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Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Pitching Comparison

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	103	109	.486	3.46	319	255	23	66	15	7	1810.1	1694	814	696	128	703	55	976	18	6	55	7668	2528	104	3.64	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	4.9

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	41		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	0	1	.000	3.20	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	18	7	7	2	8	2	12	0	0	0	84	27		2.71	1.322	8.2	0.9	3.7	5.5

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Value

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	17.1	1.8

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Totals Against

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	2528	6796	1235	283	48	104	71	59.43	17	157	94	56	.249	.319	.362	.680	95	.112	.272	791	2457	459	2415	2528

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	41	100	24	5	0	1	1	50.00	0	2	4	0	.300	.358	.380	.738		.080	.326	15	38	6	39	41
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	27	74	14	2	0	5	0	100.00	0	2	1	1	.243	.313	.351	.665		.108	.262	10	26	4	26	27

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	159	62	52.9	53	15	28	1	87.5	23	64

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	2	40	47.0	5	2	40	1	0.0	0	4
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	1	33	49.7	1	0	0	0		0	1

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	12.7	9.2	3.6

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	14.3	9.5	4.8

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1		85

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	246	67	160	65.04
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	130	74	74	56.92

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Rooker	2	4	.333	7.31	7	7	0	0	0	0	32.0	40	27	26	3	13	0	22	1	2	3	149	1.656	11.3	0.8	3.7	6.2
2	Jim Kaat	2	1	.667	4.28	7	6	0	2	0	0	40.0	50	23	19	2	3	0	16	0	0	0	163	1.325	11.3	0.5	0.7	3.6

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-09-13	GS-8, L	7.1	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	6	26	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	60			0.1	1.57			0.76
2	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-09-13	GS-8, W	7.2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	29	6	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	74			0.5	3.78			1.22
3	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-07-10 (2)	GS-3	2.1	9	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	15	8	0	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	14			-0.4	-4.69			1.37
4	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-07-10 (2)	GS-4	3.2	10	8	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	10	19	7	1	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	3	10			-0.5	-5.23			1.01
5	Jim Kaat	MIN	1972-06-24	CG, W	9.0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	8	30	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	70			0.3	2.45			0.75
6	Jim Rooker	KCR	1972-06-24	GS-4, L	3.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	19	8	17	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	39			-0.2	-1.89			0.99
7	Jim Kaat	MIN	1971-04-19	GS-5	4.1	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	9	21	7	0	1	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	28			0.0	-2.63			0.41
8	Jim Rooker	KCR	1971-04-19	GS-2, L	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	6	10	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	28			-0.2	-2.24			1.06
9	Jim Kaat	MIN	1970-09-27	5-6	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2				0.0	-0.08	0	0	0.49
10	Jim Rooker	KCR	1970-09-27	GS-8, W	7.2	8	3	3	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	33	10	31	5	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	56			0.3	1.37			1.07
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Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1969	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
4	1977	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	4	3	0	0	4	0	1	.500	.500	.875	1.375	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-07	MIN	KCR	down 1-0	b2	123	2		Double to CF; T. Oliva Scores; F. Quilici Scores; G. Mitterwald Scores
2	1969	1969-07-07	MIN	KCR	down 4-3	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1971	1971-04-19	MIN	KCR	ahead 0-2	b2	---	1		Double to LF
4	1972	1972-06-24	MIN	KCR	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
5	1972	1972-06-24	MIN	KCR	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	2		Double to CF; E. Soderholm Scores
6	1977	1977-07-10 (2)	PHI	PIT	ahead 2-3	t2	1--	1		Single to CF; T. Harmon to 2B
7	1977	1977-09-13	PHI	PIT	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Popfly: P
8	1977	1977-09-13	PHI	PIT	down 1-0	b5	-23	1		Strikeout

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (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	1969	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
4	1977	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	7	7	3	0	0	2	3	0	1	.429	.429	1.286	1.714	0	0	0	0	2

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-07-07	KCR	MIN	down 3-1	t3	---	1		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	1969	1969-07-07	KCR	MIN	down 3-2	t5	-2-	2		Home Run (Deep RF Line); C. Harrison Scores/unER; J. Rooker Scores/unER
3	1970	1970-09-27	KCR	MIN	ahead 0-3	b6	-2-	2		Strikeout
4	1972	1972-06-24	KCR	MIN	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
5	1977	1977-07-10 (2)	PIT	PHI	down 4-2	b2	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
6	1977	1977-09-13	PIT	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	1--	0		Line Drive Double Play: 3B-1B
7	1977	1977-09-13	PIT	PHI	ahead 0-1	t6	---	1		Single to RF

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Comparison

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	606	54	122	17	4	7	56	3	0	21	229	.201	.230	.277	.507	41	168	14	3	32	5	0

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.0	-48	0	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.3	6
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	28	146	153	535	43	.307	103	-49	-5.3	.076	2.6	100.0	3

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8	1	.667	2			.000	1.5		0
2	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	5	0	1	1	4	1	.333	0			.000	2.5		0

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31	-9.5	-90.13	0.97
2	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	-3.8	-4.4	0.2	-52.79	-5.6	-48.43	0.91

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Rooker	7	12	12	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.750	1.000	9	2	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	7	16	15	2	4	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	.267	.313	.467	.779	7	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Jim Rooker vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-09-13	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.135	0.14	-0.01%	-0.97			P
2	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-09-13	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.062	0.09	0.00%	-0.85			P
3	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-07-10 (2)	*	3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.033	2.49	0.05%	0.39			P
4	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-07-10 (2)	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.119	2.06	-0.10%	-1.10			P
5	Jim Kaat	MIN	1972-06-24	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	0.069	0.50	0.05%	0.75			P
6	Jim Rooker	KCR	1972-06-24	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.054	0.50	-0.01%	-0.42			P
7	Jim Kaat	MIN	1971-04-19	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0.027	0.27	0.02%	0.26			P
8	Jim Rooker	KCR	1971-04-19	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Jim Kaat	MIN	1970-09-27		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Jim Rooker	KCR	1970-09-27	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.057	0.00	0.00%	-1.06			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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