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José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Pitching Comparison

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Totals

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	116	91	.560	3.24	376	269	43	22	4	3	1880.0	1710	772	676	147	663	34	1606	28	28	30	7867	2488	121	3.28	1.262	8.2	0.7	3.2	7.7
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	3	0	1.000	2.28	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	19	7	7	2	12	2	29	0	0	0	111	31		1.87	1.120	6.2	0.7	3.9	9.4
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	242		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Value

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	376	269	1880.0	35.0	19.7
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Totals Against

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	376	269	1880.0	2488	7048	1216	299	48	190	71	72.80	31	119	81	45	.243	.308	.361	.670	87	.119	.293	796	2546	494	2401	2488
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	4	4	27.2	31	99											.192	.279					.250				31	31
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	242	770											.223	.288					.280				242	242

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	163	61	56.0	67	22	33	6	33.3	43	107
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	José Rijo	25	1990	1990									0	0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009								100.0	11	14

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Ratios

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	376	269	1880.0	20.4	8.4	12.0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	4	4	27.2	26.1	10.8	15.3
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	376	269	1880.0	1543	100	973	63.06
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	4	4	27.2
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Pitching

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Totals

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	0	5	.000	8.18	6	6	0	1	0	0	33.0	49	31	30	9	11	2	19	0	1	3	156	1.818	13.4	2.5	3.0	5.2
2	José Rijo	3	0	1.000	3.19	6	6	0	1	0	0	36.2	37	13	13	4	9	0	31	0	0	0	154	1.255	9.1	1.0	2.2	7.6

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	CIN	1994-06-19	GS-6, W	5.1	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	13	28	9	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	33	104	71	-0.1	-1.78			0.85
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1994-06-19	GS-3, L	3.0	11	9	9	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	11	20	6	1	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	5	3	75	49	-0.5	-7.42			0.51
3	José Rijo	CIN	1993-05-27	GS-7	7.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	5	24	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	3	69	109	68	0.1	1.52			0.91
4	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-05-27	GS-8	7.1	9	4	4	0	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	32	12	28	7	1	0	2	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	47	126	75	0.0	0.44			1.52
5	José Rijo	CIN	1992-09-17	GS-7, W	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	29	8	25	3	2	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	2	61	108	64	0.1	1.14			1.17
6	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-09-17	CG(8), L	8.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	33	10	32	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	56	98	67	-0.1	0.59			0.98
7	José Rijo	CIN	1990-09-26	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	35	8	35	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	74	133	88	0.3	2.44			0.73
8	John Smoltz	ATL	1990-09-26	GS-5, L	4.0	6	5	5	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	22	11	16	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	1	28	86	44	-0.2	-3.03			0.88
9	José Rijo	CIN	1988-09-23	GS-2	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	45	27	18	0.0	-0.20			1.05
10	John Smoltz	ATL	1988-09-23	GS-3, L	2.1	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	15	8	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	26	37	24	-0.4	-4.79			1.01
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José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batter vs. Pitcher

José Rijo (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

José Rijo (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (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	1988	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
2	1990	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1992	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1993	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1994	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	3	0	0	0	0

José Rijo (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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José Rijo (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-07-28	ATL	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0	3 (1-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Blocker to 2B
2	1988	1988-07-28	ATL	CIN	ahead 0-2	b4	123	2	9 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1988	1988-07-28	ATL	CIN	tied 2-2	b7	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Blocker to 2B
4	1990	1990-09-26	ATL	CIN	down 2-0	t2	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1990	1990-09-26	ATL	CIN	down 3-0	t4	-23	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF
6	1992	1992-09-17	ATL	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
7	1992	1992-09-17	ATL	CIN	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
8	1992	1992-09-17	ATL	CIN	down 3-2	t7	1--	1	4 (2-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Treadway to 2B
9	1993	1993-05-27	ATL	CIN	tied 1-1	t3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
10	1993	1993-05-27	ATL	CIN	ahead 1-2	t5	-2-	2	6 (3-2)	Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. José Rijo (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. José Rijo (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	1988	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1990	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1992	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1993	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
5	1994	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	1

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. José Rijo (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. José Rijo (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-07-28	CIN	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	1 (0-0)	Lineout: RF
2	1988	1988-07-28	CIN	ATL	down 2-0	t6	--3	0	4 (1-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
3	1990	1990-09-26	CIN	ATL	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); H. Winningham to 2B
4	1990	1990-09-26	CIN	ATL	ahead 0-3	b4	12-	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 3B (Behind Home); H. Winningham to 2B; J. Rijo to 1B
5	1992	1992-09-17	CIN	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: P-1B
6	1992	1992-09-17	CIN	ATL	down 2-1	b5	1--	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (missed bunt)
7	1993	1993-05-27	CIN	ATL	tied 1-1	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
8	1993	1993-05-27	CIN	ATL	down 2-1	b5	1--	0	2 (1-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt C-SS-2B
9	1994	1994-06-19	CIN	ATL	ahead 0-7	t1	---	1	3 (0-2)	Flyball: RF
10	1994	1994-06-19	CIN	ATL	ahead 4-8	t3	-2-	1	3 (1-1)	Single to CF (Line Drive); E. Taubensee Scores

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Comparison

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Totals

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	281	511	445	25	85	13	0	2	29	2	1	8	101	.191	.205	.234	.439	20	104	4	0	58	0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	281	511	1.6	1.5	1.5	0.1	-51	1	-1	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Sabermetric

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	281	511	15	93	99	423	25	.243	52	-50	-5.3	.043	4.4	66.67	3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.00	5

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	25	1990	1990	4	8	0	1	1	8		.143	0			.000	8.0		0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52		.324	5			.018	2.9	100.00	3

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	José Rijo	19-37	1984	2002	281	511	-4.5	-4.9	-0.2	-49.00		-53.41	0.87
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42		-125.09	0.91

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Head-to-Head Batting

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Totals

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	John Smoltz	6	12	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	4	0	0
2	José Rijo	6	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	1	0	0

José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: Game Logs

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José Rijo vs. John Smoltz: 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	José Rijo	CIN	1994-06-19	*	6	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	0.031	0.44	0.03%	0.44			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1994-06-19	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.026	0.72	0.02%	0.39			P
3	José Rijo	CIN	1993-05-27	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.138	1.07	-0.06%	-1.02			P
4	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-05-27	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.061	2.05	-0.07%	-0.67			P
5	José Rijo	CIN	1992-09-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.059	0.02	0.00%	-0.41			P
6	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-09-17	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.067	0.03	0.00%	-0.54			P
7	José Rijo	CIN	1990-09-26	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.43	-0.035	0.53	-0.03%	-0.89			P
8	John Smoltz	ATL	1990-09-26	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.100	0.00	0.00%	-1.03			P
9	José Rijo	CIN	1988-09-23	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	John Smoltz	ATL	1988-09-23	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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