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Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Pitching Comparison

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	163	102	.615	3.36	365	341	7	20	8	0	2245.1	2199	897	838	197	520	34	1852	80	7	30	9301	2872	127	3.37	1.211	8.8	0.8	2.1	7.4
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	139	78	.641	3.20	360	284	23	15	10	1	2025.2	1726	773	721	220	567	13	1988	36	12	68	8262	2388	136	3.44	1.132	7.7	1.0	2.5	8.8

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	5	2	.714	3.73	13	11	2	0	0	0	72.1	73	32	30	9	24	0	56	6	0	1	314	103		3.76	1.341	9.1	1.1	3.0	7.0
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	1	3	.250	3.97	11	5	0	0	0	0	34.0	35	15	15	2	10	1	32	1	0	2	143	46		2.90	1.324	9.3	0.5	2.6	8.5

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Value

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	49.9	32.3
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	51.1	32.8

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Totals Against

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	2872	8539	1489	466	47	65	40	61.90	7	201	105	57	.258	.304	.392	.697	85	.135	.306	1031	3350	710	2799	2872
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	2388	7562	1120	352	34	47	39	54.65	20	122	58	38	.228	.284	.371	.655	74	.143	.279	806	2806	606	2329	2388

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1	103	276											.264	.337					.303				103	103
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0	46	132											.265	.322					.337				46	46

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Starting & Relieving

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	225	66	55.5	10	2	20	0		7	24
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	184	65	58.9	39	10	26	0	100.0	23	76

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011									2	2
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006									0	6

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Ratios

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	19.9	5.6	14.3
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	24.1	6.9	17.2

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1	17.8	7.6	10.2
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0	22.4	7.0	15.4

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Pitch Summary

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	365	341	2245.1	33978	98	23004	67.70
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	31271	100	20791	66.49

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	11	72.1
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Head-to-Head Pitching

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	0	1	.000	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	10	7	7	2	3	0	13	0	0	1	55	0.929	6.4	1.3	1.9	8.4
2	Johan Santana	1	0	1.000	0.68	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	11	1	1	0	3	0	8	2	0	0	56	1.050	7.4	0.0	2.0	5.4

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Game Logs

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Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2008-08-22	CG(8), L	8.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	28	4	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	68	102	75	-0.1	1.00			0.47
2	Johan Santana	NYM	2008-08-22	GS-7, W	7.0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	9	29	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	65	121	86	0.3	3.50			1.00
3	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2008-08-02	GS-6	6.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	27	9	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	3	48	100	70	-0.2	-1.03			0.59
4	Johan Santana	NYM	2008-08-02	GS-7	6.1	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	26	7	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	64	103	68	0.2	1.56			1.23

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batter vs. Pitcher

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (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	2008	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0

Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Roy Oswalt (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-08-02	NYM	HOU	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2008	2008-08-02	NYM	HOU	ahead 0-4	t4	1--	2	6 (3-2)	Walk; D. Easley to 2B
3	2008	2008-08-02	NYM	HOU	ahead 1-4	t6	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging (C-1B)
4	2008	2008-08-22	NYM	HOU	ahead 0-3	b2	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2008	2008-08-22	NYM	HOU	ahead 0-3	b5	---	1	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging (C-1B)

Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (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	2008	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Roy Oswalt (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-08-02	HOU	NYM	down 4-0	b3	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2008	2008-08-02	HOU	NYM	down 4-1	b5	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
3	2008	2008-08-22	HOU	NYM	down 1-0	t2	-23	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2008	2008-08-22	HOU	NYM	down 3-0	t5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2008	2008-08-22	HOU	NYM	down 3-0	t7	---	0	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Comparison

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	657	30	101	7	0	1	36	0	0	27	181	.154	.193	.169	.362	-4	111	6	5	106	1	0
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	248	11	40	12	1	1	9	0	0	9	78	.161	.191	.230	.421	13	57	1	0	22	0	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	25	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	1	0	4	0	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Value

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-109	1	-2	0
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-32	1	-2	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Sabermetric

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	8	133	142	669	28	.210	65	-103	-10.0	.015	3.6		0
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	14	49	51	231	12	.231	19	-30	-3.0	.069	3.2		0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	26-33	2004	2011	13	25	0	4	4	22		.111	1			.000	19.0		0
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Win Probability

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Roy Oswalt	23-35	2001	2013	335	796	-8.9	-9.7	0.0	-105.57		-108.15	0.92
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	-2.5	-3.1	0.2	-35.22		-34.25	0.85

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Head-to-Head Batting

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Johan Santana	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0

Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: Game Logs

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Roy Oswalt vs. Johan Santana: 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	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2008-08-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.110	0.13	-0.01%	-1.07			P
2	Johan Santana	NYM	2008-08-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	-0.015	0.55	-0.02%	-0.32			P
3	Roy Oswalt	HOU	2008-08-02	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.024	0.05	0.00%	-0.26			P
4	Johan Santana	NYM	2008-08-02	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.012	0.64	-0.01%	-0.12			P

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