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Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2
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. David Palmer: 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	57		1.81	0.903	6.0	0.5	2.1	9.7

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551
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. David Palmer: 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	57	208	31	4	1	3	2	60.00	0	4	2	2	.188	.237	.260	.496		.072	.250	13	54	8	53	57

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	5	71	62.1	5	0	0	0	100.0	2	2

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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. David Palmer: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	396	99	257	64.90

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	34	1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	10.1
2	David Palmer	1	0	1.000	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	3.7

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	MON	1980-05-13	GS-8, W	7.1	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	30	9	25	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	59			0.2	0.85			1.34
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-13	GS-8, L	8.0	7	3	1	2	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	34	11	31	5	2	0	2	0	1	9	0	0	0	2	66			0.0	0.30			0.87

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	1980	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-13	MON	HOU	ahead 1-2	t2	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1980	1980-05-13	MON	HOU	ahead 1-3	t4	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1980	1980-05-13	MON	HOU	ahead 2-3	t6	1--	2		Single; W. Cromartie to 2B

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (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	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-13	HOU	MON	down 3-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: RF
2	1980	1980-05-13	HOU	MON	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Lineout: SS
3	1980	1980-05-13	HOU	MON	down 3-2	b7	---	1		Flyball: SS

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	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. David Palmer: 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. David Palmer: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	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. David Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.0	6

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	2	.300	2			.000	2.7		0

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97	-15.5	-143.77	0.93

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	David Palmer	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	MON	1980-05-13	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	0.000	0.48	0.00%	-0.02			P
2	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-13	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.085	2.43	-0.10%	-0.53			P

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