Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Pitching Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	19	23	.452	4.11	195	28	48	5	0	7	423.0	416	207	193	40	170	30	242	8	5	22	1832	613	87	3.93	1.385	8.9	0.9	3.6	5.1
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. Rich Folkers: 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	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	32		1.43	1.381	8.1	0.9	4.3	5.1

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	1.9	-2.0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Totals Against

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	613	1611	288	73	15	25	9	73.53	3	35	26	17	.258	.329	.397	.726	110	.138	.279	214	639	128	594	613
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. Rich Folkers: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	32	71	16	1	0	0	2	0.00	0	2	6	0	.268	.373	.366	.740		.099	.298	10	26	3	31	32

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	12	43	48.4	137	64	47	7	50.0	48	167
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	2	67	52.3						0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0	13.2	9.3	3.9
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	13.5	11.2	2.2

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	195	28	423.0		84
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	225	113	140	62.22

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Head-to-Head Pitching

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	4	0	1.000	1.47	5	5	0	4	1	0	43.0	30	9	7	3	5	0	27	0	0	1	156	0.814	6.3	0.6	1.0	5.7
2	Rich Folkers	0	4	.000	4.97	5	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	32	19	14	5	9	0	18	1	0	1	117	1.618	11.4	1.8	3.2	6.4

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-08-03	GS-3, L	2.2	5	7	5	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	8	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	24			-0.4	-4.17			0.91
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-08-03	CG, W	9.0	9	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	35	11	34	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	61			0.0	1.23			0.64
3	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-06-30	GS-7, L	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	31	10	26	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	1	2	1	2	50			-0.1	-0.95			0.77
4	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-30	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	32	8	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	75			0.4	2.92			1.02
5	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-06-21	GS-8, L	7.0	6	4	2	2	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	33	13	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	54			-0.4	-1.79			1.32
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-21	CG, W	9.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	30	4	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	75			0.2	0.88			1.10
7	Rich Folkers	STL	1973-07-22	7-8	1.2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.51	0	0	1.51
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-07-22	GS-7	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	27	6	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	64			0.1	1.23			1.35
9	Rich Folkers	STL	1973-07-12	GS-7, L	7.0	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	12	29	8	1	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	3	50			0.0	1.09			0.74
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-07-12	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	32	7	32	7	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	80			0.5	3.98			1.11

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batter vs. Pitcher

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1975	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Rich Folkers (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-07-12	STL	LAD	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1973	1973-07-12	STL	LAD	down 2-0	t5	12-	2		Strikeout
3	1975	1975-06-21	SDP	LAD	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 1B-P
4	1975	1975-06-21	SDP	LAD	ahead 2-3	b5	---	2		Flyball: SS
5	1975	1975-06-30	SDP	LAD	down 2-0	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; E. Hernández to 2B
6	1975	1975-06-30	SDP	LAD	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout
7	1976	1976-08-03	SDP	ATL	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: LF

Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rich Folkers (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	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1975	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	0	0	0	0
3	1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.250	.472	1	0	0	0	0

Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Folkers (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-07-12	LAD	STL	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Double to LF
2	1973	1973-07-12	LAD	STL	ahead 0-2	b4	---	2		Popfly: 2B
3	1973	1973-07-12	LAD	STL	ahead 0-2	b7	---	0		Flyball: CF
4	1975	1975-06-21	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Strikeout
5	1975	1975-06-21	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	t4	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1975	1975-06-21	LAD	SDP	down 3-2	t7	---	0		Flyball: LF
7	1975	1975-06-30	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
8	1975	1975-06-30	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	b5	1--	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; S. Yeager to 3B/Adv on E1
9	1975	1975-06-30	LAD	SDP	ahead 1-3	b7	---	0		Walk
10	1976	1976-08-03	ATL	SDP	tied 2-2	b3	---	0		Strikeout

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	77	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	28	.143	.183	.156	.339	-4	12	1	0	7	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. Rich Folkers: 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	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. Rich Folkers: Batting Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-11	0	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. Rich Folkers: Batting Sabermetric

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	1	15	16	75	3	.220	8	-10	-1.0	.013	2.8		0
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	35	171	181	661	42	.231	98	-70	-7.2	.062	3.4	100.0	1

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	0	2	2	6	1	.500	0			.000	2.3		0

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Win Probability

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rich Folkers	23-30	1970	1977	192	89	-1.1	-1.1	-0.3	-10.90	-1.2	-11.62	0.80
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67	-6.1	-60.80	0.90

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Head-to-Head Batting

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	5	19	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.125	.222	.188	.410	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Rich Folkers	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Rich Folkers: 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	Rich Folkers	SDP	1976-08-03	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.024	0.01	0.00%	-0.22			P
2	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-08-03	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	-0.031	0.00	0.00%	-0.64			P
3	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-06-30	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.050	0.62	-0.01%	-0.38			P
4	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-30	*	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	0.057	0.60	0.05%	0.84			P
5	Rich Folkers	SDP	1975-06-21	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.020	0.31	-0.01%	-0.18			P
6	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1975-06-21	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.88	-0.088	2.07	-0.12%	-0.79			P
7	Rich Folkers	STL	1973-07-22		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-07-22	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.002	1.30	0.00%	-0.07			P
9	Rich Folkers	STL	1973-07-12	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	-0.093	3.43	-0.10%	-0.74			P
10	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-07-12	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	0.003	0.72	0.01%	-0.43			P

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