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J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Pitching Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	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
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	100	92	.521	3.47	297	224	20	72	13	4	1730.1	1395	732	667	172	657	50	1449	28	20	37	7147	2148	108	3.53	1.186	7.3	0.9	3.4	7.5

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0		1.73	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Value

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	26.8	11.7

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Totals Against

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	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
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	2148	6335	931	249	43	217	78	73.56	6	70	73	53	.220	.294	.355	.649	84	.134	.257	672	2246	464	2080	2148

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	0	0																	.000				0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Starting & Relieving

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	144	64	57.7	46	18	39	1	80.0	20	73

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979									0	1

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Ratios

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	20.3	9.2	11.1

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	16.7	0.0	16.7

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Pitch Summary

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1		95

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Head-to-Head Pitching

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	Mario Soto	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	24	1.800	14.4	5.4	1.8	12.6
2	J.R. Richard	2	0	1.000	1.76	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.1	11	3	3	0	7	0	19	0	0	0	64	1.174	6.5	0.0	4.1	11.2

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1980-04-30	GS-8, W	7.1	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	27	5	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	74	114	77	0.2	2.13			0.93
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1980-04-30	7-8	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	3	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		24	20	0.0	-0.10	0	0	0.20
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-12	GS-9, W	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	5	0	11	0	0	0	37	13	32	5	3	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	64			0.2	1.61			0.97
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1977-09-12	GS-3, L	3.0	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	15	6	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	4	36			-0.2	-2.50			0.69

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mario Soto (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	1977	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	1	1	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

Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-09-12	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-2	t2	12-	1		Popfly: 2B
2	1980	1980-04-30	HOU	CIN	ahead 1-4	t7	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	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
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	530	32	70	13	1	1	24	0	0	11	166	.132	.152	.166	.318	-12	88	2	2	58	2	0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Value

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	-1.1	-1.1	-1.2	0.1	-80	2	-1	0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Sabermetric

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	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
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	15	83	93	522	19	.189	55	-83	-8.7	.034	3.2		0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Win Probability

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	-6.6	-7.4	0.6	-75.34		-79.40	0.97

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Head-to-Head Batting

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	Mario Soto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	J.R. Richard	2	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.833	1.167	5	0	0	1	0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Mario Soto: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1980-04-30	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.68	0.112	1.66	0.17%	0.75			P
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1980-04-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-12	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.62			P
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1977-09-12	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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