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Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Pitching Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	145	119	.549	3.63	571	293	160	89	18	54	2442.0	2292	1105	985	292	849	59	1267	33	3	60	10293	3331	100	4.14	1.286	8.4	1.1	3.1	4.7
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. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	2	1	.667	2.52	4	3	1	2	0	0	25.0	25	8	7	3	2	0	14	0	0	1	101	27		0.04	1.080	9.0	1.1	0.7	5.0
2	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. Mudcat Grant: Value

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	571	293	2442.0	19.3	-0.6
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	-2.1	-3.0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Totals Against

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	571	293	2442.0	3331	9249	1606	337	57	64	65	49.61	8	209	96	64	.248	.311	.391	.703	101	.143	.258	1138	3614	686	3174	3331
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. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	4	3	25.0	27	99											.253	.267					.268				27	27
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	0	0																	.000				0	0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Starting & Relieving

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	157	54	52.2	234	80	34	13	80.6	160	278
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	5	45	48.5	81	23	28	4	55.6	31	82

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971									1	1
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968									1	1

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Ratios

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	571	293	2442.0	12.3	8.2	4.1
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	12.6	8.9	3.7

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	4	3	25.0	13.9	2.0	11.9
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0	33.3	0.0	33.3

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Pitch Summary

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	571	293	2442.0		32
2	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	4	3	25.0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	1.0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	0		3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2	Mudcat Grant	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	1	1	0	10.2	6	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	42	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	5.1

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	CLE	1963-05-22	8-9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.49	0	0	1.33
2	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-22	7-8,BS	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.67	0	0	1.97
3	Mudcat Grant	CLE	1963-05-04	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	8	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	78			0.3	3.84			0.79
4	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-04	6-7	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				0.0	-0.15	0	0	0.33

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Mudcat Grant (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Mudcat Grant (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Mudcat Grant (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Mudcat Grant (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-04	CLE	LAA	ahead 0-3	t7	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; D. Edwards to 3B

Mudcat Grant (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mudcat Grant (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

Mudcat Grant (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mudcat Grant (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-22	LAA	CLE	ahead 5-6	t8	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	667	853	759	80	135	25	2	6	65	2	1	37	214	.178	.216	.240	.456	27	182	14	2	48	7	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. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	4	9	8	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.750	1.000	6	0	0	1	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Value

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	667	853	1.8	1.6	2.0	-0.3	-71	1	-4	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. Mudcat Grant: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	667	853	33	174	188	694	42	.236	139	-75	-8.0	.062	3.5	66.67	3
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. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	29-35	1965	1971	4	9	2	2	2	7		.167	5			.500	8.0		0
2	Mel Nelson	32	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Win Probability

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mudcat Grant	22-35	1958	1971	667	853	-6.6	-6.8	-0.2	-62.15		-66.88	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. Mudcat Grant: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mudcat Grant	2	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. Mudcat Grant: 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	Mudcat Grant	CLE	1963-05-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-22		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.011	0.43	-0.01%	-0.09			P
3	Mudcat Grant	CLE	1963-05-04	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.50	0.056	0.97	0.07%	0.05			P
4	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-04		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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