Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Pitching Comparison

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Totals

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	123	107	.535	3.22	405	317	37	73	24	3	2268.1	1946	938	811	177	933	32	1639	31	11	77	9539	3036	106	3.37	1.269	7.7	0.7	3.7	6.5
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	104	103	.502	3.64	403	268	42	56	15	8	1939.2	1790	864	784	188	815	79	1303	23	12	89	8279	2728	98	3.81	1.343	8.3	0.9	3.8	6.0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	0	3	.000	4.87	6	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	21	14	11	3	8	0	14	0	0	0	91	32		0.65	1.426	9.3	1.3	3.5	6.2
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	1	1	.500	5.01	6	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	26	13	13	2	14	1	12	0	0	2	105	40		3.03	1.714	10.0	0.8	5.4	4.6

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Value

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	22.5	3.6
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	403	268	1939.2	17.2	0.9

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Totals Against

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	3036	8397	1434	285	50	93	62	60.00	29	175	119	57	.232	.309	.341	.650	92	.109	.267	892	2862	512	2910	3036
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	403	268	1939.2	2728	7283	1236	319	47	104	58	64.20	19	145	103	55	.246	.321	.380	.701	101	.134	.274	901	2767	554	2628	2728

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	32	81	12	4	2	1	0	100.00	0	3	1	0	.259	.326	.469	.795		.210	.281	13	38	9	29	32
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	6	4	23.1	40	90	18	5	1	0	0		0	5	1	0	.289	.385	.433	.818		.144	.316	17	39	8	40	40

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Starting & Relieving

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	193	61	55.6	37	16	43	3	50.0	37	88
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	157	59	53.6	93	39	42	5	61.5	42	135

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	1	33	47.3	1	1	100	0		0	3
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	2	50	48.5	1	0	0	0		0	2

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Ratios

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1	17.2	9.8	7.4
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	403	268	1939.2	15.7	9.8	5.9

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	15.4	8.8	6.6
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	6	4	23.1	11.4	13.3	-1.9

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Pitch Summary

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	405	317	2268.1		78
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	403	268	1939.2		74

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	3	20.1	240	79	152	63.33
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	6	4	23.1	202	73	120	59.41

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Totals

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Fred Norman	1	2	.333	6.75	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	17	11	11	1	10	3	6	0	0	1	69	1.841	10.4	0.6	6.1	3.7
2	Al Downing	2	0	1.000	3.29	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	20	5	5	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	69	2.049	13.2	0.7	5.3	6.6

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Game Logs

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Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	LAD	1977-06-26 (1)	7-7	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.50	0	0	0.28
2	Fred Norman	CIN	1977-06-26 (1)	GS-8, W	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	30	9	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	52			0.2	1.11			1.07
3	Al Downing	LAD	1974-05-22	GS-6, W	5.1	8	3	3	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	29	13	23	8	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	41			0.0	-0.82			1.22
4	Fred Norman	CIN	1974-05-22	GS-2, L	1.2	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	23			-0.3	-2.84			0.95
5	Al Downing	LAD	1971-09-09	GS-8, W	7.1	11	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	35	13	32	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	53			0.1	1.43			1.30
6	Fred Norman	SDP	1971-09-09	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	3	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	27	11	20	2	3	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	1	3	47			-0.2	-0.57			1.48

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fred Norman (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fred Norman (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (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	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1974	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Fred Norman (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fred Norman (Pitcher) vs. Al Downing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-09	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1971	1971-09-09	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1971	1971-09-09	LAD	SDP	ahead 1-3	t6	123	2		Flyball: RF
4	1974	1974-05-22	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	1		Single to LF; S. Yeager to 3B

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Fred Norman (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Fred Norman (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	1971	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1974	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
3	1977	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0

Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Fred Norman (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Downing (Pitcher) vs. Fred Norman (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-09-09	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	b2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; I. Murrell to 3B; B. Barton to 2B
2	1971	1971-09-09	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	b4	---	2		Single to CF
3	1974	1974-05-22	CIN	LAD	down 2-0	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; G. Foster to 2B
4	1977	1977-06-26 (1)	CIN	LAD	ahead 2-5	b7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Comparison

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Totals

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	717	36	91	12	3	2	51	0	0	37	293	.127	.169	.160	.330	-5	115	15	0	53	2	0
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	409	674	574	29	72	4	0	0	27	0	0	37	177	.125	.178	.132	.311	-12	76	6	0	62	1	0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Value

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-0.2	-98	0	-3	0
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	409	674	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.1	-84	2	-2	0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Sabermetric

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	17	128	136	696	21	.210	85	-100	-10.8	.033	2.4		0
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	409	674	4	109	121	571	21	.181	56	-88	-9.1	.007	3.2		0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	22-33	1963	1974	6	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	1.7		0
2	Fred Norman	30-36	1973	1979	6	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	1			.000	2.0		0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Win Probability

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Al Downing	20-36	1961	1977	409	809	-8.6	-9.7	0.1	-83.44	-9.1	-96.89	0.89
2	Fred Norman	19-37	1962	1980	409	674	-6.8	-8.3	0.5	-83.14	-8.7	-85.87	0.87

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Head-to-Head Batting

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Totals

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Fred Norman	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Al Downing	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: Game Logs

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Fred Norman vs. Al Downing: 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	Al Downing	LAD	1977-06-26 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Fred Norman	CIN	1977-06-26 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.030	0.72	-0.04%	-0.63			P
3	Al Downing	LAD	1974-05-22	*	6	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	0.024	1.77	0.04%	0.29			P
4	Fred Norman	CIN	1974-05-22	*	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.019	2.20	-0.02%	-0.18			P
5	Al Downing	LAD	1971-09-09	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.072	1.73	-0.07%	-0.92			P
6	Fred Norman	SDP	1971-09-09	*	6	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.16			P

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