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John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	9	14	.391	4.35	51	37	3	1	0	0	240.0	272	138	116	14	93	7	107	5	1	13	1064	386	88	3.93	1.521	10.2	0.5	3.5	4.0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Value

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	51	37	240.0	-0.3	-2.5
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	51	37	240.0	386	941	202	55	1	9	11	45.00	2	27	12	13	.289	.352	.394	.746	110	.105	.310	132	371	70	370	386
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	16	43	45.3	5	1	20	0		3	14
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	51	37	240.0	10.1	8.7	1.3
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	51	37	240.0		87
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	5.1
2	Ed Whitson	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	27	0.652	4.7	0.0	1.2	5.9

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	NYM	1987-05-31	GS-7, L	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	6	25	6	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	65			0.2	2.39			0.96
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-05-31	GS-8, W	7.2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	27	5	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	75			0.5	3.65			1.22

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Mitchell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Mitchell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1987	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Mitchell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Mitchell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-05-31	SDP	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1987	1987-05-31	SDP	NYM	ahead 0-1	b5	1-3	2		Lineout: CF

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Mitchell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Mitchell (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	1987	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Mitchell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. John Mitchell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-05-31	NYM	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1987	1987-05-31	NYM	SDP	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	27	44	38	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	0	0	5	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	27	44	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	27	44	1	4	4	39	1	.174	2	-7	-0.7	.026	2.5		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Mitchell	20-24	1986	1990	27	44	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-8.67		-8.16	0.91
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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John Mitchell vs. Ed Whitson: 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	John Mitchell	NYM	1987-05-31	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.054	1.15	-0.04%	-0.38			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-05-31	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.059	0.02	0.00%	-0.59			P

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