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Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Pitching Comparison

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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. Bob Shirley: Value

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	17.1	1.8
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Totals Against

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	159	62	52.9	53	15	28	1	87.5	23	64
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	1	33	49.7	1	0	0	0		0	1

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	12.7	9.2	3.6
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	14.3	9.5	4.8

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1		85
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	130	74	74	56.92

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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	1	1	.500	1.13	3	3	0	1	0	0	24.0	16	3	3	1	10	0	8	0	0	1	97	1.083	6.0	0.4	3.8	3.0
2	Bob Shirley	1	1	.500	2.70	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	12	5	4	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	54	1.200	8.1	0.7	2.7	6.8

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 Rooker	PIT	1979-06-14	GS-7	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	28	8	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	65			0.2	2.05			1.37
2	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-14	8-10	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.3	1.31	0	0	2.52
3	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-08-28	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	38	11	34	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	70			0.1	2.92			0.58
4	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-08-28	GS-3, L	3.0	6	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	9	15	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	29			-0.3	-3.69			0.82
5	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-08-22	GS-8, L	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	31	8	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	1	65			0.3	2.99			1.07
6	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-08-22	GS-8, W	7.1	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	27	8	24	4	0	1	0	2	2	7	1	0	0	1	71			0.5	3.47			1.39

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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	1977	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-08-22	PIT	SDP	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-08-22	PIT	SDP	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Flyball: CF
3	1977	1977-08-28	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

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

Bob Shirley (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	1977	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-08-22	SDP	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-08-22	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Flyball: RF
3	1977	1977-08-22	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-1	t7	---	2		Groundout: P-1B

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Comparison

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 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. Bob Shirley: Batting Value

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.0	-48	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	28	146	153	535	43	.307	103	-49	-5.3	.076	2.6	100.00	3
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	5	0	1	1	4	1	.333	0			.000	2.5		0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	-3.8	-4.4	0.2	-52.79	-5.6	-48.43	0.91
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	0.91

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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	3	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Jim Rooker vs. Bob Shirley: 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 Rooker	PIT	1979-06-14	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.031	0.68	-0.02%	-0.30			P
2	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-14		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-08-28	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.021	0.36	-0.03%	-0.85			P
4	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-08-28	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-08-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.058	1.47	-0.04%	-0.40			P
6	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-08-22	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.048	0.00	0.00%	-0.42			P

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