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David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	6842	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	6	6	.500	3.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	99.1	96	40	36	7	51	3	84	1	1	7	429	156		2.55	1.480	8.7	0.6	4.6	7.6

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Value

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	6842	19436	3314	807	137	314	226	58.15	146	405	235	122	.240	.306	.360	.666	89	.120	.284	2170	6995	1358	6558	6842
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	156	367	66	19	4	9	5	64.29	5	13	7	3	.262	.351	.392	.743		.131	.319	50	144	30	148	156

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	David Palmer	3	0	1.000	0.67	4	4	0	1	0	0	27.0	18	2	2	0	11	0	22	1	0	0	110	1.074	6.0	0.0	3.7	7.3
2	Steve Carlton	0	3	.000	4.30	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	21	13	11	1	15	1	13	0	0	1	103	1.565	8.2	0.4	5.9	5.1

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-05-11	GS-5	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	20	5	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	64			0.3	2.43			0.93
2	David Palmer	ATL	1986-05-11	GS-7	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26	6	24	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	72			0.4	3.41			1.16
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-05-02	GS-4, L	4.0	5	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	23	11	18	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	31			-0.3	-3.09			0.90
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-05-02	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	7	0	9	1	0	0	40	14	32	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	75			0.1	3.30			0.67
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-06-07	GS-7, L	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	0	27	8	22	4	0	0	3	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	62			0.1	1.26			0.97
6	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-07	GS-6, W	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	23	5	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	66			0.2	1.79			1.31
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-07-27	GS-7, L	7.0	9	6	6	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	33	13	28	7	1	0	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	34			-0.2	-2.77			1.02
8	David Palmer	MON	1984-07-27	GS-6, W	5.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	6	21	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	57			0.1	1.34			1.11

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-27	PHI	MON	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
2	1984	1984-07-27	PHI	MON	down 2-0	b5	1--	1		Flyball: RF
3	1985	1985-06-07	PHI	MON	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1985	1985-06-07	PHI	MON	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Flyball: CF
5	1986	1986-05-02	PHI	ATL	down 5-1	b2	1--	2		Walk; G. Wilson to 2B
6	1986	1986-05-11	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: CF
7	1986	1986-05-11	PHI	ATL	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-27	MON	PHI	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-07-27	MON	PHI	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	0		Strikeout
3	1985	1985-06-07	MON	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Popfly: SS
4	1985	1985-06-07	MON	PHI	ahead 0-1	t6	---	0		Strikeout
5	1986	1986-05-02	ATL	PHI	ahead 1-3	t2	---	1		Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); D. Palmer to 2B
6	1986	1986-05-02	ATL	PHI	ahead 1-5	t3	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 3B; G. Hubbard to 2B
7	1986	1986-05-11	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1986	1986-05-11	ATL	PHI	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Strikeout

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	2	41	413	.201	.223	.259	.482	33	446	33	10	94	13	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	27	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	0	1	1	0	0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	David Palmer	4	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Carlton	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-05-11	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.045	0.47	-0.01%	-0.33			P
2	David Palmer	ATL	1986-05-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	-0.046	1.04	-0.03%	-0.39			P
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1986-05-02	*	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	0.017	0.72	0.01%	0.20			P
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-05-02	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	0.010	0.29	0.01%	-0.58			P
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1985-06-07	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.043	0.09	0.00%	-0.32			P
6	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.045	1.59	-0.05%	-0.44			P
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-07-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.065	1.96	-0.06%	-0.50			P
8	David Palmer	MON	1984-07-27	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.048	0.21	-0.01%	-0.56			P

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