Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Pitching Comparison

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	1	6	.143	5.46	64	5	23	0	0	0	118.2	150	83	72	7	67	14	75	3	1	8	551	226	69	3.94	1.829	11.4	0.5	5.1	5.7
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	6345	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	0	3	1	0	100.1	92	46	41	12	16	0	61	3	1	2	407	118		1.59	1.076	8.3	1.1	1.4	5.5

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Value

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	64	5	118.2	-2.1	-3.6
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Totals Against

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	64	5	118.2	226	469	111	26	6	18	9	66.67	0	14	5	6	.320	.404	.446	.849	142	.126	.364	85	209	39	220	226
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	6345	19870	3385	728	107	432	143	75.13	14	292	208	127	.236	.286	.355	.640	85	.119	.265	2035	7050	1307	6117	6345

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	118	380	62	17	1	6	3	66.67	0	6	7	1	.242	.278	.387	.664		.145	.260	43	147	30	111	118

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Starting & Relieving

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	2	40	40.2	53	24	45	0		23	59
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Ratios

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	64	5	118.2	13.6	12.2	1.5
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	64	5	118.2
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	1	0	1.000	4.97	2	2	0	1	1	0	12.2	13	7	7	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	52	1.184	9.2	0.0	1.4	4.3
2	Jim Otten	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	16	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	3.0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	STL	1981-05-19	3-4	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	10	4	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.65	2	0	0.66
2	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-19	GS-4	3.2	8	7	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	9	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	18			-0.4	-4.68			1.16
3	Jim Otten	STL	1981-05-13	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.41	0	0	0.10
4	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-13	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	32	6	31	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	80			0.4	3.70			0.94

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Otten (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Otten (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (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	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Otten (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Otten (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-13	HOU	STL	ahead 0-3	b8	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1981	1981-05-19	HOU	STL	ahead 2-4	t4	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Otten (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Otten (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	1981	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Otten (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Otten (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-19	STL	HOU	down 4-1	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; T. Herr to 2B

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Comparison

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Totals

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	55	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	1	0	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	-2	212	29	6	136	3	0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	2	0	0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Value

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	55	8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	55	8	0	1	1	7	0	.167	0	-2	-0.2	.000	7.0		0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	16	261	274	1327	46	.197	128	-185	-19.4	.013	3.7	100.0	1

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Win Probability

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Otten	22-29	1974	1981	55	8	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-1.46	-0.1	-1.92	0.65
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Totals

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Don Sutton	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jim Otten	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: Game Logs

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Jim Otten vs. Don Sutton: 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	Jim Otten	STL	1981-05-19		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	-0.021	1.72	-0.01%	-0.18			P
2	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-19	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.052	0.31	-0.01%	-0.77			P
3	Jim Otten	STL	1981-05-13		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-13	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.39	0.008	0.15	0.00%	-0.44			P

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