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J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Pitching Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	75	104	.419	3.84	261	239	8	42	8	0	1548.0	1430	755	660	156	713	57	1061	30	2	83	6682	2258	92	3.91	1.384	8.3	0.9	4.1	6.2
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Value

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	8.9	-4.4
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Totals Against

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	2258	5818	1016	209	49	115	64	64.25	3	113	79	42	.246	.329	.379	.708	107	.133	.274	735	2205	414	2173	2258
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Starting & Relieving

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	120	50	52.3	3	2	67	0		8	22
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Ratios

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	15.9	10.7	5.2
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Pitch Summary

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0		99
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Head-to-Head Pitching

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	0	2	.000	4.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	10	8	5	0	7	1	7	1	0	1	48	1.759	9.3	0.0	6.5	6.5
2	J.R. Richard	2	0	1.000	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	16.1	10	7	7	0	11	0	12	2	0	0	70	1.286	5.5	0.0	6.1	6.6

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	MON	1976-07-10	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	26	9	23	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	54	87	49	-0.1	-0.58			0.65
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-07-10	GS-8, W	7.2	5	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	32	9	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	2	61	106	67	0.3	1.79			1.21
3	Clay Kirby	CIN	1975-04-20 (2)	GS-4, L	3.2	5	5	3	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	1	22	11	15	4	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	2	0	1	33			-0.3	-3.61			1.39
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-04-20 (2)	GS-9, W	8.2	5	5	5	0	0	8	0	9	1	0	0	38	14	29	4	1	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	55			0.2	0.79			0.56

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batter vs. Pitcher

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (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	1975	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1976	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	1	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-04-20 (2)	CIN	HOU	down 3-0	b3	---	2		Walk
2	1976	1976-07-10	MON	HOU	down 2-0	t3	1--	1	4 (2-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; P. Frías to 2B
3	1976	1976-07-10	MON	HOU	down 2-0	t5	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1975	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1976	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1975	1975-04-20 (2)	HOU	CIN	tied 0-0	t2	-23	2		Strikeout
2	1975	1975-04-20 (2)	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. Metzger to 2B
3	1976	1976-07-10	HOU	MON	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to CF; L. Roberts Scores
4	1976	1976-07-10	HOU	MON	ahead 0-2	b4	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	478	22	47	5	0	0	15	0	0	32	217	.098	.157	.109	.265	-23	52	6	1	45	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Value

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	-1.9	-2.0	-2.0	0.1	-79	2	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Sabermetric

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	5	80	84	482	11	.180	37	-78	-8.2	.010	2.2		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Win Probability

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	-7.6	-7.9	0.4	-78.22		-80.23	1.02
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Head-to-Head Batting

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	MON	1976-07-10	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.055	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-07-10	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	0.080	0.11	0.01%	0.52			P
3	Clay Kirby	CIN	1975-04-20 (2)	*	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	0.012	0.56	0.01%	0.12			P
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1975-04-20 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.84	-0.051	0.79	-0.03%	-0.21			P

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