Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

41.5

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Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitching Comparison

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	67	88	.432	3.73	327	188	45	29	12	11	1411.1	1483	675	585	119	348	37	582	35	5	15	5964	1972	97	3.77	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7
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

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	0	1	.000	3.45	3	2	0	1	0	0	15.2	14	7	6	1	3	1	4	0	0	1	62	17		3.57	1.085	8.0	0.6	1.7	2.3
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

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	327	188	1411.1	12.0	-0.4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals Against

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	327	188	1411.1	1972	5482	1119	216	29	113	66	63.13	2	127	61	37	.271	.316	.386	.702	101	.115	.283	675	2114	364	1866	1972
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

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	3	2	15.2	17	57	13	0	0	2	0	100.00	0	0	2	0	.246	.283	.298	.582		.053	.250	6	17	1	17	17
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

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Starting & Relieving

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	95	51	49.0	115	46	40	5	68.8	45	139
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	2	100	58.0	1	0	0			0	1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	327	188	1411.1	9.8	5.8	3.9
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	3	2	15.2	6.5	4.8	1.6
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	327	188	1411.1		69
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	3	2	15.2	107	95	81	75.70
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	0	2	.000	6.59	4	3	1	0	0	0	13.2	20	11	10	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	61	1.683	13.2	1.3	2.0	2.6
2	Fernando Valenzuela	3	0	1.000	1.86	4	3	0	3	0	0	29.0	22	7	6	1	6	1	20	0	0	1	112	0.966	6.8	0.3	1.9	6.2

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	29	0.750	4.5	1.1	2.3	1.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	31	0.556	4.0	0.0	1.0	4.0

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1983-09-21	7-GF(8), L	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	2	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.09	0	0	1.03
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-09-21	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	1	7	0	0	1	35	9	31	6	0	0	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	75			0.5	3.08			1.71
3	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1982-07-03	GS-4	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	8	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	2	31			-0.2	-2.22			0.73
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1982-07-03	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	36	9	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	59			0.2	0.00			1.21
5	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1982-04-20	GS-6, L	5.2	9	6	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	27	12	24	6	2	0	1	0	0	14	2	1	0	3	28			-0.2	-1.80			1.07
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1982-04-20	CG, W	9.0	8	2	1	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	34	9	33	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	71			0.2	2.00			0.69
7	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1980-10-05	GS-3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	53	28	19	0.1	0.52			0.97
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1980-10-05	6-7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		34	22	0.1	0.89	0	0	0.53

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Ruhle (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	1982	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
2	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Ruhle (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	1981	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-04-20	LAD	HOU	tied 1-1	b3	1--	0		Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1982	1982-04-20	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-2	b5	-2-	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); B. Russell Scores/No RBI/unER
3	1982	1982-04-20	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-3	b6	-23	2		Single to 2B; S. Garvey Scores; M. Scioscia to 3B
4	1982	1982-07-03	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Single to 2B
5	1982	1982-07-03	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-4	b4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1983	1983-09-21	LAD	HOU	tied 1-1	b7	---	1		Strikeout

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (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	1982	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (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	1981	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-04-20	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
2	1982	1982-04-20	HOU	LAD	down 2-1	t5	---	1		Single to LF
3	1982	1982-07-03	HOU	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Comparison

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Totals

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	186	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	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

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	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

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	186	225	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	-20	1	-1	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	186	225	5	50	50	179	10	.314	21	-17	-1.8	.027	1.9	0.0	1
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

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	29-35	1980	1986	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vern Ruhle	23-35	1974	1986	186	225	-1.8	-2.3	0.2	-21.77	-2.3	-21.99	0.86
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Totals

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	4	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Fernando Valenzuela: Game Logs

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Vern Ruhle 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	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1983-09-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-09-21	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.065	3.08	-0.13%	-0.44			P
3	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1982-07-03	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.017	0.06	0.00%	-0.14			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1982-07-03	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.047	1.15	-0.03%	-0.78			P
5	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1982-04-20	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.008	1.23	-0.01%	-0.22			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1982-04-20	*	9	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.090	0.68	0.05%	0.46			P
7	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1980-10-05	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.038	31.27	-0.52%	-0.56			P
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1980-10-05		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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