Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitching Comparison

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	163	143	.533	3.84	472	407	18	43	14	5	2561.2	2590	1209	1093	297	625	51	1611	43	22	39	10709	3377	102	3.83	1.255	9.1	1.0	2.2	5.7

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	0	0		5.73	5	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	16	9	7	1	4	0	5	0	0	1	52	20		3.40	1.818	13.1	0.8	3.3	4.1

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Value

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	29.4	6.5

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals Against

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	3377	9852	1731	482	80	194	127	60.44	10	150	94	94	.263	.307	.418	.725	101	.156	.285	1286	4123	859	3258	3377

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	20	45	12	2	1	3	0	100.00	0	1	2	1	.356	.400	.511	.911		.156	.375	11	23	4	20	20

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Starting & Relieving

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	194	48	51.3	50	14	28	4	55.6	18	65

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	0	0	39.5	1	1	100	0		0	3

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Ratios

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	15.0	5.8	9.2

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	9.6	7.7	1.9

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitch Summary

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2		90

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	139	67	88	63.31

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	4	2	.667	1.71	8	8	0	1	1	0	58.0	27	16	11	5	19	2	62	0	0	3	217	0.793	4.2	0.8	2.9	9.6
2	Scott Sanderson	3	4	.429	5.53	8	7	0	0	0	0	40.2	50	25	25	5	12	0	30	1	1	3	178	1.525	11.1	1.1	2.7	6.6

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Game Logs

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Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	1991-06-16	GS-9	9.0	4	3	2	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	8	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	72	130	87	0.1	1.40			1.31
2	Scott Sanderson	NYY	1991-06-16	GS-7	7.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	28	8	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	2	56	111	74	-0.1	0.42			1.05
3	Nolan Ryan	TEX	1990-06-11	SHO, W	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	29	2	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99	130	86	0.3	4.13			0.49
4	Scott Sanderson	OAK	1990-06-11	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	5	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	10	24	5	0	0	2	2	0	17	0	0	0	3	37	99	57	-0.2	-2.25			0.55
5	Nolan Ryan	TEX	1990-06-06	GS-5, L	5.0	4	5	2	3	2	3	1	8	0	0	1	23	8	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	50	113	71	-0.2	-2.58			0.72
6	Scott Sanderson	OAK	1990-06-06	GS-5, W	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	24	9	20	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	42	101	62	0.0	-0.58			1.20
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-08-29	GS-8	8.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	1	11	0	0	0	30	7	28	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	2	77	119	81	0.3	2.31			1.41
8	Scott Sanderson	CHC	1988-08-29	10-10, W	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		10	7	0.1	0.41	0	0	1.67
9	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1983-04-27	GS-8, W	8.0	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	28	6	26	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	70			0.3	1.62			1.05
10	Scott Sanderson	MON	1983-04-27	GS-5, L	5.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	23	9	22	6	1	1	2	0	1	15	0	0	1	3	38			-0.2	-1.74			0.81
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Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Scott Sanderson (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1982	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
4	1983	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	0	0	0	0	0

Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Nolan Ryan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-07	HOU	MON	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-05-07	HOU	MON	down 3-0	t5	---	2		Walk
3	1981	1981-08-19	HOU	MON	ahead 0-1	b3	--3	0		Strikeout
4	1981	1981-08-19	HOU	MON	ahead 0-4	b4	-2-	2		Single to RF; A. Ashby to 3B
5	1982	1982-06-02	HOU	MON	ahead 1-2	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
6	1982	1982-06-02	HOU	MON	ahead 2-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1982	1982-06-02	HOU	MON	ahead 2-6	t6	---	2		Single to RF
8	1983	1983-04-27	HOU	MON	ahead 1-2	t2	--3	2		Groundout: 1B-P
9	1983	1983-04-27	HOU	MON	ahead 1-4	t4	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (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	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1982	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nolan Ryan (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-05-07	MON	HOU	ahead 0-3	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-05-07	MON	HOU	ahead 0-3	b5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1981	1981-08-19	MON	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1982	1982-06-02	MON	HOU	down 2-1	b2	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; C. Speier to 3B
5	1982	1982-06-02	MON	HOU	down 3-2	b4	---	1		Strikeout
6	1983	1983-04-27	MON	HOU	down 4-1	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Comparison

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Totals

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	474	20	46	13	0	2	26	0	0	26	224	.097	.150	.137	.288	-20	65	3	4	66	1	0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Value

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	-1.8	-1.8	-1.9	0.1	-84	0	0	0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Sabermetric

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	15	76	79	498	16	.177	44	-83	-8.3	.040	2.1		0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Win Probability

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	-7.1	-8.1	0.2	-73.71	-7.7	-84.52	0.91

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Batting

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	8	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Scott Sanderson	8	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: Game Logs

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Scott Sanderson vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	1991-06-16																																	P
2	Scott Sanderson	NYY	1991-06-16																																	P
3	Nolan Ryan	TEX	1990-06-11																																	P
4	Scott Sanderson	OAK	1990-06-11																																	P
5	Nolan Ryan	TEX	1990-06-06																																	P
6	Scott Sanderson	OAK	1990-06-06																																	P
7	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1988-08-29	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.107	2.53	-0.11%	-1.19			P
8	Scott Sanderson	CHC	1988-08-29		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Nolan Ryan	HOU	1983-04-27	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.076	0.48	-0.02%	-0.98			P
10	Scott Sanderson	MON	1983-04-27	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.015	1.05	-0.02%	-0.15			P
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