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Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	7	8	.467	3.39	94	0	44	0	0	11	130.0	124	59	49	7	48	14	43	2	1	2	542	182	104	3.87	1.323	8.6	0.5	3.3	3.0
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. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	0	130.0	0.1	-0.8
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	0	130.0	182	480	100	14	3	15	5	75.00	0	18	5	6	.258	.325	.344	.668	94	.085	.268	54	165	24	174	182
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. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	0			77	31	40	8	57.9	44	94
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	0	130.0	7.9	8.9	-0.9
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	0	130.0
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	0	1.000	2.41	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	14	5	5	0	7	0	19	0	0	1	76	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	9.2
2	John Littlefield	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.882	3.2	0.0	4.8	0.0

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	SDP	1981-08-14	4-8	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	2.03	0	0	0.17
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1981-08-14	GS-6, W	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	5	20	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	65			0.1	1.44			0.63
3	John Littlefield	STL	1980-09-05	8-8	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.69	0	0	1.89
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-05	GS-6	5.2	11	4	4	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	29	13	28	8	3	0	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	39			-0.2	-1.97			1.37
5	John Littlefield	STL	1980-06-19	8-GF(8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.39	2	0	0.37
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-06-19	GS-7, W	7.0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	25	5	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	78			0.4	2.89			1.24

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. John Littlefield (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. John Littlefield (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. John Littlefield (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. John Littlefield (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-14	SDP	HOU	down 5-1	b5	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted

John Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Littlefield (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	1981	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

John Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-14	HOU	SDP	ahead 1-5	t4	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1981	1981-08-14	HOU	SDP	ahead 1-5	t6	1--	2		Walk; D. Thon to 2B

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	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. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	14	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-3	0	0	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. John Littlefield: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	14	0	0	1	14	0	.000	1	-3	-0.3	.000	4.0		0
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. John Littlefield: 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. John Littlefield: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Littlefield	26-27	1980	1981	94	14	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	-2.13		-2.58	1.17
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97		-143.77	0.93

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	3	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	John Littlefield	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. John Littlefield: 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	John Littlefield	SDP	1981-08-14		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.005	0.19	0.00%	-0.08			P
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1981-08-14	*	7	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	0.009	0.93	0.01%	0.15			P
3	John Littlefield	STL	1980-09-05		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-05	*	6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	-0.048	5.90	-0.12%	-1.12			P
5	John Littlefield	STL	1980-06-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-06-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.027	1.40	-0.04%	-0.28			P

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