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David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Totals

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	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
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	20	11	.645	3.82	182	13	47	0	0	7	419.1	387	203	178	33	196	27	289	12	7	16	1799	609	106	3.86	1.390	8.3	0.7	4.2	6.2

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Value

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	182	13	419.1	3.6	0.1

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	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
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	182	13	419.1	609	1548	282	65	7	69	12	85.19	5	36	15	28	.250	.334	.365	.699	93	.115	.282	194	565	105	595	609

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	4	31	45.5	178	62	35	6	53.8	47	169

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	182	13	419.1	16.1	10.9	5.2

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	182	13	419.1

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Totals

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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 Thomas	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	2.000	15.8	6.8	2.3	11.3
2	David Palmer	1	0	1.000	1.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	1.227	7.4	0.0	3.7	6.1

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	David Palmer	MON	1979-07-30 (2)	GS-8, W	7.1	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	9	28	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	64			0.2	1.85			0.87
2	Roy Thomas	STL	1979-07-30 (2)	GS-4, L	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	8	17	4	0	0	2	2	0	16	0	0	0	3	36			-0.3	-2.14			0.76

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Roy Thomas (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Roy Thomas (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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Roy Thomas (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Roy Thomas (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-30 (2)	STL	MON	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking

Roy Thomas (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Roy Thomas (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	1979	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Roy Thomas (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Roy Thomas (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-30 (2)	MON	STL	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-07-30 (2)	MON	STL	ahead 1-4	b4	---	2		Strikeout

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	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
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	70	36	34	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.118	.143	.147	.290	-20	5	0	0	1	0	0

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	0
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	70	36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	70	36	1	5	6	31	0	.222	1	-6	-0.6	.029	2.1		0

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96
2	Roy Thomas	24-34	1977	1987	70	36	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-3.96	-0.3	-4.87	1.09

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Totals

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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 Thomas	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	David Palmer	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Roy Thomas: 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	David Palmer	MON	1979-07-30 (2)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.016	0.71	-0.03%	-0.41			P
2	Roy Thomas	STL	1979-07-30 (2)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.016	0.93	-0.01%	-0.15			P

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