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Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Pitching Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	71	96	.425	3.66	326	200	47	44	15	7	1490.2	1425	675	607	130	457	67	678	43	4	35	6239	2010	97	3.77	1.263	8.6	0.8	2.8	4.1
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	4	10	.286	4.40	93	11	31	1	0	5	173.2	184	95	85	19	69	12	98	4	0	8	776	268	77	4.02	1.457	9.5	1.0	3.6	5.1

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Value

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	326	200	1490.2	11.8	-1.1
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	-2.1	-3.0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Totals Against

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	326	200	1490.2	2010	5627	1031	223	41	88	45	66.17	5	142	63	50	.253	.312	.377	.688	99	.124	.266	666	2111	394	1925	2010
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	268	677	136	25	4	7	2	77.78	0	15	18	5	.272	.340	.405	.745	119	.133	.292	97	274	48	257	268

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	0	0																	.000				0	0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Starting & Relieving

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	106	53	51.8	89	25	28	3	70.0	47	126
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	5	45	48.5	81	23	28	4	55.6	31	82

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968									1	1

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Ratios

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	326	200	1490.2	10.9	7.3	3.5
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	12.6	8.9	3.7

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	33.3	0.0	33.3

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Pitch Summary

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	326	200	1490.2		73
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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	Mel Nelson	0	1	.000	10.32	3	2	1	0	0	0	11.1	24	13	13	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	58	2.206	19.1	1.6	0.8	4.0
2	John Buzhardt	1	0	1.000	1.98	3	2	0	1	1	0	13.2	16	3	3	0	5	2	10	0	0	0	59	1.537	10.5	0.0	3.3	6.6

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	HOU	1968-07-11 (2)	5-6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.75	0	0	0.38
2	Mel Nelson	STL	1968-07-11 (2)	GS-5	4.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	6	19	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	36			-0.1	-1.39			0.90
3	John Buzhardt	CHW	1965-06-28	GS-3	2.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	15	7	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	37			-0.2	-2.09			0.70
4	Mel Nelson	MIN	1965-06-28	8-GF	2.0	9	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	14	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	2				0.0	-5.08	0	0	0.01
5	John Buzhardt	CHW	1963-06-05 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	37	13	33	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	68			0.4	3.84			1.19
6	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-06-05 (1)	GS-5, L	5.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	23	9	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	3	41			-0.1	-0.87			0.89

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. John Buzhardt (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. John Buzhardt (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	1963	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

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. John Buzhardt (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. John Buzhardt (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-06-05 (1)	CHW	LAA	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1963	1963-06-05 (1)	CHW	LAA	ahead 0-1	t5	-2-	0		Strikeout

John Buzhardt (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Buzhardt (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (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	1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Buzhardt (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Buzhardt (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-06-05 (1)	LAA	CHW	down 1-0	b2	1--	1		Flyball: CF

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Totals

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	332	499	445	22	60	6	2	0	18	0	0	17	196	.135	.170	.157	.327	-7	70	4	2	33	2	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	34	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.147	.171	.147	.318	-7	5	0	0	1	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Value

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	332	499	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-63	1	0	0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	332	499	8	79	87	424	15	.239	40	-66	-6.8	.022	2.3		0
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	0	6	6	30	2	.238	5	-5	-0.5	.000	2.6		0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Win Probability

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Buzhardt	21-31	1958	1968	332	499	-5.9	-6.2	-0.1	-64.84		-65.99	0.93
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	-3.94		-4.63	0.87

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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	Mel Nelson	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Buzhardt	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. John Buzhardt: 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 Buzhardt	HOU	1968-07-11 (2)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Mel Nelson	STL	1968-07-11 (2)	*	5	9	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.030	4.21	0.08%	0.06			P
3	John Buzhardt	CHW	1965-06-28	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.010	2.40	-0.04%	-0.10			P
4	Mel Nelson	MIN	1965-06-28		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	John Buzhardt	CHW	1963-06-05 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.072	2.29	-0.16%	-0.91			P
6	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-06-05 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.031	1.56	-0.02%	-0.26			P

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