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Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Pitching Comparison

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	39	38	.506	3.79	314	48	98	4	1	11	782.2	709	392	330	94	351	26	406	36	1	18	3368	1148	101	4.49	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Value

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	4.7	-1.5

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Totals Against

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	1148	2919	475	123	17	29	22	56.86	3	69	40	21	.243	.329	.393	.723	102	.150	.252	380	1148	234	1096	1148

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	19	40	48.3	233	92	39	14	44.0	98	266

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	12.1	10.4	1.6

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2		75

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	3	0	1.000	2.37	7	5	0	1	0	0	38.0	27	13	10	2	25	0	53	0	0	0	163	1.368	6.4	0.5	5.9	12.6
2	Steve Ridzik	0	0		7.00	7	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	13	8	7	3	8	2	6	0	0	0	45	2.333	13.0	3.0	8.0	6.0

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-22	GS-5	4.2	6	5	2	3	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	26	13	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	39			-0.4	-3.25			1.40
2	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-08-22	5-5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.43	0	0	0.35
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-06-15	GS-7, W	6.0	4	2	2	0	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	28	10	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	58			-0.1	-0.31			1.02
4	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-06-15	5-5	0.1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				-0.3	-2.96	2	2	1.09
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-16 (1)	10-10	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.40	2	0	4.25
6	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-16 (1)	8-9, H	1.1	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.34	2	0	0.98
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-14	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	33	7	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	83			0.6	2.87			1.36
8	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-14	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.43	0	0	0.57
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-02 (2)	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	0	9	0	0	0	29	9	24	3	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	1	65			0.1	1.10			0.97
10	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-02 (2)	6-7,BS	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				-0.1	-0.23	3	0	3.03
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Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (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	1965	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

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-05-02 (2)	WSA	CLE	ahead 1-2	t7	---	1		Flyball: 1B

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (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	1964	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	CLE	WSA	tied 5-5	t7	---	0		Walk
2	1964	1964-06-07 (1)	CLE	WSA	ahead 0-2	b7	12-	2		Strikeout

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Comparison

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Totals

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	198	16	38	10	0	1	7	0	0	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	0	9	0	0

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-19	0	0	0

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.00	1
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	11	45	47	172	11	.255	22	-20	-2.0	.066	3.8		0

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26	-10.2	-104.97	0.95
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	-2.2	-1.9	-0.6	-20.92	-2.1	-19.29	0.90

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	7	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Steve Ridzik	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Steve Ridzik vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-08-22	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.136	0.55	0.02%	1.14			P
2	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-08-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-06-15	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.86	-0.059	1.98	-0.08%	-0.60			P
4	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-06-15		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-16 (1)		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-16 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-14	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.088	2.21	-0.10%	-0.64			P
8	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-14		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Sam McDowell	CLE	1965-05-02 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.058	2.72	-0.08%	-0.42			P
10	Steve Ridzik	WSA	1965-05-02 (2)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.016	0.58	-0.01%	-0.14			P
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