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Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Pitching Comparison

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	46	62	.426	4.43	204	141	29	20	9	2	951.2	884	498	468	131	378	28	549	30	8	25	4064	1335	75	4.46	1.326	8.4	1.2	3.6	5.2

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Value

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	1.5	-7.7

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Totals Against

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	1335	3587	561	154	38	58	22	72.50	12	56	42	27	.246	.321	.420	.741	122	.174	.257	492	1507	323	1292	1335

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	70	50	50.7	30	10	33	1	66.7	29	63

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2	13.5	9.3	4.2

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	204	141	951.2		89

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Phil Ortega 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	1	2	.333	2.51	5	4	0	2	0	0	28.2	21	11	8	0	16	1	37	0	0	1	118	1.291	6.6	0.0	5.0	11.6
2	Phil Ortega	3	1	.750	2.83	5	4	1	1	0	0	28.2	23	9	9	3	12	2	17	2	0	0	118	1.221	7.2	0.9	3.8	5.3

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Phil Ortega 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	1966-08-27	GS-7, L	6.2	4	3	3	0	0	4	1	6	0	0	1	25	9	20	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	2	1	0	2	56			-0.1	-0.55			0.84
2	Phil Ortega	WSA	1966-08-27	CG, W	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	10	1	0	0	32	6	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	85			0.5	2.86			0.95
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-22	GS-5	4.2	6	5	2	3	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	26	13	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	39			-0.4	-3.25			1.40
4	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-08-22	GS-4	3.2	7	5	5	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	20	10	16	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	25			-0.4	-3.58			1.30
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-06-30	CG(8), L	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	33	10	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	69			0.1	1.44			0.98
6	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-06-30	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	27	7	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	66			0.3	2.01			0.96
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-16 (1)	10-10	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.40	2	0	4.25
8	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-05-16 (1)	11-GF(11), W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.43	0	0	1.69
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-14	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	33	7	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	83			0.6	2.87			1.36
10	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-05-14	GS-8, L	8.0	9	2	2	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	36	14	31	6	1	1	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	3	54			0.1	1.44			1.31

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Phil Ortega (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	9	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Phil Ortega (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-05-14	CLE	WSA	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
2	1965	1965-05-14	CLE	WSA	tied 1-1	t4	1-3	1		Fielder's Choice unassisted; C. Hinton out at Hm/P; J. Azcue to 2B
3	1965	1965-05-14	CLE	WSA	tied 1-1	t6	---	2		Strikeout
4	1965	1965-05-14	CLE	WSA	ahead 1-2	t8	1--	2		Foul Popfly: 3B
5	1965	1965-06-30	CLE	WSA	down 2-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1965	1965-06-30	CLE	WSA	down 2-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
7	1965	1965-06-30	CLE	WSA	down 2-1	t7	---	2		Strikeout
8	1965	1965-08-22	CLE	WSA	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Flyball: SS
9	1965	1965-08-22	CLE	WSA	tied 1-1	t4	123	1		Single to RF; P. González to 2B; M. Alvis Scores; C. Hinton Scores
10	1966	1966-08-27	CLE	WSA	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (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	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	.400	.571	.600	1.171	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Phil Ortega (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-05-14	WSA	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Double to RF
2	1965	1965-05-14	WSA	CLE	tied 1-1	b5	---	2		Walk
3	1965	1965-06-30	WSA	CLE	tied 1-1	b2	123	0		Strikeout
4	1965	1965-06-30	WSA	CLE	ahead 1-2	b4	1--	2		Single to CF; D. Camilli to 3B
5	1965	1965-08-22	WSA	CLE	down 1-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1966	1966-08-27	WSA	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
7	1966	1966-08-27	WSA	CLE	ahead 0-2	b6	---	0		Walk

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Comparison

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Totals

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	253	16	29	3	0	0	11	0	0	26	118	.115	.195	.126	.322	-4	32	5	0	30	3	0

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value

Phil Ortega 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	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-33	-1	0	0

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Sabermetric

Phil Ortega 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	0.00	1
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	3	55	60	262	10	.210	27	-32	-3.6	.012	2.1		0

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability

Phil Ortega 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		-104.97	0.95
2	Phil Ortega	20-29	1960	1969	205	312	-3.7	-3.5	-0.4	-38.25		-36.18	0.93

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Batting

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Phil Ortega 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	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Phil Ortega	5	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0

Phil Ortega vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Phil Ortega 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	1966-08-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.073	0.02	0.00%	-0.53			P
2	Phil Ortega	WSA	1966-08-27	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	-0.007	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-22	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.136	0.55	0.02%	1.14			P
4	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-08-22	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.20			P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-06-30	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.057	3.74	-0.16%	-0.36			P
6	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-06-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.046	0.02	0.00%	-0.50			P
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-16 (1)		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-05-16 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-14	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.088	2.21	-0.10%	-0.64			P
10	Phil Ortega	WSA	1965-05-14	*	8	9	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	0.064	0.45	0.03%	0.51			P

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