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Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Pitching Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	101	112	.474	3.56	454	252	75	64	20	12	2065.1	2170	908	816	161	469	74	741	30	14	22	8612	2781	105	3.64	1.278	9.5	0.7	2.0	3.2
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	130	99	.568	2.86	344	295	30	98	27	14	2230.1	1719	812	709	174	831	44	1625	40	7	70	9120	2712	121	3.28	1.143	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.6

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3		11.45	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	18.0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	1	2	.333	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	10	9	2	10	1	12	2	0	1	89	31		1.43	1.381	8.1	0.9	4.3	5.1

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	454	252	2065.1	30.8	13.4
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Totals Against

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	454	252	2065.1	2781	7938	1596	339	74	146	69	67.91	35	176	96	78	.273	.313	.396	.709	100	.122	.282	1001	3140	574	2669	2781
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	2712	8104	1234	276	35	137	63	68.50	14	138	99	44	.212	.287	.319	.606	78	.107	.243	752	2587	485	2590	2712

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971	1	0	1.0	3	6											.500	.500					.667				3	3
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	31	71											.268	.373					.298				31	31

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Starting & Relieving

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	147	58	50.8	177	56	32	10	54.5	75	202
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971									0	1
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974									0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Ratios

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	454	252	2065.1	8.6	5.4	3.2
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971	1	0	1.0	33.3	0.0	33.3
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	13.5	11.2	2.2

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Pitch Summary

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	454	252	2065.1		99
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971	1	0	1.0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Head-to-Head Pitching

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Andy Messersmith	2	2	.500	4.42	6	5	1	1	0	1	36.2	31	19	18	4	19	1	32	1	0	1	158	1.364	7.6	1.0	4.7	7.9
2	Jim Barr	2	2	.500	5.45	6	5	0	1	0	0	33.0	33	20	20	5	9	1	9	0	0	0	136	1.273	9.0	1.4	2.5	2.5

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	SFG	1976-04-21	GS-6, L	6.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	6	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	50			-0.1	-0.18			0.70
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-04-21	8-GF, S	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.92	2	0	0.96
3	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-09-02	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	9	31	5	0	0	1	0	1	13	1	1	0	2	61			0.2	0.98			0.93
4	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-09-02	GS-7, L	6.0	10	5	5	0	3	1	0	9	0	0	0	28	11	27	6	1	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	4	40			-0.4	-2.96			0.88
5	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-06-30	GS-7	7.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	6	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	58			0.0	0.39			0.82
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-06-30	GS-7, W	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	33	12	28	4	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	54			0.0	0.39			1.71
7	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-04-21	6-7	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.50	2	0	1.12
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-04-21	GS-8	7.0	5	4	4	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	28	8	25	3	2	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	2	57			0.1	0.28			1.05
9	Jim Barr	SFG	1973-05-13	GS-4, L	3.1	9	7	7	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	21	12	17	5	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	4	11			-0.4	-3.97			0.93
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-05-13	CG, W	9.0	6	3	2	1	0	6	0	4	1	0	0	39	13	32	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	63			-0.2	1.32			0.60
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Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batter vs. Pitcher

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jim Barr (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jim Barr (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	1973	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1974	5	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.286	.286	.714	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jim Barr (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jim Barr (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-04-22	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; G. Thomasson to 2B
2	1973	1973-04-22	SFG	LAD	ahead 1-3	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1973	1973-05-13	SFG	LAD	down 3-1	b2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1974	1974-06-30	SFG	LAD	ahead 0-1	b2	--3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1974	1974-06-30	SFG	LAD	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
6	1974	1974-09-02	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Single to RF
7	1974	1974-09-02	SFG	LAD	down 3-0	t5	1--	1		Strikeout
8	1974	1974-09-02	SFG	LAD	ahead 3-4	t7	---	0		Home Run (Deep LF)

Jim Barr (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Barr (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (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	1973	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1974	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Barr (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Barr (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-04-22	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: RF
2	1973	1973-04-22	LAD	SFG	down 3-1	b5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1973	1973-05-13	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-3	t1	123	2		Groundout: 1B-P
4	1973	1973-05-13	LAD	SFG	tied 3-3	t4	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; S. Yeager to 3B
5	1974	1974-06-30	LAD	SFG	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Double to CF; S. Yeager Scores
6	1974	1974-06-30	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
7	1974	1974-09-02	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Single to 2B
8	1974	1974-09-02	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-3	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	421	601	513	28	83	15	2	1	31	2	0	15	129	.162	.191	.205	.396	10	105	4	4	68	1	0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	729	49	124	30	0	5	54	1	0	46	212	.170	.219	.232	.451	29	169	6	1	46	4	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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 Barr	23	1971	1971	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	1	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	421	601	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	-64	1	0	0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	2.6	2.6	2.7	-0.1	-67	2	-1	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Sabermetric

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	421	601	18	102	111	503	26	.214	58	-64	-6.8	.043	4.0	100.00	2
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	35	171	181	661	42	.231	98	-70	-7.2	.062	3.4	100.00	1

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	23	1971	1971	1	1	0	0	0	1		.000	0			.000			0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	0	2	2	6		.500	0			.000	2.3		0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Win Probability

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Barr	23-35	1971	1983	421	601	-5.7	-6.1	-0.3	-63.02		-64.03	0.90
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67		-60.80	0.90

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Head-to-Head Batting

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Andy Messersmith	6	14	12	3	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.333	.385	.500	.885	6	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jim Barr	6	12	11	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.455	.636	5	0	0	1	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Jim Barr: 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	Jim Barr	SFG	1976-04-21	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.042	1.55	-0.05%	-0.45			P
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-04-21		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-09-02	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	0.074	0.00	0.00%	0.07			P
4	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-09-02	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	0.024	1.52	0.04%	0.16			P
5	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-06-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.065	0.05	0.00%	-0.58			P
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-06-30	*	8	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.118	2.02	0.14%	0.93			P
7	Jim Barr	SFG	1974-04-21		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-04-21	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.196	4.22	0.28%	1.23			P
9	Jim Barr	SFG	1973-05-13	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.024	2.23	-0.04%	-0.22			P
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-05-13	*	9	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.69	-0.038	1.03	-0.03%	-0.17			P
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