Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Pitching Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	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
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	36	47	.434	4.33	195	90	29	20	3	5	761.1	771	414	366	88	304	17	484	24	1	36	3293	1141	92	4.09	1.412	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.7

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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. Ed Rakow: Value

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	-2.1	-3.0
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	90	761.1	2.5	-3.5

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Totals Against

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	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
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	90	761.1	1141	2921	556	102	25	30	21	58.82	7	76	22	24	.264	.336	.406	.742	107	.142	.288	402	1184	215	1099	1141

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Starting & Relieving

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	24-33	1960	1969	5	45	48.5	81	23	28	4	55.6	31	82
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	40	44	49.1	83	30	36	3	62.5	29	105

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	0			0	0				1	1

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Ratios

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2	12.6	8.9	3.7
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	90	761.1	14.7	9.2	5.5

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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. Ed Rakow: Pitch Summary

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	93	11	173.2
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	90	761.1		95

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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. Ed Rakow: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	19.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	3.857	23.1	0.0	11.6	0.0
2	Ed Rakow	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	5.4

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-25	GS-3, L	2.1	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	17	9	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	22			-0.4	-4.55			0.83
2	Ed Rakow	KCA	1963-05-25	GS-5, W	5.0	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	10	24	7	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	43			0.0	0.13			0.73

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Rakow (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Rakow (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

Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Rakow (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Rakow (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-25	KCA	LAA	ahead 0-5	t1	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Ed Rakow (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Rakow (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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Rakow (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Rakow (Pitcher) vs. Mel Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-05-25	LAA	KCA	down 5-0	b2	1--	1		Strikeout

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Comparison

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	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
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	253	226	16	19	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	90	.084	.130	.093	.223	-38	21	7	1	14	1	0

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Value

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	253	-1.8	-1.8	-1.7	-0.1	-44	-1	-1	0

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	0	6	6	30	2	.238	5	-5	-0.5	.000	2.6		0
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	253	2	31	34	229	3	.139	19	-45	-4.7	.009	2.5		0

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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. Ed Rakow: Batting Win Probability

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mel Nelson	24-33	1960	1969	96	36	-0.4	-0.5	0.1	-3.94	-0.5	-4.63	0.87
2	Ed Rakow	25-32	1960	1967	195	253	-4.2	-4.3	-0.3	-47.24	-4.6	-45.37	0.91

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Totals

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Rakow	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: Game Logs

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Mel Nelson vs. Ed Rakow: 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	Mel Nelson	LAA	1963-05-25	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.016	0.64	-0.01%	-0.26			P
2	Ed Rakow	KCA	1963-05-25	*	6	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.006	1.09	-0.01%	-0.12			P

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