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David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Totals

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	57	53	.518	3.86	237	135	29	11	6	1	963.2	912	454	413	73	373	54	598	25	17	42	4122	1362	94	3.81	1.333	8.5	0.7	3.5	5.6
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. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	1	1	.500	4.24	8	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	15	10	8	2	9	1	10	0	0	0	72	25		2.55	1.412	7.9	1.1	4.8	5.3

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Value

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	5.1	-3.4
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	1362	3650	658	172	9	89	34	72.36	1	78	41	33	.250	.321	.362	.683	97	.112	.279	430	1321	254	1310	1362
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. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0	25	62	10	2	1	2	1	66.67	0	1	0	1	.242	.333	.403	.737		.161	.255	8	25	5	24	25

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	66	49	50.7	81	18	22	3	25.0	29	102
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	0			11	2	18	0		1	8

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	14.5	9.0	5.5
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0	13.9	12.5	1.4

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2		84
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0	255		159	62.35

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Totals

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	1	0	1.000	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	14	5	5	0	10	2	12	1	0	0	81	1.263	6.6	0.0	4.7	5.7
2	Kelly Downs	1	1	.500	2.70	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	19	7	6	2	9	3	19	0	2	0	85	1.400	8.6	0.9	4.1	8.6

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	SFG	1988-08-19	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	1	1	0	2	0	9	0	1	0	27	8	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	1	66	87	59	0.0	0.89			1.43
2	David Palmer	PHI	1988-08-19	GS-7	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26	9	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	53	90	52	0.1	1.15			1.22
3	Kelly Downs	SFG	1986-08-09	GS-6	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	3	1	5	0	1	0	27	9	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	54			0.0	0.92			1.08
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-09	GS-6	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	24	6	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	63			0.2	1.92			1.28
5	Kelly Downs	SFG	1986-08-03	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	2	5	0	0	0	31	11	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	2	52			-0.1	0.08			1.05
6	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-03	GS-8, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	31	12	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	59			0.2	1.71			1.56

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (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	1986	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
2	1988	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-08-03	ATL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1986	1986-08-03	ATL	SFG	ahead 1-2	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; G. Hubbard to 2B
3	1986	1986-08-03	ATL	SFG	ahead 1-2	t7	---	1		Single
4	1986	1986-08-09	ATL	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
5	1986	1986-08-09	ATL	SFG	tied 1-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout
6	1988	1988-08-19	PHI	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	2 (1-0)	Single to 2B (Pop Fly to Deep 1B)
7	1988	1988-08-19	PHI	SFG	tied 0-0	t6	1--	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (missed bunt)
8	1988	1988-08-19	PHI	SFG	ahead 0-2	t7	--3	2	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kelly Downs (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	1986	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1988	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	0	0	0	0

Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-08-03	SFG	ATL	down 1-0	b2	-2-	1		Flyball: RF
2	1986	1986-08-03	SFG	ATL	down 2-1	b4	---	0		Single
3	1986	1986-08-09	SFG	ATL	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; B. Melvin to 3B
4	1986	1986-08-09	SFG	ATL	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
5	1988	1988-08-19	SFG	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	5 (3-1)	Walk
6	1988	1988-08-19	SFG	PHI	tied 0-0	b5	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	211	14	26	3	1	0	11	0	2	7	76	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	31	1	0	21	2	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. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	-35	1	-2	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. Kelly Downs: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	4	33	34	211	6	.190	25	-33	-3.4	.024	2.8	0.0	2
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. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	4	0	0	0	4	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	-3.2	-3.3	-0.3	-31.30	-3.3	-34.16	0.90
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. Kelly Downs: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Totals

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Kelly Downs	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Kelly Downs: 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	Kelly Downs	SFG	1988-08-19	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	-0.001	1.43	0.00%	0.04			P
2	David Palmer	PHI	1988-08-19	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.047	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P
3	Kelly Downs	SFG	1986-08-09	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.016	2.47	0.02%	0.07			P
4	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-09	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.047	0.58	-0.02%	-0.39			P
5	Kelly Downs	SFG	1986-08-03	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.012	3.07	0.02%	0.04			P
6	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-03	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.030	0.15	0.00%	-0.34			P

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