James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Pitching Comparison

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	73	41	.640	3.77	177	177	0	2	1	0	951.0	872	437	398	111	314	9	1005	12	2	59	3978	1228	109	3.60	1.247	8.3	1.1	3.0	9.5
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	101	62	.620	3.89	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	1946	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	1	0	1.000	3.46	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	5	5	2	7	0	20	0	0	1	58	21		3.75	1.538	9.0	1.4	4.8	13.8
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	4	.500	5.21	10	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	4	47	1	0	1	198	64		3.63	1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Value

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	177	177	951.0	13.8	5.2
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	17.3	5.2

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Totals Against

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	177	177	951.0	1228	3611	574	173	14	40	16	71.43	4	74	10	29	.241	.302	.389	.691	90	.148	.302	430	1406	298	1198	1228
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	1946	5559	910	291	25	55	21	72.37	6	118	33	41	.253	.312	.411	.723	99	.158	.297	722	2283	495	1901	1946

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	3	3	13.0	21	51	8	3	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.255	.345	.431	.776		.176	.379	7	22	5	20	21
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	64	177	22	11	1	1	0	100.00	0	5	0	0	.243	.323	.469	.792		.226	.281	35	83	21	64	64

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Starting & Relieving

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	85	48	53.7				0		0	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	115	45	52.4	8	6	75	1	0.0	4	21

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	1	33	53.3						0	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	50	54.9	0	0				1	2

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	177	177	951.0	25.3	7.9	17.4
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	21.0	7.5	13.6

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	3	3	13.0	34.5	12.1	22.4
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	23.7	10.1	13.6

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	177	177	951.0	14839	90	9559	64.42
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	20631	89	13382	64.86

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	3	3	13.0	249	83	152	61.04
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	788	90	488	61.93

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Pitching

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	7.5
2	Michael Wacha	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	23	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	12.6

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	SEA	2013-09-14	GS-6, W	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22	4	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	71	97	65	0.3	2.68			1.02
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2013-09-14	GS-5, L	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	23	8	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	54	93	57	0.0	0.24			1.48

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batter vs. Pitcher

James Paxton (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

James Paxton (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (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	2013	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

James Paxton (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances

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James Paxton (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-09-14	STL	SEA	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	3 (1-1)	Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak 2B-1B)

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. James Paxton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. James Paxton (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	2013	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. James Paxton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. James Paxton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-09-14	SEA	STL	tied 0-0	t3	12-	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	2013	2013-09-14	SEA	STL	tied 0-0	t5	1--	0	4 (3-0)	Walk; D. Ackley to 2B

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Comparison

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Totals

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	8	18	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.000	.143	.000	.143	-55	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	251	16	23	2	0	0	16	1	0	9	125	.092	.123	.100	.222	-39	25	3	0	29	1	0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Value

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	8	18	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-4	0	0	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-49	1	-1	0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Sabermetric

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	8	18	0	2	2	16	0		2	-2	-0.3	.000	1.0		0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	2	32	38	261	5	.181	32	-50	-4.9	.008	2.0	100.0	1

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	30	2019	2019	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	.000	2			.000	1.3		0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Win Probability

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	James Paxton	24-35	2013	2024	8	18	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	-4.06	-0.4	-3.46	1.13
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-4.1	-4.6	0.3	-44.91	-4.5	-49.96	0.93

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Head-to-Head Batting

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Totals

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Michael Wacha	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: Game Logs

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James Paxton vs. Michael Wacha: 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	James Paxton	SEA	2013-09-14	*	7	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.013	0.00	0.00%	0.04			P
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2013-09-14	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	0.014	0.84	0.02%	0.12			P

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