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Andy Messersmith

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Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitching Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	6	181	42	1	3449.1	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	7	49	14032	4107	104	3.66	1.134	7.7	1.0	2.5	5.2
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. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	9	6	.600	3.26	22	19	2	4	1	1	132.1	114	49	48	21	35	6	70	1	0	2	536	150		2.38	1.126	7.8	1.4	2.4	4.8
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. Catfish Hunter: Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	36.3	5.6
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals Against

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	4107	12803	1990	524	70	202	132	60.48	8	183	132	93	.231	.285	.371	.656	92	.139	.246	1373	4744	968	3961	4107
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. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	150	493											.231	.284					.231				150	150
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	31	71											.268	.373					.298				31	31

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	295	62	56.8	16	6	38	0	100.0	6	24
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978								100.0	2	3
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974									0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	14.3	6.8	7.5
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	13.1	6.5	6.5
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	13.5	11.2	2.2

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Head-to-Head Pitching

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	1	1	.500	2.00	3	2	1	1	1	1	18.0	12	4	4	0	6	0	17	0	0	0	72	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	8.5
2	Catfish Hunter	1	2	.333	3.71	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.0	16	9	7	3	3	0	16	1	0	0	71	1.118	8.5	1.6	1.6	8.5

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	2	1	3	0	8	0	0	1	31	1.000	5.6	1.1	3.4	9.0
2	Catfish Hunter	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1971-07-10	GS-7, L	7.0	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	31	11	29	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	51			-0.1	-0.04			0.78
2	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1971-07-10	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	36	9	33	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	80			0.4	3.81			0.98
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1969-07-12	CG, W	9.0	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	33	7	31	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	84			0.4	1.89			0.81
4	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1969-07-12	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	9	26	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	55			-0.1	-0.98			0.91
5	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1968-08-30	GS-2, L	1.0	4	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	3	31			-0.4	-3.64			0.93
6	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-08-30	8-GF, S	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.72	0	0	1.02

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batter vs. Pitcher

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (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	1969	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.333	.500	.833	0	1	0	0	0
2	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.200	.250	.450	0	1	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-12	OAK	CAL	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Strikeout
2	1969	1969-07-12	OAK	CAL	tied 0-0	b5	-23	1		Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; D. Green Scores
3	1969	1969-07-12	OAK	CAL	ahead 0-2	b7	1--	1		Single to 2B; P. Roof to 2B
4	1971	1971-07-10	OAK	CAL	tied 0-0	b2	-2-	2		Strikeout
5	1971	1971-07-10	OAK	CAL	down 3-0	b5	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Catfish Hunter (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	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-12	CAL	OAK	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Foul Popfly: C
2	1969	1969-07-12	CAL	OAK	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Flyball: CF
3	1971	1971-07-10	CAL	OAK	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1971	1971-07-10	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-3	t3	123	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1971	1971-07-10	CAL	OAK	ahead 0-3	t6	---	2		Strikeout

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	0	8	160	.226	.234	.287	.521	52	189	10	0	39	5	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. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	0	1	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. Catfish Hunter: Batting Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	4.6	4.5	4.8	-0.2	-35	-1	1	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. Catfish Hunter: Batting Sabermetric

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	25	157	171	563	46	.288	105	-43	-4.6	.061	4.1	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. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	0	4	4	20		.167	1			.000	2.3		0
2	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	0	2	2	6		.500	0			.000	2.3		0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Win Probability

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	-2.7	-3.9	1.0	-38.86		-38.43	0.93
2	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67		-60.80	0.90

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Head-to-Head Batting

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Catfish Hunter	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.200	.250	.450	1	0	0	0	1	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Catfish Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Catfish Hunter: 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1971-07-10	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.057	0.82	-0.03%	-0.49			P
2	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1971-07-10	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.086	0.07	0.00%	-1.33			P
3	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1969-07-12	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.500	.833	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.36	0.000	3.07	0.00%	0.01			P
4	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1969-07-12	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.060	0.02	0.00%	-0.47			P
5	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1968-08-30	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-08-30		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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