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Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Pitching Comparison

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	74	67	.525	4.16	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	2005	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	109	95	.534	4.03	346	283	24	16	4	5	1826.1	1813	896	817	209	607	27	1134	36	7	57	7726	2535	100	4.27	1.325	8.9	1.0	3.0	5.6

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	2	.000	3.63	16	3	2	0	0	0	22.1	20	9	9	2	15	0	15	1	0	0	100	36		4.59	1.567	8.1	0.8	6.0	6.0
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	0	1	.000	36.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	4		19.10	4.000	27.0	9.0	9.0	0.0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Value

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	12.8	2.2
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	15.9	1.2

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Against

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	2005	5039	852	278	23	104	44	70.27	12	104	65	46	.259	.340	.415	.755	100	.156	.287	728	2093	455	1946	2005
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	2535	6959	1253	318	33	136	61	69.04	11	159	78	46	.261	.321	.406	.727	100	.145	.283	917	2824	560	2456	2535

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	36	74											.270	.400					.316				36	36
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0	4	6											.500	.571					.400				4	4

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	59	39	47.8	285	95	33	27	48.1	157	542
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	149	53	51.2	66	17	26	4	55.6	24	63

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003									2	13
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995									1	1

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	15.8	10.5	5.4
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	14.7	7.9	6.8

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	15.0	15.0	0.0
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0	0.0	14.3	-14.3

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	5205	87	3156	60.63
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1		89

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	0	0		6.14	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	8	5	5	0	7	0	9	0	0	0	37	2.045	9.8	0.0	8.6	11.0
2	Mark Portugal	0	0		6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	5	3	3	0	4	0	0	1	29	1.800	12.2	4.1	4.1	5.4

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	ATL	1991-09-28	GS-5	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	22	7	19	3	1	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	54	87	53	0.0	0.13			1.00
2	Mark Portugal	HOU	1991-09-28	8-GF	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		16	12	-0.1	-0.10	3	1	1.33
3	Kent Mercker	ATL	1989-09-27	GS-3	2.1	4	3	3	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	15	8	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	36	57	30	-0.4	-3.21			1.32
4	Mark Portugal	HOU	1989-09-27	GS-5	5.0	7	4	4	0	2	3	0	4	0	0	1	23	10	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	38	98	59	-0.3	-1.88			1.25

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mark Portugal (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mark Portugal (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (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	1989	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mark Portugal (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mark Portugal (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1989	1989-09-27	ATL	HOU	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	5 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Portugal (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Portugal (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	1989	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Portugal (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Portugal (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1989	1989-09-27	HOU	ATL	ahead 1-2	b2	--3	2	2 (1-0)	Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); S. Lombardozzi Scores

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Comparison

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Totals

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	.113	.150	.161	.311	-18	40	1	0	22	1	0
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	450	33	89	20	1	2	36	0	0	20	87	.198	.232	.260	.492	35	117	11	1	54	4	0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-45	1	-1	0
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	2.1	2.0	2.0	0.1	-45	-1	-2	0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Sabermetric

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	8	39	42	244	8	.203	29	-45	-4.4	.048	2.2		0
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	23	110	113	430	32	.238	67	-41	-4.0	.062	5.2		0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-3.6	-4.0	0.2	-42.44		-45.21	0.96
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	-5.6	-4.7	-1.3	-56.40		-50.26	0.94

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Batting

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mark Portugal	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0

Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Mark Portugal vs. Kent Mercker: 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	Kent Mercker	ATL	1991-09-28	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	2.13	-0.03%	-0.09			P
2	Mark Portugal	HOU	1991-09-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Kent Mercker	ATL	1989-09-27	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
4	Mark Portugal	HOU	1989-09-27	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.073	0.00	0.00%	0.76			P

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