Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	6326	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	0	0	47.1	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	0	0	193	53		2.01	1.077	8.2	1.0	1.5	6.8
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	69		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	96.1	51.9
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	6326	18715	3374	712	116	424	196	68.39	22	389	176	121	.248	.301	.367	.668	86	.119	.286	2089	6866	1258	6109	6326
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	53	180											.239	.279					.273				53	53
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	69	231											.221	.277					.259				69	69

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	429	63	56.9	4	2	50	2	0.0	3	7
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987									1	2
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979									0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	18.1	6.5	11.6
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	18.7	4.1	14.5
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0		90
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Tom Seaver	2	0	1.000	3.86	4	3	0	2	1	0	23.1	24	10	10	3	3	0	17	0	0	1	93	1.157	9.3	1.2	1.2	6.6
2	Bert Blyleven	0	2	.000	5.33	4	4	0	1	0	0	25.1	29	16	15	7	8	0	16	0	0	1	113	1.461	10.3	2.5	2.8	5.7

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1985-07-19	CG(8), L	8.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	7	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	70			0.3	3.25			0.80
2	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-07-19	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	5	28	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	82			0.8	4.78			1.52
3	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1985-05-07	GS-5, L	5.0	7	6	5	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	23	9	22	5	0	0	2	1	0	13	0	0	0	2	34			-0.4	-3.47			0.96
4	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-05-07	7-7, H	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.92	2	0	2.48
5	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1984-07-08	GS-7	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	11	25	5	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	3	36			-0.2	-1.89			0.95
6	Tom Seaver	CHW	1984-07-08	GS-5	4.2	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	24	10	22	5	1	1	1	0	0	18	0	1	0	4	27			-0.4	-3.51			0.94
7	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1978-06-10	GS-7	6.1	9	4	4	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	31	12	28	7	0	0	2	0	0	15	0	1	0	2	42			-0.3	-1.22			1.52
8	Tom Seaver	CIN	1978-06-10	CG, W	9.0	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	38	12	36	9	1	0	2	1	0	15	0	1	0	2	54			0.0	0.22			1.21

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (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	1978	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-10	CIN	PIT	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1978	1978-06-10	CIN	PIT	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Single to RF
3	1978	1978-06-10	CIN	PIT	tied 3-3	t6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; D. Werner to 2B

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (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	1978	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-10	PIT	CIN	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice; P. Garner to 2B
2	1978	1978-06-10	PIT	CIN	down 3-2	b5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	-19	66	4	2	56	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	3	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-1.6	-1.7	-1.6	0.0	-71	1	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	7	66	75	452	11	.229	44	-74	-7.9	.016	2.3		0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.00	4

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	0	1	1	10		.200	1			.000	3.5		0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19		.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-6.3	-6.9	-0.2	-62.98	-6.6	-68.85	0.90
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Tom Seaver	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bert Blyleven: 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	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1985-07-19																																	P
2	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-07-19																																	P
3	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1985-05-07																																	P
4	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-05-07																																	P
5	Bert Blyleven	CLE	1984-07-08																																	P
6	Tom Seaver	CHW	1984-07-08																																	P
7	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1978-06-10	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.88	-0.035	0.73	-0.02%	-0.34			P
8	Tom Seaver	CIN	1978-06-10	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.029	3.07	-0.04%	-0.18			P

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