John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John O'Donoghue

4.1

257

96

751.0

39-55

10

4.07

88

377

11.7

260

8.0

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

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BB%

41.8

425

346

2492.1

141-134

14

3.17

112

2453

23.2

1312

12.4

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John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Pitching Comparison

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	39	55	.415	4.07	257	96	56	13	4	10	751.0	780	382	340	78	260	27	377	13	1	18	3235	1110	88	3.98	1.385	9.3	0.9	3.1	4.5

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Value

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	3.7	-1.9

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Totals Against

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	1110	2894	552	125	25	33	8	80.49	4	91	42	23	.270	.330	.411	.741	115	.141	.285	396	1189	228	1053	1110

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	45	47	48.0	164	70	43	8	55.6	56	161

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	11.7	8.0	3.6

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Pitching

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	2	2	.500	3.58	5	4	0	1	0	0	27.2	26	14	11	1	16	1	37	0	0	4	124	1.518	8.5	0.3	5.2	12.0
2	John O'Donoghue	2	0	1.000	2.63	5	3	1	1	0	0	24.0	24	8	7	3	7	0	12	1	0	3	99	1.292	9.0	1.1	2.6	4.5

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-08-23	CG, W	9.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	32	7	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	72			0.2	0.97			0.56
2	John O'Donoghue	SEP	1969-08-23	4-5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.43	1	0	0.23
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-06-04	GS-7, W	6.1	4	4	2	2	0	4	0	10	0	0	1	28	10	24	2	2	0	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	59			0.0	-1.25			0.61
4	John O'Donoghue	SEP	1969-06-04	7-GF	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				0.0	1.01	2	0	0.05
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-18 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	10	3	3	0	0	5	1	7	0	0	2	34	15	28	10	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	0	47			-0.1	0.10			1.63
6	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1965-08-18 (1)	GS-3	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	14	5	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	43			-0.1	-0.67			0.91
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-04-15	GS-5, L	4.2	7	4	3	1	0	5	0	10	0	0	0	28	13	22	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	3	41			-0.3	-2.23			1.80
8	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1965-04-15	CG, W	9.0	9	3	2	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	37	12	34	8	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	60			0.1	0.91			1.09
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1964-06-14 (2)	7-7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.48	1	0	1.29
10	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1964-06-14 (2)	GS-9, W	8.1	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	33	9	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	1	64			0.2	1.58			1.49

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batter vs. Pitcher

John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (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	1965	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
2	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0

John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-04-15	KCA	CLE	down 2-1	b2	12-	0		Reached on E4/Sacrifice Bunt; J. O'Donoghue to 1B; M. Hershberger to 2B; J. Landis to 3B
2	1965	1965-04-15	KCA	CLE	down 3-2	b4	---	1		Walk
3	1965	1965-04-15	KCA	CLE	tied 3-3	b5	1--	2		Single; N. Mathews to 2B
4	1965	1965-08-18 (1)	KCA	CLE	down 1-0	t2	12-	2		Strikeout
5	1969	1969-06-04	SEP	CLE	down 9-3	b7	1--	0		Strikeout

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (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	1965	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-04-15	CLE	KCA	ahead 1-2	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1965	1965-04-15	CLE	KCA	ahead 2-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
3	1965	1965-08-18 (1)	CLE	KCA	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: 1B

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Comparison

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Totals

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	206	16	35	3	0	3	11	1	0	5	67	.170	.190	.228	.418	18	47	3	0	17	0	0

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-21	0	-2	0

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Sabermetric

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.0	1
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	6	40	44	191	9	.235	24	-23	-2.6	.058	3.1	100.0	1

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26	-10.2	-104.97	0.95
2	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	-2.3	-2.4	-0.1	-21.20	-2.3	-23.60	0.93

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Batting

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	5	12	11	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.364	.364	.455	.818	5	0	0	1	0	0
2	John O'Donoghue	5	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	2	0	0

John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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John O'Donoghue vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-08-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.067	0.00	0.00%	1.25			P
2	John O'Donoghue	SEP	1969-08-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1969-06-04	*	7	9	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.43	0.032	0.01	0.00%	0.98			P
4	John O'Donoghue	SEP	1969-06-04		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.009	0.49	-0.01%	-0.34			P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-18 (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	0.98	-0.048	1.04	-0.03%	-0.42			P
6	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1965-08-18 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.046	0.00	0.00%	-0.40			P
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-04-15	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	-0.042	1.89	-0.06%	-0.41			P
8	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1965-04-15	*	9	9	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.152	1.86	0.16%	1.13			P
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1964-06-14 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	John O'Donoghue	KCA	1964-06-14 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.065	0.03	0.00%	-0.60			P

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