Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

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Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	45	56	.446	5.35	151	130	10	4	0	2	753.1	848	485	448	69	377	25	462	30	3	46	3416	1291	92	4.64	1.626	10.1	0.8	4.5	5.5
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	0	0		7.71	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	7	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	34	16		8.53	2.143	15.4	3.9	3.9	6.4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	151	130	753.1	5.1	-1.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	151	130	753.1	1291	2952	593	168	18	96	39	71.11	5	65	30	27	.287	.371	.426	.797	103	.139	.318	471	1259	255	1255	1291
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	2	1	7.0	16	31	8	1	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.387	.441	.710	1.151		.323	.391	9	22	4	15	16
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	47	36	44.0	14	5	36	1	66.7	10	21
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	0	0	46.0	0	0		0		0	1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	151	130	753.1	13.5	11.0	2.5
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	2	1	7.0	14.7	8.8	5.9
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	151	130	753.1		93
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	2	1	7.0	102	102	61	59.80
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	1.500	12.0	1.5	1.5	3.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.6

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	COL	1996-09-24	GS-6	6.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	11	26	7	0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	49	94	58	0.1	0.95			1.00
2	Fernando Valenzuela	SDP	1996-09-24	GS-5	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	5	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	51	80	48	0.0	0.46			1.04

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kevin Ritz (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kevin Ritz (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1996	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kevin Ritz (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kevin Ritz (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1996	1996-09-24	COL	SDP	down 2-0	t3	---	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1996	1996-09-24	COL	SDP	tied 2-2	t5	---	1	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Kevin Ritz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Kevin Ritz (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	1996	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Kevin Ritz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Kevin Ritz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1996	1996-09-24	SDP	COL	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	1	5 (3-1)	Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); B. Johnson to 3B; F. Valenzuela to 1B
2	1996	1996-09-24	SDP	COL	tied 2-2	b4	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: LF

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	99	215	171	14	27	3	0	1	7	2	1	13	77	.158	.226	.193	.419	3	33	3	2	29	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	99	215	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-29	1	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	99	215	4	42	44	177	11	.280	20	-27	-2.6	.035	2.2	66.7	3
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	30	1995	1995	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kevin Ritz	24-33	1989	1998	99	215	-2.3	-2.4	-0.3	-29.69	-2.6	-29.47	0.83
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Kevin Ritz vs. Fernando Valenzuela: 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	Kevin Ritz	COL	1996-09-24	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	0.016	0.00	0.00%	0.10			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	SDP	1996-09-24	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.006	1.67	0.01%	0.27			P

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