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David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Totals

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	136	116	.540	3.87	382	364	5	37	13	0	2360.1	2244	1139	1016	239	906	40	1590	59	24	97	10032	3324	95	4.03	1.335	8.6	0.9	3.5	6.1
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	1	3	.250	3.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	34	20	15	5	18	1	27	2	0	5	157	57		2.41	1.458	8.6	1.3	4.5	6.8

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Value

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	18.8	-2.1
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	3324	8897	1542	405	58	226	107	67.87	43	166	95	73	.252	.323	.391	.714	104	.139	.281	1137	3482	702	3209	3324
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	57	134	25	4	0	5	2	71.43	1	2	2	1	.254	.348	.396	.744		.142	.282	20	53	9	54	57

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	219	60	52.0	10	4	40	1	0.0	5	18
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	4	57	50.0						0	0

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	15.8	9.0	6.8
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	17.2	11.5	5.7

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1		96
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	566	94	347	61.31

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Totals

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	1	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	10	4	2	1	6	0	6	0	0	1	56	1.143	6.4	0.6	3.9	3.9
2	David Palmer	0	1	.000	4.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	5	5	5	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	42	1.345	4.7	0.9	7.4	7.4

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	NYM	1985-06-22	GS-7	7.0	5	2	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	27	8	24	4	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	1	62			0.0	1.13			0.95
2	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-22	GS-7	6.2	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	27	8	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	66			0.4	2.83			1.36
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-06-09 (1)	GS-7, W	7.0	5	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	29	9	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	60			0.2	1.05			1.18
4	David Palmer	MON	1984-06-09 (1)	GS-4, L	3.0	2	4	4	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	15	6	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	2	37			-0.3	-2.66			1.09

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-06-09 (1)	MON	NYM	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1985	1985-06-22	MON	NYM	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Strikeout
3	1985	1985-06-22	MON	NYM	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1985	1985-06-22	MON	NYM	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Darling (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-06-09 (1)	NYM	MON	tied 1-1	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Oquendo to 2B
2	1985	1985-06-22	NYM	MON	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1985	1985-06-22	NYM	MON	down 2-0	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	0	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1	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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-65	1	-1	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. Ron Darling: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	25	92	103	518	22	.211	58	-68	-7.1	.059	3.0	100.0	1
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	-5.9	-6.6	0.3	-68.31	-7.1	-67.94	0.94
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. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Totals

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	David Palmer	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	NYM	1985-06-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.048	2.88	-0.08%	-0.36			P
2	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-22	*	7	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.079	3.01	-0.13%	-0.84			P
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1984-06-09 (1)	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.087	2.13	-0.11%	-1.44			P
4	David Palmer	MON	1984-06-09 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.024	1.43	-0.02%	-0.21			P

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