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John Montefusco

22.2

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1606.0

107-71

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3.15

108

1493

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John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	90	83	.520	3.54	298	244	17	32	11	5	1652.1	1604	728	650	135	513	57	1081	29	10	29	6983	2232	103	3.41	1.281	8.7	0.7	2.8	5.9
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Value

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	298	244	1652.1	21.5	7.6
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	298	244	1652.1	2232	6298	1124	299	46	221	56	79.78	4	94	83	59	.255	.311	.381	.692	98	.126	.286	755	2400	480	2146	2232
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	137	56	52.7	38	16	42	3	62.5	17	54
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	298	244	1652.1	15.5	7.3	8.1
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	298	244	1652.1		141
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	2	.500	2.10	4	4	0	2	1	0	30.0	23	8	7	1	9	1	29	0	1	1	116	1.067	6.9	0.3	2.7	8.7
2	John Montefusco	1	2	.333	3.24	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.0	27	11	9	3	3	3	18	1	0	0	103	1.200	9.7	1.1	1.1	6.5

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	SFG	1980-05-31	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	3	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	28	10	27	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	43			-0.3	-2.40			0.59
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1980-05-31	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	29	6	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	85			0.3	3.91			0.52
3	John Montefusco	SFG	1979-09-16	GS-7	7.0	9	1	1	0	0	2	2	7	1	0	0	31	13	27	8	1	0	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	60			0.3	2.05			1.44
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-09-16	CG, L	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	5	1	11	0	0	0	33	10	28	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	70			0.0	-0.32			1.43
5	John Montefusco	SFG	1979-04-15 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	7	26	4	1	0	3	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	51			-0.3	-0.95			1.16
6	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-04-15 (1)	GS-6, W	6.0	7	3	3	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	26	9	23	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	1	49			-0.1	-0.38			1.29
7	John Montefusco	SFG	1975-07-27	GS-5, W	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	18	4	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	60			0.2	1.11			0.95
8	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-07-27	GS-7, L	7.0	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	28	8	27	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	2	58			-0.1	-0.05			0.60

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Montefusco (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Montefusco (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1975	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	1980	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	0	0	1

John Montefusco (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Montefusco (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-27	HOU	SFG	down 2-0	b3	1--	1		Strikeout
2	1975	1975-07-27	HOU	SFG	down 3-1	b5	--3	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1979	1979-04-15 (1)	HOU	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
4	1979	1979-04-15 (1)	HOU	SFG	ahead 1-3	t5	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1979	1979-09-16	HOU	SFG	down 1-0	t3	1--	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1979	1979-09-16	HOU	SFG	tied 1-1	t5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	1979	1979-09-16	HOU	SFG	tied 1-1	t7	---	0	1 (0-0)	Reached on E9 (Fly Ball); J. Richard to 1B
8	1980	1980-05-31	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Single to LF; A. Howe Scores; A. Ashby to 3B
9	1980	1980-05-31	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-3	t4	-2-	1		Strikeout
10	1980	1980-05-31	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-5	t6	1--	1		Strikeout

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. John Montefusco (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. John Montefusco (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	1975	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1980	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. John Montefusco (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. John Montefusco (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-07-27	SFG	HOU	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1975	1975-07-27	SFG	HOU	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	2		Single to LF; B. Miller to 2B
3	1979	1979-04-15 (1)	SFG	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1979	1979-04-15 (1)	SFG	HOU	down 3-1	b5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1979	1979-09-16	SFG	HOU	tied 0-0	b2	123	1	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1979	1979-09-16	SFG	HOU	tied 1-1	b5	---	0	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	1980	1980-05-31	SFG	HOU	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	278	529	455	23	44	7	2	4	18	1	1	27	219	.097	.152	.147	.300	-16	67	6	3	43	1	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	278	529	-1.6	-1.7	-1.7	0.1	-72	1	-3	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	278	529	13	74	80	462	13	.172	37	-74	-7.6	.051	2.1	50.00	2
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Montefusco	24-36	1974	1986	278	529	-7.0	-7.1	-0.2	-78.24		-75.64	0.95
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	4	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	John Montefusco	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0

John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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John Montefusco vs. J.R. Richard: 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 Montefusco	SFG	1980-05-31	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.017	0.47	-0.01%	-0.14			P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1980-05-31	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	0.087	1.04	0.09%	0.13			P
3	John Montefusco	SFG	1979-09-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.108	0.00	0.00%	-0.98			P
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-09-16	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.087	9.46	-0.26%	-0.51			P
5	John Montefusco	SFG	1979-04-15 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.054	2.48	-0.07%	-0.42			P
6	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-04-15 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.82	-0.063	1.60	-0.07%	-0.56			P
7	John Montefusco	SFG	1975-07-27	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	-0.010	0.06	0.00%	-0.01			P
8	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-07-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.077	0.00	0.00%	-0.58			P

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