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David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	211	146	.591	3.47	506	462	20	61	28	8	3092.0	2894	1310	1191	267	1034	60	1969	79	45	55	12956	4145	106	3.71	1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.7

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	3	3	.500	4.56	17	9	5	0	0	2	49.1	58	28	25	5	24	3	41	0	1	0	229	86		2.82	1.662	10.6	0.9	4.4	7.5

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Value

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	43.4	15.9

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	4145	11635	2073	482	72	213	157	57.57	19	209	122	83	.249	.312	.371	.684	95	.123	.277	1370	4321	821	4007	4145

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	86	194	34	17	2	7	1	87.50	2	1	2	2	.299	.373	.485	.857		.186	.353	44	94	24	82	86

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	280	61	53.9	28	8	29	6	57.1	20	44

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	2	22	45.1	12	1	8	0	100.0	5	8

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	15.2	8.0	7.2

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	17.9	10.5	7.4

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0		98

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	889	79	545	61.30

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	0	1	.000	6.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	12	4	4	1	3	1	5	1	0	1	34	2.500	18.0	1.5	4.5	7.5
2	Bob Welch	2	0	1.000	1.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	7	3	2	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	41	1.241	6.5	0.9	4.7	6.5

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	ATL	1987-08-01	GS-6, L	5.2	11	4	4	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	1	31	14	27	9	1	0	1	0	0	15	0	1	0	2	34			-0.2	-1.30			1.57
2	Bob Welch	LAD	1987-08-01	GS-9, W	8.2	6	2	1	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	36	11	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	2	2	2	68			0.2	2.27			1.11
3	David Palmer	MON	1979-05-12	11-GF(11)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.09	2	1	4.83
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1979-05-12	11-GF(11), W	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-0.54	0	0	1.23

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (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	1987	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

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-01	ATL	LAD	tied 1-1	b2	1-3	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1987	1987-08-01	ATL	LAD	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	2		Strikeout

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Welch (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	1987	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-01	LAD	ATL	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2		Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); M. Scioscia to 3B; S. Sax to 2B
2	1987	1987-08-01	LAD	ATL	down 2-1	t4	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1987	1987-08-01	LAD	ATL	tied 2-2	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; S. Sax to 2B

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-78	3	-1	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	10	113	119	560	24	.209	54	-79	-8.1	.026	3.4	0.0	1

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	-7.6	-7.9	-0.2	-80.19	-8.5	-83.00	0.93

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Welch	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Bob Welch: 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	ATL	1987-08-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.085	0.40	-0.01%	-0.85			P
2	Bob Welch	LAD	1987-08-01	*	9	9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.046	0.59	-0.01%	-0.25			P
3	David Palmer	MON	1979-05-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1979-05-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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