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Andy Messersmith

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Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Pitching Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	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
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	27	48	.360	3.91	228	77	59	5	1	8	627.2	619	299	273	60	246	36	452	19	6	9	2701	915	89	3.55	1.378	8.9	0.9	3.5	6.5

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	4.3	-1.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Totals Against

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	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
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	915	2381	429	112	18	30	18	62.50	7	51	30	23	.260	.331	.398	.729	114	.138	.296	321	947	190	884	915

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Starting & Relieving

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	34	44	49.6	153	48	31	8	50.0	59	151

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Ratios

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2	16.7	9.1	7.6

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Pitch Summary

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	228	77	627.2		50

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Head-to-Head Pitching

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	0	1.000	1.15	4	2	0	1	0	0	15.2	10	2	2	0	6	0	13	0	0	0	61	1.021	5.7	0.0	3.4	7.5
2	Mike Paul	2	1	.667	1.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	20.0	14	4	3	1	6	1	12	0	0	0	80	1.000	6.3	0.5	2.7	5.4

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1972-09-26	CG, W	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	31	6	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	82			0.5	2.34			1.45
2	Mike Paul	TEX	1972-09-26	GS-8, L	8.0	9	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	36	12	34	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	58			0.0	0.97			0.90
3	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-09-21	GS-6	6.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	27	9	22	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	1	1	1	2	57			0.2	1.26			1.67
4	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-09-21	7-8, W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.75	0	0	0.55
5	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-09-02	8-8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.06	2	1	0.57
6	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-09-02	GS-9, W	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	32	9	28	3	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	67			0.3	0.59			1.02
7	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-07-07 (2)	9-9	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.0	-2.61	3	3	0.51
8	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-07-07 (2)	5-6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.75	0	0	0.23

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batter vs. Pitcher

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (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	1972	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Mike Paul (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-09-26	CAL	TEX	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1972	1972-09-26	CAL	TEX	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	2		Foul Popfly: C
3	1972	1972-09-26	CAL	TEX	ahead 0-1	t6	123	2		Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); J. Torborg to 2B; B. Parker to 3B; L. Stanton Scores/unER/No RBI
4	1972	1972-09-26	CAL	TEX	ahead 0-2	t8	12-	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Paul (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	1972	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Paul (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-09-26	TEX	CAL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1972	1972-09-26	TEX	CAL	down 2-0	b6	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batting Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batting Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	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
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	148	8	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	56	.115	.144	.135	.279	-19	20	1	0	7	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Batting Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	2.6	2.6	2.7	-0.1	-67	2	-1	0
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-21	1	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batting Sabermetric

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	35	171	181	661	42	.231	98	-70	-7.2	.062	3.4	100.00	1
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	3	22	25	139	4	.185	9	-23	-2.4	.020	2.6		0

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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. Mike Paul: Batting Win Probability

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67	-6.1	-60.80	0.90
2	Mike Paul	23-29	1968	1974	192	160	-2.0	-2.2	0.0	-19.42	-1.9	-21.57	0.93

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Head-to-Head Batting

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	4	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Paul	4	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Mike Paul: 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	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1972-09-26	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.051	0.00	0.00%	0.19			P
2	Mike Paul	TEX	1972-09-26	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.035	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
3	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-09-21	*	7	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.170	0.00	0.00%	1.44			P
4	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-09-21		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-09-02		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-09-02	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	0.031	0.00	0.00%	0.28			P
7	Andy Messersmith	CAL	1968-07-07 (2)		1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Mike Paul	CLE	1968-07-07 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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