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Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	114	144	.442	3.75	736	203	338	44	8	108	2078.0	2113	991	866	217	731	121	989	33	7	59	8868	2991	102	3.99	1.369	9.2	0.9	3.2	4.3
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	20.2	0.7
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	2991	7929	1513	315	68	69	64	51.88	7	192	114	59	.266	.329	.405	.734	105	.139	.280	1067	3213	600	2877	2991
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	96	47	48.9	343	138	40	41	72.5	338	533
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0	11.2	8.2	2.9
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	736	203	2078.0		87
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	0	0		2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	39	0.727	5.7	0.8	0.8	4.9
2	Ron Kline	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	8.1

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-05-21	7-10	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	2	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.67	2	0	1.94
2	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-05-21	GS-11	11.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	39	8	37	4	2	0	1	1	0	12	1	1	0	3	76			0.4	1.18			1.35

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ron Kline (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ron Kline (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ron Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ron Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-21	PIT	NYM	tied 3-3	t8	---	0		Groundout: P-1B

Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Kline (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	1968	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Kline (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-05-21	NYM	PIT	tied 3-3	b9	---	0		Single to RF

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	491	14	45	2	1	0	14	1	0	15	221	.092	.122	.100	.222	-39	49	7	2	39	1	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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	-4.1	-4.1	-4.0	-0.5	-97	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. Ron Kline: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	3	62	68	493	9	.166	28	-97	-9.9	.008	2.2	100.00	1
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. Ron Kline: 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. Ron Kline: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ron Kline	20-38	1952	1970	743	548	-8.3	-8.7	0.2	-88.88		-94.21	0.96
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53		-136.40	0.94

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ron Kline	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Ron Kline: 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	Ron Kline	PIT	1968-05-21		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.041	2.15	-0.03%	-0.19			P
2	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-05-21	*	12	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.000	1.65	0.00%	-0.09			P

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