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Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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											.246	.283					.250				17	17
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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									0	1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	1	2	.333	3.77	5	3	1	0	0	0	14.1	22	6	6	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	70	1.953	13.8	0.0	3.8	1.3
2	Ed Whitson	1	2	.333	3.33	5	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	28	11	9	1	14	2	9	0	0	1	113	1.726	10.4	0.4	5.2	3.3

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	CLE	1985-04-21	GS-4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	5	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	53			0.2	2.00			1.08
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1985-04-21	GS-6, L	5.1	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	8	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	46			0.0	0.09			0.94
3	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1984-07-27	5-5, L	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0				-0.2	-1.02	0	0	1.41
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-07-27	GS-6, W	5.0	7	3	1	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	27	12	23	7	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	44			-0.2	-1.11			1.02
5	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1983-08-02	10-GF(12), W	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.3	1.33	0	0	2.39
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-08-02	GS-8	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	6	26	5	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	66			0.1	1.55			0.79
7	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1981-05-23	GS-5	4.2	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	23	11	21	8	1	0	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	41			0.1	0.61			1.24
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-05-23	GS-5, L	4.2	7	4	4	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	1	27	13	19	4	3	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	1	3	30			-0.3	-2.66			0.99
9	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1978-08-18	GS-2, L	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	14	8	11	4	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	29			-0.3	-3.06			0.76
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-08-18	6-7, H	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0				0.1	0.53	2	1	1.15

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	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

Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Ruhle (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-23	SFG	HOU	down 1-0	t2	12-	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
2	1981	1981-05-23	SFG	HOU	down 2-0	t4	1-3	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (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	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Ruhle (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-23	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1981	1981-05-23	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-2	b4	---	1		Walk

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	0.00	1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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		.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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		-21.99	0.86
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Vern Ruhle vs. Ed Whitson: 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	CLE	1985-04-21																																	P
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1985-04-21																																	P
3	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1984-07-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-07-27	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.035	1.67	-0.05%	-0.31			P
5	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1983-08-02		3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	-0.003	0.03	0.00%	-0.09			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-08-02	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.038	0.15	0.00%	-0.28			P
7	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1981-05-23	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0.018	0.18	0.00%	0.31			P
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-05-23	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	-0.101	1.13	-0.03%	-0.83			P
9	Vern Ruhle	HOU	1978-08-18	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-08-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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