J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Pitching Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	23	26	.469	4.65	116	61	21	10	5	2	456.2	497	253	236	54	190	6	215	5	3	14	2000	713	84	4.58	1.504	9.8	1.1	3.7	4.2

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Value

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	0.2	-3.9

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Totals Against

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	713	1776	355	78	10	40	14	74.07	5	43	19	10	.280	.349	.426	.776	113	.146	.292	267	757	142	692	713

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Starting & Relieving

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	20	33	45.4	44	15	34	5	28.6	21	55

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Ratios

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	10.8	9.5	1.3

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Pitch Summary

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Head-to-Head Pitching

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	J.R. Richard	0	1	.000	3.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	28	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	8.6
2	Bob Sykes	1	0	1.000	1.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	1	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	30	1.500	6.1	0.0	7.4	2.5

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	1979-05-10	GS-8, L	7.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	28	6	27	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	61			-0.1	0.06			0.90
2	Bob Sykes	STL	1979-05-10	GS-8, W	7.1	5	1	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	30	11	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	1	0	3	60			0.2	1.69			1.49

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batter vs. Pitcher

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (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	1979	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-10	STL	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-05-10	STL	HOU	tied 0-0	t6	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1979	1979-05-10	STL	HOU	ahead 1-2	t8	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; K. Oberkfell to 2B

Bob Sykes (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Sykes (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	1979	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Bob Sykes (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Sykes (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-10	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1979	1979-05-10	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	b5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
3	1979	1979-05-10	HOU	STL	down 2-1	b7	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batting Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batting Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	62	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batting Value

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-10	0	0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batting Sabermetric

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	50.0	4
2	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	0	12	13	63	2	.167	6	-10	-1.1	.000	2.3		0

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Batting Win Probability

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	-6.2	-56.66	0.94
2	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-7.72	-0.8	-9.00	0.83

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Head-to-Head Batting

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	J.R. Richard	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Sykes	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Bob Sykes: 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	1979-05-10	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.164	3.70	-0.21%	-0.98			P
2	Bob Sykes	STL	1979-05-10	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.99	-0.050	0.97	-0.03%	-0.46			P

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