Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	50	77	.394	3.85	238	144	39	27	12	5	1017.2	1033	489	435	87	309	41	489	11	14	15	4299	1410	94	3.77	1.319	9.1	0.8	2.7	4.3
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	238	144	1017.2	5.8	-2.6
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	238	144	1017.2	1410	3888	729	185	32	103	43	70.55	7	85	55	35	.266	.319	.397	.716	104	.131	.283	500	1543	304	1353	1410
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	72	50	50.1	65	28	43	7	41.7	39	94
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	238	144	1017.2	11.4	7.2	4.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	238	144	1017.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	0	3	.000	2.33	3	2	0	0	0	0	19.1	13	6	5	1	8	3	11	2	1	0	79	1.086	6.1	0.5	3.7	5.1
2	Eric Rasmussen	1	0	1.000	1.93	3	2	1	1	1	1	14.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	4	0	0	0	52	0.857	4.5	1.9	3.2	2.6

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1979-09-28	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	31	6	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	83			0.6	3.93			1.25
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-09-28	GS-8, L	7.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	30	8	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	2	1	1	60			0.0	0.65			0.83
3	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1979-09-03	8-GF, S	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.1	0.87	0	0	0.58
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-09-03	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	2	1	0	4	2	7	1	1	0	28	10	23	3	1	1	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	55			-0.1	-0.38			0.97
5	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1978-07-27	GS-4	3.0	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	7	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	1	0	0	3	39			-0.3	-2.14			0.85
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-27	1-7, L	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	5	19	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.3	2.44	1	0	1.00

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Eric Rasmussen (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eric Rasmussen (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Eric Rasmussen (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eric Rasmussen (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-07-27	PIT	SDP	down 3-2	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-09-28	SFG	SDP	down 1-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; D. Littlejohn to 2B
3	1979	1979-09-28	SFG	SDP	down 2-0	b6	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Eric Rasmussen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Eric Rasmussen (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	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1979	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Eric Rasmussen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Eric Rasmussen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-07-27	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-3	b2	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
2	1979	1979-09-28	SDP	SFG	ahead 0-1	t3	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; T. Flannery to 2B
3	1979	1979-09-28	SDP	SFG	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B
4	1979	1979-09-28	SDP	SFG	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: P-1B

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	228	306	260	7	31	8	0	0	10	0	0	12	84	.119	.158	.150	.308	-13	39	1	0	34	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	228	306	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.1	-43	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	228	306	8	43	45	264	9	.176	17	-39	-4.1	.031	3.1		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Eric Rasmussen	23-31	1975	1983	228	306	-3.6	-3.7	-0.2	-36.64	-3.9	-39.99	0.93
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Eric Rasmussen	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Eric Rasmussen vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1979-09-28	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.97	-0.051	0.00	0.00%	-0.67			P
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-09-28	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.054	0.00	0.00%	-0.38			P
3	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1979-09-03		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-09-03	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.080	0.00	0.00%	-0.61			P
5	Eric Rasmussen	SDP	1978-07-27	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.004	0.01	0.00%	-0.08			P
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-27		7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	0.008	1.43	0.01%	0.04			P

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