2024	2024

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Pitch Summary

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whit Merrifield	27-35	2016	2024	1	0	1.0	13		11	84.62
2	Shohei Ohtani	23-29	2018	2024	86	86	481.2	6439	89	4115	63.91

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Head-to-Head Batting

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Totals

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Shohei Ohtani	33	139	109	25	41	10	2	9	33	4	1	27	33	.376	.496	.752	1.249	82	1	1	0	2	8
2	Whit Merrifield	33	138	130	18	37	9	1	1	13	6	3	6	19	.285	.319	.392	.711	51	0	1	0	1	0

Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: Game Logs

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Whit Merrifield vs. Shohei Ohtani: 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	Whit Merrifield	ATL	2024-09-16	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.065	1.65	-0.05%	-0.61	0.00	0.00	2B
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	2024-09-16	*	9	1	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	0.039	1.13	0.04%	0.76	8.00	13.20	DH
3	Whit Merrifield	ATL	2024-09-15	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.076	1.10	-0.07%	-0.81	0.00	0.00	2B
4	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	2024-09-15	*	9	1	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	4	0	0	0	0	1	2.29	0.324	3.94	0.34%	2.00	18.00	25.20	DH
5	Whit Merrifield	ATL	2024-09-14	*	7	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	0.017	0.60	0.02%	0.76	15.00	18.70	2B
6	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	2024-09-14	*	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.027	1.44	-0.02%	-0.21	2.00	3.00	DH
7	Whit Merrifield	ATL	2024-09-13	*	9	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0.010	0.31	0.01%	0.26	10.00	12.40	2B
8	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	2024-09-13	*	9	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.063	0.70	-0.04%	-0.73	0.00	0.00	DH
9	Whit Merrifield	PHI	2024-07-10	*	9	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	0.124	0.69	0.05%	0.64	12.00	15.70	LF
10	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	2024-07-10	*	9	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.033	1.87	0.03%	0.41	13.00	15.50	DH
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