Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	171	139	.552	4.08	457	392	30	72	18	6	2697.2	2662	1324	1223	236	1081	75	1679	46	38	100	11548	3896	97	3.93	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.6

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	1	1	.500	3.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	14	9	8	0	12	2	12	1	1	0	84	28		3.54	1.345	6.5	0.0	5.6	5.6

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	31.2	8.0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	3896	10219	1882	465	79	314	117	72.85	59	186	110	89	.260	.331	.391	.722	100	.130	.289	1346	3993	780	3789	3896

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	28	68	13	1	0	0	0		0	2	1	2	.206	.325	.221	.546		.015	.241	6	15	1	27	28

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	208	53	50.9	45	15	33	4	60.0	30	65

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	2	67	53.3						0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	14.5	9.4	5.2

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	14.3	14.3	0.0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2		99

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	279	93	153	54.84

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	0	3	.000	5.87	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.1	18	11	10	3	7	2	9	0	0	0	68	1.630	10.6	1.8	4.1	5.3
2	Nolan Ryan	1	1	.500	2.83	4	4	0	0	0	0	28.2	21	10	9	1	9	0	27	0	0	1	113	1.047	6.6	0.3	2.8	8.5

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	TEX	1992-07-16	GS-7, W	7.0	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	27	8	20	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	65	113	63	0.2	1.27			1.10
2	Rick Sutcliffe	BAL	1992-07-16	GS-7, L	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	29	12	26	3	3	1	0	0	0	20	1	1	0	6	40	111	70	-0.3	-2.81			0.94
3	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1987-08-23	GS-6	5.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	19	3	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	66			0.3	2.58			0.92
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-08-23	GS-8, L	8.0	6	4	4	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	33	11	28	4	1	1	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	52			-0.2	0.16			1.22
5	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-10	GS-8	8.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	33	10	32	6	1	0	2	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	62			0.0	0.30			0.93
6	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1980-09-10	11-GF(12), L	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	0.66	3	0	3.25
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-07-10	GS-9, L	8.1	9	4	4	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	34	10	33	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	55			-0.5	-0.35			1.66
8	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1980-07-10	8-8	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-1.03	0	0	2.43

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (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	1987	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-23	CHC	HOU	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Triple to RF
2	1987	1987-08-23	CHC	HOU	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Sutcliffe (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	1987	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-08-23	HOU	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1987	1987-08-23	HOU	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	562	42	102	22	1	4	55	4	0	34	143	.181	.229	.246	.474	30	138	15	2	54	5	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	8	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	1	0	1	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.1	-57	0	2	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	27	138	144	534	35	.233	93	-56	-5.9	.064	3.9	100.0	4

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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
2	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	2	4	4	6	3	.600	1			.500	4.0		0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	-4.5	-5.2	0.1	-52.52	-5.3	-56.23	0.90

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Head-to-Head Batting

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	Rick Sutcliffe	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nolan Ryan	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: Game Logs

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Nolan Ryan vs. Rick Sutcliffe: 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	TEX	1992-07-16																																	P
2	Rick Sutcliffe	BAL	1992-07-16																																	P
3	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1987-08-23	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	-0.030	2.02	-0.06%	-0.28			P
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-08-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.042	0.10	0.00%	0.44			P
5	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-09-10	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.046	7.29	-0.21%	-0.28			P
6	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1980-09-10		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1980-07-10	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.104	4.49	-0.28%	-1.12			P
8	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1980-07-10		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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