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Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	12	9	.571	4.49	74	20	18	4	2	0	200.1	229	108	100	17	96	19	82	8	3	14	895	344	77	4.53	1.622	10.3	0.8	4.3	3.7

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Value

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	74	20	200.1	-0.3	-1.9

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	74	20	200.1	344	767	173	37	2	19	11	63.33	4	18	19	5	.299	.380	.419	.799	134	.120	.315	124	321	56	333	344

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	9	45	45.4	49	21	43	0		18	54

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	74	20	200.1	9.2	10.7	-1.6

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	74	20	200.1		114

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	0	1.000	0.60	2	2	0	1	1	0	15.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	14	0	0	0	58	0.800	4.2	0.0	3.0	8.4
2	Rick Sawyer	0	1	.000	2.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	32	1.125	7.9	0.0	2.3	3.4

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-17	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	33	6	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	88			0.1	3.92			0.24
2	Rick Sawyer	SDP	1977-09-17	3-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.13
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-09-11 (2)	GS-6, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	7	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	2	62			0.2	1.45			1.25
4	Rick Sawyer	SDP	1976-09-11 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	8	27	5	2	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	56			0.0	0.85			1.17

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rick Sawyer (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Sawyer (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1976	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 Sawyer (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Sawyer (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1976	1976-09-11 (2)	HOU	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1976	1976-09-11 (2)	HOU	SDP	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	2		Strikeout

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sawyer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sawyer (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	1976	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sawyer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sawyer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1976	1976-09-11 (2)	SDP	HOU	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1976	1976-09-11 (2)	SDP	HOU	tied 1-1	b4	1-3	2		Flyball: 2B

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	69	58	44	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	10	.182	.294	.182	.476	41	8	0	0	7	0	0

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	69	58	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	-3	0	0	0

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	69	58	0	15	16	43	4	.235	8	-3	-0.3	.000	4.4		0

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94
2	Rick Sawyer	26-29	1974	1977	69	58	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	-5.51		-4.12	1.10

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0
2	Rick Sawyer	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Rick Sawyer vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-17	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.23	-0.015	0.00	0.00%	-1.98			P
2	Rick Sawyer	SDP	1977-09-17		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1976-09-11 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.045	0.00	0.00%	-0.39			P
4	Rick Sawyer	SDP	1976-09-11 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.086	0.00	0.00%	-0.64			P

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