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Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	111	110	.502	3.35	374	260	69	72	17	14	1951.0	1895	834	727	167	492	55	1128	36	5	46	8116	2564	114	3.28	1.223	8.7	0.8	2.3	5.2
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. Bill Hands: 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	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. Bill Hands: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	374	260	1951.0	30.0	12.7
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	374	260	1951.0	2564	7483	1412	274	42	99	59	62.66	16	182	72	33	.253	.301	.368	.669	87	.115	.278	838	2754	483	2423	2564
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. Bill Hands: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	69	231											.221	.277					.259				69	69

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	154	59	53.5	125	50	40	9	60.9	69	114
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979									0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	374	260	1951.0	13.9	6.1	7.8
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	374	260	1951.0		86
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	3	3	.500	2.35	6	5	0	1	0	0	38.1	29	10	10	1	16	2	21	1	0	3	157	1.174	6.8	0.2	3.8	4.9
2	Tom Seaver	3	3	.500	2.29	6	6	0	4	0	0	51.0	37	14	13	3	10	1	36	3	0	1	200	0.922	6.5	0.5	1.8	6.4

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	CHC	1970-06-24 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	6	1	4	0	0	1	32	13	25	5	1	1	0	1	1	10	1	1	0	2	45			-0.1	-0.09			1.09
2	Tom Seaver	NYM	1970-06-24 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	5	5	0	1	4	0	11	0	0	0	38	11	33	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	60			0.3	0.03			0.90
3	Bill Hands	CHC	1970-05-24 (1)	GS-8, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	29	8	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	64			0.1	1.68			1.53
4	Tom Seaver	NYM	1970-05-24 (1)	GS-8, L	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	29	5	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	71			0.1	2.03			0.70
5	Bill Hands	CHC	1969-07-14	GS-9, W	8.2	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	34	9	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	74			0.7	4.38			1.37
6	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-07-14	CG(8), L	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	6	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	71	105	68	0.2	3.10			0.94
7	Bill Hands	CHC	1969-05-04 (1)	GS-5, L	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	22	8	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	45			-0.1	-0.44			1.12
8	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-05-04 (1)	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	2	1	7	1	0	0	39	12	35	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	2	66			0.6	2.61			1.80
9	Bill Hands	CHC	1968-05-11	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	32	5	31	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	78			0.4	2.66			0.94
10	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-05-11	GS-7, L	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	30	11	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	2	51			-0.1	-0.15			0.50
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Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bill Hands (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bill Hands (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	1968	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0
3	1970	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	0	0	0	1	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bill Hands (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bill Hands (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-11	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-3	b2	-2-	1		Fielder's Choice P; A. Phillips out at 3B/P-3B-SS
2	1968	1968-05-11	CHC	NYM	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1968	1968-05-11	CHC	NYM	ahead 1-3	b7	---	1		Groundout: C-1B
4	1969	1969-05-04 (1)	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Hit By Pitch
5	1969	1969-07-14	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	2 (0-1)	Flyball: LF (Short LF)
6	1969	1969-07-14	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	b6	---	0	4 (1-2)	Flyball: LF
7	1969	1969-07-14	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-1	b8	---	1	3 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
8	1970	1970-05-24 (1)	CHC	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
9	1970	1970-05-24 (1)	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-1	t5	---	2		Strikeout
10	1970	1970-05-24 (1)	CHC	NYM	ahead 0-2	t8	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
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Bill Hands (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Hands (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	1967	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1969	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.750	.000	.750	1	0	0	1	0
4	1970	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.143	.455	.143	.597	2	0	0	1	0

Bill Hands (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Hands (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-04-25	NYM	CHC	tied 1-1	t10	---	0		Single to RF
2	1968	1968-05-11	NYM	CHC	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
3	1968	1968-05-11	NYM	CHC	down 3-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1969	1969-05-04 (1)	NYM	CHC	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Hit By Pitch
5	1969	1969-05-04 (1)	NYM	CHC	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Walk
6	1969	1969-07-14	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 1B); A. Weis to 2B
7	1969	1969-07-14	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
8	1969	1969-07-14	NYM	CHC	down 1-0	t7	-2-	2	8 (3-2)	Walk
9	1970	1970-05-24 (1)	NYM	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1970	1970-05-24 (1)	NYM	CHC	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
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Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	280	563	472	19	37	6	0	0	19	0	0	39	249	.078	.150	.091	.241	-33	43	2	1	48	2	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. Bill Hands: 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	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. Bill Hands: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	280	563	-2.6	-2.6	-2.8	0.2	-87	2	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. Bill Hands: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	280	563	6	77	83	487	12	.164	38	-86	-9.4	.013	1.9		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. Bill Hands: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19		.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Hands	25-35	1965	1975	280	563	-6.8	-8.3	0.4	-75.92		-85.80	0.86
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53		-136.40	0.94

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	6	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	6	20	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.167	.412	.167	.578	2	0	1	3	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bill Hands: 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	Bill Hands	CHC	1970-06-24 (1)	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.147	4.68	0.30%	1.24			P
2	Tom Seaver	NYM	1970-06-24 (1)	*	9	9	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	-0.044	3.20	-0.08%	-1.35			P
3	Bill Hands	CHC	1970-05-24 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.042	1.49	-0.07%	-0.50			P
4	Tom Seaver	NYM	1970-05-24 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.053	2.28	-0.07%	-0.40			P
5	Bill Hands	CHC	1969-07-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.056	2.81	-0.13%	-0.51			P
6	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-07-14	*	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	-0.022	5.73	-0.05%	-0.26			P
7	Bill Hands	CHC	1969-05-04 (1)	*	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0	0.80	0.032	1.98	0.05%	0.39			P
8	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-05-04 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.85	0.068	0.89	0.04%	0.47			P
9	Bill Hands	CHC	1968-05-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.039	0.67	-0.04%	-0.73			P
10	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-05-11	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.035	1.11	-0.03%	-0.32			P
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