Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	2	1	.667	3.03	5	4	1	1	0	0	32.2	26	11	11	3	8	1	19	1	0	0	126	1.041	7.2	0.8	2.2	5.2
2	Nolan Ryan	2	2	.500	2.43	5	5	0	1	1	0	37.0	26	10	10	2	17	0	39	1	0	4	154	1.162	6.3	0.5	4.1	9.5

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-10-01	GS-8, L	8.0	7	4	4	0	0	4	0	10	1	0	4	34	13	28	5	2	0	6	1	0	9	1	1	0	2	58			-0.2	-0.67			0.73
2	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-10-01	GS-9, W	8.1	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	8	29	5	1	0	1	1	1	11	0	0	1	2	63			0.3	1.30			0.93
3	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-09-26	GS-8, W	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	34	10	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	79			0.3	3.70			0.92
4	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-09-26	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	4	1	8	0	0	0	31	11	26	4	3	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	0	3	51			-0.2	-0.77			0.78
5	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-08-16	GS-6	6.0	5	2	2	0	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	25	8	22	2	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	3	58			0.0	0.77			0.64
6	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-08-16	GS-8	7.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	27	7	26	5	0	0	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	1	60			0.3	2.21			1.17
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-15	GS-6, L	6.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	8	25	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	45			-0.3	-1.53			1.02
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-09-15	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	34	9	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	65			0.1	0.71			0.76
9	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-28	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	35	8	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	85			0.7	3.71			1.71
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-05-28	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	0.41	0	0	0.33

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1982	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-09-15	SDP	HOU	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-09-15	SDP	HOU	tied 2-2	t4	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; T. Flannery to 2B
3	1982	1982-08-16	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
4	1982	1982-08-16	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-2	b4	1--	1		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1982	1982-09-26	CIN	HOU	tied 0-0	b2	123	1		Strikeout
6	1982	1982-09-26	CIN	HOU	down 2-0	b4	1--	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)
7	1982	1982-10-01	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Flyball: LF
8	1982	1982-10-01	CIN	HOU	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2		Single to CF; T. Lawless Scores; D. Van Gorder out at 3B/CF-3B
9	1982	1982-10-01	CIN	HOU	ahead 1-4	t7	---	0		Strikeout, Wild Pitch; B. Shirley to 1B

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1982	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-09-15	HOU	SDP	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1980	1980-09-15	HOU	SDP	down 4-2	b5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1982	1982-08-16	HOU	CIN	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: CF
4	1982	1982-08-16	HOU	CIN	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Flyball: RF
5	1982	1982-09-26	HOU	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Garcia to 2B; T. Scott to 3B
6	1982	1982-09-26	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2		Strikeout
7	1982	1982-09-26	HOU	CIN	ahead 0-4	t6	---	2		Strikeout
8	1982	1982-10-01	HOU	CIN	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: RF
9	1982	1982-10-01	HOU	CIN	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: P-1B

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	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
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	0.2	-132	2	-2	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.0	6
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97	-15.5	-143.77	0.93
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	0.91

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	5	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nolan Ryan	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-10-01	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P
2	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-10-01	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.066	0.00	0.00%	0.76			P
3	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-09-26	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.038	0.00	0.00%	-0.59			P
4	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-09-26	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.114	0.00	0.00%	-1.06			P
5	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1982-08-16	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.041	0.03	0.00%	-0.31			P
6	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-08-16	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.034	0.00	0.00%	-0.52			P
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-15	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.043	4.26	-0.12%	-0.33			P
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-09-15	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.098	0.00	0.00%	-1.11			P
9	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-05-28	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.071	1.95	-0.09%	-0.78			P
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-05-28		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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