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Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	22-35	1982	1995	56	74	.431	3.87	554	96	261	10	3	91	1120.0	1081	546	481	85	466	63	837	23	15	52	4828	1634	101	3.60	1.381	8.7	0.7	3.7	6.7
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	324	292	.526	3.19	807	773	13	222	61	3	5386.0	3923	2178	1911	321	2795	78	5714	158	33	277	22575	7135	112	2.97	1.247	6.6	0.5	4.7	9.5

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	2	2	.500	3.07	9	7	2	1	0	1	58.2	39	23	20	3	14	1	63	0	0	1	226	53		1.81	0.903	6.0	0.5	2.1	9.7

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	554	96	1120.0	9.8	-0.7
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	22-35	1982	1995	554	96	1120.0	1634	4252	796	173	27	79	45	63.71	1	84	57	30	.254	.329	.368	.697	95	.113	.296	521	1563	285	1570	1634
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	7135	19265	2847	649	106	756	252	75.00	48	314	205	146	.204	.307	.298	.606	77	.095	.269	1779	5747	1076	6876	7135

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	53	208											.188	.239					.254				53	53

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	42	44	47.9	247	75	30	29	75.8	261	458
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986								100.0	2	2

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	554	96	1120.0	17.3	9.7	7.7
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	27.9	6.2	21.7

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	554	96	1120.0		83
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	2	1	.667	3.21	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	22	10	10	2	12	0	28	1	1	3	116	1.214	7.1	0.6	3.9	9.0
2	Jim Gott	1	0	1.000	3.27	5	1	4	0	0	1	11.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	41	0.818	4.9	0.8	2.5	5.7

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	PIT	1988-08-20	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		27	20	0.3	0.84	0	0	1.88
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-08-20	GS-6, L	5.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	20	3	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	61	89	54	-0.1	0.24			1.02
3	Jim Gott	PIT	1988-05-24	9-GF, W	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		13	7	-0.3	-0.58	0	0	0.86
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-05-24	GS-7	6.1	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	12	23	6	0	0	4	0	0	10	1	2	0	1	48	109	67	0.0	-0.16			1.57
5	Jim Gott	PIT	1988-05-18	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	8	0.0	0.41	0	0	0.13
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-05-18	GS-6, W	6.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	25	8	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	55	100	57	0.0	0.48			1.36
7	Jim Gott	SFG	1987-06-07	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	0	0	0.08
8	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1987-06-07	GS-7, W	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	25	5	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	79			0.4	3.39			1.19
9	Jim Gott	SFG	1985-08-14	GS-6	6.0	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	24	7	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	3	52			0.0	-0.42			1.07
10	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-08-14	GS-3	3.0	4	3	3	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	3	17	8	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	39			-0.2	-1.71			1.48

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Jim Gott (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Jim Gott (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	1985	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Jim Gott (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Jim Gott (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-08-14	SFG	HOU	down 2-1	b2	-23	1		Strikeout

Jim Gott (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Gott (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (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	1985	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Gott (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Gott (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-08-14	HOU	SFG	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Strikeout

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	22-35	1982	1995	455	80	73	8	13	2	0	4	5	0	1	1	41	.178	.200	.370	.570	58	27	0	1	5	0	0
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	3	3	38	371	.110	.148	.134	.282	-18	114	11	0	65	2	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3	0	0	1	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	455	80	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	-3	0	-1	0
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	0.2	-132	2	-2	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	22-35	1982	1995	455	80	6	15	17	66	6	.321	9	-3	-0.4	.192	1.8	0.00	1
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.00	6

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	0	5	5	14		.300	2			.000	2.7		0

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Gott	22-35	1982	1995	455	80	-0.4	-0.6	0.1	-6.19		-4.93	0.84
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97		-143.77	0.93

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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	Nolan Ryan	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Gott	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Jim Gott: 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 Gott	PIT	1988-08-20		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-08-20	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.020	2.14	-0.03%	-0.22			P
3	Jim Gott	PIT	1988-05-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-05-24	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.067	2.21	-0.09%	-0.73			P
5	Jim Gott	PIT	1988-05-18		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-05-18	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.035	2.78	-0.04%	-0.09			P
7	Jim Gott	SFG	1987-06-07		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1987-06-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	-0.027	0.79	-0.02%	-0.20			P
9	Jim Gott	SFG	1985-08-14	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.117	0.00	0.00%	-0.98			P
10	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1985-08-14	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	-0.007	0.01	0.00%	-0.09			P

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