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Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Pitching Comparison

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Totals

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	12	11	.522	4.03	119	20	36	2	1	8	274.2	271	132	123	13	145	8	122	3	1	16	1207	429	84	3.93	1.515	8.9	0.4	4.8	4.0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	18	9	.667	3.74	191	1	112	0	0	23	293.1	289	133	122	23	140	35	175	6	2	2	1286	450	95	3.98	1.463	8.9	0.7	4.3	5.4

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Value

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	20	274.2	0.8	-1.7
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	1.1	-1.4

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Totals Against

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	20	274.2	429	1024	205	47	6	14	13	51.85	4	33	19	15	.265	.353	.360	.713	112	.096	.285	134	369	66	419	429
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	450	1104	213	51	2	20	10	66.67	2	22	23	13	.262	.344	.374	.719	108	.112	.289	145	413	76	435	450

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Starting & Relieving

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	7	35	46.3	80	27	34	7	53.3	36	99
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	0	0	30.0	122	37	30	12	65.7	112	190

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Ratios

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	20	274.2	10.1	12.0	-1.9
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1	13.6	10.9	2.7

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Pitch Summary

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	20	274.2		106
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	1	293.1

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Totals

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	0	0		5.14	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	32	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	2.6
2	Butch Metzger	0	0		2.70	2	0	2	0	0	1	3.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	1.800	13.5	0.0	2.7	5.4

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Game Logs

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Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	HOU	1976-08-06	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0				0.0	-0.39	3	1	0.08
2	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-08-06	7-GF, S	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	5	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.18	2	0	1.36
3	Mike Cosgrove	HOU	1976-04-18 (1)	GS-5	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	22	8	17	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	49			-0.1	0.02			1.05
4	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-04-18 (1)	8-GF(8)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.81	1	1	0.42

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike Cosgrove (Pitcher) vs. Butch Metzger (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Cosgrove (Pitcher) vs. Butch Metzger (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	1976	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 Cosgrove (Pitcher) vs. Butch Metzger (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Cosgrove (Pitcher) vs. Butch Metzger (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1976	1976-08-06	SDP	HOU	ahead 2-6	b7	123	0		Groundout: SS-C/Forceout at Hm; D. Rader to 3B; F. Kendall to 2B
2	1976	1976-08-06	SDP	HOU	ahead 3-9	b8	12-	2		Flyball: RF

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Comparison

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Totals

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	70	56	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	14	.089	.150	.107	.257	-24	6	1	0	10	0	0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.118	.000	.118	-64	0	1	0	4	0	0

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Value

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	70	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-9	0	0	0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2	0	0	0

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Sabermetric

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	70	1	9	11	62	1	.119	3	-10	-1.0	.018	4.0		0
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0	2	4	20	0	.000	1	-3	-0.3	.000	1.9		0

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Win Probability

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike Cosgrove	21-25	1972	1976	119	70	-1.0	-1.0	-0.1	-12.89		-9.94	0.88
2	Butch Metzger	22-26	1974	1978	191	21	0.1	-0.2	0.3	-2.46		-2.18	0.70

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Head-to-Head Batting

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Totals

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Butch Metzger	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: Game Logs

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Butch Metzger vs. Mike Cosgrove: 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	Mike Cosgrove	HOU	1976-08-06		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-08-06		3	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	-0.005	0.00	0.00%	-1.13			P
3	Mike Cosgrove	HOU	1976-04-18 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	0.028	1.24	0.03%	0.23			P
4	Butch Metzger	SDP	1976-04-18 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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